Before we begin:
ICYMI on FYA
Sarah posted the discussion questions for this month’s FYA Book Club pick, Ruta Sepetys’s Out of the Easy and shared her thoughts on Theater Camp, a dynamite ensemble mockumentary, in this week’s Stream It.
I posted recommendations for this month’s Reading Challenge, which asks participants to read a book featuring trans or non-binary voices.
In this week’s Book Reports:
- Amanda reviewed Jenna Levine’s My Roommate is a Vampire, a romance novel that had promise but was ultimately too silly.
- Regina dived back into the early days of dystopia with Ally Condie’s Crossed, the second novel in the author’s Matched series.
- And I reviewed Ali Hazelwood’s Check & Mate, the author’s first YA romance that feels a little too similar to her adult novels.
Book-Related Things
Here’s a behind the scenes BTS of the translation process for the new BTS book, Beyond the Story BTS.
What does Happily Ever After look like? This interactive comparison examines romance covers.
Alice Kelley was a maverick in life, including renting a second apartment in her building just to house her book collection.
“Emily Henry: What We Mean When We Say ‘Happily Ever After’.”
It’s no longer October, but here are two lists of spooky books:
Here’s a Q&A with Ali Hazelwood.
Onscreen Things
Cheers for Peeta! The Five Night at Freddy’s movie killed it (heh) at the box office during its opening weekend.
Michael B. Jordan’s production company is developing a TV series based on Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing.
A positive review of the Meg Ryan/David Duchovny rom-com, What Happens Later.
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson will host a new late-night show after The Late Show WIth Stephen Colbert.
Superman & Lois will end with the show’s fourth season.
Social Media Things
The Mean Girls “reunion” is a Walmart ad?
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Miscellaneous Things
RIP, Matthew Perry. π
Channing Tatum is going to become Lenny Kravitz’s son (in-law).
And I’ll leave you with one final spooky season item:
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments!
