Boston Burbs REPRESENT

[lexfya]

Hello, and happy Friday! I’m interested in joining the FYABC and attending the meeting this Wednesday, the 24th, at True West. Is this the right place to sign up? Thanks!

We’re so glad you want to join! This tumblr is just for Summer Showdown stuff, alas (I don’t know why it’s the only contact link on the FYABC page, will follow up), but if Boston works the way my FYABC does, you should just be able to show up at the time listed and just join right in! 

If you have further questions, you can also email [email protected].

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Attention, tributes: #YASummerShowdown 2015 is officially over!

Thanks so much to all participating players and gamemakers for a summer to remember! Stay tuned to Forever Young Adult to see who’ll be crowned this year’s winner.

[lexfya]

What a haul! +5 [AG]

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It's been a long time since we played with chalk!

+20 [AG]

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More Watermelon Than Not +20 [AG]

BEST BONUS: +3 AG

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Attention, tributes: this is your 24-hour notice to post your #artifact hunt 2015 submissions, as well as any miscellaneous items.

#YASummerShowdown 2015 artifact hunt and miscellaneous submissions will still be accepted until Thursday, August 13, at 11:59pm Pacific.

[fyaorlandonorth]

The Lunar Chronicles Promposal Playlist

We couldn’t choose just one book from this great series!

1. Queen of (K)nots - Math Nathanson

FYAON - A song shoutout for Queen Levana from Prince Kai! She tries to take everyone in with her mind control, and if she succeeds in being queen of Lunar AND Earth, she will take down everyone and everything in her path.

2. He’s a Tramp - Peggy Lee

FYAON - Thorne’s theme song (before he meets Cress). He’s a loveable cad!

3. Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran

FYAON - What’s a playlist without some ‘80s hits? This song is in honor of Wolf, at war with himself against his evil training to be the good guy Scarlet knows he can be.

4. The Whole of the Moon - Mandy Moore

FYAON - Cress lives almost her entire life in a tiny little spaceship, watching others live out what she can only imagine doing. She has a lot of daydreams, and this song has that whimsical element that I associate with her.

5. A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay

FYAON - Cress asks if Wolf is in love with Scarlet and he says she is his Alpha, which Cress likens to the Alpha constellation, as in she is the brightest star in his sky. Wolf replies, “Exactly like that.” and we all awww’d.

6. Speak Now - Taylor Swift

FYAON - I am not ashamed to admit I love me some Taylor Swift, and I could totally picture Cinder, Cress, Iko, and the fellas running around trying to stop Queen Levana and Prince Kai’s wedding from happening with this playing overhead. Yes, it’s a serious matter, but has anyone ever done SO much to sneak into a wedding? And you know Queen Levana yelled at a bridesmaid at some point during the day.

7. I’m Just a Girl - No Doubt

LEXFYA - Cress is just a girl… living in captivity. But SHE’S HAD IT UP TO HERE. Cress is ready to break out and rebel against what has been expected of her all her life. And she’ll do it to the tune of No Doubt.

8. Mr. Roboto - Styx

LEXFYA - Cinder’s customers probably always jokingly say “Domo Arigato” to her after a repair well done, so of course the song would be stuck in her head all the time. The more she thinks about it, though, the more it fits her life to a T.

9. The Future Soon - Jonathan Coulton

LEXFYA - Cinder just loves the lines “Well it’s gonna be the future soon and I won’t always be this way, when the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away.”

10. Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra

LEXFYA - Of course, most people of Earth would NOT want to go to the moon at all, UNTIL Queen Levana hits them with her glamour and they fall in love with her; they would follow her anywhere.

[lexfya]

+20! [AG]

[lexfya]

Prim & Proper(ly Poisoned) Punch Inspired by therealladyhawkins​‘ Rebel Belle

1.5 oz mixed berry juice (such as Simply)

1.5 oz pomegranate juice

1.5 oz gin

0.5 oz Aperol

Elderflower soda (such as Bottle Green) or seltzer water

Raspberries

Orange slices

Combine juices, gin, and Aperol with ice and shake.

Pour into punch glass and top with elderflower soda (preferably) or seltzer.

Garnish with a few raspberries and an orange slice. Add mind-control potion only if you want to ruin a cotillion.

