Fussy’s favorites: Week of April 26, 2020

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

Coming later this year …

• Unpublished novel by Simone de Beauvoir comes out this fall 

• Tana French previews her upcoming novel, The Searcher 

Reimagining literature

• Terry Pratchett's production company promises "truly authentic" adaptations 

• Filmmaker sets Dr. Seuss books to rap beats 

• NPR review: Adaptation of Normal People is well worth a watch 

Book battles

• Trade group criticizes Amazon's donation to bookstore charity 

• Alaskan students offered incentives to read books pulled from curriculum 

The COVID effect

• Library finds its books reshelved in size order after cleaning 

• Wordsworth's 250th birthday party is still taking place ... just differently