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Hi friends! Happy first day of October! In the immortal words of Anne Shirley, I’m so happy I live in a world where there are Octobers. I plan on toasting the new month with mugs of cider and cuddling in my sweaters. I might get wild and make a pot of soup!
I’ve got lots of excitement for you today, so let’s dive in!
Trivia question: What town in Connecticut is the setting of Ann M. Martin’s The Babysitters Club?
Deals and Squeals
The Uglies adaptation now has a star and an executive producer in Joey King!
The Booker Prize winners will now be announced on November 20, to make room for a busy week in the book world: Barack Obama’s memoir will be out November 17, and the National Book Award winners will be announced the following day!
Phoebe Robinson announced the first two books to be published under her new Tiny Reparations imprint! You can read an excerpt of one of the books at Kweli Journal.
It’s Banned Books Week! Check out the most challenged books of the last ten years.
Netflix has won the rights to adapt A Note of Explanation, a recently discovered novel by Vita Sackville-West.
Twitter is all abuzz about the new romance novel Kissing the Coronavirus by M.J. Edwards. I have no words.
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: Karolina and the Torn Curtain by Marlya Szymiczkowa
I loved Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing earlier this year, and I’m so excited to see that the sequel will be hitting shelves next spring! This series follows Zofia, a professor’s wife in 1890s Krakow who can’t ever help herself when a mystery emerges. This time, one of her maids goes missing and is found dead, so Zofia works with the police to figure out what’s going on!
What I’m reading this week:
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
The Return by Rachel Harrison
Trivia answer: Stoneybrook
And since it’s October, here are a few of my favorite bookish October things:
Rainbow Rowell’s Ode to Autumn Printable
Stay cozy, bookish friends!
Tirzah