And the winner is...

Happy Sunday! 

The Olympics have begun, and I am comfy with my blanket and will be reading during commercial breaks. I love the Olympics and will be all about Team USA during these next few weeks. I am curious if any of the athletes are reading anything during their downtime. I will never forget Lebron shown reading The Hunger Games.

TikTok Book Awards UK and Ireland 2024

The olympians aren’t the only winners this summer. The winners of the TikTok Book Awards UK and Ireland for 2024 were announced this week. I’ve read one, I need to look into the other, and I’m a big fan of Talia Hibbert.

• Book of the Year (UK & Ireland): None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

• Book of the Year (International): Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

• BookTok Breakthrough Author: Talia Hibbert (@TaliaHibbert)

• BookTok Creator of the Year: Maisie (@Maisie_Matilda)

• BookTok Rising Star Creator: John-Paul (@JPreads6)

• Indie Bookshop of the Year: The Bookshop by the Sea, Aberystwyth, Wales

• TikTok Shop Book of the Year: The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore

News from Comic-Con

Comic-Con happened this week, and with it came book news and comic news. Here are some that I found. From the surprise with Marvel to books centered around The Acolyte characters to The Rings of Power season 2 trailer.

• Everything Announced at the Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Panel (IGN)

• 'The Acolyte' Yord Fandar Jecki Lon YA Novel Announced at Comic-Con (The Mary Sue)

• ​​The World of 'The Acolyte' Expands With 5 Brand-New Books Unveiled at SDCC (Collider)

• SDCC 2024: Coming to Marvel Comics in 2025... One World Under Doom (Marvel)

• SDCC 2024: DC Comics Announces Justice League Unlimited (CBR)

• ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Finds Its Tyson for Season 2 (Hollywood Reporter)

Book News From the Week

• HBO Picks Up The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires; The Righteous Gemstones Writers Attached (Reactor)

• New Travis Kelce Kid's Book: Where to Buy "Little Golden Book" Online (Billboard)

• The Best Book Club Book of the Summer (Book Riot)

• Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author's 125th birthday in his beloved Key West (AP News)

• Every Actor Confirmed For the Thursday Murder Club Movie (CBR)

• Amplifying black authors with Books and Brown Sugar Co. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

• 'Fourth Wing' TV Series Sets Showrunner at Amazon (Variety)

• Neuromancer on Apple TV+: Premiere Date, Cast, Showrunner, and Everything Else to Know (TV Guide)

• The Case for Speculative Fiction, According to Author N.K. Jemisin (Esquire)

• The Most Successful Authors in Movie History (Word Finder X)

• Kaia Gerber Book Shirt Proves #BookTok Is Coming For Your Closet (FASHION Magazine)

• Read ‘The Fiancé Dilemma’ by Elena Armas Excerpt, Listen to Audiobook (Cosmopolitan)

• Showrunner Ronald D. Moore Exits 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' TV Show (People)