It’s March, y’all! A.k.a. my birthday month! So, you know, a pretty great month.

Let’s dive into some internet rabbit holes!

ICYMI on FYA

For this week’s Stream It, Stephanie recommends getting your historical romance fix (especially if you just can’t WAIT for the new season of Bridgerton) with Mr. Malcolm’s List.

In book reviews:

  • Brian reviews The Someday Daughter by Ellen O’Clover and added another parent to the Dan Scott Hall of Infamy.
  • Mandy C. has an amazing time with The Cursed Rose, the third installment in Leslie Vedder’s The Bone Spindle series.
  • Brian is a bit stumped by Rebecca Roque’s Till Human Voices Wake Us, a mystery with maybe a few too many mysteries.

Book-Related Things

Where is diversity in publishing? The results of the 2023 Diversity Baseline Survey results are here.

Colleen Hoover, Sarah J. Maas and other romance writers reveal their fave swoony reads.

Percy Jackson‘s nuanced take on Medusa.

Five underrated romantasy books.

Onscreen Things

Glen Powell has been cast in a new Hulu sports comedy series; I don’t care about sports but, you know, Glen Powell.

Nicole Richie plays Rose?!! Okay, color me intrigued:

Beef is considering some pretty great cast additions for Season 2.

Francis Ford Coppola on casting The Outsiders.

Hannah Waddingham wins best purse at the SAG Awards:

Great news, Barbie: Ryan Gosling is gonna perform “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars! (Feel free to break out our Barbie drinking game.)

Destin Daniel Cretton is set to write and direct a live action adaptation of Naruto.

I regret to share the terrible news that Miss Scarlet is ditching the Duke.

Social Media Things

Haha she really is the worst:

…and he is the best!

One of the few times I can relate to Rory Gilmore:

Yeah, be serious:

Why tho?!!!

(To the tune of Montell Jordan): This is how we do it!

This. THIS!!!

All hail this trio:

Was Twilight really about Mormon angels and not vampires? A video essay:

@moviesandheists

Replying to @thecheffre #Twilight #Vampire #Dracula #Mormon #Utah #Arizona #Religion #Book #Books #Romance #BookTok #Movie #Movies #MovieTok #Film #Films #FilmTok Sources: 1: Quoting from the Bible Dictionary entry for “angel” 2: see 3 Nephi 27 3: see D&C 129 4: see Joseph Smith–History 1:30-33 5: as I said in the video, this is a stretch, but it is consistent with the Church’s clearly structured order and hierarchy, and could be construed from passages like Alma 41:2 and D&C 109:8 6: admittedly, I had a hard time finding a source for this. My best references are Hymn 96 and individual quotes out of context, none of which officially reach the level of “canon” in the eyes of the Church, though they are only one step below canon. If you want more information on what reaches the level of “canon” within the Church, I recommend Neil L. Andersen’s talk “The Trial of your Faith” from the October 2012 General Conference or D. Todd Christofferson’s talk “The Doctrine of Christ” from the April 2012 General Conference

♬ original sound – Bueller – Movies & Heists
Long but interesting thoughts on those people who claim you “read too much”:
@citybookspgh

It’s not a competition. #Book #booktok #bookshop #bookworm #usedbooks #reading #reader #readinglist

♬ original sound – City Books 🍉

Apparently, we’re all actually lesbians?

@kolga300

Come see me LIVE in LONDON March 2nd at EartH Hackney ✨ Ticket link in bio 💖 #olgakoch #standupcomedy #standup #bisexual #london #hackney #thingstodo #lgbt #eastlondon #livecomedy

♬ original sound – Olga Koch

To quote Stephanie, “Get this person on stage at a Taylor Swift concert to deliver a Ted Talk to everyone who doesn’t understand why enemies to lovers HAS to work this way to hit right. One million percent agree”:

@bookbaddiebri

lets talk about enemies-to-lovers! 🗡️🩷 | makeup ib: @mykaila ♡ #bookishlife #enemiestoloverstrope #booktokfyp

♬ original sound – 𝐛𝐫𝐢 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭 ᥫ᭡

How long should a book remain “fluffy reading”?

@indyannareads

I like reading. I like graphs. I like made up equations. 🤓 #booktok #indyannareads #bookishthoughts

♬ original sound – Anna 🌙✨📚

Miscellaneous Things

The Sad Oompa Loompa speaks… about the wildly bad Wonka experience.

Olivia Rodrigo will forever have my respect for this Delia’s-inspired merch catalog:

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Sarah lives in Austin, and believes there is no such thing as a guilty pleasure, which is part of why she started FYA in 2009. Growing up, she thought she was a Mary Anne, but she's finally starting to accept the fact that she's actually a Kristy.