Midseason TV: Friends With Better Lives
Welcome back to our series on midseason TV (a continuation of our fall TV series). We’re here to help you determine the good, the bad, and the ooooooooogly. (Warning! Possible spoilers ahead.) Friends...
View ArticleTear Down This Wall
BOOK REPORT for Going Over by Beth Kephart Cover Story: Banksy-esque BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: She Said, He/You Said Bonus Factor: Street Art Relationship Status: Captivated...
View ArticleNetflix Fix: The Avengers
Title: The Avengers Year: 2012 Fix: Superhero Action/Adventure Netflix Summary: An all-star lineup of superheroes—including Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Captain America—team up to save the world...
View ArticleThe 100 1x3: Earth Kills
Previously on The 100: No one died, but there was sexytimes, wrestling and drum circles. I’m still not of the belief that The 100 has longevity, particularly when all of the The CW’s good writers are...
View ArticleNashville 2x19: Crazy
Last week on Nashville, Luke's son made Maddie "Claybourne's" video go viral, Gay Cowboy Will and Layla got hitched, and Deacon finally rid himself of Lady Lawyer. HEY Y'ALL! Now that Connie Britton...
View ArticleEleanor & Park: Casting Call!
When you discover that a cherished novel is being adapted for the silver screen, it's a scientific fact that you will experience the following stages of emotion: 1. Excitement OMG!! ELEANOR & PARK...
View ArticleThere Will Be BLOOD & STARLIGHT
BOOK REPORT for Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone Book 2) by Laini Taylor Cover Story: My, What Big Eyes You Have BFF Charm: Platinum Edition Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk:...
View ArticleSwashbuckling And A Spot of Tea
BOOK REPORT for Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff Cover Story: Girl Power! BFF Charm: Platinum Edition Swoonworthy Scale: 0 Talky Talk: Formally Badass Arty Art: Adventurous Bonus...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: We Don’t Say Pants
Happy end of the week! Hopefully yours was short and stress free. For me, everything has gotten better since Sunday, when I left book club to walk to my friend's car in the snow. In the snow. It...
View ArticleLearning To Fly
BOOK REPORT for The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton Cover Story: Montell Jordan BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Magically Real Bonus Factors: Family...
View ArticleTeen TV Madness: Final Four Results
When we were discussing our guesses for the outcome of the Final Four round here at FYA HQ, we all assumed that the championship match would be happening between the BAMF that is Buffy Summers and the...
View ArticleLove, Czech Style
BOOK REPORT for Night of Cake & Puppets (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Book 2.5) by Laini Taylor Cover Story: Make a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul BFF Charm: OBVIOUSLY and Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 7...
View ArticleTeen TV Madness: The Final Deathmatch
After a month of grueling competition, we've arrived at the final battle of Teen TV Madness, and it's gonna be a doozy. Hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband, because this showdown will...
View ArticleGiveaway: Dreams of Gods & Monsters
YOU GUYS! Tomorrow is the release day for Dreams of Gods & Monsters, the final book in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone series! COMMENCE FREAKING OUT. As much as it'll suck to bid farewell to the...
View ArticleThe Enemy of My Enemy
BOOK REPORT for Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone Book 3) by Laini Taylor Cover Story: Every Rose Has Its Thorns BFF Charm: Make It Rain Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk:...
View ArticleStar-Crossed 1x8: An Old Accustom’d Feast
Previously, on Star-Crossed: ALL THE THINGS HAPPENED. A first kiss, flirtations, Black Ciper attacks, explosions, sword fights, near deaths, DNA discoveries … and more! So this week certainly wasn’t...
View ArticleYA Movie News Roundup: Lots Of ELEANOR & PARK Excitement
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup, where everyone is all aflutter over the news that Eleanor & Park is getting a Dreamworks adaptation! If you haven't yet, make sure you check out Posh's...
View ArticleLet’s Not Do the Time Warp Again
BOOK REPORT for The Here and Now by Ann Brashares Cover Story: I Weep for the Big Faced Future BFF Charm: Meh Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Show and Tell and Tell and Tell Bonus Factors: Time...
View ArticleThe GILMORE GIRLS Rewatch Project: Get Ready To Be Bummed Out
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Gilmore Girls... I wish this weren't bumming me out so hard, but it is. These two episodes in particular, while fun and funny and well-written as...
View ArticleBlog Tour: Going Over
Welcome to the Going Over Blog Tour! Last week I reviewed Going Over, Beth Kephart’s novel about love, life and graffiti in 1980s Berlin. Here’s the official word: In the early 1980s, Ada and Stefan...
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