Synopsis: We walk down memory lane when Valerie brags to Caroline about being Stefan’s first love and subsequent heartbreak. Lily tells Stefan about Julian (her boyfriend), while Damon tracks down the last member of Lily’s family to leverage Elena’s casket. Rating: ★★★★★ With the loss of Elena, I didn’t know […]
iZombie: Real Dead Housewife of Seattle
Synopsis: The case-of-the-week covers the death of a wealthy housewife in Seattle, so Liv’s brains are more focused on fashion than on the murder. Partly because it’s her birthday, and none of her friends are available to hang out with her. In other news, Major still works for Max Rager […]
The Vampire Diaries: Never Let Me Go
Synopsis: Future!Caroline is engaged and gets hunted by the mysterious cross-killer. Back in the past (present), Damon tries to negotiate for Caroline’s (and Elena’s comatose body’s) freedom from Mommy Salvatore and her Witchy Backup Dancers. Rating: ★★★★☆ The writers are really into this framing plot device this season, and this […]
iZombie: Zombie Bro Recap
Synopsis: Liv solves a frat bro’s murder, while Blaine sets his plans in motion to take down the kingpin of the utopium underworld. Major and Ravi get strung out on drugs and Major develops an addiction. Hair and makeup still need to do a better job with Liv’s lifeless zombie […]
The Vampire Diaries: Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take
Synopsis: With Elena gone, the gang tries to move on; unfortunately, with Mommy Salvatore’s witchy heretic family, the grieving process gets a little more complex as Mystic Falls is evacuated. Oh, and Ric is working on bringing Jo back from the dead. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Welcome back to another fang-tastic season […]
iZombie: Grumpy Old Liv Recap
Synopsis: Liv’s ostracized from her family after refusing to donate blood to her brother, but she distracts herself by taking the case of a grumpy old man who was crushed to death underneath his car. In the meantime, Blaine starts dealing utopium again while Max Rager hires Major to clean […]
Rockstar Book Tours: A Thousand Nights Spotlight
Author: E.K. Johnston Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Source: Rockstar Book Tours Genre(s): fantasy, fiction, YA Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on […]
Nerdophiles Catch Up With… The Vampire Diaries
I swear that I will marry the person who makes a CliffNotes version of the nonsense on this show because these season catch ups are brutal and I selectively repressed most of last season’s convoluted mythology culminating in Elena’s unceremonious departure. It’s a glorious trainwreck and I can’t look away. […]
Nerdophiles Catches Up With… iZombie
Season 1 of iZombie introduced us to Liv Moore, the high-achieving, type-A medical doctor whose life got turned upside down (or buried 6 feet under) after she got bitten by a zombie during a rave. Liv adapted to her new situation – even with pale white skin and ghostly hair, […]
Making Waves – Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Author: Jessica Abel, foreword by Ira Glass Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Broadway Books Source: Blogging for Books Genre(s): nonfiction, graphic novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon “I should totally make a podcast.” It’s a thought that’s occurred to me and probably most radio listeners at least once during an […]
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