Happy Friday, folks!

ICYMI on FYA

In our ongoing rewatch of Friday Night Lights, I review episode 11, “Nevermind,” in which the Riggins and Landry bromance begins.

And in this week’s Book Reports:

Book-Related Things

“But Do They F*** The Dragon? An Oral History of Dragon Romance.”

Here are all the new young adult Science Fiction+Fantasy books arriving this month.

“YA Authors Reminisce About the Influence of Sweet Valley High.

“The 50 Best Romance Novels to Read Right Now.”

Onscreen Things

Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Emily Bader (My Lady Jane) will star in the Netflix adaptation of Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation.

Shrinking‘s second season will start Oct. 16. (Now’s a great time to watch the first season if you haven’t!)

Here’s a first look at Joey King in Uglies. And a first trailer:

A Different World sequel is coming to Netflix.

Here’s a trailer for the upcoming Saturday Night (Live) movie:

Social Media Things

(Check out all of our Mandy Moore content here.) 

SO WHOLESOME.

Only 250? That’s weaksauce.

Miscellaneous Things

We’d totally go vintage ashtray shopping with Seth Rogen.

Taylor Swift fans try to lift their spirits in Vienna.


What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.

Mandy (she/her) is a manager at a tech company who lives in Austin, TX, with her husband, son, and dogs. She loves superheroes and pretty much any show or movie with “Star” in the name.