Are we Team Gladiator II, Team Wicked, or Team Both this weekend? I personally think I’ll try defying gravity.
ICYMI on FYA
In this week’s Friday Night Lights rewatch, Mandy C. recaps everyone’s continued bad ideas, all of which contributed to being one of the higher drinking game counts of the rewatch.
In book reviews:
- Stephanie reviewed Joelle Wellington’s The Blonde Dies First, a slasher-y book I’m moving up my TBR list and is a 2025 FYA Book Club pick!
- Regina reviewed The Other Side of the Sky by Aimee Kaufman and Megan Spooner, the first book in a new series with a floating kingdom in peril and an earthbound priestess trying to save her people.
Book-Related Things
Olivia Dade’s new vampire and zombie novel, Zomromcom, has a cute cover!
In less than great news, HarperCollins has made a deal to sell works to an AI company.
But in great news, the Fated Mates podcast has released their top ten romances of the year:
If you’ve been wanting to return to Cabeswater, Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys has been adapted into a graphic novel.
Onscreen Things
I’m going to assume our Friday Night Lights rewatch inspired this FNL reboot to happen, so you’re welcome, Hollywood.
Does bringing Conan O’Brien out of retirement to host the Oscars next year count as a reboot/revival of some sort?
If you’re not watching Doctor Odyssey, not only are you missing a bananas fun show, you’re also missing some equally bananas (and maybe true?) theories about what’s really going on.
It’s almost(ish) Yellowjackets time again!
The Artful Dodger has been renewed for season 2, and so has A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Anne Hathaway is set to star in the next Colleen Hoover book-to-movie adaptation, this time for Verity. As mentioned in the article, she and director Michael Showalter also worked together in my beloved The Idea of You.
And speaking of book-to-movie adaptations, Maddie Ziegler and Levi Miller are cast in the movie of Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver.
The Couple Next Door premieres on STARZ in January, if you, too, have been waiting for this show to cross the pond so you can watch it!
Social Media Things
My stars rating system is not quite that generous, but otherwise this is a relatable vibe.
Lawyers-turned-romance novelists are a powerful force, y’all.
This is not a drill: Now and Then reunion moment!
Miscellaneous Things
Have you, too, been wondering why suddenly celebrity lookalike contests are everywhere?
Not all heroes wear capes, etc.: this woman ran the NYC marathon drunk.
