Dear Book Friends,
Hello and welcome to another Monday here in Book Radar land. I hope you’re weekend went well, and I hope you’re ready to get down to business. Because somehow March is coming this week? Where does the time go? 2023, you are weird.
Book Deals and Reveals
Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hailey Piper has a new novella coming out! Here’s the cover reveal for Even the Worm Will Turn. This book comes out on April 22.
Tor.com has the cover reveal and an exclusive excerpt from Vanessa Montalban’s A Tall Dark Trouble. It’s out from Zando Young Readers on August 29.
And here’s the cover reveal for Synithia Williams’s upcoming romance novel The Secret to a Southern Wedding. Coming August 2023.
Alison Brie has joined Peacock’s series adaptation of Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. Brie will star as Amy Delaney, the oldest Delaney child.
Samantha Sotto Yambao has sold the English world rights to her novel Water Moon to Del Ray in a six-figure deal. Del Rey said the novel was pitched as “Erin Morgenstern meets Studio Ghibli” and follows “a woman who inherits a pawnshop in Tokyo where you can sell your regrets.”
TikTok star Tinx sold North American rights to The Shift to Simon & Schuster. The book is slated for a May release.
Another exciting cover reveal! Check out the cover of Isle McElroy’s People Collide. The novel will be published by HarperVia on September 26.
The Audie Awards recognizes the best audiobooks of the year. Here are the finalists for overall best audiobook, best narrator, and more.
Clarkesworld has closed submissions after being flooded with hundreds of AI-generated stories.
PEN America’s Literary Award Finalists have been announced. They include books of by debut writers and well-known writers alike.
Book Riot Recommends
Hi, welcome to everyone’s favorite segment of Book Radar called Book Riot Recommends. This is where I’ll talk to you about all the books I’m reading, the books I’m loving, and the books I can’t wait to read and love in the near future. I think you’re going to love them too!
Prepare Your Shelves
While You Were Dreaming by Alicia Rai (HarperCollins, March 21)
Alicia Rai is the bestselling author of many romance novels, but While You Were Dreaming is the author’s first young adult romance novel. This contemporary YA romance is so quirky and fun, and it’s coming out in just a few short weeks. So if you love cute romance, unlikely superheroes, and comic cons, prepare your shelves. This one is coming!
Sonia Patil has a plan. All she has to do is show up at comic con in an amazing costume, and her crush will be unable to ignore her. But nothing ever goes quite to plan, does it? Instead of winning her crush over, he faints into a canal and Sonia has to rescue him. Suddenly Sonia is a superhero in her own right, and no one can find out her true identity. Sonia’s sister is undocumented, and Sonia and her sister have been trying to lay low since their mother got deported. How long will Sonia be able to hide in plain sight?
What I’m Reading This Week
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling by Elise Bryant
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
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Monday Memes
I’m totally vibing with this meme, and I hope you enjoy it too. Are you looking for a beach read? Or are you looking to intrigue people on the bus? Or both?
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
Hiiiii I still don’t have my computer. But let’s check out my new favorite kitty from Orphan Kitten Club: Freebie! Do you follow Orphan Kitten Club? It probably won’t surprise you to know I’m a proud club member.