The TFIOS Movie Is Great, You Guys
I was lucky enough to watch The Fault In Our Stars a few months ago, which means I saw it before all of the hype. Just kidding! I did see it a while ago, but even by that point, my expectations were...
View ArticleProfessor Plum, in the Library, With the Candlestick
BOOK REPORT for The Art of Secrets by James Klise Cover Story: Working Cover Drinking Buddy: In a Smokey Bar, a Package Changes Hands Under a Table Testosterone Level: The Monsters are Due on Maple...
View ArticleYou Are Cordially Invited
BOOK REPORT for The Summer Invitation by Charlotte Silver Cover Story: Outfit Change BFF Charm: Big Sister Swoonworthy Scale: 1 Talky Talk: A Bit More Y and a Little Less A Bonus Factors: New York...
View ArticleOrphan Black 2x8: Variable and Full of Perturbation
Previously: Rachel reunites with her father, Sarah reunites with her daughter, Cosima receives her treatment (yay!) that she later finds out is from Kira's stem cells (nay!), and Donnie continues the...
View ArticleTo All the Books I’ve Loved Before…
BOOK REPORT for To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before Book 1) by Jenny Han Cover Story: Picture Perfect BFF Charm: Platinum Edition Swoonworthy Scale: 8 Talky Talk:...
View ArticleBlog Tour: Ruin and Rising
Welcome to the Ruin and Rising Blog Tour! I’ve previously had the opportunity to review the first two books in the Grisha trilogy—Shadow and Bone and Siege and Storm—and truly enjoyed them both....
View ArticleYA Movie News Roundup: See The Prologue For IF I STAY
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup, where lots is happening! Let's hop to. You can see the prologue to If I Stay right now! Reviews are in for The Fault in Our Stars, and they are great. Here's...
View ArticleATX Television Festival 2014: A Diary
Thursday, June 6, 2014: My fellow Austin FYA book club member, Kristin, and I pack up and travel to the ATX Television Festival. We’re both locals, so this is a relatively easy journey. Pros: No plane...
View ArticleTell Me Sweet Little Lies
BOOK REPORT for We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Cover Story: Bland BFF Charm: Caution Swoonworthy Scale: 5 Talky Talk: Mesmerizing Bonus Factors: Being Rich, Mystery Relationship Status: Smitten Run,...
View ArticleThe GILMORE GIRLS Rewatch Project: Lorelai And Chris Go To France
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Gilmore Girls... We're on Week 57 of our little Rewatch Project, and this is a big week. Momentous stuff happens, and yet none of it feels all that...
View ArticlePretty Little Liars 5x1: EscApe from New York
SEASON FIVE, BITCHES. It feels good to be back. PREVIOUSLY ON PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Hoo boy, we go all the way back to the PILOT for this previously-on. Ali was dead but now she’s alive and Mona...
View ArticleThe Murder Confusion
BOOK REPORT for The Murder Complex (The Murder Complex #1) by Lindsay Cummings Cover Story: Drenched in Blood BFF Charm: Caution! Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: She Said, He Said Anti-Bonus Factors:...
View ArticleNetflix Fix: Twisted
Title: Twisted Year: 2013 Fix: Mystery, Teen TV, Diversity Netflix Summary: After serving five years for killing his aunt, charming teen Danny Desai returns home to enroll in high school and reconnect...
View ArticleThe 100 1x13: We Are Grounders (Part 2)
Previously on The 100: Finn and Clarke escape the clutches of the evil Grounders—with the help of Lincoln—and narrowly escape a nasty new group of “humans” called the Reapers—with the help of...
View ArticleI See Dead Popular People
BOOK REPORT for Aspen by Rebekah Crane Cover Story: Creepy JonBenét Ramsey Vibe Drinking Buddy: Chocolate Shake Testosterone Level: Super Freaky Talky Talk: Teen Angel, Can You Hear Me? Bonus Factors:...
View ArticleIn the Land of Deviled Eggs and Prom Queens
At this point, I don’t even know how it happened (except that it involved cocktails and a FYABC meeting). One minute we were wondering how it got to be 2014 already, and the next, we’re planning a...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Quack, Quack, Quack
Important things first...the FYA Summer Showdown has begun! If you still want to play, the Free Agents team is accepting new members. So, what are you waiting for? Eh hem. Anyway, today is another...
View ArticleThe Renegades Of Rhyme
BOOK REPORT for The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer Cover Story: Wannabe Hipster BFF Charm: Triple Threat Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Adorkable Bonus Factors: Performing &...
View ArticleCharlie Higson’s Guide to London
In honor of the release of his fifth book in the Enemy series (read our reviews of the first three books here), author Charlie Higson stops by with a tour of two locations from the novel-- M4 and...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry On Simon
A good Monday to you, friends! Over the weekend, we updated the FYA Store with a new design that you might enjoy, if you’re a Fangirl—and who isn’t?! (Psst. Fangirl is July’s FYA Book Club pick, and...
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