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Hooray, It’s Time for New Books!

Put on your dancing shoes, it’s time to do the New Books Boogie! (Hahaha, I did not go to sleep last night, can you tell?) The most important part of that last sentence: BOOKS. First on my list to buy today is The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll. I loved her last book and can’t wait to read this one! I have a few awesome books for you below and you can hear about several more great titles on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Jenn and I talked about a few amazing books we loved, including Jonny Appleseed, Tin Man, So Lucky, and more.


Sponsored by Running Press Kids and ELEKTRA’S ADVENTURES IN TRAGEDY by Douglas Rees

Sixteen-year-old Elektra has been uprooted from her Mississippi home so her mother can have a new start in California. They leave behind Elektra’s father–a professor and expert on Greek mythology. Their journey ends in Guadalupe Slough, a community of old Chicano families and oddball drifters, where their new “houseboat” is just an ancient trailer parked on a barge. What would Odysseus do? Elektra asks herself. She is determined to get back to Mississippi at all costs, but learns that things are not always what they seem, and home is wherever you decide to make it.


my so-called bollywood lifeMy So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma

A pandit predicted that Winnie Mehta would meet her soulmate before she turned eighteen and she thinks that prediction came true in the form of Raj, her perfect boyfriend for the past three years. But when Winnie catches Raj cheating on her at film camp, she begins to wonder if she is getting the Bollywood love story of her dreams. It will take the help of a fellow film geek and a Bollywood star to make Winnie realize that her destiny is her own to decide.

Backlist bump: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

the ensembleThe Ensemble by Aja Gabel

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.

Backlist bump: Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music by Blair Tindall

brothers of the gunBrothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War by Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple

Hisham’s firsthand account of his life during the Syrian War, starting as a young protester with his friends and up to his time now as a journalist in Turkish exile. Teamed with Crabapple’s visceral drawings, Brothers of the Gun paints a powerful portrait of the century’s bloodiest conflict.

Backlist bump: Safe Area Gorazde: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995 by Joe Sacco

That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! If you want to learn more about books new and old (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, or books you think I should read (I HEART RECOMMENDATIONS!), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!

Stay rad,

Liberty

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Marvel Hints at Plans for Ms. Marvel Movie: Today in Books

Sponsored by Chuck Palahniuk’s Adjustment Day, on sale now from W. W. Norton.


Ms. Marvel Movie is “Definitely, Sort Of” Happening

In a tweet over the weekend, news broke that Marvel Studios is planning to add Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan to the MCU after the audience meets Captain Marvel. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says, “Ms. Marvel [the movie] is definitely sort of in the works. We have plans for that after we’ve introduced Captain Marvel to the world.” Ms. Marvel is a fan favorite, and our fingers are crossed at BR HQ that she gets her own movie.

Nancy Drew Gets a Intersectional, Queer Makeover

In more comics happenings, Dynamite Entertainment has introduced a new, modern Nancy Drew series with characters of color, an openly feminist main character, and an openly queer best friend George. “Our Nancy is all sass and brains and indomitable will. She’s ultimately the hero that saves the day. And that’s important. I think she’s absolutely a hero for young girls to look up to, as Nancy has always been,” says writer Kelly Thompson.

New Teasers for George R. R. Martin Stuff Over at SyFy

George R. R. Martin’s 1987 novella Nightflyers is being adapted over at SyFy, and the teaser trailer is now available. “The series follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard The Nightflyer – a ship with a small tightknit crew and a reclusive captain — in the hope of making contact with alien life.” Of course, things go badly. Take a look.

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Grad Gifts Bundle

Give the bookish grads in your life awesome gear, because no one needs a dozen copies of Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Today’s the last day to get any tee + tote for 25% off.

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Win a Copy of THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich!

 

We have 10 copies of The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

An intellectual and emotional thriller that is also a different kind of murder mystery, The Fact of a Body is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed—but about how we grapple with our own personal histories.

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Tomi Adeyemi’s Follow-Up to CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE and More Book Radar!

Welcome to the beginning of another week that is filled with bookish possibility! Today I have a ton of exciting book-related news for you. I hope everything in your world is marvelous and you’re reading something wonderful. Enjoy your upcoming week, and be excellent to each other. – xoxo, Liberty

Here’s this week’s trivia question: What popular character first appeared as the protagonist of an 1883 children’s novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi?


Sponsored by Vault Comics

NYT best-selling author Kevin J. Anderson and TV writer-producer Steven L. Sears collaborate with artist Mike Ratera to bring to life this sci-fi story about space exploration, aliens, and war. Joe Human is taken to a harsh P.O.W. camp on a distant planet where he will be examined, tortured, and forced to endure experiments that rip into his very mind, as the alien Krael seek to answer the question: What is human? At 192 pages, this full-length hardback graphic novel also offers an original novella written by Anderson and Sears with art by Nathan Gooden.


Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

dietlandAMC greenlights Dietland companion talk show hosted by Aisha Tyler.

Sherlock Holmes 3 coming to theaters Christmas of 2020.

Justina Ireland is writing a Star Wars book!

Fox will be home to The Passage, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar. 

How To Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran to be a feature film.

Tomi Adeyemi announced the title and release date of the second Legacy of Orisha book!

Kate Walsh has joined The Umbrella Academy cast.

There’s going to be a new Friday Night Lights film.

Hulu has ordered a limited series based on John Green’s Looking for Alaska.

Here’s all the latest news on the Captain Marvel movie.

Corbin Bernsen and Annette O’Toole join Marvel’s The Punisher At Netflix.

little womenVanity Fair takes a look at the new Little Women adaptation.

Film rights have sold to The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan, a thriller due out July 3 in the US.

