Happy Friday, friends! This week brings us a new Hunger Games book and the Severance finale! How relaxing.

ICYMI on FYA

In the Friday Night Lights Rewatch, praise the Lord, we’ve finally reached season three!

In this week’s Stream It, Regina has mixed feelings about The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

In book reviews:

Book-Related Things

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Onscreen Things

Emmy winner Matthew Macfadyen is attached to star as George Smiley in Legacy Of Spies, a TV series project based on John le Carré’s series of novels.

Connie Britton almost passed on Friday Night Lights?!

You will be able to stream The Last of Us in American Sign Language.

Percy Jackson And The Olympians Renewed For Season 3 At Disney+. Check out our recaps here.

Social Media Things

The only birthday party I want to be invited to, tbh.

@tashapolis

Vampire vs Werewolf!! Who do you think should win my twilight treat-off 🍎✨ My friends SHOWED OUT for my birthday. I was entertained and fed 😘 and then we watched Twilight and New Moon altogether. Thank youuu to @Nataldee , @Kayla Stag , @Taylor Toro, @Christine Riccio , @chloé laverson ,@dphotopro and @Taya Miller for bringing the heat with their treats!! And special thank you to @Bex au Arcos for hosting in her beautiful home! #twilight #BirthdayVibes #BirthdayTreats #FoodChallenge #TreatBattle #TwilightSaga #TwilightFans #TwilightInspired #TwilightLovers #TwilightFandom #TwilightMovie #TeamEdward #TeamJacob #FoodieChallenge

♬ Supermassive Black Hole – Muse

The Gossip Girl x You x Nobody Wants This crossover we didn’t know we needed. 

@gabedababe2000

they were more invested than they thought it would be… #twilight

♬ Eyes on Fire – Blue Foundation

Miscellaneous Things

Severance and the Opportunism of Corporate Diversity

What’s distracting you this week?

Kandis (she/her) is a proud member of the Austin FYA book club chapter who loves vampires, romance novels, live tweeting CW shows, and Jonah Griggs. She’s not like a regular mom. She’s a cool mom.