Author: Liberty Hardy

Happy April! Once again it is Monday, and once again, I am so delighted to be sharing bookish things with you! I love being able to pass along information that might brighten someone’s day. Related: I have a bunch of great stuff for you today! I hope everything in your world is marvelous and you have something wonderful to read. Enjoy your upcoming week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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Following two sisters in their pursuit of passion and independence, this is a genre-bending novel that is part coming-of-age, part historical fiction, with elements of mystery and paranormal. When one of the sisters goes missing, the other must put aside her books to find her–and start living.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Gina Rodriguez to star as Carmen Sandiego in Netflix live-action feature.

Joe Wright will direct The Woman in the Window, a big screen adaptation of the A.J. Finn thriller.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me is getting the theatrical treatment.

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert is going to be a film! (P.S. I lurve this book.)

And so is The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw!

Narcos star Pedro Pascal has landed a key role in the Wonder Woman sequel.

Weekly Stephen King news: A new film version of The Tommyknockers is being made.

Cover Reveals

Becky Alberti and Adam Silvera shared the first look at their queer novel What If It’s Us. (HarperTeen, October 9)

Joseph Fink’s Alice Isn’t Dead podcast is becoming a novel. Here’s the first glimpse. (Harper Perennial, October 30)

And here’s our first look at Sea Change by Khaled Hosseni. (Riverhead Books, September 18)

And here’s the cover of Alexandra Bracken’s Darkest Minds spinoff: The Darkest Legacy. (Disney-Hyperion, July 31)

Sneak Peeks

And speaking of The Darkest Minds, the official trailer for the film adaptation has been released!

And if you life excerpts, here’s one for Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir!

The trailer for the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale is so intense!

Here’s the trailer for Killing Eve, the show based on Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings. 

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 I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week!

Temper by Nicky Drayden (Harper Voyager, August 7)

Hey, remember that amazing, bananapants book The Prey of Gods? Well, get excited, because she has a new one and it too is a wild delight! It’s about the relationship between twin brothers – one of whom is (literally) branded the lesser twin – which becomes really messy when demonic possession enters their lives. They must work together to thwart the demons before someone loses his – wait for it – temper. Drayden is such an imaginative writer and this one gets two possessed thumbs up!

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (Del Rey, July 10)

Despite the similar covers, this is not an Uprooted sequel. It is, however, a highly inventive and fun interpretation of the classic fairytale Rumpelstitskin. (You know, the one where the lady tries to weasel out of her end of the bargain by guessing the little man’s name?) In this one, the scary creatures in the woods hear that the moneylender’s daughter, Miryam, can turn silver into gold. (Actually she’s just good at her job, but scary creatures don’t care about that.) Told from several perspectives, Novik weaves a remarkable tale of family, honor, and bravery.

And this is funny.

I am heavily invested in the adventures of Kelly Link’s cat.

Hey, hey, last week of March! There has already been so many amazing announcements regarding book-related news. BUT I’M NOT DONE! I have a bunch of great stuff for you today. Because I love you and I like you. I hope everything in your world is marvelous and you have something wonderful to read. Enjoy your upcoming week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Amazon is looking to turn Three-Body Problem into a sci-fi television series.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post finds a distributor.

And Netflix picked up To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

And speaking of Netflix, they’ll be running a warning before episodes of S2 of Thirteen Reasons Why.

And more Netflix news: They’ll be adapting The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones. (I loved this book.)

And even more Netflix news: Joel Edgerton to star with Timothee Chalamet in a King Henry V film.

Two new Charlotte Brontë manuscripts to be published this fall.

Nnedi Okorafor teased a new book.

There’s going to be a film sequel of sorts to Unbroken.

Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the daughter of Steve Jobs, is writing a memoir about her childhood.

Dear Evan Hansen to become a young adult novel.

Bill Cunningham left behind a secret memoir.

JK Rowling has finished Lethal White, the next Cormoran Strike novel.

Cover Reveals

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns fans, rejoice! Here’s the cover reveal of Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix. (October 23, Philomel Books)

Sneak Peeks

It’s a new George R. R. Martin…show! Here’s the first look at Syfy’s Nightflyers.

And the trailer for Deadpool 2 has dropped.

And the teaser trailer for AMC’s Dietland!

Here’s the first look at Anthony Hopkins in the BBC adaptation of King Lear.

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 I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week!

Circe by Madeline Miller (April 10, Little, Brown and Company)

There are not enough words to describe how much I love Miller’s follow-up to The Song of Achilles, a retelling of the Greek mythology of Circe, daughter of the god of the sun, who was banished to an island for fear of her powers, and the iconic mythology characters she encounters there, as well as the complex tale of her life. Miller turns Circe into a strong, flawed heroine, and this book does her tremendous justice.

The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi,‎ Luke Leafgren (Translator) (May 8, OneWorld Publications)

Shortlisted for the Arabic Booker Prize, this little gem follows the lives of two little girls who meet during the Iraq War and become lifelong friends in the face of bombing, conflicts, and civil war, and how their relationship survives. Perfect for fans of The Kite Runner.

