This time next Friday, Red, White & Royal Blue will be out in the world, can you even imagine??

ICYMI on FYA

August’s book club pick is R. Eric Thomas’s Kings of B’More!

August’s reading challenge involves alternate histories, including a suggested read of werewolves on the Titanic of which I am personally fond.

Mandy C. warns everyone about all the crying that you will do in Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3 in this week’s Stream It.

In book reviews:

  • Brian reviewed Emma Lord’s Begin Again, a book with Awesome Grandmas and Secret Societies, and continues to enjoy Lord’s novels.
  • Scout reviewed Racquel Marie’s You Don’t Have a Shot, and if you ever wondered why Jules and Jesminder never made out in Bend It Like Beckham, then this is the book for you. 
  • Mandy C. also reviewed Nicki Pau Preto’s Bonesmith and is cautiously optimistic for this new series.

Book-Related Things

What Do We Want From the Bookish Internet?

Five Horror Books with Five Final Girls

Competence and where to find it (in book romances)

Onscreen Things

On adapting Red, White, & Royal Blue into a movie.

We can’t stop thinking about that Matchbox Twenty song in Barbie.

11 Feel Good Queer Romances to Watch Now (or Soon)

I am always here to talk about Anne Hathaway and The Princess Diaries (more such content here).

The Summer I Turned Pretty has been renewed for season 3, to mixed emotions at FYA HQ.

Social Media Things

Twitter may be longer technically Twitter but is still occasionally good for threads like these:

Speaking of Twitter no longer being Twitter (also, the sign only lasted 3 days before removal):

Point taken.

https://twitter.com/TitoMahalo/status/1684471105065725953?s=20

The Twilight/Barbie crossover we needed:

@hellothereshelly

Jacob out here living in the friend zone. #jacobblack #jacobblackedits #jacobblackedit #jakeblack #edwardcullen #edwardcullenedit #edwardcullentok #bellaswan #bellaswanedit #twilight #twilightsaga #twilightmovies #twilightbooks #twilighthumor #stepheniemeyer #booktok #notviral #fyp

♬ original sound – hellothereshelly
@chakiraclark

I think it would be fun for me to #rap the plot of movies i like SO in honor of one of my favs : the plot of #theprincessdiaries

♬ original sound – Chakira

Come for the hot alien reaction commentary, stay for the Ice Planet Barbarians comments.

@ebonywarriorstudios

♬ original sound – The Ebony Rohirrim ☭

Crazy Ex-Girlfriends on the picket line

@highvoltagemag

This one’s for all you Crazy Ex-Girlfriend fans. A small reunion from the writers strike picket lines. #wgastrike #writersstrike #rachelbloom #gabrielleruiz #crazyexgirlfriend #generalizeaboutmen #wgawest #unionstrong

♬ original sound – High Voltage
Voice actors are incredible.
@frankieefusion

Behind The Voices 🍿🎬 #cartoon #cartoonnetwork #nickelodeon #voiceactor #fypシ #fy

♬ original sound – Fʀᴀɴᴋɪᴇ ♡︎

Miscellaneous Things

Here’s why men love hating on things women enjoy.

An inside look at how the Hollywood strike is going.

Taylor Swift remains amazing, this time by giving mega-bonuses to everyone working on her Eras tour.

Lizzo has denied the allegations brought against her in a lawsuit by former employees.

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Meredith loves vampires, ridiculous werewolves, and Shadowhunters the most but has a soft spot for a good murder (mystery). When not reading or working, she prefers to make baked goods and cocktails and catch up on TV and movies, sometimes all at once. Meredith resides in Austin with a particularly clingy cat.