Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you have wine and chocolate and sparkles in your day because you are lovely and worth it.
ICYMI on FYA
Kandis recapped episode 2.12 in our Friday Night Lights rewatch where we get cameos from Weevil of Veronica Mars and Rory Gilmore’s best boyfriend, Logan. (I said what I said.)
In this week’s Stream It, Mandy. W watched season 1 of Clean Slate, a heartfelt Norman Lear show about returning to your childhood home as an adult, featuring Laverne Cox.
In book reviews:
- Regina reviewed Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell, a swoony and poetically written read.
- In FYA’s Grown-Up Guide to Romance Novels: Enemies to Lovers edition, Stephanie chats about The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O’Keefe.
Book-Related Things
Here are five horror novels with a dash of romance to add to your TBR.
It’s Valentine’s Day, so here are five witches or wizards to fall in love with for the occasion.
Leigh Bardugo is coming out with a new, probably middle grade book!
Rainbow Rowell‘s Slow Dance is coming to paperback this summer, and look at that pretty edge.
Onscreen Things
How I found an unlikely millennial icon in The Last Unicorn.
Let’s talk about Super Bowl commercials!
This was my personal favorite commercial:
SMG’s gotta fill those stylish yet affordable boots.
Speaking of Buffy, here are a few things a Buffy revival could learn from the Veronica Mars revival (that FYA has discussed but many of us choose to ignore as a thing that exists).
FX renewed English Teacher for a second season despite the sexual assault allegations against Brian Jordan Alvarez.
I have so many questions about Taylor Lautner’s proposed show, Taylor Lautner: Werewolf Hunter, but I would also watch it. Does this mean he’s Team Edward after all this time?
Social Media Things
I cannot believe it took me so long to see a video like this, well played, Mayor Wren.
If book character heights were properly discussed:
Gotta say I love the Enchanted sound bite choice here, Melanie Lynskey.
When spicy novels intersect with video gaming.
