Whoa, y’all, did you know it’s already MARCH 7th?!!! How did this happen? Well, given that it’s my birthday month, I won’t question it. But… really? Are we sure?

ICYMI on FYA

Stephanie wrapped up this year’s Grown-Up Guide to Romance with a compilation of our romance faves and fails.

We announced our March FYA Book Club Selection, The Grace Year by Kim Liggett.

In this week’s Friday Night Lights Rewatch, Stephanie wraps up S2. We made it through, y’all!!!

Brian is charmed by Only Murders In the Building Season 4 in this week’s Stream It review.

In book reviews:

  • Stephanie took a trip to Italy with Amy Lea’s Something Like Fate.
  • Mandy C. read Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yaros and is left asking: Who is Lewellen? What is Lewellen? Why is Lewellen?

Book-Related Things

Because they are the coolest, the Brooklyn Public Library is offering free library cards nationwide to teens facing book bans.

Let them eat tropes: why romantasy needs to grow beyond trends.

Reactor on taking the “shoulds” out of reading.

Onscreen Things

Finally, an update on Crazy Rich Asians!! There’s a TV series in the works, praise be.

Hell yes, Kathryn Newton has joined the cast in the Ready or Not sequel!

Tatiana Maslany will play a newly divorced mom who falls down a rabbit hole of blackmail and murder in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, an upcoming Apple series, and I am HERE FOR IT.

Mara Brock Akil is reimagining Judy Blume’s Forever for a new Netflix series.

This new Guy Ritchie show has an amazing cast:

Maxton Hall: The World Between Us has a S2 launch date; to quote Mandy W, “the horny German British teens are coming back!”

Tracy Morgan is set to star in a new Tina Fey comedy!

More cast updates for The Last of Us S2! And here’s a piece on the making of S2.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is producing and narrating an octopus documentary, and okay girl you keep doing you.

Social Media Things

Oscar looks & books!

At this point, I can only WISH I was in an American Doll book:

Hoa hoa hoa I love librarian humor:

Twilight as a mockumentary? 10/10 would watch.

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Give it up for Women in STEM!

Rpatz knows who made him:

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Use those SAT words, girl!

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Severance theme song:

Miscellaneous Things

Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, has passed away. 😢

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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.