All I want to talk about is the Superman trailer and Krypto and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, but there are other things to chat about below too I guess.

ICYMI on FYA

FYA wants to know your favorite book of the year!

Some of our FYA writers shared part one of the most anticipated 2025 reads around these here parts, and I personally second Ellie Marney’s All Shall Mourn (final in the trilogy, read one and two first) as the 2025 book I cannot WAIT to read.

Meredith B. recapped the latest episode in our Friday Night Lights rewatch, and we finally had a good season 2 episode!

Mandy W. watched EXmas in this week’s Stream It, because how can you not watch a Christmas movie with Blair Waldorf (okay, Leighton Meester) and Robbie Amell?

In book reviews:

Book-Related

Amazon put out its list of best teen and YA books of the year.

Reactor’s list of Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2024 has some great choices on it.

Reactor also has a list of all the short fiction they published in 2024, because why choose when you can have them all?

Six SFF jobs for the teen looking for work experiences.

This is both book *and* onscreen news: Sony is adapting Jennifer L. Armentrout’s From Blood and Ash series into a TV show.

Relatedly, Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne are going to be in the adaptation of Karen Slaughter’s The Good Daughter.

Holly Black’s sequel to her (adult book) Book of Night has a release month! I will definitely need a reread of the first one by then.

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Ally Carter’s The Blonde Identity sequel comes out next summer, and People has an exclusive excerpt!

Onscreen Things

Vulture listed its top 12 TV performances of the year, which includes Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac as it should, and I once again remind you that Interview with the Vampire is fantastic.

Jennifer Love Hewitt will be in the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot!

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Malcolm in the Middle is returning for a limited series on Disney+ because sure, why not?

Neither Meredith on this site has any chill about this Superman teaser trailer, is it July yet??

Let’s talk more about that Superman trailer.

Okay, I am also very excited for season 3 of The White Lotus.

Social Media Things

I don’t know if there will be a sequel to The Holiday or if we need that, but I would absolutely watch it.

An iconic White Christmas scene.

The Love Actually dance scene is also iconic, and this is a solid version of it.

I had this same conversation with myself earlier today, actually.

@yini_apeji

At what point do I seek professional help? #fyp #booktok #foryou #fantasybooktok #bookish #bookstan

♬ original sound – ahsmads
@sisterbookreviews

#booktok #book #positions #smuttok #bookgirls #readersoftiktok #fyp #foryoupage #puckingaround

♬ original sound – loskaja

Watch this Twilight DIY ornament video until the end, it’s worth it.

@kerrinotcarrieokay

A REMARKABLE ornament makeover. I took one look at these @target ornaments and thought, “Aro you kidding me?” I had a vision for what I wanted to make! It’s so nice to get a HEAD start on decorations. #twilight #twilightsaga #breakingdawnpart2 #michaelsheen #target #targetchristmas #diyornaments #volturi #aro #twilighttiktok #twilightmovies #twilightchristmas #twilightornaments

♬ The Antidote – St. Vincent

Miscellaneous

This article about The Beatles and fandom is very interesting and worth the read.

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Meredith loves vampires, ridiculous werewolves, and Shadowhunters the most but has a soft spot for a good murder (mystery). When not reading or working, she prefers to make baked goods and cocktails and catch up on TV and movies, sometimes all at once. Meredith resides in Austin with a particularly clingy cat.