Hi Barbie!! Are you ready to have the most perfect weekend?!!

ICYMI on FYA

Y’all, we’ve got the CUTEST new merch in the FYA store, inspired by Barbie!

We also have a Barbie Drinking Game, you’re welcome!

No one asked for this, but we compiled our list of the 100 Best YA Books of the 2000s, and like we don’t want to fight about it but we welcome a healthy discussion. Also, this is Rosemary’s last post! We’re gonna miss that girl.

Mandy W. reviewed Queen Charlotte and, bonus, gave us a drinking game!

In book reviews:

Book-Related Things

Interview with Cassandra Clare about her first adult novel, Sword Catcher.

Onscreen Things

Sarah Dessen revealed in her newsletter (subscribe y’all!) that, “We have a great script and director for This Lullaby, but Netflix politely declined to move forward with other books they’d optioned so we’re back on the hunt.” BOOOOOOO!

You can take a quiz to find out which Barbie you are, but full disclosure, several of us got “Nature Barbie” which is clearly inaccurate.

So is Jules like E.T. for the olds?

Social Media Things

Ryan Gosling agrees, books are better:

Miscellaneous Things

Sofía and Joe are getting a divorce, and we’re sad about it, but also… so Joe is single?!

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Sarah lives in Austin, and believes there is no such thing as a guilty pleasure, which is part of why she started FYA in 2009. Growing up, she thought she was a Mary Anne, but she's finally starting to accept the fact that she's actually a Kristy.