Subject: Goodreads Newsletter: April 19, 2018
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:46:21 +0000

Christopher Moore is back with a stylized (and hilarious) take on Noir, the season&#x27;s biggest adaptations, and more!       

  

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Exclusive Interview

https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1351.Christopher_Moore

Noir 
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Christopher Moore&#x27;s High-Spirited, Wacky Take on Noir

<a href='https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16218.Christopher_Moore?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=april192018&utm_content=moorelink'>Christopher Moore</a> focuses his absurdist writing style on the hard-boiled mystery genre in the aptly named <i><a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35301333?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=april192018&utm_content=noirlink'>Noir</a></i>, where he takes readers on a wild romp through 1947 San Francisco. He talked to Goodreads about his deep-dive into California history and why there are no rules in writing fiction.
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Read the Book First!

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1205-spring-s-biggest-book-to-screen-adaptations

Spring Adaptations 
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Spring&#x27;s Biggest Book-to-Screen Adaptations

Steven Spielberg's take on <i>Ready Player One</i>, HBO’s fiery <i>Fahrenheit 451</i>, and a series based on <i>Howards End</i> are all coming to movie and TV screens this season. There's no better time to catch up on reading Hollywood's source material!
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Good Minds Suggest

https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1350.Madeline_Miller

Circe 
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Books That Prove We&#x27;re Still in the Greeks&#x27; Grip

"From Percy Jackson to  <i>The Penelopiad</i>, from  <i>House of Names</i> to Harry Potter, Greek myths keep popping up everywhere," says author <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/176372.Madeline_Miller?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=april192018&utm_content=millerlink">Madeline Miller</a>, whose new book, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=april192018&utm_content=circelink">Circe</a></i>, retells the story of  Homer's powerful goddess. Miller recommends five more novels that are rooted in Greek myth.
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https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1349.Meaghan_O_Connell

Now We Have Everything 
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Five Books That Get Real About Motherhood

"Over the years there have been some truly revelatory and consoling books about this wild phase of life," says <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4107475.Meaghan_O_Connell?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=april192018&utm_content=oconnelllink'">Meaghan O'Connell</a>, author of   <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959678?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=april192018&utm_content=haveeverythinglink'"><i>And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready</i></a>. Here she shares some of her favorite books on becoming and being a mom.
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Required Reading

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1249

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Infographic: Anatomy of a Prizewinner

Who writes a prizewinning novel, and who's reading the highly lauded work? We combed through our data to identify literary trends since the year 2000.
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https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1222-28-books-that-got-you-hooked-on-a-new-genre

Hooked on a Genre 
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28 Novels That Hooked Readers on a New Genre

Think a certain genre isn't your cup of tea? Well, perhaps all you need is the right gateway novel to open up a whole section of the bookstore. Here our readers told us the book that began their love of horror, romance, and everything in between.
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