Happy Friday, peeps! I was supposed to go on a trip to California this month but we cancelled it this week, and now I am taking recommendations for ways to cheer myself up by celebrating Halloween at home. Please advise.
ICYMI on FYA
I wrote this week’s Stream It post on an oft-forgotten, certainly underrated spooky season classic: Death Becomes Her.
In this week’s book reviews:
This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart #1) by Kalynn Bayron planted itself *bah dum CHING* in Mandy C.’s heart.
Amanda was enchanted by Elayne Audrey Becker’s debut novel Forestborn (Forestborn #1).
Sarah headed out on the seas in her review of Namesake, the sequel to Fable, by Adrienne Young.
Book Related Things
Finalists for 2022 NBA in Young People’s Literature Announced
The Best and Worst Magical Schools in Literature
The 13 Best Books About Witches and Wise Women to Read This Halloween
My Book Is The Second-Most Banned In The U.S. Here’s What That Taught Me About Telling Your Truth.
Oh YIKES. A rogue employee at a publisher sent people who ordered a pro-choice book a bunch of “focus on the family” religious propaganda instead of the book they ACTUALLY paid for.
Adam Silvera is one of Time’s Next Generation Leaders of 2022.
Onscreen Things
Check out the trailer for the adaptation of Sally Green’s Half Bad series:
Amber Ruffin previews the musical adaptation of ‘Some Like It Hot’
Keanu Reeves No Longer Starring in Hulu’s Devil in the White City
Bisous Pictures Lands Rights To Ali Hazelwood’s ‘The Love Hypothesis’
We have a cast for the new Kenneth Branagh Agatha Christie film, A Haunting in Venice. Here’s hoping we don’t find out Jamie Dornan is a cannibal.
Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds are making a John Candy documentary.
Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation is getting an adaptation!
Kenan posted photos celebrating 30 years of The Mighty Ducks.
This week in Written By Mad Libs: Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson will be in the next Transformers movie.
Janelle James Is Just Happy to Be Here
‘The Joy Luck Club,’ Groundbreaking Asian American Film, Is Getting a Sequel
Social Media Things
I love a bookish House of the Dragon reference.
The Discovery merger continues to wreak havoc.
Oh this looks RIGHT up our alley!
Madonna came out…we think?
Actually I have a really great recipe for coleslaw!
WHOMST among us hasn’t wished for this life?
Miscellaneous Things
RIP Angela Lansbury. What a gal! Book Riot has an article about her “Bookish Life” here.
Someone stuffed the Fat Bear Week ballot box. Is nothing sacred?
Oh, you’re just now learning about Negroni Sbagliatos? We’ve had a recipe for them since 2015, NBD. Just trend setting over here. I bet Emma D’Arcy learned about them from reading FYA.
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments!