MOCKTAIL:

1.5 oz mixed berry juice

1.5 oz pomegranate juice

1 or 2 dashes of bitters (non-alcoholic if desired)

Elderflower soda (preferred) or seltzer

Combine juices and bitters with ice in cocktail shaker and shake. Pour into punch glass and top with elderflower soda or seltzer. Garnish with a few raspberries and an orange slice. Add mind-control potion only if you want to ruin a cotillion.

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Attention, tributes: this is a reminder for teams to submit their YA Mixology cocktail scores by tonight, if they haven’t done so already. (Please submit one set of scores per team.) 

And please post those party pics ASAP if you want them included in the Week 7 recap!

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Attention, tributes: the #YASummerShowdown 2015 Photo Hunt is officially over!

You Betties and Baldwins can now focus all your attention on the artifact hunt!

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Attention, tributes: this is your 24-hour notice to post your photo hunt submissions! The photo hunt will end on Saturday August 8th at 11:59pm Pacific.

[lexfya]

Boston Burbs is enjoying some cocktails!

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The 2015 Artifact Hunt List…

…CAN BE FOUND HERE

(But we do encourage you to keep playing with the riddles for fun! They will stay up on the FYA site through the end of the Showdown. A key will be included in the recap post on Monday, August 10.)

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Puzzle 7/Challenge 5: Riddle Me an Artifact Hunt

Welcome to the beginning of the end, Showdowners!

Your final puzzle is a riddle-based scavenger hunt through old FYA book reports. When you reach the end, you will find the link to this year’s Artifact Hunt., Once you’re in, get working! It’s a long (and hopefully fun) list, and we want to feel SO TORN when it comes time to divvy out our gamemaker bonus points.

Your first riddle: There once was a boy named Cas He hunted a ghastly lass His “friends” turned up dead (She’d torn them to shreds) Still he fell in love with her brass.

Good luck!

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For Challenge 3 Postcard Promposal, teams were assigned a fellow team to prompose to. Here’s a look at the promposal pairings, spanning 3 countries, 22 teams, and 39,760 miles (63,988...

The submissions for #challenge 3 postcard promposal have finally been revealed! Check out all the creative book club love!

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Attention, tributes: #challenge 4 karyaoke is officially OVER!

Parody lyrics and videos submitted after this time will not be awarded points. But feel free to serenade us anyway!

[lexfya]

“Read YA” by LexFYA!

I stay up too late Cramming fluff into my brain That's what critics say, mmhmm That's what critics say, mmhmm

Should be embarrassed by my taste Just nostalgia on this page That's what critics say, mmhmm About adults reading YA, mmhmm But I keep turning Pages like they're burning It's like I got this daring Voice in my mind Saying, "It's more than just alright"

'Cause the writers gonna write, write, write, write, write And the haters gonna spite, spite, spite, spite, spite Baby, I'm just gonna read, read, read, read, read Read YA, Read YA 'Cause the critics gonna scold, scold, scold, scold, scold They say that I'm too old, old, old, old, old Baby, I'm just gonna read, read, read, read, read Read YA, Read YA

I'm at the library In a section marked as "Teen" Don't care if I'm seen, mmhmm I don't care if I'm seen, mmhmm. I look throughout the stacks, Sarah Dessen, Holly Black, And I know I won't go back, mmhmm. I'm never going back, mmhmm.

'Cause the writers gonna write, write, write, write, write And the haters gonna spite, spite, spite, spite, spite Baby, I'm just gonna read, read, read, read, read Read YA, Read YA 'Cause the critics gonna scold, scold, scold, scold, scold They say that I'm too old, old, old, old, old Baby, I'm just gonna read, read, read, read, read Read YA, Read YA Hey, hey, hey Just think while you been getting down and out about the Franzens And the dirty lying memoirs of the world You could have been getting down with this sick read My ex friend brought her new book club They're like oh my god But I'm just gonna read And to the fella over there with the hella broody stare Won't you come on over baby, we could read, read, read 'Cause the writers gonna write, write, write, write, writeAnd the haters gonna spite, spite, spite, spite, spiteBaby, I'm just gonna read, read, read, read, read Read YA, read YA!