I’m SO glad the ‘ber months are here. Is it still 100º+ in Austin? Yes. (Gross.) But I’m going to pretend as hard as I can that it’s actually starting to be fall.
ICYMI on FYA
Brian covered the Weird Al classic UHF in this week’s Stream It, a comfort movie that might be hard to explain to The Youth.
In this week’s Book Reports, we leaned in hard to the season:
- Stephanie reviewed HRH’s Meg Cabot’s Enchanted to Meet You the start of a new paranormal romance series with enjoyable witchy vibes.
- Regina reviewed Ally Condie’s The Only Girl Left in Town, a possibly supernatural suspense with a lot of heart.
- And I reviewed Melinda Sun’s If I Have to Be Haunted, a debut that features a quest through magical places and a hot—but super annoying to the MC—ghost.
Book-Related Things
“‘I’m a Survivor’: Black Final Girls Are (Literally) Killing It.” (You can read my review of Kalynn Bayron’s You’re Not Supposed To Die Tonight here.)
Some advice on how to alert your school board to bad actors who try to ban books.
5 fall books that give dark academia vibes.
Onscreen Things
On Red, White & Royal Blue, Heartstopper, and the insidiousness of purity culture.
(Reminder to check out our RW&RB Drinking Game and our coverage of Heartstopper.)
“As The Summer I Turned Pretty Becomes Female-Skewing Hit In Season 2, Amazon TV Exec Talks Potential Spinoffs & YA Strategy.”
Social Media Things
Mr. Darcy, in a tweet.
Reasons to read more fiction.
(Check out our Vampire Diaries content here.)
(Check out our Buffy content here.)
Miscellaneous Things
Joe Jonas has apparently filed for divorce? (I feel for their babies.)
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What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