Chelsea Clinton to publish children’s book for young activists, Start Now!

Cover Reveals

Jacqueline Woodson revealed the cover and an excerpt of Harbor Me. (Nancy Paulsen Books, August 28)

And here’s the gorgeous cover of Roshani Chokshi’s new series, The Gilded Wolves. (Wednesday Books, January 15, 2019)

And the cover for Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok Banker is so beautiful. (John Joseph Adams, May 7, 2019)

All today’s covers are so gorgeous! Here’s the first peek at Unholy Lands by Lavie Tidhar. (Tachyon Publications, October 16)

Sneak Peeks

deadpool 2 posterHere’s the most recent trailer for Deadpool 2 (featuring David Beckham).

Deborah Harkness revealed the first images of the Bishop/Mather family from the Discovery of Witches adaptation.

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!

a blade so blackA Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney (Imprint, September 25)

This is a badass retelling of Alice in Wonderland set in Atlanta, where Alice is a warrior who fights monsters in the dream world of Wonderland. When her mentor is poisoned, she must travel deep into the heart of Wonderland for the antidote, but can she retrieve it before she loses her head? I thought I was tired of Alice retellings but this one changed my mind. It’s awesome.

bad man by dathan auerbachBad Man by Dathan Auerbach (Doubleday, August 7)

Five years after Ben’s little brother Eric disappeared, Ben gets a job working in the grocery store where Eric was last seen. Right away, he can tell there is something wrong with the store, and after wondering all this time what happened to Eric, Ben is quite certain he’s going to be sorry to learn the answer. I read this at bedtime because I’m a masochist, apparently. If you enjoy being creeped out, mark this one down now!

What I’m reading this week.

furybornFuryborn by Claire Legrand

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Blood Highway by Gina Wohlsdorf

Providence by Caroline Kepnes

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

Non-book-related recommendation.

These two wrap-ups about the Met Gala by authors Genevieve Valentine and Patricia Lockwood (and her mom) are the funniest things you’ll read this week.

And this is funny.

Have you seen Alistair, Colin Dickey’s dog? He is the cutest.

Trivia answer: Pinocchio.

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Win a Copy of LEGENDARY by Stephanie Garber!

 

We have 10 copies of Legendary by Stephanie Garber to give away to 10 Riot readers!

Here’s what it’s all about:

After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and the time to repay the debt has come.

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Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Read It Forward Book Recs.

Read It Forward’s mission is to help you find your next great read! We wish we could be with you all the time to talk about books, but since we can’t, our team has been hard at work to build a super-fun tool that will connect you with a book recommendation whenever you need one!

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This Could Be The Future Of Books: Today in Books

This edition of Today in Books is sponsored by Read It Forward Book Recs.

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This Could Be The Future Of Books

Serial Box serializes books like podcast episodes so they are bite-sized and release weekly for about 10 to 16 weeks. They also have a print edition you can read on ereaders so you can switch between listening and digital reading. I don’t know, this sounds a lot like an audiobook you have to wait for chapters of and pay as you go along ($1.59 per episode) but everyone reads differently so this may totally work for you–in which case, get your serialized reading on and enjoy!

Test Your Literary Quote and Geography Knowledge

It’s the weekend, let’s play a literary game: The Guardian has a fun quiz for you to guess the city based on a literary quote. Which city did Margaret Atwood describe as ‘New York without the garbage and muggings’? Which writer called one London area ‘ungentrified, ungentrifiable’?

Let’s Roundup This Week’s Adaptation News

Between the world news and all the adaption news that drops during the week it’s easy to miss announcements so I’ve collected for you some of the things we found out this week. The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan (Irish crime thriller releasing July 3rd) has been optioned for film. Ryan Coogler, the Black Panther director, is totally here for a film centered on the women of Wakanda. Annette O’Toole (Mama Kent!) and Corbin Bernsen (Shawn’s Papa!) have been cast in season 2 of The Punisher. Annette Bening (Heart eyes emoji) has been cast in the Captain Marvel film. And John Green’s Looking for Alaska is in final deal stage to be an eight-episode series on Hulu.

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Why This Stephen King Book is So Hard to Find: Today in Books

Sponsored by Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami new in paperback from Vintage Books.


The Hard-to-Find Stephen King Novel

King’s 1977 novel Rage, published under his pen name Richard Bachman, is about a young man who murders two faculty members at his school and then takes his algebra class hostage with a gun. King “let the book fall out of publication in 1998 after real-life tragedies allegedly inspired by ‘Rage'”, but the book is still findable on Amazon…for $500-$700. I read the book in high school when it was in a second-hand copy of Bachman stories I found at Goodwill. Which I gave away after I finished reading it. Of course.

Ronan Farrow to Publish Book About Sexual Abuse Reporting

Ronan Farrow will expand on his reporting on sexual abuse in a new boo to be published by Little Brown. Called Catch and Kill, the book will “reveal the full extent of his reporting, and what he discovered about how far private investigators, former spies, high-priced lawyers, and embattled executives allegedly went to terrorize, intimidate and silence the women whose stories helped launch an international conversation on sexual misconduct and the abuse of power.” Can’t wait to rage-read this one.

Is Handmaid’s Tale Merch Going Too Far?

The popularity of the adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale has led to the inevitable explosion of THT-themed merchandise available for purchase, and a conversation has begun about whether commodifying a show about violence against women is a capitalist bridge too far. “Looking at the Handmaid’s swag, I’m reminded of my time as a health-care marketing writer, when I interviewed women in breast-cancer support groups; these women loathed all things pink ribbon.” Something to think about.

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Fill your closet with bookish looks for summer! $20 tees through Sunday 5/13.