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Show Me Who You Are
BOOK REPORT for Illusive by Emily Lloyd-Jones Cover Story: Comic Book-Esque BFF Charm: Maybe? Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: She Said, He Said Bonus Factors: Superpowers, Smooth Criminals Anti-Bonus...
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Pretty Little Liars 5x6: Run, Ali, Run
After last week's (amazing) plotplotplot rollercoaster, we return this week with some classic (and amazing) PLL character studies. We here at FYA also return with the inimitable Rosemary sitting in...
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Netflix Fix: View From The Top
Title: View from the Top Year: 2003 Fix: Over-the-Top Romantic Comedy Netflix Summary: A small-town girl's dreams of becoming a flight attendant hit some turbulence when she meets a catty colleague, a...
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Vancouver, BC Book Clubbers (#FYAVBC), Assemble!
Photo credit: Trevor May Welcome to beautiful Vancouver, BC -- home of #YASummerShowdown participants, the Vancouver, BC FYA Book Club! Today, Amy and Caitlin are here to regale us with how their book...
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Sew Your Own: Ironing Board Cover
Now, before I begin, if any of you out there are guilty of relegating your ironing board to a dusty corner in the closet, let me convince you to think again. I know, I know, it can be a hassle to set...
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The First Rule Of Pregnancy Club
FYA!!!! How are you?!! It's so good to see you! How've you been? Great! Oh, me? Well, funny story… Last September we rented an "elegantly decayed mansion" for a weekend in New Orleans to celebrate my...
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Procrastination Pro-Tips: Rainbow Rowell, Nellie Bly, Twin Peaks, and more!
Good morning, cats and kittens! Who's ready for some linkage? Book Related Things Awesome article about journalist Nellie Bly -- her writing has been gathered into a new collection. Arthur Conan...
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The Belle With The Balls (Metaphorically Speaking)
BOOK REPORT for Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins Cover Story: Girliest Badass on the Block BFF Charm: Yay!!! Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk: Charming, Ya’ll Bonus Factors: Madame Badass, Fantasy Refresh...
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Fangirl Fan-Fare
Throughout July, FYA Book Clubs the world over are fangirling, thanks in part to the July FYABC pick, Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl. FYA's love affair with the world of Cather, Wren and Levi—and, of...
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She’s Full of Secrets
BOOK REPORT for Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Cover Story: Just a Note BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Summertime Sadness Bonus Factor: Diversity Relationship Status:...
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29 Going on 14: A Sailor Scout Grows Up
In seventh grade, I was the perpetually frizzy-haired, braces-wearing, glasses-clad girl wearing a Winnie the Pooh baby t-shirt. I wasn’t a complete social pariah but I wasn’t popular. I was just...
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#YASummerShowdown 2014, Week 6: Mashup up up and away!
So almost as soon as the Showdown started, Mandy and Catie had this brainhurricane for YA mashups. They came up with a list of like, 100 titles*, and only stopped because they wanted to leave some for...
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Summer Rewatch: Skins 01x06: Maxxie & Anwar
While I’ve certainly seen this episode before, I completely forgot how incredibly bonkers it was. The main action focuses around Maxxie and Anwar’s increasingly fraying relationship while the gang is...
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YA Movie News Roundup: THE JUNGLE BOOK Casts Mowgli
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup! We have a mixed bag of stuff today, all of it fun, so let's hop to! FIRST - Jon Favreau's upcoming adaptation of The Jungle Book has its Mowgli, and he is...
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When Parallel Worlds Become Perpendicular
BOOK REPORT for Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke Cover Story: Fancy Dress BFF Charm: Roger Murtaugh Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Longwinded Bonus Factors: Parallel Universe, Kickass Gramps...
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The GILMORE GIRLS Rewatch Project: Lorelai Will Always Love Luke
Follow along the whole rewatch here! Last week, on Gilmore Girls... Hi, gang! It's me, Mandy J, filling in for Meredith while she's at Comic-Con. It’s been a while, no? What have you been doing? Where...
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Winter, Spring, Summer … Bone
BOOK REPORT for The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) by Samantha Shannon Cover Story: Illuminati BFF Charm: Yay to Platinum Swoonworthy Scale: 8 Talky Talk: Futuristic Cockney Bonus Factors:...
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Teen Wolf 4x5: IED
So this week finally tied together HEIST PLOT from the Norse mythology episode and MOUTHLESS NIGHTMARE from the American Horror Story episodes. That's…good. I'm still not convinced about the...
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Thirteen Reasons Why #SFFYA is the Bee’s Knees
Welcome to beautiful San Francisco -- home of #YASummerShowdown participants, SF FYA! Steph is here today to tell us what makes the San Francisco book club so special. Take it away, Steph! (With...
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Pretty Little Liars 5x7: The Silence of E. Lamb
Catie's back from Greece! Although she resents Real Life for not just being nap breaks punctuated by trips to the beach, she is glad that it has much more wifi. Alexis is also glad, because she...
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