Christ on a cracker, y’all, January is almost overrrrrr! It has been WAY TOO LONG, WAY TOO MUCH, ETC. ETC.

ICYMI on FYA

Brian reviewed The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley, the fascinating (and dark) true story of Sara “Sally” Forbes Bonetta, a Nigerian girl kidnapped by slavers and later adopted as a goddaughter by Queen Victoria.

In this week’s Friday Night Lights Rewatch, Mandy C. invites you to take your mind off the horrors of real life with the “horrors” of being a teenage boy in Dillon, TX.

For this week’s Stream It, revenge is a dish best served by dodgy garden gnome robots in Wallace & Gromit, Vengeance Most Fowl.

Book-Related Things

GREAT NEWS: indie bookstores will soon be able to sell e-books!

New Ashley Poston book, huzzah!

*Fanning self* This Jane Austen Folio Society collection!!!

Inside a collection of “imaginary” books.

Happy 212th birthday to Pride & Prejudice!

An oral history of dragon romance.

Onscreen Things

OMG write this down on a Post-it: the sequel to Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion is happening!!!

The writer and director of My Old Ass (i.e. my favorite movie of 2024) has landed a YA Amazon series and I am HERE FOR IT.

Oh shit there’s gonna be a remake of The Faculty?!!!

Bradley Whitford is joining the cast of The Diplomat, because the universe is clearly working on at least this one thing.

We are cordially invited:

We are ALL ABOUT this doc in support of librarians fighting the good fight.

There’s a sci-fi teen mystery in the works from the producers of The 100.

The Lost Boys musical is coming to Broadway!!

Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunite to chat about all things Bridget Jones.

Grab your gingham and maple syrup, there’s a Little House on the Prairie reboot a-comin!

A Jonas Brothers Christmas movie is coming to Disney+.

Social Media Things

A 1000%:

Julia Stiles talking about Kat Stratford aka evergreen content for me.

This was the marriage of my two faves: SNL and YA lit!

This is the CW show we all need:

A dramatic reading of Sabrina’s “Please Please Please” by several actors:

Okay can we bring this back?!!

Reactor has decided that Angel hated sex.

People who get our love of reading.

Recognizing and categorizing the different “la-las” of the Gilmore Girls soundtrack:

Watch on TikTok

Miscellaneous Things

Book donations for victims of the LA fires!

From Stephanie: A thoughtful discussion on engaging critically with what you read and the implications it can have over the next four years, especially.

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Sarah lives in Austin, and believes there is no such thing as a guilty pleasure, which is part of why she started FYA in 2009. Growing up, she thought she was a Mary Anne, but she's finally starting to accept the fact that she's actually a Kristy.