HEY HEY, who else is excited for this week to be over? Raises hand high into the air....ME! Me, me! How’s about we get to our weekend a little sooner by passing the time with some links? Sounds good to me too!
Book Related Things
NPR talks about required reading in high school and how its changed. (Also, check out this chart of the most frequently assigned reading for different decades.)
Find every library in the United States using this map! And speaking of libraries, this man’s personal library puts my sad bookshelf to shame.
The amazing Kate Beaton will be illustrating a YA novel!
Movie Related Things
The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is here! And with 100% more Legolas than the last Hobbit movie.
The Veronica Mars movie has been announcing a steady stream of old characters who will be returning for the film. So far, we’ve received confirmation on Wallace, Weevil, Mac, Cliff McCormack, Madison Sinclair, Luke and Piz. Piz is by far the most contentious of the announcements so far, especially considering he is the first (and only) exclusively Hearst era character to get cast so far.
Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters has began filming, and you could win a trip to the set.
A Choose Your Own Adventure movie is happening and yet no one will explain to me how that can even work?!
FACT. If you are a movie franchise based on a bestselling YA series, you are now REQUIRED to license a makeup line.
M. Night Shyamalan tells the internet he ghost wrote the script to She’s All That and, ridiculously, acts like that’s the thing in his life he should most be ashamed of. And then it turns out he was lying anyway. Go home M. Night, nobody likes you here!
TV Related Things
This article on the Whedonverse came out LAST WEEK and SOMEHOW I MISSED IT. All sorts of neat history on Much Ado About Nothing, its actors and how it came together!
Your first peak at next season's The Legend of Korra (if you can stomach the rest of this obnoxious video.)
The Baby-Sitters Club is now streaming on Netflix and one fan has realized she’s now entirely confused by the series’ whole premise. Speaking of Netflix, it looks like they may be rolling out multi-user accounts down the line!
Lauren Graham’s YA debut might become a television show.
One dad tries to name all of the Game of Thrones characters and this is the result.
BBC’s The White Queen is coming to Starz and here’s a trailer.
Miscellaneous Things
Is blond Taylor Kitsch a sign of the apocalypse? You tell me.
A makeup artist shows off her skills by styling herself different characters from Mulan.
Scandal! George Takei doesn’t write all of his jokes. I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised...but still.
What else did you see on the internet this week? Share with us below!