Happy Friday, friends! I just realized there are only three more weeks until Halloween! I’M NOT READY. I need to know about everyone’s scary and/or ironically funny costumes STAT.
ICYMI on FYA
In book reports:
- Regina checked out Becky Albertalli’s fake-dating queer romance, Imogen, Obviously.
In Stream It Reviews: Stephanie went all in on spooky season, checking out the creepy catacombs of As Above, So Below.
Book-Related Things
“You Have to Love It.” Brittany Cavallaro on writing for young adults.
Can’t Get Enough of Book It? Pizza Hut Announces New Reading Initiative with ‘Little Hut Libraries’
“Generation: Baby-Sitters Club”, a five-episode podcast about the books that help us become who we are, from PBS.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is expanding to serve more kids.
How Penguin Random House is combating book banning, and what we can do to help.
Finalists for 2026 NBA for Young People’s Literature Announced
Crafting a state freedom-to-read bill requires political passion, a streamlined legal strategy, and a deep bench of organized volunteers.
The ultimate celebrity book swap at Paris Fashion Week.
Book recs from Leigh Bardugo.
Onscreen Things
Shane Paul McGhie & Dasan Frazier To Headline Issa Rae’s Male Friendship Comedy Pilot At HBO
The gospel of Buddy Garrity: Twenty years since the premiere of Friday Night Lights, Brad Leland’s overbearing, ultra-charming booster remains one of TV’s most iconic characters.
From creating ‘crack for girls’ to superhero TV: The untold history of the CW, 20 years later from The Los Angeles Times.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging TV Series Adaptation Lands at Netflix; Pilot Filming This Autumn
Social Media Things
From The New York Times: Forget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say
Thanks to the final book in the Alex Stern series being released, we have another sound bite from Leigh Bardugo, this time her stance on AI in art.
Miscellaneous
Out of Print dropped an Interview With the Vampire collection.
What’s distracting you this week?
