Happy Friday!
ICYMI on FYA
In our ongoing rewatch of Friday Night Lights, I recapped “Game of the Week,” in which Tyra sees the consequences of her rash decision and Buddy Garrity speaks the iconic line “The TV People are coming!”
Stephanie recapped “Feel Her Love,” the fifth episode in the second season of The Last of Us, and she posted a review of “horror” romance The Gorge, an Apple TV movie that once again attempts to make Miles Teller happen, in this week’s Stream It.
And in this week’s Book Reports:
- Regina reviewed Riley Redgate’s Come Home to My Heart, a novel that deals with questions about faith, sexual identity, and how those two things fit together.
Book-Related Things
In “yeah, obviously” news: “Self-love science: Why reading is so good for your well-being.”
Here are 20 books (and movies) you should read (and watch) to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May).
And a list of YA reads for Jewish American Heritage Month (also May).
All the new YA science fiction and fantasy books releasing this month.
Possibly of interest: A rundown of the controversy surrounding Dani Francis’s upcoming Silver Elite.
“In Conversation: Julie Murphy and Jonathan Van Ness.”
Onscreen Things
The Apple TV adaptation of Martha Wells’s Murderbot series hit the streaming service yesterday. Here’s a chat between the creators, Chris and Paul Weitz.
We swear we’re not sponsored by Apple TV. (But they do have some killer programming.) Up soon: A limited series about Siegfried and Roy starring Jude Law and Andrew Garfield.
Krysten Ritter will reprise her role as Jessica Jones in the second season of Daredevil: Born Again. (Be sure to check out all of our Marvel content here.)
Speaking of Marvel, here’s the official trailer for the upcoming Ironheart series.
And not speaking of Marvel, here’s the official trailer for the new Superman movie.
I love everything about this headline: “Elizabeth Olsen Joins Kristen Stewart & Oscar Isaac In Hedonistic ’80s Vampire Thriller ‘Flesh Of The Gods’.”
“TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far.”
James Van Der Beek is joining Prime’s Legally Blonde prequel, Elle.
Michael J. Fox will return to acting with a role on Shrinking. (This show does everything it can to make me cry.) (Check out Kandis’s review of the first season.)
The Buffy reboot has found its new slayer.
Bridgerton‘s been renewed for two more seasons (5 and 6). (We’ve got Bridgerton content here!)
Social Media Things
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Miscellaneous Things
I’d really love to know how the books in this quiz were chosen. “Only True YA Bookworms Have Read At Least 15 Of These Popular YA Novels — How Many Have You?” (I’ve read 11.)
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
