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I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn’t know that pelesits have a dark side—and when Pink’s shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive . . . before they are both lost to the darkness.
Hey there, book nerds! Happy Thursday! I hope you’re having a great week, full of wonderful reading. I’ve been hopping around between a few different books, watching more Perry Mason on HBO, and plotting out the month’s new book acquisitions. You know, just living my best bookish life.
Here’s more great new deals and excitement! I hope you’re staying safe out there, and wearing your bookish mask when you need to leave your house!
Trivia time: What was Stephen King’s debut novel?
Deals and Squeals:
Jasmine Guillory revealed on Today with Hoda and Jenna that Reese Witherspoon has optioned her first three romance novels—The Wedding Date, The Proposal, and The Wedding Party. About time these amazing books got some film traction!
Are you excited for Elena Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults? Are you an audiobook reader? You’ll want to pick up the audio edition, which will be narrated by Marisa Tomei! It’ll be Tomei’s audiobook debut but she’s a big Ferrante fan and we’re certain she’ll do a fantastic job.
Publication of John Bolton’s The Room Where It Happened couldn’t be stopped in the courts, but now the Department of Justice is looking to sue for Bolton’s earnings–which are in the millions.
Stephenie Meyer is celebrating the long-awaited release of Midnight Sun by going on tour–but she’ll only be physically present at one stop, and it’ll be held at a drive-in theater, with social distancing measures in effect.
John Boyne has come under fire for his research (or lack thereof) in his books, but this latest incident is a cross between hilarious and cringe-worthy: his new historical novel, A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom, lists fictional ingredients for red dye, apparently taken from a simple Google search that presented results from a Legend of Zelda game.
Do you love Stephen King’s ventures into the hardboiled crime genre? Then you’ll be happy to hear he has a new crime novel out in March 2021 called Later.
Accidentally Wes Anderson began as an Instagram account that shared photos that looked like they were plucked from a set of one of his movies, but now it’s a book, authorized by Anderson himself. You can catch a sneak preview ahead of the October release date.
Riot Recommendations
At Book Riot, I’m a cohost with Liberty on All the Books!, plus I write a handful of newsletters including the weekly Read This Book newsletter, cohost the Insiders Read Harder podcast, and write content for the site. I’m always drowning in books, so here’s what’s on my radar this week!
Want to read: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
It’s been a while since I read a great science fiction novel, and this new release (out just this week!) leapt to my attention thanks to someone I follow on Twitter saying that it stars an LGBTQ+ character! This is the story of Cara, who lives in a highly stratified society where multiverse travel is possible–but only if your counterpart there is dead. Cara’s other selves are great at dying, which makes her the perfect candidate to become a traveler, but when one of her counterparts dies unexpectedly, she’s drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. I just got a copy and I can’t wait to dive in!
My (other) book acquisitions this week:
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Doris Payne
Mayhem by Estelle Laure
Never Look Back by Lillian Rivera
Trivia answer: Carrie
That’s it for me, book nerds! I leave you with this photo of my fledgling romance shelf, which I turned into a rainbow while I was shuffling a few things around. I am now accepting recommendations for romance novels with orange, purple, and blue spines, please and thank you!
Happy reading!
Tirzah