Happy July, friends! (How is it already July?!?)
ICYMI on FYA
Stephanie wrote up a Stream It on Little Monsters, in which the ever-delightful Lupita Nyong’o fights zombies.
And have you read this week’s Book Reports?
- Rosemary was sucked into Jessica Goodman’s The Counselor from the moment she saw the blood-splattered lifeguard swimsuit on the cover.
- Amanda traveled to Seoul with the main character of Claire Ahn’s I Guess I Live Here Now.
- Brian appreciated the comedy (but not literal comedy routine) of Hayli Thompson’s The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride.
- And Stephanie determined that there’s little sexier than a book—in this case, India Holton’s The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels #2)—about a dashing pirate and a boss-witch that can make you laugh and swoon a little.
Book-Related Things
“Healthy romanticism is loving yourself enough to know that you deserve what you desire.”
“Tasmanian ‘book detective’ reunites customers with long-lost books and beloved childhood titles.”
“23 Books To Read If You Loved The Summer I Turned Pretty“—you know, if you didn’t already read the source material.
Onscreen Things
Marcel the Shell did an Alamo Drafthouse Don’t Talk PSA!
Teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2.
Teaser trailer for Angie Thomas’s On the Come Up. (Read Jennie’s review here.)
This is the movie we need right now. Jai bless these two.
Vampire Academy arrives on Peacock Sept. 15, as well as some Pitch Perfect Bumper thing nobody asked for.
The Diablo Cody-penned Lisa Frankenstein will star Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton.
Rashida Jones’s production company is looking to bring an adaptation of Lovesick (also known as Scrotal Recall) across the pond.
Jason Schwartzman has joined the cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes.
Multimedia Things
Jason Reynolds: Forever FYA Boyfriend.
Miscellaneous Things
This merch for the Missouri Abortion Fund is very (on-brand) cute (and supports a great cause).
Nancy Meyers’s house is in the new issue of Architectural Digest.
Good read: “How The Chicks Continue To Be Unabashedly Political.”
“Dakota Johnson on Family, Sex—And the ‘Psychotic’ Making of Fifty Shades of Grey“
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
I don’t know if I really care about the ballad of songbirds and snakes, but I love Jason Schwartzman as ancestor to Stanley Gucci’s Cesar Flickerman. I guess maybe I’ll read the book if I can get it on Libby.