Happy Friday, y’all! I just got back from CinemaCon in Vegas, where a whoooole lotta exciting movie previews were released! I’ve included some highlights below, but hot damn I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Housemaid and Verity?!! An embarrassment of riches.

ICYMI on FYA

We posted the discussion questions for this month’s FYA Book Club selection, A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid.

In this week’s installment of the Friday Night Lights Rewatch Project, Meredith C. invites you to come for the Riggins brothers’ bad choices and stay for the drama of the annual Dillon football BBQ party and its fancy new cohost!

Brian has (positive) notes on Shucked, a lighthearted and smutty comedy musical.

In book reviews:

  • Mandy W. is still recovering from the psychological damaged inflicted on her by the new Hunger Games book, Sunrise on the Reaping.
  • Regina savors the sounds of lost memories in Sarah Suk’s Meet Me at Blue Hour.
  • Mandy C. dives into the gorgeously crafted, dark academia world of What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch.

Book-Related Things

The release date for The Raven Boys graphic novel got pushed up!

Check out this cover reveal for Holly Black’s Thief of Night.

Five underrated dystopian books.

The NY Times guide to fantasy.

Onscreen Things

John Wick 5 is officially happening!!!

The uncensored oral history of The White Lotus.

Coyote vs. Acme will finally see the (theatrical) light of day!!

Here are some of the titles I lost my shit about at CinemaCon: The Housemaid, Weapons, The Roses, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Verity, and of course, this:

Social Media Things

Can I volunteer as tribute to move off this planet?!

The Shadowhunters on their TBR status:

Good question:

@djharringtonwriter

Video Credit: @Laurel Streed for audio & her brilliant comedy! 😍 I simply HAD to make this video too! 🤣🤌🏼 #booktok #readertok #dystopianbooks #fantasybooks

♬ original sound – Laurel Streed

Miscellaneous Things

RIP Val Kilmer. You will always be my huckleberry.

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.