Blog Tour: Jackaby
Welcome to Jackaby Blog Tour! Last week, I reviewed William Ritter’s debut novel Jackaby, a really fun historical fiction novel about a girl with a heavy helping of common sense and a detective who...
View ArticleThe YA Movie News Roundup: Miles Teller Says DIVERGENT Made Him Feel Dead Inside
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup, and thanks so much to Mandy C for covering for me last week! Let's get to it. Miles Teller's been taking a class from the Katherine Heigl school of Talking...
View ArticleIntercontinental Love Song
BOOK REPORT for The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley Cover Story: Montell Jordan BFF Charm: Heck Yes! Swoonworthy Scale: 8 Talky Talk: Straight Up With a Twist Bonus Factors: Grunge, Ireland...
View ArticleWitches and Sailors and Whales, Oh My
BOOK REPORT for Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper Cover Story: About To Snap BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk: A Whale of a Time Bonus Factors: Sailors, Magic Relationship Status: See...
View ArticlePLAY IT AGAIN, DICK 1x03: Wallace Puts The Wallace In Marsellus Wallace
Watch it here! Follow my recaps here. My two favorite characters from Veronica Mars (besides Veronica herself, obviously) will always be Keith and Wallace, so the third episode of the spinoff...
View ArticleDon’t Rock the Boat
BOOK REPORT for The Perilous Sea (The Elemental Trilogy #2) by Sherry Thomas Cover Story: Water Bending BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Present Day v. Amnesia Anti-Bonus Factor:...
View ArticleNetflix Fix: Kinky Boots
Title: Kinky Boots Year: 2005 Fix: Ohmigawd SHOES, drag, plucky English people fighting against the odds Netflix Summary: The new owner of a shoe factory aims to wow the fashion world with help from a...
View ArticleTV Preview: Selfie and Manhattan Love Story
Welcome back to our TV Preview series! Over the next couple of months, we’ll be taking a look at the shows we highlighted in our TV Preview: New Friends posts, and voicing our opinions on what’s good,...
View ArticleFrom the Creator of Scientology
BOOK REPORT for the Mission Earth series by L. Ron Hubbard Cover Story: None More Manly. None. Drinking Buddy: I Hope You Get Hit By a Bus Testosterone Level: Sex, Drugs, and More Sex Talky Talk:...
View ArticleTV Preview: Stalker
Welcome back to our TV Preview series! Over the next couple of months, we’ll be taking a look at the shows we highlighted in our TV Preview: New Friends posts, and voicing our opinions on what’s good,...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Book It is Back…For Adults!
Happy Friday, all! Mine is bound to be especially cool, because in a few short hours I'll be picking Mandy W. up from the airport! Book Related Things Relive your childhood with the Book It program...
View ArticleThe Vampire Diaries 6x1: I’ll Remember
HELLO everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful summer full of Netflix binges and copious amounts of alcohol. Let’s dish! Previously on The Vampire Diaries - lots of shit involving Travelers and...
View ArticleReign 2x1: The Plague
Previously on Reign: Lola got knocked up by Francis, but wanted to keep it a secret. Greer broke Pastry Boy’s heart, but Lord Nerd’s daughter has a crush on him. Who could blame her? Mad King Henry...
View ArticleThe Infinite Sea
BOOK REPORT for The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) by Rick Yancey Cover Story: 1-800-PLUMBER BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 7 Talky Talk: Intensity In Ten Cities Bonus Factor: Trust No One...
View ArticleLong May She Reign
BOOK REPORT for Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country by Kathryn Lasky Cover Story: Ye'll Take the High Road, and I'll Take the Low Road BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Gifted...
View ArticleSuperhero Sundays: Sept. 29–Oct. 3
Speedy Synopses: Gotham 1x02: Selina Kyle I need to get something off of my chest, y’all. I find it really hard to watch this with young Bruce Wayne. He should have been in the pilot and that’s IT....
View ArticleCover Story: Thirteen Reasons Why We Broke Up
Welcome back to Cover Story, a feature in which plots are imagined based solely on the cover -- with a #YASummerShowdown mashup twist! Thirteen Reasons Why We Broke Up: A Cover Story by the...
View ArticleTV Preview: A to Z and Gracepoint
Welcome back to our TV Preview series! Over the next couple of months, we’ll be taking a look at the shows we highlighted in our TV Preview: New Friends post, and voicing our opinions on what’s good,...
View ArticleDoctor Who 8x07: Kill the Moon
Previously on Doctor Who: The Doctor takes a side job as the caretaker at Clara and Danny’s school, and Danny begins to prove himself worthy. DANG, guys. This episode. I kept forgetting I was supposed...
View ArticleVideo: October TBR List
Y'all, October is BANANAS with new YA releases. It's an embarrassment of riches, really, and so we're gonna make like kids on Halloween night and BINGE. Check out our video below for the scoop on...
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