Elizabeth Acevedo’s CLAP WHEN YOU LAND to Be a Series and More Book Radar!

Hello, book friends! The year is winding down, and so is the book news. Although this year during the quarantine, Hollywood snagged the screen rights to more books than ever, which could mean a lot of exciting trailers and adaptation news in the new year! I just want all the book stuff jammed in my head, all the time. SMOOSH IT RIGHT IN MY BRAIN. Pretty much everything surrounding books makes me happy. And that’s why I love writing this newsletter. It’s a whole other side of the book world! For today, I have exciting adaptation news, cover reveals, and book talk for you. Plus a picture of one of my little orange monsters.

As always, it is a delight and an honor to spend this time with you. Whatever you are doing or watching or reading this week, I am sending you EXTRA love and hugs. And please be mindful of others. It takes no effort to be kind. I’ll see you again on Monday. – xoxo, Liberty, Your Friendly Neighborhood Velocireader™

Trivia question time! Who Is Sir Percy Blakeney’s alter ego? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo is being made into a series. (More like “clap when you land a deal” amirite?)

Here’s the new trailer for the second season of A Discovery of Witches.

Lydia Millet’s award-nominated novel A Children’s Bible has been optioned for a limited series.

Ted Chiang’s short story The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling is being adapted into a series.

And here’s the trailer for Bridgerton, coming from Netflix and Shondaland.

MIRA announced two new titles from Mike Chen. (And don’t forget, his upcoming book We Could Be Heroes is sure to be one of my favorites of 2021.)

Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, and Emma D’Arcy have joined the cast of the Game of Thrones prequel.

And Netflix has announced the cast for its upcoming animated adaptation of The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo.

And Tordotcom Publishing is releasing a Christmas ghost story…in 2022: M. Rickert’s Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story.

Here’s the cover reveal for Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur.

And here’s the cover reveal of Jasmine Guillory’s While We Were Dating.

Sarah Pinborough’s book Dead to Her is being made into a series called Savannah.

J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot are developing Burn by Patrick Ness.

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: 

What I’m reading this week.

The Roo by Alan Baxter

The Ugly Cry: A Memoir by Danielle Henderson

Such Big Teeth (The Darkwood Series Book 2) by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Lights out in Lincolnwood by Geoffrey Rodkey

Song stuck in my head:

Your Heart Sucks My Soul by Bear McCreary. This is from the Knights of Badassdom soundtrack, which is one of my favorite movies. I watch it on repeat while I work on jigsaw puzzles and it delights me to no end. (Also, I’m still really into listening to songs I loved when I was young. You can listen to a lot of them in this playlist I made!)

And this is funny:

Great shot!

Happy things:

Here are a few things I enjoy that I thought you might like as well:

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Yippee kayak, other buckets! Yep, I am on my fifth or sixth rewatch. Nope, I still don’t sleep much.
• Jigsaw puzzles!
• Numberzilla.
• Purrli: This website makes the relaxing sounds of a cat purring.

And here’s a cat picture!

“Aw, roast beast is a feast I can’t stand in the least!”

Trivia answer: The Scarlet Pimpernel.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L