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The GILMORE GIRLS Rewatch Project: So What Happens After That Kiss?
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Gilmore Girls... We've reached Season 5! Last week we all lost our minds as Luke and Lorelai finally locked lips, and that means this week we get to...
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The Originals 1x09: Reigning Pain in New Orleans
It’s the mid-season finale! The airdate for the next episode hasn't been announced yet, meaning this will be a particularly lonely holiday season without our mighty-good-looking vampiric counterparts...
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Don’t Forget Your Long Underwear
BOOK REPORT for Frozen (Heart of Dread #1) by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston Cover Story: Hypothermia Doesn’t Look So Bad BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 7 Talky Talk: She Said, He Said...
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Netflix Fix: Timeline
Title: Timeline Year: 2003 Fix: Science Fiction Netflix Summary: In the near future, when a technology corporation has created a method for traveling into the past, a history professor gets trapped in...
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On Writing for Reluctant Readers
A few weeks ago, I came across this really awesome essay by Matt de la Peña on just how powerful reading can be. So when FYA had an opportunity to share a video of Matt talking about reluctant readers...
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Nashville 2x9: I’m Tired Of Pretending
HEY Y'ALL. I have a scientific query for you. How is it possible to pack so much drama into such a boring episode? I feel like I just figured out how black holes work. Anyhoo, let's see if we can get...
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Sew Your Own Tree Skirt
Holy December, Batman! Like it or not, it's that time of year again. Lucky for us, I've got a great project to use up all those triangles from last month's table runner project that is sure to get you...
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The Vampire Diaries 5x9: The Cell
Last week we became privy to some information about Damon that he had never shared previously. Mainly that he was a prisoner for five years in which he was tortured in a variety of different ways by...
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Procrastination Pro-Tips: Veronica Mars Has A Release Date!
AHHHH this was a great week for Veronica Mars fans! Skip to the movie section to read more. Otherwise, let’s get to the linkage! Book Related Things With the year coming to a close, we are getting...
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Unrealistic Fiction
BOOK REPORT for Torn by David Massey Cover Story: Bullshit! Drinking Buddy: Who Can Tell? Testosterone Level: Video Game Talky Talk: Maybe In Twenty Years Anti-Bonus Factors: Adorable Scamp, Ghosts of...
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I’m a Fan of Four Play
With only 16 days until Christmas—GULP—the number of days left to purchase gifts is possibly becoming part of your fear landscape. Before the countdown reaches Four, however, you might consider...
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Skull and Bones Got Nothing on This Crew
BOOK REPORT for Poor Little Dead Girls by Lizzie Friend Cover Story: Textile-tastic BFF Charm: Natalie Imbruglia Swoonworthy Scale: 1 Talky Talk: Ms. Norbury Intervention Required Bonus Factors:...
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The VERONICA MARS Rewatch Project: Terrorists and My Pretty Pony
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Previously, on Veronica Mars... THE OFFICIAL FYA VERONICA MARS SEASON 3 DRINKING GAME Take a drink every time: • Someone says "Veronica Mars", even when they know...
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YA Movie News Roundup: DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE Is Happening
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup! Let's dig into the scoop. Michael Gracey (a visual effects supervisor turned first time director) has been hired to helm the film adaptation of Laini...
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Don’t Bother Checking the Lost and Found
BOOK REPORT for What We Lost in the Dark (What We Saw at Night #2) by Jacquelyn Mitchard Cover Story: Vague Suspense BFF Charm: Eventually Swoonworthy Scale: 5 Talky Talk: Did I Miss Something? Bonus...
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The GILMORE GIRLS Rewatch Project: Luke And Lorelai’s First Date
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Gilmore Girls... I've been traveling for work stuff and then for family stuff, so it's going to be a bit of an abbreviated entry this week. But fret...
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And The NaNoWriMo Completion Award Goes To ...
In September, we challenged any FYAers with a penchant for writing and an interest in participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) to take one of our Cover Story fake plots summaries and...
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Meet Me in 1880
BOOK REPORT for Extracted (The Lost Imperials #1) by Sherry D. Ficklin and Tyler H. Jolley Cover Story: I Hope You Like Gears BFF Charm: Yay x 2 Swoonworthy Scale: 5 Talky Talk: Flip the Switch Bonus...
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Netflix Fix: The Mistle-tones!
Around this time last year, I conned the other FYA ladies into watching the Christmas themed ABC Family original movies that could be found on Netflix Instant. The movies were pretty much universally...
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Nashville 2x10: Tomorrow Never Comes
HEY Y'ALL. Before I go any further, I feel the need to remind you that I'm about to spoil the shizz out of this episode. Okay? So are we good? Well then. PEGGY IS DEAD! PEGGY IS DEAD! PEACE OUT...
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