Where … where did September go?
ICYMI on FYA
Sarah posted the discussion questions for—and a review of—this month’s FYA Book Club pick, Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education.
Stephanie posted recommendations for this month’s Reading Challenge, which is all about curses, and shared a Stream It for Barbarian, a well-paced and well-written horror film.
In this week’s other Book Reports:
- Regina reviewed Monquill Blackgoose’s To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, the first in a new series that sets the fight against colonialism at dragon school.
- And I reviewed Kosoko Jackson’s The Forest Demands Its Due, a spooky and atmospheric novel about a queer Black boy who attends a boarding school with some dark secrets.
Book-Related Things
“How the Coffee Shop AU feeds romance.”
The Audible Buffy story is coming! https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx_Hgu9srZs/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Appropriate lists for the season:
The New York Public Library has launched a nationwide Teen Banned Books Club.
I have been CALLED OUT.
Onscreen Things
Taylor Swift is saving us during this TV drought: “Taylor Swift’s Travis Kelce Era Is the Fall TV Drama I Never Knew I Always Wanted.”
NBC’s The Irrational and Found are filled with unexpected twists.
Here’s a “horribly hair-raising” trailer for Netflix’s upcoming Leave the World Behind.
SNL is back Oct 14! (“SNL is not in violation of the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike as the variety show is not covered by the same contract the actors’ union is striking over, similar to how talk shows, game shows, and reality shows have been able to continue.”)
YA horror series Fright Krewe’s showrunners talk about how they adapted horror for a YA audience.
I feel like this is one of those “we’ll tell you how old you are by what you answer” tricks. (It’s Romeo + Juliet.)
Social Media Things
Taylor’s loves ranked by height:
CACKLING.
Miscellaneous Things
This news made FYA HQ collectively VERY sad: “Jodie Turner-Smith Files for Divorce from Joshua Jackson.”
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
