Giveaway: DAUGHTER OF SMOKE & BONE Trilogy Gift Set
Once in a while, there comes a giveaway SO AWESOME that we at FYA HQ wish we could keep it for ourselves. This one, in particular, inspired the following convo (including the GIF, because our emails...
View ArticleChristie & Cocktails: Death In The Clouds
BOOK REPORT for Death In The Clouds by Agatha Christie Cover Story: It's Raining Blood BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 2 Talky Talk: Sit Up And Pay Attention Bonus Factors: Cocktails! Relationship...
View ArticleThe 100 2x1: The 48
Previously on The 100, lots of shizz went down because it was the finale! Last year, if you had asked me whether or not I would be excited for the return of a CW show about gorgeous teenagers trying...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: The 5th Wave, YA Historical Timeline, and Bookish...
Book Related Things Surely you saw the Kathleen Hale/author stalks a Goodreads reviewer news? Meg Wolitzer (Belzhar) writes about why YA is so appealing to adults. The Age of YA historical timeline....
View ArticleReign 2x4: The Lamb and the Slaughter
Previously on Reign: Mary urged Francis to acknowledge his illegitimate son. Lola urged Estelle to leave during the plague, but she didn’t, and ended up in Narcisse’s quarantine cage. Greer told Lord...
View ArticleThe Vampire Diaries 6x4: Black Hole Sun
Previously on The Vampire Diaries - Elena is living happily in denial of ever being in love with and losing Damon, Stefan sells Enzo up the crazy river to Tripp: Vampire Killer, Bonnie and Damon meet...
View ArticleI Thought ‘Eat Sh*t and Die’ Was Just a Figure of Speech
BOOK REPORT for Press Play by Eric Devine Cover Story: Hazy (Get it?) Drinking Buddy: Health Shake Testosterone Level: Kick Me in the Jimmy! Talky Talk: A Boot Stomping on a Human Face, Forever Bonus...
View ArticleSuperhero Sundays: Oct. 20-26
Speedy Synopses: Gotham 1x5 - Viper An odd man gives a street busker a strange vial filled with a green liquid—there's nothing suspicious or dangerous about that, right? Wrong. The busker breaks the...
View ArticleBetween Two Lockers with Eric Devine
In Eric Devine's newest book, Press Play, Greg, an overweight boy, discovers how brutal the hazing in his high school's athletic department has become. Ready my review here. THE ACTUAL BOOK-RELATED...
View ArticleTV Preview: Constantine
The time has come for us to discuss the last fall show* in our TV Preview series. Over the course of the last two months, we’ve taken a look at the shows we highlighted in our TV Preview: New Friends...
View ArticleDoctor Who 8x10: In The Forest of the Night
Previously on Doctor Who: Two-dimensional creatures attack Bristol, and a byproduct of their attempt to break through into our dimension causes the TARDIS to shrink. To comedic levels. In every...
View ArticleThere’s a Fire Starting in My Heart
BOOK REPORT for The Fire Artist by Daisy Whitney Cover Story: Fiery Big Face BFF Charm: Maybe Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: You Reap What You Sow Bonus Factors: Elemental Arts Leagues, Granters...
View ArticleSummer Rewatch: Skins 02x10: Everyone
Fittingly, just in time for my final Skins recap, I ran into Dev Patel at a bar. That’s it, that’s the anecdote. He was very tall and cute and wearing a plaid shirt and I had to scooch past him on my...
View ArticleYA Movie News Roundup: INSURGENT Will Be In 3D
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup, where we have some hot off the presses scoop for ya! Insurgent, the Robert Schwentke-directed sequel to Neil Burger's adaptation of Veronica Roth's...
View ArticleJane the VIrgin 1x03: Chapter Three
Friends, I totally intended to use that tagline joke as a placeholder until I found something better (mostly because I suspect it will be an appropriate tagline to most outings of this show) but…I'm...
View ArticleThe Originals 2x4: Live and Let Die
Previously on The Originals: Dinner parties, body-jumping, and a cure for hybrid purgatory! The Original Dysfunctional Family Drama I have a bone to pick with you, costume department, and it is this:...
View ArticleCold Burn
BOOK REPORT for Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes #1) by Sara Raasch Cover Story: Yin and Yang BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Tale of the Seasons Bonus Factor: Badasses Anti-Bonus...
View ArticleI Infiltrated #SFFYA
If attending your first book club meeting is like going on a blind date, then flying to a different country to meet internet friends is like shipping yourself off as a mail-order bride. Which is what...
View ArticlePLAY IT AGAIN, DICK 1x07: Cliff! Finally!!
Watch it here! Follow my recaps here. Finally! My beloved Cliff McCormack shows up, as Daran Norris gives a warm talking head interview about how he'd always jump to do a passion project, especially...
View ArticleHome is Where the Crazy Is
BOOK REPORT for The Fall by Bethany Griffin Cover Story: Horror Story BFF Charm: Caution Swoonworthy Scale: -2 Talky Talk: Poe-ian Bonus/Anti-Bonus Factor: Halloween Read Relationship Status: Locking...
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