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Timnit Gebru’s book The View from Somewhere is set to be published by One Signal in fall 2026. Gebru said the book will argue for “a technological future that serves our communities instead of one that is used for surveillance, warfare, and the centralization of power by a few men in Silicon Valley through data theft, labor exploitation, and environmental damage.”
Brittney Arena’s debut romantasy novel, A Dance of Lies, is being published by Del Ray in 2025. “This story is a love letter to anyone who lives their life in pain,” Arena said on Instagram.
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!
Can’t Wait for This One!
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (Del Ray, January 14, 2025)
If you like magical, whimsical books like Before the Coffee Gets Cold, you’re going to want to save this one for your TBR list in early 2025. This is such a unique story that will get you thinking but is also a beautiful escape. And I would absolutely love to hang this book cover up on my wall because it’s giving beauty. It’s giving calm. And it really fits the vibes of this book.
Water Moon is the story of Hana Ishikawa, who has just inherited a pawnshop in Tokyo full of magic, where people can go to sell all of their regrets. But you have to know how to find it. To the untrained eye, the pawnshop will look more like a ramen restaurant. Only those who truly need to find the place will be able to come across it.
When Hana goes into her pawnshop on her first day of owning it, she’s horrified to discover the store has been looted and her father is missing. Now, with the help of a stranger, Hana must embark on a journey to find her father and recover the pawnshop’s most prized stolen goods. The world she will discover on her search is magical, and as Hana journeys, she realizes to find what she’s looking for, she might have to make the biggest decision of her life: revealing a secret that would change everything.
Words of Literary Wisdom
“This is all you really need, isn’t it? Just one good friend. Somebody you can be stupid with. Somebody who’ll peel you up off the ground, prop you against the wall.”
— The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
And Here’s A Cat Picture!
Cersei is face-planting in the bed a lot these days. She’s such a cutie, but she’s also getting older and so she’s so sleepy all the time. Same, Cersei. Same. I would face-plant in the bed all day if I could, too.
On that note, I will let you go and let you all prepare for the weekend! I hope the weather is lovely for you. I hope you have a restful weekend. I hope you find time for joy. And most importantly, I hope you find time for reading.
Your book bestie forevs,