Sponsored by Satellite Love: A Novel by Genki Ferguson.
On the eve of the new millennium, in a city in southern Japan that progress has forgotten, sixteen-year-old Anna Obata looks to the stars for solace. An outcast at school, and left to fend for herself and care for her increasingly senile grandfather at home, Anna copes with her loneliness by searching the night sky for answers. But everything changes the evening the Low Earth Orbit satellite (LEO for short) returns her gaze and sees her as no one else has before.
Happy Thursday, book lovers. I hope you are doing as well as can be expected. It has been an extra-difficult couple of weeks, and I am sending love to everyone out there who needs it. Be kind to yourself, and reach out to friends and family if you need help. It seems like I have to say this all the time now, and it breaks my heart.
So I’m going to talk about happier things now: I have exciting adaptation news and book talk. Plus I’ve included a picture of one of my ridiculous orange monsters, some trivia, and more! Whatever you are doing or watching or reading this week, I hope you good bob and we same place again very now. I’ll see you again on Monday. – xoxo, Liberty, Your Friendly Neighborhood Velocireader™
Trivia question time! Who wrote Rip Van Winkle? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
Deals, Reals, and Squeals!
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Hulu is making a TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy.
Independent Bookstore Day will be on April 24th this month.
A book of unseen writing by Douglas Adams is being crowdfunded.
And Alex Segura, Elizabeth Little and David Hahn’s crimefighter comic, The Dusk, is being Kickstarted.
Ijeoma Oluo announced Be a Revolution, her upcoming book.
The 2021 Windham-Campbell prize winners have been announced.
Here are the the 2021 Audie Award winners.
Susan Orlean’s next book is going to be On Animals.
Nicole Lesperance revealed the cover of The Dream Spies, the sequel to The Nightmare Thief.
Surrender Your Sons author Adam Sass announced a new book.
Here’s the cover reveal for The Red Palace by June Hur.
Author Julie Berry has bought an independent bookstore.
Seven more actors have joined the second season of The Witcher.
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Zac Efron and Russell Crowe are set to star in the adaptation of The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War.
Made for Love, the adaptation of Alissa Nutting’s novel, will premiere on HBO Max in April.
Here’s the cover reveal for The Bookshop of Dust and Dreams by Mindy Thompson.
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:
The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu (Avon, November 2)
I am a big fan of stories where the main character has to work in their family’s restaurant. (See Death by Dumpling and A Deadly Inside Scoop.) So I was totally on board when I read about this upcoming romantic comedy! It’s about Jasmine Tran, who returns home to work in her parents’ donut shop when times get tough. Although it isn’t her idea of a fulfilling life, things get more interesting when her college crush, Alex Lai, shows up on the scene. He’s everything she thought she wanted and the husband material her parents want for her, but when Alex reveals himself to not be the ideal boyfriend Jasmine thought he was, can she figure out a way to get out of her obligations without hurting anyone’s feelings? This is being compared to the show Kim’s Convenience, which is finishing up this season, so it might be nice to have this on deck. And a donut. Mmmmm…donut.
What I’m reading this week.
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Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
Moon and the Mars by Kia Corthron
Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
Aquarium by Yaara Shehori, Todd Hasak-Lowy (translator)
All of Us Villains by Christine Lynn Herman & Amanda Foody
Song stuck in my head:
Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung. This was one of my favorite songs when I was young. And I sang the chorus as “dance all day” every time, even though the correct words were right there in the title. Ah, youth. (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:
Poor doggo lolololol.
Happy things:
Here are a few things I enjoy that I thought you might like as well:
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: My love of all things Alan Tudyk right now has led me to another rewatch of this fabulous cartoon.
- Disney Emoji Blitz: Ooops, I started playing this again. But I’m trying really hard to resist downloading the Funko Pop! Blitz.
- Resident Alien: Alan Tudyk is a comedic genius and this is the long overdue star vehicle that he deserves. He is forever my leaf on the wind.
- Purrli: This website makes the relaxing sounds of a cat purring.
And here’s a cat picture!
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This is what happens when you fold them and put them in the drawer while they’re still damp.
Trivia answer: Washington Irving.
You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L