How is it already the latter half of August?!?! Hope y’all’s summers are treating you well.
ICYMI on FYA
Regina dove into a darker end of the Spider-Man mythos in Spider-Noir, the subject of this week’s Stream It.
In this week’s Book Reports:
- Regina reviewed Catherine Bakewell’s Flowerheart, a magical novel that draws on the Victorian language of flowers.
- I reviewed Melinda Salisbury’s Local Gods, an atmospheric and eerie book that’s perfect for easing into Spooky Season.
Book-Related Things
There’s another new Beth March-inspired novel coming next March (heh). Emily St. James’s Beth March Returns From the Dead reimagines Little Women through a trans lens.
“Perhaps We Could Find Some New Book Topics to Argue About.”
Broadway sensation Suffs is getting the YA book treatment.
Publisher’s Weekly sat down with Jessica Spotswood to chat about her new novel, The Harrow Home for Wayward Girls.
Some YA series from the 90s and 00s are getting fresh new covers.
“39 of the Best YA Graphic Novels and Comics of 2026.”
Onscreen Things
Here’s more on what went down with the film adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone. (Read our review of the book here.)
Hulu has picked up Gayle Forman’s Just One Day, starring Kathryn Newton, for development. (Our review of the novel is here.)
J.J. Abrams and James Wan are working on Sid & Zoey, a new YA gothic romance series for Netflix.
Romy & Michelle at D23:
News on Heated Rivalry‘s second season from the producers.
10 Things I Hate About You … The Musical?
The cast of Murderbot‘s second season is STACKED. (Check out Stephanie’s Stream It on the first season here.)
Season two of the Black Dagger Brotherhood will air starting in October.
John Oliver brought his own wig to the Days of Our Lives set.
The final season of Yellowjackets will arrive in November. (See our coverage of the series here.)
Kristen Stewart would love to see a Twilight reboot in which Bella is gay. (I feel like the vampires have been around long enough that they’re all less than perfectly straight, yeah?)
Sterling Point has been renewed for a season two.
The recast of Amazon’s God of War series has tapped Dave Bautista for Kratos. (Stephanie and Mandy W. covered the game in our MAS Effect series here.)
Here’s a trailer for Crew Girl, Netflix’s upcoming YA series about romance in the rowing community.
Social Things
She’s not wrong.
Coach Taylor chooses his superhero Mount Rushmore:
Anyone up for a road trip? (I accidentally wrote rad instead of road the first time, but that applies here, too!)
Miscellaneous Things
Hayden Panettiere, star of Heroes and Nashville, has died.
And in random, but cool, merch collections:
- Disney has a Princess Diaries 25th Anniversary collection.
- Printfresh has a series of Gilmore Girls pajamas.
- Awe Inspired has jewelry from Practical Magic 2.
Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid has donated $300K to multiple rural Nova Scotia school libraries.
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
