It’s been a very dark week, but there’s nothing wrong with looking for light, so I hope this collection of silly / fun / rabbit hole links brings you a bit of relief.
ICYMI on FYA
Kandis reviews SurrealEstate, the perfect spooky season binge for those of us who can’t handle anything scarier than a basic cable drama.
In book reviews:
- Brian gets a case of goosebumps with Too Scared to Sleep by Andrew Duplessie.
- Regina wades into Candice Iloh’s Salt the Water, which follows a non-binary Black teenager growing up in the Bronx.
- Mandy C. falls under the spell of Bittersweet in the Hollow, in which small town suspicions lead to big life moments.
Book-Related Things
Check out these witchy book recs. There’s also this list of super scary books!
What to read if you’re pining for more Red, White & Royal Blue. (Or you could just watch the movie again and enjoy our drinking game.)
There’s a new YA romance collaboration coming from Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro!
On dead dogs and other reading dealbreakers.
Onscreen Things
The Spiderwick Chronicles adaptation has found a new home at Roku!
The Sex Education Season 4 bloopers are just TOO MUCH FUN and gah I miss this show already:
The CW ordered two new scripted series (though unfortunately they’re not actually producing them).
How Practical Magic actually pissed off a real-life witch.
The Iron Claw trailer is, like, totally ripped you guys:
Social Media Things
A totally relatable reading situation:
You deserve a new book:
This being in Florida, we have no idea how these books stay… not moldy, but hey, the cat cashier’s pretty cool:
We get it, girl. (Thanks, Barbie!)
We will never tire of this dance remix:
Miscellaneous Things
Is this article on Taylor Swift the best celebrity profile ever written where the subject is not actually interviewed? Probably, yes.
