The Official September 2016 FYA Calendar
So, it’s September. (I know, right?) I’m definitely looking forward to the slow slide—at least here in Texas—into fall, but man, 2016 is flying. This month’s FYA Book Club pick is Ellie Marney’s Every...
View ArticleSerial Box: Serialized Fiction For The Digital-Age Reader
I don’t know about you, but it’s sometimes hard to find the time to sit down for a few hours at a stretch to read. Work, family, life—as much as all are wonderful things, they can get in the way of...
View ArticleOpen Thread: September 2-5
We're enjoying an upswing of fantastic YA books by a variety of diverse authors these days, but will it last forever? With every pretentious piece agonizing over how YA is The Death of Literature, I...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Tahereh Mafi On Late Night, Beauty & The Beast,...
Happy Friday! Aren't you glad it's finally September? Happy procrastinating! Book Related Things Amazon is expanding plans for actual, physical bookstores. A Reading List for Badass Girls. Tahereh...
View ArticleThe Empire’s Fire
Let's just be real, here, folks: no spoilers, but you're going to need a cocktail (or two) when you read A Torch Against the Night, and like the book, it should be delicious, deceptively strong, and...
View ArticleDouble Cross You, They Got To Triple Cross Me
BOOK REPORT for Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor Cover Story: Coming This Fall to the Disney Channel BFF Charm: Nay Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Keep the Change, Ya Filthy Animal Bonus Factor: The...
View ArticleTime Loops And Tide Taming
BOOK REPORT for Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs Cover Story: Flora and Fauna The Best: “The First Ymbryne,” “The Woman Who Befriended Ghosts” The Worst*: “The Pigeons of Saint Paul’s” The Weird:...
View ArticleThe SUPERNATURAL Rewatch Project: Special Junior Varsity Edition
The Road So Far Welcome back to the rewatch, superfans! Did you ever think to yourself, gee, I love Supernatural and the twenty to thirty-something hunks it employees, but what I’d really like to see...
View ArticleGiveaway: BRIDGET JONES’S BABY
Pour yourself a glass of vodka and crank up the Chaka Khan, because Bridget Jones is back! And our favorite wanton sex goddess is... expecting. Regardless of who the father is, that baby is gonna have...
View ArticleYA Onscreen: WB Might Make THE CURSED CHILD Into A Trilogy (Sigh)
Welcome back to YA Onscreen! Let's hop to. Warner Bros. intends to squeeze every drop they can out of the Harry Potter universe, with rumors of a TRILOGY being made out of the 320-page treatment of...
View ArticleTurn The Page
BOOK REPORT for The Reader (Sea of Ink and Gold #1) by Traci Chee Cover Story: Patchwork BFF Charm: Heck Yes Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk: Power of Words Bonus Factors: Pirates, Book Love, Series...
View ArticleThe DAWSON’S CREEK Rewatch Project: Joey And Pacey Do The Deed!
Follow the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Dawson’s Creek. Welcome back to the Dawson's Creek Rewatch Project, where we have reached an episode that, no big deal, WHOLLY DEFINED MY TEENAGE SEXUAL...
View ArticleAll Work and No Play…
BOOK REPORT for Harmony House by Nic Sheff Cover Story: Weird Title Drinking Buddy: Nope Testosterone Estrogen Level: Flatline Talky Talk: USA Up All Night Bonus Factors: Haunted Mansion, THE POWER OF...
View ArticleRisin’ Up To The Challenge Of Her Rivals
BOOK REPORT for Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas Cover Story: Playing with Prisma BFF Charm: Make it Rain Swoonworthy Scale: 8 Talky Talk: Maastery Bonus Factor: Aelin’s Court...
View ArticleDisqus Tips & Tricks
Way back in 2012 (seriously, how was that four years ago?) Meghan wrote a comprehensive guide on how to get the most out of our commenting system, Disqus. As Disqus has gone through changes since that...
View ArticleOpen Thread: September 9-11
Happy Friday! Let's kick off this weekend by sharing some of your favorite random facts and trivia. For example, did you know koalas sleep 20 hours a day? And that we refer to redheads' hair color as...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: YA Authors’ Teen Diaries, Future Of Print Books,...
Hey friends! Welcome to your Friday procrastination! (Cocktails optional, but encouraged.) Book Related Things A tenth anniversary edition of Vampire Academy is coming in November. Per Richelle...
View ArticleBetween Two Lockers With Corrie
Earlier this year, we ran a Between Two Lockers special series featuring your fave FYA writers and contributors. (Peep the announcement.) Since April, a few new contributors have joined FYA HQ, so...
View ArticleThe SUPERNATURAL Rewatch Project: The Red Menace
The Road So Far Welcome back to the rewatch, superfans! This week brings us a coterie of guest star favorites. All Charlie, Benny, and Bobby fans (especially the shippers) will have much to rejoice...
View ArticleYour Fake Historical Girlfriend: Bessie Coleman
We're so excited to have author and FYA fave Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire, and Black Dove, White Raven) sharing the history behind her latest plane-flying heroine: real-life...
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