As Anne would say: I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
ICYMI on FYA
In this week’s Book Reports:
- Stephanie cracked open India Holton’s The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love, a romance that is as smart as it is silly.
- Regina reviewed Robbie Couch’s Just the Good Parts, a sweet magical realism novel that will make you want to visit Yankee Candle.
Book-Related Things
New Lois Lowry book alert!
I thought we already knew she was doing this, but: Ali Hazelwood is writing a Love Hypothesis sequel. (Check out our review of the book here and the adaptation here.)
Publisher’s Weekly chatted with E. Lockhart about her new novel, The Pools.
With his latest novel, Hollywood Ending, John Green has achieved a Guinness World Record for “most tip-in sheets signed by an author in their lifetime.” (Good for him, but … why is this a record?)
Loungefly now has a line of ACOTAR-related accessories. The book bag is tempting, but I’m still mad about the mid-series cover redesign.
Onscreen Things
The cast of The Gilded Age is releasing a Christmas album.
Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter are joining Tom Holland in his Fred Astaire movie. (Cue the video …)
Lily Gladstone and Kiowa Gordon (of the La Push werewolf tribe) are working on a horror western called Curse of Silver.
“Twenty Years Ago, Friday Night Lights Gave Us the Texas Role Models We Needed” (Revisit the show through our rewatch project.)
There’s a Mary Poppins series in the works that will “lean into more complex elements” of the books. Where is The CW when we need it?
Netflix is working on a YA drama based on Katharine McGee’s American Royals books. (Check out our review of the first in the series here.)
Social Things
Now, this is a scary costume idea.
Miscellaneous Things
The charity from Heated Rivalry is now real!
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams are taking sweater weather to another level. Indigenous designer Justin Jacob Louis had thoughts about the now-viral sweater Williams wore.
Fan favorite Backpack won this year’s Fat Bear Week.
From Reactor and Lish McBride: “Staving Off Seasonal Depression With Trogdor, Faeries, and Greek Myths.”
In celebration of “the weird little guy.”
What’d we miss? Add your fave distractions of the week in the comments.
