Happy Friday, friends. AND HAPPY SPRING. Winter’s over! Sunshine and wildflowers and daylight saving time is upon us!
ICYMI on FYA
Mandy W. breaks down Disney+’s newest in this week’s Stream It for Turning Red.
The Along for the Ride trailer dropped yesterday and Sarah was READY to talk about it with y’all.
And have you read this week’s Book Reports?
- Mandy C. wraps up the Aurora Cycle series with her review of Aurora’s End (The Aurora Cycle #3) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.
- Stephanie talks tea and tasty business in her review of A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea #1) by Judy I. Lin.
- Stephanie got lost in the dreamy world-building of debut author Lizz Huerta’s Mesoamerican culture with her review of The Lost Dreamer.
- And BONUS: Brian reviews a play within a play with his Spotlight On: The Play That Goes Wrong
Book-Related Things
Book Riot has a round up of Maggie Stiefvater-related merch. To this list, might I also add our own Raven Cycle merch designs? And this Ronan-scented candle which smells SUH GOOD.
John Cho talks to EW about how the last two years led him to write a YA novel, Troublemaker.
10 YA books centered around sisterly relationships (including the April FYABC pick!).
This YA author let TikTok choose the cover of her new book.
And for anyone who has been following the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings, here’s your required reading list:
Onscreen Things
Bridgerton season 2 will have less sex, more longing. Because that’s what everyone who watched season 1 said: would’ve been better with less sex.
Dolly Parton will star in Run, Rose, Run, first major big-screen role in a decade.
Tegan & Sara’s memoir is getting a TV adaptation starring real life TikTok twins.
Happy CW early renewal day to Nancy Drew, among others.
Christina Ricci is returning to the Addams Family in Netflix’s Wednesday series.
Netflix is adapting The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo!
Multimedia Things
Pssst….we have merch for that.
If Jennifer Coolidge was in Twilight
@brittanyjam What other scenes would you like to see J Cool be a part of? #twilight #robertpattinson #jennifercoolidge #impressions #kristenstewart #cinema #comedy ♬ Theme from “Twilight (Bella’s Lullaby)” – Movie Sounds Unlimited
Happy Bellarke baby to all who celebrate!
Perfect Scandal reference, and also bless Jodie for her Joshua-related generosity.
The replies to this tweet are as good as, NAY, BETTER THAN you’d expect.
Miscellaneous Things
Rolling Stone ranks the best BTS songs.
LaineyGossip wondered why Twilight has staying power but The Hunger Games didn’t, and I would posit that OBVI WE’RE ALREADY LIVING IN A HELLSCAPE, like how much child murdering can I possibly rewatch over and over
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
