Happy day-after-Thanksgiving to those in the United States! I hope you’re finding some great shopping deals.

ICYMI on FYA

I wrote a drinking game for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. May the odds be ever in your favor.

Mandy C. reviewed season 2 of Loki, which ended fantastically by all reports. (If you need a season 1 refresher, look no further.)

In book reviews:

  • Stephanie reviewed Something Close to Magic by Emma Mills, a delightful new cozy fantasy.
  • Regina reviewed Our Divine Mischief by Hanna C. Howard and wants to be besties with all three narrators.
  • Mandy C. reviewed Rebecca Yarros’s Iron Flame, which is the sequel to Fourth Wing so only read it if you’ve read that already.

Book Related Things

Penguin Random House’s year in books (and on sale!).

Five stories featuring cryonics and suspended animation.

The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2023.

Onscreen Things

A Vogue piece about dressing Princess Diana in this season of The Crown.

Charles Melton on How Riverdale, Heath Ledger, and His Childhood Informed His May December Triumph.

Last week we brought you the trailer to Anybody But You, this week we bring you this.

Superman: Legacy casting news is here in the form of Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olson, yay!

Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels is the highest-grossing film ever for a Black woman director.

Matt Bomer talks about Fellow Travelers, the upcoming Maestro, and more.

Social Media Things

Eminem > Paneminem

It can’t hurt to try, though?

A good egg, that Daniel Radcliffe.

I cannot stop laughing.

Speaking of:

This is the last Twilight-centric item of this post, sorry not sorry: KStew crashed RPattz’s birthday party.

Miscellaneous Things

Was your Thanksgiving ruined by that uncle who always talks about Steely Dan?

Meredith loves vampires, ridiculous werewolves, and Shadowhunters the most but has a soft spot for a good murder (mystery). When not reading or working, she prefers to make baked goods and cocktails and catch up on TV and movies, sometimes all at once. Meredith resides in Austin with a particularly clingy cat.