Hello, kittens!
It’s me, Liberty! I am stepping in for Emily today and am very excited about it. I can’t believe it has been almost a year since I passed the Book Radar torch to her. Mostly because I still panic that I am forgetting something on the days that I used to write the newsletter, lol. I wonder if it will ever go away. But now here I am, getting ready to rock your Monday with a bunch of bookish goodness. Let’s get to it, shall we?
Book Deals & Reveals
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Gabrielle Zevin’s fantastic new novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow hits shelves on July 5th. But you can play a computer game based on the poems of Emily Dickinson now, just like the one created by one of her characters in the novel!
I am so excited for this “off-kilter fairy tale set in a funeral parlor”: here’s the cover reveal for House of Cotton by Monica Brashears.
Al Pacino thinks Timothée Chalamet should star in the Heat prequel based on the new upcoming novel, Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner.
Zoe Kazan, whose grandfather Elia Kazan directed a film version of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, will directed a limited series starring Florence Pugh.
Here’s the cover reveal for Mermaid and Pirate by Tracey Baptiste and Leisl Adams. (Related: have you read The Jumbies yet? That’s a great series!)
*Trumpet sound* Presenting the the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners.
Here’s the teaser trailer for the adaptation of My Policeman by Bethan Roberts, starring a new talent named Harry Styles. 😉
Newbery winner Linda Sue Park has launched an imprint with Clarion Books, part of HarperCollins Children’s Books.
And just look at this cover reveal for Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans!
Schitt’s Creek writer Monica Heisey has a debut novel coming in January 2023. It’s Really Good, Actually. No, really, that’s the title.
Blumhouse Television will adapt the new novella by Paula Hawkins. And they will also team up with Jamie Lee Curtis for an adaptation of Lizzie Johnson’s recent book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle To Survive an American Wildfire.
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 few with you today that I am excited to read! GIMME GIMME GIMME.
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The Curator by Owen King (March 7, 2023): This book has magic cats in it. That’s all I need to know.
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (January 17, 2023): And all I need to know about this one is that Alexander Chee keeps raving about it!
I Keep My Exoskeletons To Myself by Marisa Crane (January 17, 2023): I know it’s only June of 2022, but I am already declaring this the best title of 2023.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (January 17, 2023): This one is being compared to Knives Out, which always makes me excited to read a book. I want a kooky family murder mystery!
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (March 14, 2023): From the author of the Dial A for Aunties series comes a mystery about an elderly shopkeeper who decides to solve a murder.
What I’m reading this week.
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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (From the author of Daisy Jones & the Six, Malibu Rising, etc.)
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (So excited for a new book from her!)
A Day of Fallen Night: A Roots of Chaos Novel by Samantha Shannon (A standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree!)
My Darkest Prayer by S. A. Cosby (His first novel is being re-released in paperback!)
The Crane Husband Kelly Barnhill (This will be her THIRD release in a year when it comes out.)
Song stuck in my head:
“Sweet City Woman” by Stampeders. I had an Adam Sandler movie marathon several weeks ago while I was sick and this has been stuck in my head on and off since I watched Little Nicky. (I know, I know. But Rhys Ifans is so beautiful in that movie.)
And this is funny:
I love this Instagram account called Natural Habitat Shorts, in which they make funny little animated movies about animal facts. Related: Watch for 100 Animals That Can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye, coming July 5th. It’s full of wild facts.
And here’s a cat picture:
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Look, it’s Farrokh! You probably see him every week in the New Books! newsletter, but here is some bonus content. We get these cardboard flats to carry groceries, and started playing a game to see how many we could stack up before he wouldn’t climb inside. Turns out, it’s never too many. In fact, the ones on the bottom have started to rip under the weight, lol.
That’s it for me today! It was fun sitting in for Emily today. It has been a while since I went hunting for book news. I will see you around the internet!
🥰 Liberty