X-Men ’97 premiered this week, and I am SO happy with it. It hits all the right nostalgia notes, and I’m really looking forward to seeing it on the regular.
In other news …
ICYMI on FYA
In this week’s Stream It, Sarah asks you to come along on a trip to Corfu with The Durrells.
In this week’s Book Reports:
- Regina reviewed Cornelia Funke’s Dragon Rider, a twenty-year-old (!) book that holds up well.
- I reviewed Beck Rourke-Mooney’s We Are Mayhem, a delightful book about wrestling and self-discovery.
Book-Related Things
A bookstore featuring books banned in Florida is opening in Florida.
Ten classic teen books that still hold up.
Sarah MacLean will publish a contemporary novel—described as Succession but make it sexy—next year. (Read our reviews of some of her books here.)
“Five Works of Old-School Romantasy.”
“Four Things I Miss From the Golden Age of Paperbacks.”
What is Bookish Death Cleaning?
“8 of the Most Polarizing Romance Novels Ever Written.”
Here’s an interview with Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman. (Check out our coverage of the Netflix adaptation here.)
And one with Holly Black.
And one with Dinesh Thiru, author of Into the Sunken City.
Onscreen Things
We’re all rooting for Jesse Plemons.
HUGE if true.
(Check out our review of Beach Read here.)
“How Quinta Brunson Hacked the Sitcom.”
Nzingha Stewart (Daisy Jones and the Six) will direct the first episode of the We Were Liars adaptation.
The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer is here.
The Neverending Story is getting a new film series adaptation.
Did we know a Ninth House adaptation was happening? (Check out my review of the book here.)
Social Media Things
Oop.
(Check out our Doctor Who content here.)
All the heart eyes for this mini The 100 reunion!
(Check out our Sherlock Holmes content here.)
This O.C. “RIP” series is so on point.
(Check out our The O.C. rewatch here.)
Miscellaneous Things
Friend of FYA Leila Sales wrote an engaging article on why we speed when we’re listening to our favorite songs in the car.
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
