Monday Matters #62

Hi everyone and welcome to Monday Matters #62! Most of us hate to see Monday come, but I’m one for making it a bit more fun. Each week I take a look at new book releases, books on TV or film, recent author interviews and more! Life’s too short to hate Mondays so let’s start the week off right! 

5 Books Publishing This Week:

*Click on the book’s cover to see the book’s synopsis on Goodreads.

Recent Author Interviews:

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Abdulrazak Gurnah (Afterlives)

NPR’s Book of the Day interviewed Zadie Smith (The Fraud)

Friends & Fiction interviewed Denene Millner (One Blood)

Upcoming Author Interviews (Can Play Back Later):

Friends & Fiction interview Sarah Pekkanen (Gone Tonight) and Etaf Rum (Evil Eye) on September 20 at 4 PM PT

Books On TV Or Film:

*Thanks to Bookreporter.com for this information.

In Theatres:

Zombie Town
Release Date: September 1st (limited)
Based on: ZOMBIE TOWN by R. L. Stine

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Release Date: September 8th (limited)
Based on: ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

After Everything
Release Date: September 13th (in theaters September 13th and 14th only)
Based on: Characters from the After series by Anna Todd

A Haunting in Venice
Release Date: September 15th (wide)
Based on: HALLOWE’EN PARTY by Agatha Christie

Dumb Money
Release Date: September 15th (limited)
Based on: THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees, by Ben Mezrich

On TV:

Film Releases:

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Release Date: September 27th on Netflix
Based on: The short story “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” from THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND SIX MORE by Roald Dahl

Ongoing Series:

“The Winter King”
Release Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on MGM+
Based on: THE WINTER KING by Bernard Cornwell

“Son of a Critch”
Air Dates: Mondays at 8pm ET/PT on The CW
Based on: SON OF A CRITCH: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir, by Mark Critch

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I hope that you’ve enjoyed Monday Matters #62! I wish you a happy week ahead!