Hellooooo, and welcome to another Thursday edition of “ZOMG BOOK NEWS.” It has been a miserable week here in Maine. I think I jinxed it by saying how lovely it was last week, lol. But whatevs! I can still read inside, and that’s all that matters. I have some fun book-related news for you today. I hope whatever you’re doing, you have a great rest of your week, and remember to be kind to yourself and others. – xoxo, Liberty
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Trivia question time! What author’s first job out of college was writing for the books section in The Village Voice? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel creators are adapting Mary Gabriel’s Ninth Street Women.
Of corsage it is (sorry not sorry): Broadway musical The Prom is getting a YA novel adaptation.
The film adaptation of the Walter Dean Myers novel, Monster, has a new name: All Rise. It will be released in the fall of 2019.
Random House will publish The Beautiful Ones, Prince’s unfinished memoir.
Simon & Schuster will distribute the new Law&Crime Network imprint.
Vans is releasing a line of Harry Potter sneakers.
Jerome Flynn of Game of Thrones joins the cast of The Dark Tower.
Leonardo DiCaprio in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley.
Cover Reveals
Jackson Bird has a memoir coming called Sorted, and revealed the cover on YouTube. (Tiller Press, September 24)
Book Riot Recommends
At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)
Excited to read:
Long Bright River by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books, January 7, 2020)
I looooooove Liz Moore. Heft and The Unseen World are both MAGNIFICENT. So I cannot wait to get my hands on this crime novel about a missing sister and a mysterious string of murders. I’m so on board for Moore to do a novel in every genre, if that’s what she wants to do.
What I’m reading this week.
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays by Leslie Jamison
The Invited: A Novel by Jennifer McMahon
And this is funny.
Support your local library.
Trivia answer: Colson Whitehead.
You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L