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ICYMI on FYA
In this week’s Stream It, Sarah took one for the team and checked out the very cringey first season of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
In this week’s Book Reports:
- Stephanie reviewed India Holton’s The Secret Service of Tea and Treason, perhaps the best of the trilogy.
- Brian reviewed Alex Crespo’s Saint Juniper’s Folly, a not-so-great read but a promising start to a career.
- And I reviewed Aden Polydoros’s The City Beautiful, a dark book that brings some light.
Book-Related Things
Independent YA author Shawn Warner shot to the top of the Amazon book charts thanks to a viral TikTok.
British libraries generate more than $3 billion in yearly value.
Here’s a reading list of “reluctant parental figures.”
“The Merch-ification of Book Publishing.” (Have we reminded you lately about the FYA Store? RedBubble’s currently running a 20% off sale!)
Here’s a list of summer camp books.
Onscreen Things
All of Carmy’s cookbooks from The Bear.
The folks on the Barbie press tour have been killing it—Margot specifically—and the fashion at the LA premiere didn’t let us down in the slightest.
“Ncuti Gatwa Says His Doctor Will Dress ‘Like a Slut.'”
A trailer for Love at First Sight!
(Read our review of Jennifer E. Smith’s The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight here.)
Greta Gerwig will direct at least two Chronicles of Narnia movies for Netflix.
Pretty sure we don’t need another Wonka, but …
Social Media Things
Yes, this is a real thing.
Speaking of Ncuti Gatwa and Barbie fashion … (I LOVE those shorts.)
(Check out our review of Sex Education‘s first season here.)
And Doctor Who and Barbie …
(Check out all of our Doctor Who coverage here.)
Miscellaneous Things
SAG-AFTRA has joined the WGA on strike, and folks are taking it very seriously.
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
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