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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 2d

In this week’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch Project, Jess becomes the worst Rally Girl of East Dillon High (but also the cutest! Look at that grin!). -SJ

Friday Night Lights S5.E02 “On the Outside Looking In”

Julie falls into old habits, Tami gets a personality transplant, and Becky finds a new mom.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 8d

Need a pick-me up? Look no further than today's Pro-Tips, featuring movie trailers, exciting book news, and more!

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Procrastination Pro-Tips: 2025.10.03

People We Meet on Vacation teaser, Reading Rainbow returns, and novels to celebrate Latine Heritage Month, plus more Internet distractions.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 8d

Although it does feature zombies, @oliviawrites.bsky.social's ZOMROMCOM is more about a woman's quest to figure out her place—and maybe make out with a hot vampire while she's at it.

Check out Mandy C.'s review at foreveryoungadult.com/book-report/....

Book Review for Zomromcom (Supernatural Entanglements #1) by Olivia Dade

Two to the head, two to the heart.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 9d

It's spooky season, so for October's book club pick we're reading Joelle Wellington's supernatural slasher, THE BLONDE DIES FIRST.

Want to answer the icebreaker early? Real talk: Do you think you’d be a Final Girl if you were in a horror novel/movie? - SJ

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 9d

Julie and Landry head to college, Tami heads to East Dillon, and the Lions head towards a great season as we head into Season 5 on the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch Project!

Friday Night Lights S5.E01 “Expectations”

Julie and Landry head to college, Tami heads to East Dillon, and the Lions head towards a great season.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 10d

Jump into October with @kalynnbayron.bsky.social's MAKE ME A MONSTER, a FRANKENSTEIN-inspired novel that delights, disturbs, and surprises.

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Book Review of Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron

No electricity necessary.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 11d

Becky Albertalli's AMELIA, IF ONLY takes a look at the darker side of fandom while also being a lighthearted story about finding love where you least expect it.

Check out Regina's review at foreveryoungadult.com/book-report/....

Book Review of Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli

If only crushes weren’t so complicated.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 15d

In this week's Pro-Tips: GILMORE GIRLS and DAWSON'S CREEK throwbacks, the romance anthology Kickstarter with $1 million in pledges, and more internet distractions!

Procrastination Pro-Tips: 2025.09.25

Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek throwbacks, the romance anthology Kickstarter with $1 million in pledges, and more internet distractions!

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 17d

Cheers to the final season of our FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch Project! Toast the highs and drown the lows with our Season 5 Drinking Game.

The Official FYA Friday Night Lights S5 Drinking Game

Cheers to the final season of Friday Night Lights! Texas Forever.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 17d

Regina dives into Ally Condie's backlist with her review of ATLANTIA, a novel that explores what life is like for the people left behind.

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Book Review of Atlantia by Ally Condie

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 18d

Breaking news: this spin-off of THE OFFICE is actually great!

The Paper (Season #1)

Breaking news: this spin-off of The Office is actually great!

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 22d

Taylor Swift's LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL movie, GILMORE GIRLS reunion, THE BABY-SITTER'S CLUB musical, plus more internet distractions!

Procrastination Pro-Tips: 2025.09.19

Life of a Showgirl movie, Gilmore Girls reunion, The Baby-Sitter's Club musical, plus more internet distractions!

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 23d

Maria Sweeney's graphic memoir, BRITTLE JOINTS, is an honest and heartbreaking look at life with a debilitating disability in a society that only makes things harder.

Check out Mandy C's review at foreveryoungadult.com/book-report/....

Book Review of Brittle Joints by Maria Sweeney

Disabilities make life hard; society makes life harder.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 23d

This week on the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch, Season 4 ends with two turkeys, two breakups, two lawyers, and a big ol' W.

Friday Night Lights S4.E13 “Thanksgiving”

The season ends with two turkeys, two breakups, two lawyers, and a big ol' W.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 24d

IF LOOKS COULD KILL, the latest myth meets history novel from @julieberrybooks.bsky.social is as sinister as it is fist pump-worthy. (Jack the Ripper better watch his back!)

Check out Mandy C.'s review at foreveryoungadult.com/book-report/...

Book Review of If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry

A woman scorned is a goddess born.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 29d

New books, new screen adaptations, and old Hollywood pay disparities. That and more in this week's Pro-Tips!

Procrastination Pro-Tips: 2025.09.12

Happy Friday, friends! The weekend is almost here. Here’s some links to check out while you pretend to be working at your desk. ICYMI on FYA On the Friday Night Lights Rewatch, Tim Riggins becomes an ...

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 11

While it ends on a cliffhanger—but not a terrible one—THE LAZARUS PROJECT's two seasons are worth a watch.

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The Lazarus Project (Seasons #1–2)

If at first you don't succeed in saving the world, try, try (try) again.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 10

Mindy is having the Riggins baby, and the Taylors are having an extremely bad week in this installment of the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch.

Friday Night Lights S4.E12 “Laboring”

Mindy is having the baby, and the Taylors are having an extremely bad week in this installment of the Friday Night Lights</i Rewatch.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 9

THE RUSHWORTH FAMILY PLOT, the fourth book in Claudia Gray's Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney series, feels like a bit of a reach, even while pulling from Austen's most murder mystery-worthy novel, MANSFIELD PARK.

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Book Review of The Rushworth Family Plot (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney #4) by Claudia Gray

Hint: we're not talking about garden plots.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 5

TIL: Jane Austen disliked the name Richard. Check out the rest of the list (and more internet distractions!) in today's Pro-Tips.

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Procrastination Pro-Tips: 2025.09.05

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 3

Susan Dennard's THE EXECUTIONERS THREE is filled with delights, both the creepy kind and the swoony.

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Book Review of The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard

The Oathmaster is waiting …

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 3

Dystopian fans, take note: Caitlin Lochner's AN OUTCAST AND AN ALLY is a delightful follow-up to A SOLDIER AND A LIAR and a truly engrossing tale.

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Review of An Outcast and an Ally (A Soldier and a Liar #2)

Can a fragile team bond survive seeing each other at their worst?

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 3

In this week's episode of the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Rewatch Project: Tim buys his dream land, people are unfairly mad at Tami AGAIN, and Luke's secret finally comes out.

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Friday Night Lights S4.E11 “Injury List”

Tim buys his dream land, people are unfairly mad at Tami AGAIN, and Luke's secret finally comes out.

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Sep 2

Need a great read to kick off the 'ber months? Look no further than the September FYA Book Club selection, Sarah Henning's THE LIES WE CONJURE.

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FYA Book Club Selection 2025.09: The Lies We Conjure

Check out the discussion guide for Sarah Henning's novel!

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · Aug 29

In this week's Pro-Tips: GILMORE GIRLS documentary, Logan Lerman on Dylan O'Brien, casting for IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER, plus more internet distractions!

Procrastination Pro-Tips: 2025.08.29

Gilmore Girls documentary, Logan Lerman on Dylan O'Brien, It Happened One Summer casting, plus more internet distractions!

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