Christie & Cocktails: Murder In Mesopotamia
BOOK REPORT for Murder In Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie Cover Story: Grossly Inaccurate BFF Charm: Eventually Swoonworthy Scale: 1 Talky Talk: Sit Up and Pay Attention Bonus Factors: Cocktails!...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Did Adult YA Readers Save Publishing?
Good Friday mornin' to you, dear readers! Book Related Things WE SAVED PUBLISHING, YOU GUYS. Celebratory cocktails all around. I'm editing my resume as we speak. Here's Bustle's crack at the top 25...
View ArticleTV Preview: Fall Recap
2015 is almost here, (I know! So crazy.) and there’s no better time than December to take a look back. In this case, we’re taking a look back at the best, worst and bestworst* 2014 fall TV shows, most...
View ArticleThere Is No One Right Way To Eat Cannelloni
BOOK REPORT for Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman Cover Story: All Heil Alex! Drinking Buddy/BBF Charm: Straight Up Whisky...With a Little Umbrella in It Testosterone Level/Swoonworthy Scale: Stop...
View ArticleHoliday Revisit: Gossip Girl “Roman Holiday”
I’m joined by Emma Fraser and Whitney McIntosh to talk all things Gossip Girl—UES holidays, parental love triangles and the glory that is Blair Waldorf. “Roman Holiday” picks up after Blair (Leighton...
View ArticleThe SUPERNATURAL Rewatch Project: Back to School
The Road So Far It’s week four of the Supernatural rewatch, and superfans? Things are getting gross. Not like the way you feel after you read THAT kind of Jezebel article, and spend the rest of the...
View ArticleLove Is a Battlefield
BOOK REPORT for This Shattered World (Starbound Book 2) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Cover Story: Sophomore Slump BFF Charm: Yay x 2 Swoonworthy Scale: 5 Talky Talk: She Says, He Says, Who Says...
View ArticleFYA Photo-A-Day Is Your Best New Resolution
Back in September, we ran a little social media experiment known as the FYA Photo-A-Day challenge on Instagram. The result? Hundreds of fun, beautiful, and bookish photo submissions, with the added...
View ArticleYA Movie News Roundup: Behind The Scenes Of THE JUNGLE BOOK
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup, and happy holidays! Let's hop to. Jon Favreau Instagrammed the above pic from behind the scenes of his production of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book,...
View ArticleDancing the Summer Away
BOOK REPORT for Unlovely by Celeste Conway Cover Story: En Pointe BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: He Said Bonus Factor: Dance School Anti-Bonus Factor: Crazy Girls Relationship Status:...
View ArticleTHE O.C. Rewatch Project: A Very Merry Chrismukkah To You, FYA
Last week, on The O.C. Follow the whole rewatch here! Welcome back to The O.C. Rewatch Project, and here's a funny bit of kismet: I sort of arbitrarily chose a day to start this rewatch, not realizing...
View ArticleHoliday Revisit: Saved by the Bell “Home for Christmas”
I’m joined by my former writing partner-in-crime, Noel Kirkpatrick, to talk one of my beloved childhood shows and sources of future romantic blame, Saved by the Bell. The two part episode, "Home for...
View ArticleVisions of Sugar Plums (and Giant Rats)
BOOK REPORT for Winterspell (Winterspell #1) by Claire Legrand Cover Story: Vampire Bella Swan BFF Charm: Eventually Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk: Fractured Fairytale Ballet Bonus Factors:...
View ArticleNetflix Fix: Happy Christmas
Title: Happy Christmas Year: 2014 Fix: Awkward Family Christmas, Indie, Anna Kendrick Netflix Summary: After splitting up with her boyfriend just before the holidays, a young woman tries to start...
View ArticleOnce Upon a December
BOOK REPORT for Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer Cover Story: Marionette BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 0 Talky Talk: Modernist Bonus Factors: Russian History, Revolution...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro Tips: Post-Christmas Edition
Happy Friday! Book Related Things Buzzfeed has a Best of 2014 YA list, of course. Too many books? Here's where to donate them. Movie Related Things We hope this Breaking Dawn Part 3 article is a...
View ArticleDoctor Who: Last Christmas
Previously on Doctor Who: The Doctor and Clara saved Earth from The Mistress and her zombie Cybermen army, and series 8 drew to a close with the two possibly saying goodbye. Happy Boxing Day, friends!...
View ArticleHoliday Revisit: The O.C. “The Countdown”
To close out my Holiday Revisit series, I’m joined by LaToya Ferguson to look at “The Countdown,” which might be one of my all-time favorite The O.C. episodes. It directly follows “The Best...
View ArticleThe SUPERNATURAL Rewatch Project: The ‘Burbs
The Road So Far Welcome back, superfans! If you’ve had it with the holidays and just can’t even when it comes to mustering cheer, then week five of the Supernatural rewatch is for you. The closest...
View ArticleFree Yourself. Have The Courage.
BOOK REPORT for Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King Cover Story: Artsy Big Face BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 2 Talky Talk: A. S. King, Mofos! Bonus Factors: Feminism, Photography...
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