Happy vampire movie day to those celebrating! PS: Peeps bunnies are delicious and I will not abide last Friday’s Peeps slander.
ICYMI on FYA
The FYA Adaptation Madness champion has been crowned! Thanks for voting and see you next March for more madness.
Mandy C. reviewed Tetris and was pleasantly surprised by it.
In book reviews:
- Amanda reviewed Lies We Sing to the Sea, a take on Greek mythology that she adored.
- Regina reviewed The Athena Protocol, which features “basically a lesbian James Bond.”
- Mandy C. also reviewed Spell Bound and found it trope-y in the best ways.
- Brian reviewed I Will Find You Again and was disappointed in the book, but would read more from the author.
Book Related Things
I may be trying to read too many books at once.
Scholastic wanted to feature Maggie Tokuda’s book, a story about her grandparents meeting in a Japanese American internment camp in the 1940s, but only if she removed the word “racism” from the author’s note. And yes, you read that sentence that correctly.
Minka Kelly’s memoir, Tell Me Everything, is not pulling any punches about the Friday Night Lights cast or anything else.
Onscreen Things
Magic Mike is for the boys, too.
The TV shows getting Muslim women representations right – and wrong.
Hannah Gadsby’s next special is a feel good special, she swears.
Star Wars movies are back, baby!
Out of all the Marvel movies this year, I am most excited for The Marvels, give it to me now.
Huzzah!
Social Media Things
The Fug Girls discuss former Sassy Jane Pratt’s latest publication and Taylor Swift’s reported break up.
Is it really Pro-Tips without at least one Pedro Pascal distraction?
Similarly, is it really Pro-Tips from me without Chris Pine content?
A Barbie divide has been revealed.
Sarah Rees Brennan brought one of my favorite takes on the Break Up news.
Miscellaneous Things
Jet off to fictional locales at the Austin airport, flights departing as scheduled.
The Case of the Fake Sherlock.
