Happy Friday the 13th, witches! Even if you walk under a ladder or spook a black cat today, at least it is still Friday.
ICYMI on FYA
In the Friday Night Lights Rewatch, Stephanie recapped episode 16 of season one and it’s a super dramatic one, following the football team walkout.
And better late than never, it’s The Official FYA Anyone But You Drinking Game. Sarah is out here doing the Lord’s work.
In book reviews:
Mandy C. reviewed the archaelogically-inspired fantasy, Us In Ruins by Rachel Moore.
Book-Related Things
Maggie Stiefvater announced her adult novel debut.
Using Fiction to Interrogate Celebrity, Politics, and Mental Health – A Talk with Elissa R. Sloan (Author and Austin FYA book club member, Elissa Sloan!)
Sweet Valley High‘s spiritual successors: reading recommendations for teen girls.
Use this interactive map to find book-ban hotspots and discover the Little Free Libraries in those areas.
Short & Quick Reads to Engage Your Tween and Teen Readers (Or, you!)
Onscreen Things
Wynonna Earp returns today! (Okay, it’s just for a movie, but I’ll take it.)!
Shailene Woodley to Star in Janis Joplin Biopic Funded by California Tax Credit. Sounds like a mad lib, but sure.
My Old Ass is great and you should see it, and read this interview with the star, Maisy Stella (by Anne Hathaway).
M. Night Shyamalan-Produced Film Starring Dylan O’Brien Gets Max Premiere Date
Social Media Things
NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose.
Glad to see these two kids still going strong.
Miscellaneous Things
Gilmore Girls‘ Kelly Bishop remains a badass and shares her abortion story in her upcoming book.
JC Chasez’s First Album In 20 Years Is A Concept LP About Frankenstein. I can’t be the only one picturing this as something like the Dracula puppet opera from Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
