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Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.

Monday has rolled around yet again, and that means it’s time for another look and what’s new in the world of books. I’ve got lots of piping hot book gossip for you today, plus a new book that I think you’re going to love. And you know the drill. Don’t forget to stay until the end for an extra special cat pic. You know I’m just here for the cats. Let’s go!

Book Deals and Reveals

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Here’s the cover of Graciela in the Abyss, the new book from Newbery Medalist and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina. This cover was designed by Pam Consolazio and illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso. This one’s out in July 2025.

Kazuo Ishiguro’s debut novel A Pale View of Hills is getting an adaptation! It will be distributed by GAGA Corporation and produced by Japan‘s Bunbuku and the U.K.’s Number 9 Films. It will release in Japan in summer 2025.

There’s a TV series adaptation of The Paris Window by Kimberly Belle in the works. Brittany A. Little and Larissa Bell of Little Bell Productions will produce with Universal Television.

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!

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The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley (Simon & Schuster, September 24)

Have ya’ll noticed there are a looooot of books about fictional bands coming out these days? Maybe we should call it the Daisy Jones & the Six effect. But here’s the thing. All of the books have put their own spin on this hot subgenre. And The Lightning Bottles is definitely its own thing. In fact, this might be the most interesting fictional band angle I’ve read so far. Check it out this September!

The Lightning Bottles was once one of the most popular rock duos in the world. But then the unthinkable happened. Elijah, one half of the pair, went missing, and Jane Pyre, the other half of The Lightning Bottles, was left behind to take the blame. Elijah was always the fan favorite, even though Jane wrote all the lyrics that had everyone singing along to the music. Now that Elijah’s gone though? The public completely turns on her and thinks she is somehow responsible for Elijah’s death.

Years later, Jane is still publicly hated, and so she retreats to a house in a remote part of Germany in the hopes of finding a respite from the crowds of…whatever the opposite of adoring fans is. Hating haters? But from the moment Jane arrives at the house, she gets no peace. She is greeted by her new next-door neighbor Hen, a young girl who also happens to be a Lightning Bottles superfan. You see, Hen believes Elijah might be still alive and has been leaving messages for Jane for the past several years. She also thinks she might have the key to finding out what happened to him.

What I’m Reading This Week

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I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

Us Fools by Nora Lange

Monday Memes

When you crack open a cold one, do you mean a beer? Or do you mean a brand-new book? Cause I know what I’d prefer.

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

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I’m out of town this week, and I’m missing my little girl Cersei. Look how pleased she looks hanging out in the window all by herself, imagining a world where there are no pesky boy cats to bother her.

That’s all the book stuff I have to throw at you today, everyone! Come back on Thursday for even more book content (and more cat stuff too). And until then, I hope you have a wonderful week, and I’ll talk to you soon!

Emily





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