March: Book One Author: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Illustrator: Nate Powell Release Date: August 13, 2013 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): History, Biography, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon John Lewis is a living legend. Born in 1940 he has been the Representative from the 5th District of Georgia since […]
Sleepy Hollow: Pilot Recap
Sleepy Hollow (1×01) Synopsis: The pilot kicks off and gives us our first taste of Sleepy Hollow. A small town with not so small secrets, no one knows who to trust and Ichabod Crane is enamored by electric windows and emancipation. Rating: ★★★★☆ Sleepy Hollow opened in the Hudson Valley in 1731 […]
Off Topic TV Roundup: Sept 14-21, 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iysG6J4xH2s] Bones: The Secrets in the Proposal (9×01) Synopsis: Booth gets a visit from a friend from the CIA and visits a priest to make sense of the chaos Pelant has weaked, while Brennan deals with her disappointment and its effect on her relationship with Boot Rating: ????? It’s been a while […]
Educate Yourself With These Geek-tastic Non-Fiction Titles
Despite how many books I manage to read and review for Nerdophiles I feel like the vast majority of what I read on a day-to-day basis is actually what most people would classify as ‘Non-Fiction.’ Well, if you consider textbooks non-fiction, anyway, which considering I am in law school right […]
Enter the World of Massively Open Online Courses
A few weeks ago I saw an article online from Forbes that read something along the lines of ‘You Can Now Take A College Course on the Walking http://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/mans-health/ Dead.’ I’m sure a lot of you all saw it, too. When I first read it I thought maybe that meant […]
The Guild Official Companion is Perfect for Guild Fans (Read to Win a Copy)!
The Guild: The Official Companion Author: Collaborative, Intro by Felicia Day Release Date: July 16, 2013 Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books Genre(s): Companion Book, Webisodes, Fantasy, Mockumentary Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon So for those who know me, they know that at sometimes I can be critical of nerds represented in media. Shows like […]
Zombie/Apocalypse 2012: A Political Horror Story
Zombie/Apocalypse 2012: A Political Horror Story Author: Ian McClellan Release Date: June 3, 2012 Publisher: Ian McClellan Source: Author Genre(s): Horror, Satire Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon I love an interesting take on the usual zombie fare and I’ll be the first to read or watch anything in hopes of finding those little differences […]
Watch With Us: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3T-evQZiQo] Less than a week from now, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be premiering on ABC. Created by Joss Whedon, his brother Jed, and his sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the first TV series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Set after The Avengers and the short film […]
Check Out Madeleine Roux's YA Debut Asylum
Asylum Author: Madeleine Roux Release Date: August 20, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Suspense Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I absolutely loved Madeleine Roux’s first book Allison Hewitt is Trapped. It was one of the first books I reviewed on Nerdophiles and remains one of the only audiobooks […]
Breaking Bad: Ozymandias
Breaking Bad: Ozymandias (5×14) Synopsis: This is Vince Gilligan’s favorite episode, directed by Rian Johnson, and perfectly constructed to leave me a shell of a human being. Things get impossibly worse for Hank, Gomez, and Jesse, while Marie tries to bring her sister back from Walt’s clutches. Rating: ★★★★★ With two episodes […]
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