Happy Monday, Book Friends!
Well, I’m older than I was the last time you heard from me. Yeah, I had my birthday on Friday the 13th. Now, as an official old person, I’m here to offer any life advice or words of wisdom you need. Just know I charge $25 per word from now on. Because the older you get, the more valuable your insights are.
No? Not interested? Just want to hear about the books? Okay, I get it. Here we go!
Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes.
Book Deals and Reveals
If you loved TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea as much as the rest of the world, get excited. The sequel Somewhere Beyond the Sea is hitting shelves in 2024, and here’s the cover reveal!
Here’s another must-read author with a new book coming out. Tiffany D. Jackson just announced her new novel The Scammer, but you’re going to have to wait til winter 2025. Already adding it to my TBR for two years from now.
Another one?!?! Yes, Casey McQuiston just announced their fourth novel (and third adult romance). McQuiston says The Pairing is about “two gloriously slutty bisexual exes having a transformational three-week reunion tour through France, Spain, and Italy.” It’s out in August, 2024.
Sonic Youth singer Thurston Moore has canceled his book tour under the advisement of his doctors, who strongly advised against him flying.
This month, the Center for Jewish History opened JewCE! The Museum and Laboratory of the Jewish Comics Experience.
Here’s the cover reveal of Allen Bratton’s Henry Henry. This “reworking of Shakespeare’s daddy issues plays” is out in April.
The Nerd Daily has the exclusive cover reveal of Sudden Superstar by Claire Betita de Guzman. It’s out in November!
Corus Entertainment’s Waterside Studios has snagged the TV adaptation rights to two YA novels by Argentinian author Marcela Citterio: The Girl Who Didn’t Want to Be a Princess and Uma Ghost.
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!
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Prepare Your Shelves!
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy (Tor Nightfire, October 31)
I love domestic horror. I wrote a whole article about it for Book Riot (shameless plug). So you’d better believe I was ready to snatch this book up as soon as I heard about it, especially because it’s got serious Rosemary’s Baby vibes. Prepare your shelves if you’re a horror fan because you’re going to love this, too.
After a horrifically difficult birth, Ana is scarred in more ways than one. Now, she and her husband, Reid, are desperate for some good news. When they win an affordable apartment in one of New York’s most preeminent apartment buildings, they think this is it. But if something seems too good to be true (especially in a horror novel), then you know it probably is.
Nestlings is eerily unsettling and might just make you feel unsafe in your own home. Yes, I mean that as a compliment.
What I’m Reading This Week
Black Paradox by Junji Ito
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay
People Collide by Isle McElroy
Monday Memes
Here are some fresh memes for my girlies (and guys and everything in between) in the publishing industry.
And Here’s A Cat Picture
Is this a shrimp or a cat? I am not quite sure! Note the cute little Calcifer toy Murray is holding. I wish I could say he put it there, but I saw him sleeping and gave it to him. Maybe I shouldn’t have ruined the magic. Either way, it’s cute.
And that’s all I’ve got for you today, friends! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and see you later in the week.