And this is funny.

Celeste Ng has raised a wise seven-year-old.

Happy Monday! I hope you had a fantastic weekend and read something awesome. Exciting news: Spring is just around the corner, and along with it comes a ton of wonderful books and book-related news. I myself have a few great things to tell you about today. I hope everything in your world is marvelous and you have something wonderful to read. Enjoy your upcoming week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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In 1992, Abby is responsible for a car crash that kills her beloved brother. It’s a mistake she can never forgive, so she pushes away Liam, the man she loves most.

Twenty years later, Abby’s husband, Nate, is also living with a deep sense of guilt. He was the man who pulled her to safety—the man who couldn’t save her brother. When a twist of fate brings Liam and Abby back into each other’s lives, they pretend never to have met, yet cannot resist the pull of the past—nor the repercussions of the terrible secrets they’ve been carrying…

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Hulu nabs the Little Fires Everywhere series.

Tangerine by Christine Mangan is being made into a film.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society film will debut on Netflix in North America.

Malala will release a new book, We the Displaced, in September.

The Sinner renewed for a second season on USA Network.

Yangsze Choo has a new novel coming from Flatiron Books!

Amma Asante to direct thriller The Billion Dollar Spy, based on the book by David E. Hoffman.

Markus Zusak, the author of The Book Thief, has a new YA novel coming this fall.

All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg has been optioned for television!

Madonna to direct a feature film based on ballerina Michaela DePrince’s 2014 memoir Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina.

Mira Nair to direct the TV adaptation of Vikram Seth’s much beloved novel, A Suitable Boy, for the BBC.

Neil Young is writing a sci-fi novel. *faints*

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins to be a slasher film.

Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North to be adapted for TV.

Christine Lahti joins the Gone, Baby, Gone reboot.

Younger’s fictional novel Marriage Vacation being made into real book.

Marvel casts Annabella Sciorra as Luke Cage season 2 villain.

Okoye, Ayo, Aneka and the Dora Milaje meet the Marvel Universe in Wakanda Forever, a three-part story written by Nnedi Okorafor, starting in June.

Cover Reveals

Viola Davis has written a Corduroy Bear book (!!!) and here is the cover! (Viking Books for Young Readers, September 4)

Here’s the cover of Any Man, Amber Tamblyn’s first novel. (Harper Perennial, June 26)

I am in love with the cover and title of Nova Ren Suma’s new book. (Algonquin Young Readers, September 4)

Mary Kubica has a new novel coming: When the Lights Go Out. (MIRA, September 4)

Check out the cover to The Black God’s Drums, a new novella from P. Djèlí Clark. (Tor Books, August 21)

Here’s the first look at Fire & Heist, the forthcoming Sarah Beth Durst novel. (Crown Books for Young Readers, December 4)

Sneak Peeks

RISE UP! It’s the official teaser trailer for Dread Nation by Justina Ireland.

Here’s the first peek at Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

These are the first photos of Lila and Elena in the My Brilliant Friend show.

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 I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week!

Tin Man by Sarah Winman (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, May 15)

This novel was already nominated for a bunch of things when it was released overseas, and now it is coming to share its wonderfulness with the States. Because it’s amazing! It’s a beautiful novel about friendship and true love, and not, as you might think from the title, about the heartless tin man from Oz.

The Ensemble by Aja Gabel (Riverhead Books, May 15)

A wonderful debut about four talented people, drawn together by their love of music, who are trying to survive in the competitive, cutthroat world of musicians, and how their reliance on one another both helps and hurts them.

And this is funny.

Mary Laura Philpott is busted.

It’s another Monday already, which means it’s time for more book news! Clear your calendar for the day, because I have a few great things to tell you about, and then you should spend the rest of the day reading, of course. I hope everything in your world is marvelous and you have something wonderful to read. Enjoy your upcoming week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

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A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature Jacqueline Woodson

Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he’s in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he’s going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don’t exactly fit in there. So it’s a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together–even though she’s Jewish and he’s black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that’s not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Nick Offerman joins the cast of Good Omens.

And speaking of Neil Gaiman, his Likely Stories are being made into comics.

STOP THE PRESS: There’s news of a new Marilynne Robinson novel!

Roxane Gay mentioned she has a podcast on the way…

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dafne Keen joined the cast of the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series.

Kristen Roupenian, the author of the Cat Person story, is writing a horror movie.

Christopher Abbott to star as Yossarian in George Clooney’s Catch-22 series.

Jen Wilde has another novel on the way!

Denis Villeneuve is planning at least two Dune films.

The Pretty Little Liars spin-off has been cast.

It is confirmed: Kristen Wiig will be in Wonder Woman II, in the role of Cheetah.

A Private War writer Arash Amel will pen Reese Witherspoon’s adaptation of Ruth Ware’s In A Dark Dark Wood.

