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It's November, which always means wonderful new movies and books are coming! I'm particularly excited for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them because I'm a Potterhead and a fan of Eddie Redmayne. I NEED to get my hands on the book Heartless by Marissa Meyer because it's a dark Alice in Wonderland retelling. What are you excited about?

Here's a peek of what's hitting theaters and bookstores...

MOVIES

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange follows the story of a neurosurgeon Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) who, after a horrible car accident, discovers a hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions. Also starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, and Tilda Swinton. Anything with Benedict Cumberbatch and I'm in! It looks incredible! (November 4)

Hacksaw Ridge

The extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), who saved 75 men in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, all without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon because while he believed the war was justified he also thought killing was wrong. This movie looks so powerful and thought-provoking. (November 4)

Arrival

When mysterious spacecrafts touch down around the world, an elite team lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) are brought together to investigate. Banks and the team (Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker) race against time for answers, and to find them she will take a chance that could threaten her life and possibly all of humanity. This movie is both terrifying and exciting. What's in those spacecrafts?! I have to know! (November 11)

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

We're returning to the Wizarding World long before Harry Potter's story. It's 1926 in New York City as Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document extraordinary magical creatures. His stopover in New York is supposed to be without incident were it not for a No-Maj named Jacob (Dan Fogler), a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of said fantastic beasts. I CANNOT FREAKING WAIT! (November 18)

Moana

The story follows Moana (voiced by Auili'i Cravalho), an adventurous teenager who, with the help from demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and save her people. I will never ever be too old for Disney movies! (November 23)

Other movies coming out:

The Eagle Huntress (Nov 2)
Dog Eat Dog (Nov 4)
Loving (Nov 4)
Off The Rails (Nov 4)
Trolls (Nov 4)
Operator (Nov 8)
Almost Christmas (Nov 11)
The Anthropologist (Nov 11)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Nov 11)
The Edge of Seventeen (Nov 18)
Nocturnal Animals (Nov 18)
The Take (Nov 18)
Allied (Nov 23)
Bad Santa 2 (Nov 23)
Seasons (Nov 25)

BOOKS & MUSIC

Faithful by Alice Hoffman -- Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend’s future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt. What happens when a life is turned inside out? (Nov 1)
Heartless by Marissa Meyer -- Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen. (Nov 8)
The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer -- In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but they decided she was a liability and now they want her dead. (Nov 8)
Timekeeper by Tara Sim -- In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one can stop it completely. It’s a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well; his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years. (Nov 8)
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick -- A collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect. (Nov 15)
This Is Our Story by Ashley Elston -- No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won't say who fired the shot that killed their friend, Grant; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them. (Nov 15)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Screenplay by J.K. Rowling -- When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone. (Nov 18)
Moonglow by Michael Chabon -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon delivers a literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends, and existential adventure—and the forces that work to destroy us. Chabon's grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had never heard before, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried and forgotten. (Nov 22)
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin -- Drawing on Queen Victoria’s diaries, Victoria brings the young nineteenth-century monarch, who would go on to reign for 63 years, richly to life. (Nov 22)