Stephanie Meyer’s MIDNIGHT SUN to be Adapted as an Animated Series and More Book News!
Wow, holidays are the worst. I really missed you last Monday. I didn’t know what to do with myself without having this special time to share book stuff with my Book Riot friends. Thankfully, we’re back, and it’s time once again to get into everything happening in the world of books. Let’s never have a holiday again.
Book Deals and Reveals
It’s cover reveal time, book friends! Let’s start off with this stunning cover for The Singular Life of Aria Patel by Samira Ahmed. This one hits shelves on May 13, 2025.
And here’s the cover of Kate Folk’s Sky Daddy. This novel is set to be published by Random House on April 08, 2025.
Middle grade readers, you’re going to love the cover of Sydney Dunlap’s Racing the Clouds. It’s out from North Star Editions on February 18, 2024.
Stephanie Meyer’s Midnight Sun is being adapted into an animated series for Netflix. Midnight Sun is a novel from the Twilight series that retells the story from Edward’s perspective.
Top Chef host Kristen Kish is publishing her debut memoir! Accidentally on Purpose will be out from Little, Brown and Company on April 22, 2025.
The BBC has revealed the cast of its upcoming Lord of the Flies adaptation. David McKenna will play Piggy alongside Winston Sawyers as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack, Isaac Talbut as Simon, and Thomas Connor as Roger. Noah and Cassius Flemyng have been cast as the twins Sam and Eric, with Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice and Tom Page-Turner as Bill. The series is currently filming in Malaysia.
Here’s the first trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys. The film from Orion Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios will begin a limited theatrical release on October 25.
NaNoWriMo is receiving backlash after supporting the use of AI. My thoughts on this? Let’s not do NaNoWriMo this year. I’ll share some alternatives soon!
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!
Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne (Page Street YA, September 17)
I mentioned this in a recent The Fright Stuff newsletter, but horror video games scare the heck out of me. After reading Tatiana Schlote-Bonne’s new novel Such Lovely Skin, I feel totally validated in my fear. This novel is so creepy, and it’s coming out next week! So it’s time to prepare your shelves because you won’t want to pass this one up.
Such Lovely Skin follows Viv, who has had quite a difficult summer after causing an accident that killed her little sister. But now Viv is ready to move on to the next chapter of her life. So she finally returns to Twitch, hoping she can make enough money off of streaming to offer her parents penance for what she has done. Then something strange happens. While playing a horror game, an NPC asks Viv for a secret, and she finally tells the truth about what happened to her sister. Little does Viv know that by doing so, she has welcomed a demonic mimic into her life.
What I’m Reading This Week
Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert
Ruin Road by Lamar Giles
So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
Us Fools by Nora Lange
Hum by Helen Phillips
Monday Memes
Right now, the only thing I’m thinking about is Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Short N Sweet. Thankfully, there are bookish memes for that. Y’all, if you haven’t watched the video for “Taste,” where have you been?
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
Here are examples of two cats sitting on the top of a couch. One seems to know what he’s doing. The other one seems to be hanging on for dear life. Someone, please tell Remy how to relax. He seems a little confused!
And that’s all for today, everyone. Thanks as always for tuning in, and I hope you have a wonderful week.
