Hot dang, it’s May y’all! I went to the pool yesterday for the first time this year, and I got all kinds of excited about summer. Maybe it was just the margarita going to my head, but I am READY for the carefree vibes that this season always brings. (And the poolside reading, of course.)
ICYMI on FYA
Stephanie posted the discussion questions for this month’s FYA Book Club pick, When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson.
In this week’s installment of the Friday Night Lights Rewatch, Jason Street gets the MVP award, and Tim Riggins gets a highlight reel (I mean, this show is basically a never-ending highlight reel of Tim, IMO, but this one is specifically for football recruiters).
Brian reviews The Summer I Ate the Rich, which turns out to be quite a literal title.
Our Last of Us recaps continue with “The Path.”
I rhapsodized about Thelma, a hilarious hug of movie that every single person should watch.
Book-Related Things
Great interview with Leigh Bardugo!
How real person fiction evolved from forbidden to mainstream and back again.
The 10th anniversary edition of Nimona comes out this month!
Onscreen Things
Holy shit, best casting ever: Jesse Plemons will play young Plutarch Heavensbee in Sunrise on the Reaping.
I am SO PSYCHED for senior prom!!
Hard agree on this headline: “Twilight’s Final Vampire Battle Is Better Than Anything Marvel Has Ever Done.”
If you haven’t seen Sinners yet, what are you doing, but also, it could actually shake things up in Hollywood (I pray).
I cannot WAIT to see Sorry, Baby (and cry my eyes out, probably):
North of North got renewed for Season 2!
Nicholas Galitzine and Marisa Abela are set to star in a new film written by Steven Soderbergh.
Social Media Things
Twilight, but Bella’s obsessed with a cat:
I mean, idk this seems true:
Lol the next level of audiobooks:
