Happy Red, White & Royal Blue Day! Be sure to check back over the weekend for our official drinking game.
Also, we missed National Book Lover’s Day earlier this week, but we hope you celebrated in style: with a comfy reading spot, a great book, and your beverage of choice in hand.
ICYMI on FYA
Sarah reviews the second season of Cruel Summer, which offers a juicy twist on Y2K, in this week’s Stream It. (And here are her thoughts on season one!)
In this week’s Book Reports:
- Scout reviewed Matthew J. Kirby’s Star Splitter, a book that had her on the edge of her proverbial seat and itching to read ahead, and Kelly Loy Gilbert’s Everyone Wants To Know, which is another home run for the author.
- And I reviewed Kalynn Bayron’s You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight, which is short and
sweetsuspenseful but could use a bit more world-building.
Book-Related Things
Love this list of the spiciest romance novels written by Black Authors. (Check out all of our romance coverage here!)
And here’s a list of all of the queer books Issac reads in Heartstopper‘s second season.
John Green’s in the news, speaking out against a public library that banned The Fault in Our Stars. (Check out Sarah’s review of the book here!)
A Florida teacher (not to be confused with Florida Man) has set up a banned book library in a Ben & Jerry’s.
Onscreen Things
We REALLY hope these Barbie deleted scenes are a real thing.
An interview with Red, White & Royal Blue director Mathew López.
Social Media Things
BARBIE, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS.
(Don’t miss our Barbie drinking game …)
If this isn’t a perfect segue into the next TikTok, I don’t know what is.
(Check out all of our Pride & Prejudice content here.)
Related:
(I giggle EVERY TIME.)
This whole series is great, but particularly love “when you finally learn the correct pronunciation of a character’s name you’ve been butchering.”
(Check out all of our Twilight content here.)
The only acceptable answer.
AMAZING.
Miscellaneous Things
Channing Tatum wore a most excellent shirt to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour.
This op-ed on the Hollywood strikes starts off with a delightful reference, and it goes deep into all the ways the industry is broken.
And on a more solemn note before we head into the weekend, our hearts are with Maui. If you’d like to show support, here are two resources through which you can send money:
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
