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teen choice awards

August 10, 2010
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Last night, Jenny and Erin made a GREAT SACRIFICE for FYA.  That’s right, we watched the Teen Choice Awards.  Yes.  FOR YOU GUYS.  You can pay us back in champ cans. ANYWAY, we thought we were going to be very clever and just cut and paste our Facebook chat in and call it a day, but [...]

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HOLY CRAP WE’RE IN THE HUFFINGTON POST

August 9, 2010
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you guys!!! YOU GUYS!!!! we got interviewed by the huffington post! EXTRY EXTRY READ ALL ABOUT IT! i want to apologize in advance for the kanye caps in this post but SPAZZFEST OF THE CENTURY!!!!! also speaking of kanye, WE’RE FAMOUS NOW WHERE’S OUR FUR PILLOW? seriously we are TREMENDOUSLY indebted to the fabulous ms. [...]

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FYA TaleGate: The ATX Mockingjay Midnight Release Party!

August 2, 2010
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IMPORTANT PARTY UPDATE: if you RSVP on the FB event page, you get a champ can*!!! FOR REAL. YOU ARE SO LUCKY. y’all, it is HIGH TIME for us to get together in real life and celebrate our love of YA with some actual cocktails. i mean, i’m all about toasting things on twitter and [...]

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where will you sit in the caf?

July 23, 2010
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everyone knows that the high school cafeteria is THE place to get the scoop, not to mention a really greasy slice of pizza. want the 411 on the latest break-up? jump in the food line. need to over-analyze the body language of yr fave mysterious loner dude? grab a seat at yr favorite table! and [...]

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our highly official totes legit BBAW entry

July 6, 2010
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in order to register for awards consideration for book blogger appreciation week, we had to publish a list of five posts that best represent our site. after receiving insanely nice feedback (seriously, i want to kiss all of yr faces! and i’m a total germphobe so that’s saying a lot), we got together in a [...]

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a highly scientific analysis of the new harry potter trailer

June 7, 2010
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so apparently at the mtv movie awards last night, sandra bullock kissed scarlett johansson and twilight won a bunch of awards and WHO CARES BECAUSE THERE IS A NEW HARRY POTTER TRAILER OMGGGGGG. given the global and cultural importance of this trailer, we here at FYA decided to give it our usual scientific treatment, where [...]

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coming soon to a theater near you

January 18, 2010
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i know this blog is about young adult BOOKS, but really, how many FYAers DON’T also love teen movies? i don’t know whether it’s the midwinter slump, or the relief over finally finishing unpacking the new house or my colossal run of bad luck picking a new YA book to fall in love with, but [...]

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how the tx book festival unleashed my inner swimfan

November 3, 2009
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before this entry begins, i want to apologize to my reputation for the damage i’m about to inflict upon it. up to this point, i’ve maintained a semblance of cool (maybe? a little bit? no? ok) but now? let me introduce you to Swimfan Sarah. cos i’m about to rock out with my nerd out. [...]

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blood sausage, hold the roasted garlic

October 30, 2009
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In today’s news of Twilight WTFery, Forks, Washington is going to open a Twilight restaurant.  Because the world just cannot resist pissing me off.

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how to deal with YA film adaptations

October 6, 2009
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ok, so before i get into this post, let’s all agree on something: film adaptations of books are never as good as the original material.

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