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Happy Thursday, readers! How is everyone doing out there in Week 4 of social distancing? We are holding up pretty well here in Maine. It has been days since I received a galley in the mail, which is a weird feeling. Especially since the last galley I received was The Great Indoors, lolsob. I continue to read books and do jigsaw puzzles, and I am contemplating finally watching The West Wing.
Today I have a little bit of book news for you, and a few links to some things that might make you smile during this time. Also, here’s where you can learn more about COVID-19 Updates from the Bookish World. We’ll continue to update it regularly.
Whatever you are doing or watching or reading this week, I am sending you virtual hugs. I hope you are safe, and please remember to be kind to yourself and others. Thanks for subscribing, and I’ll see you again on Monday! – xoxo, Liberty
Trivia question time! What poem is believed to be based on Mary Sawyer’s boarding school experience in Massachusetts around 1815? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
Oprah’s new book club pick is Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker. (IT’S SO GOOD.)
Michael Arceneaux’s I Can’t Date Jesus is being adapted for television.
Universal will adapt Crave, the new YA vampire novel.
Here are the Hugo finalists!
Santino Fontana will narrate the audiobook of the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Adam Silvera shared the title to the sequel of Infinity Son.
Zoraida Córdova announced an upcoming YA speculative fiction anthology exploring the Latinx diaspora.
Seanan McGuire and Veronica Roth are having a virtual conversation tonight!
Harry and The Wrinklies is being made into a feature film.
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:
If Then: How Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore (Liveright, September 15)
I had no idea Jill Lepore was releasing a new book this year, until I saw it in the catalog. Wonder Woman, American history, and now data mining! It’s about the history of Simulmatics Corporation, who “mined data, targeted voters, accelerated news, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge” – all back in 1959, way before the internet. It should prove to be fascinating!
What I’m reading this week.
I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Memorial by Bryan Washington
Sharks, Death, Surfers: An Illustrated Companion by Melissa McCarthy
Red Pill: A Novel by Hari Kunzru
And this is funny.
Lunch time for squirrels.
Song stuck in my head:
Seatbacks and Traytables by Fountains of Wayne
Happy things:
Here are a few things I enjoy that I thought you might like as well:
- Purrli: This website makes the relaxing sounds of a cat purring.
- Here are livestreams of animals. I particularly enjoy the bat one.
- And more cute animal pictures.
- Music Catch, one of my favorite desktop games. I also still play Lemonade Stand occasionally.
Trivia answer: Mary Had a Little Lamb.
You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L