The Mötley Crüe autobiography The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band is being made into a film.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first glimpse of Adib Khorram’s Darius the Great Is Not Okay. (Dial Books, August 28)

Here’s the first look at Sarah McCoy’s Marilla of Green Gables! (William Morrow, October 23)

In former Book Riot contributor cover news, here’s a look at Ibi Zoboi’s Pride and Prejudice retelling. (Balzer + Bray, September 18)

And in current Book Riot contributor cover news, here’s Kelly Jensen’s (Don’t) Call Me Crazy. (Algonquin Young Readers, October 2)

And here’s the gorgeous cover to The Wicked King, Holly Black’s follow-up to The Cruel Prince. (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, January 8, 2019)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the first peek at Mary Poppins Returns, starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

And in other Disney movie news, here’s the first trailer for Christopher Robin.

The trailer for the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale has arrived.

We were given our first look at Shuri in Infinity War.

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 I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week!

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl (Delacorte Press, June 5)

I am such a big fan of Pessl’s novels Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film, so I immediately dropped everything and read this as soon as I got it. I didn’t even read the description and WHOOOOO was I in for a ride! Pessl’s first YA novel is a twisty, dark mystery of suspicious deaths, broken friendships, and supernatural happenings. I’ve already said too much!

Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder by Lincoln Michel (Editor),‎ Nadxieli Nieto (Editor) (Black Balloon Publishing, June 5)

This book is exactly as advertised: delightful, teeny crime tales. And it’s packed full of amazing author power! There are contributions by Carmen Maria Machado, Benjamin Percy, Amelia Gray, Adam Sternbergh, Yuri Herrera, Julia Elliott, Elizabeth Hand, Brian Evenson, Charles Yu, Laura van den Berg, and more!

And this is funny.

Duchess Goldblatt is my favorite fictional Twitter character.

Happy Monday! What an exciting week we just had – the book news is AMAZING. So buckle in, because I have a few great things to tell you about today. I hope everything in your world is marvelous and you have something wonderful to read. Enjoy your upcoming week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Sponsored by The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

The Salem Witchcraft trials meets Practical Magic and Hocus Pocus in this seductive tale about three sisters who return every summer in order to exact their revenge on the town that killed them for witchcraft two centuries ago.

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira are adapting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah for TV.

Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington to star in Little Fires Everywhere TV series.

The Dark Tower is coming to the small screen.

Michelle Obama’s memoir is coming in November.

Saga‘s Brian K. Vaughan is writing a Silver Surfer movie.

Rick Famuyiwa will write and direct an adaptation of the cult graphic novel, Black Hole.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Telling being adapted into a movie.

There’s a space opera called Seven Devils on the way from Elizabeth May and Laura Lam.

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld set for TV adaptation.

Bryan Cranston Joins Angelina Jolie in The One and Only Ivan.

Irish bestseller Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling to become a film.

Neil Gaiman announces new Sandman series for comic’s 30th anniversary.

Lou Reed’s lost poetry to be published.

Kristen Wiig might be a villain in Wonder Woman 2.

Cover Reveals

New YA fantasy trilogy Seafire is inspired by Mad Max: Fury Road. (Razorbill, August 28)

If You Could Be Mine author Sara Farizan reveals the cover of Here to Stay. (Algonquin Young Readers, September 18)

Here’s the first glimpse of War Cry, Brian McClellan’s forthcoming novella. (Tor.com, August 28)

And the first look at Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis. (Razorbill, September 25)

Woooooo! Here’s the first look at Nicole Chung’s memoir! (Catapult,October 2)

Hank Green revealed the cover of his new book in a video (of course.) (Dutton, September 25)

And check out the gorgeous cover of V.E. Schwab’s new book, Vengeful! (Tor Books, September 25)

And last but not least, the cover reveal of Mammoth by Jill Baguchinsky.

Sneak Peeks

The Expanse unveils a new season three teaser and release date!

See the new trailer for Fahrenheit 451 with Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon!

Watch the first trailer for Sweetbitter on Starz.

And the trailer for Book Club just dropped!

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 I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week!

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng (Henry Holt and Co., July 10)

Set in future NYC, this is a family drama wrapped up in sci-fi ribbons. Lea Kirino has the potential to live forever (literally), but when she runs into her estranged father on the sidewalk and becomes drawn into the Suicide Club, she learns just how precarious and implausible forever can be. A refreshingly original debut.

Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things by Courtenay Hameister (Little, Brown & Company, July 31)

This was as charming and funny as I wanted it to be. As someone who is afraid of pretty much everything, I really appreciated this book. Hameister decide to face some of her fears and writes about her experiences. Chapters include “An Hour with a Professional Cuddler: In Wherein I Learn Not to Hate Affirmations. As Much” and “Getting Legally High: In Which I Learn That Some People Just Shouldn’t Smoke Pot.”

And this is funny.

This tweet is not book related but it made me actually laugh out loud.