THIS IS IT. THE LAST CHAPTER. Remember how this all started as a “haha what if it’s Bad Sequels, Good Times?” and now it’s just like “why is this book over six hundred pages long please end our suffering”. A Court of Mist and Fury: Chapter 69 Nice. Really, Matthew? THIS BOOK WAS WAY TOO […]
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Hello, lovely readers! We’ve got crazy news for you about the future. What Are We Reading Next? First, you may have noticed that we wrapped up both books this past week. We’re starting the tenth Calendar Girl book on Monday, but we are torn on what we want to do next for our other book. So this is very important […]
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Well, we’re back with the 10th instalment of Calendar Girl, and though it’s unclear where the hell we’re going with the story anymore, I’m glad we’re staying on this wild ride until the bitter end. Calendar Girl (October) Chapter 1: Mia mixes the drama of Wes returning from his kidnapping with her getting used to referring to […]
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Everyone enjoying our riveting return to Calendar Girl with riveting drama like Mia spending basically a whole chapter on “I can’t believe Wes bought art that I modeled for”? Yep. Seems pretty quaint after two books of Mia’s long-lost oil tycoon heir brother finding her and paying off her father’s gambling debts to her ex-boyfriend who kidnapped her […]
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Surprise, we’re doing a Maddox Bro book! I missed this terribly family so damn much. Beautiful Sacrifice Chapter 1: Too many people in a small room sounded a lot like the roar of a fire— the high and low inflections, the constant and familiar hum that only became louder the closer you got. I am immediately […]
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Calendar Girl (October) Chapter 3: Wes is back and coping with his trauma by aggressively having sex with Mia at every possible opportunity. I understand that there’s no one size fits all for coping with trauma, but I do find this series’ approach to almost exclusively intertwine sex and healing troubling. During the first scene […]
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Calendar Girl (October): Chapter 4 Mia gets dressed for her first day at her new gig with on a celebrity doctor daytime tv show. There’s a whole scene where she’s trying to leave the house but Wes can’t stop feeling her up because she just looks so good, ya know? Classic Wes. It goes on insufferably long, but […]
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QUICK INTERMISSION! Yes, it’s the start of the post. Intermission before we start the post that continues the beginning of the story. Was this confusing? Yes! Welcome to the world of the Maddox Brother books. Seriously, the way these books’ timelines overlap and interweave with each other (before we know a goddamn thing about who’s […]
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Calendar Girl (October) Chapter 5: In a twist I’ll bet you never saw coming, Wes isn’t cheating on Mia! He’s just comforting a friend who he survived a nightmarish experience with. You just never know what this series is going to throw at you next. What really seems to calm Mia down is the moment […]
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Trigger Warning: Calendar Girl stumbles into yet another “this is a gritty, real-ass story, and nothing is more gritty and real than rape” trope-ass storyline. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. And if the use of the word “trope” seems weird, Anita Sarkeesian said it best back in 2014: “sexuality or victimhood is [often] exploited […]
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Beautiful Sacrifice Chapter 3: Falyn continues to have thoughts that are mainly exposition. The kind you would really never think about your own life. Like she starts telling us how many pairs of jeans she’s been able to buy on her own and all this backstory about her clothes. I have never once wondered these […]
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Calendar Girl (October) Chapter 7: Everyone just loves Mia’s idea to do a segment on stay-at-home moms. The only problem? Where’s a gal like Mia supposed to find a stay-at-home mom??? Why at the grocery store the next day, of course! Mia starts following this woman around the store until she sees her stop to […]
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Calendar Girl (October): Chapter 8 The chapter opens up with Mia and Wes accosted by paparazzi outside of Dr. Hoffman’s studios, who shout ridiculously wide-ranging and insanely specific questions at Wes: “Weston, what was it like being held by terrorists?” one screamed. “Did you kill anyone while you were there?” “Where did they hurt you?” […]
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Beautiful Sacrifice: Chapter 4 Well, it’s another Maddox Bro book, I guess it’s time for another standard Maddox Bro first date. Step one: Main character isn’t expecting the date because she already told him no. “You’d better skedaddle, kiddo,” Phaedra said. “You’ve got to get ready, don’t you?” I looked down at my clothes. “For […]
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Calendar Girl (October) Chapter 9: Mia has a meeting with her show’s executive producer, Leona Markham, who is apparently smoking hot. Mia details how sexy the producer is for multiple paragraphs. Not only is this a weird digression, but I feel offended on Leona’s behalf for Mia’s fixation. I shouldn’t have complained, though, because after […]
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To confirm what’s probably not surprising news, we’re taking a bit of a break from Calendar Girl because something else has just come out that absolutely requires our attention. Love this video of #Darker on the printing press! pic.twitter.com/eJKhZ5rjaD — fiftyshadesUK (@fiftyshadesUK) November 24, 2017 So nobody would mind if we take a break from Calendar Girl, […]
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It’s just another day at Generic Cafe. Falyn tells us about another minor character, a high-schooler named Hannah who works part-time. Hannah is travelling with her mother this summer! She thinks it’s cool that Falyn’s mom is a surgeon! I tried to muster enthusiasm about this. We also get some details about today’s customers: John […]
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Matthew quickly realised that these chapters are loooooong. We must divide and conquer. I have to say I’m relieved because I think writing about ~60 pages of Christian’s inner monologue at once would break me. Darker Chapter 1 (Part 1): THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2011 This book begins in true Fifty Shades spirit – with Christian sitting outside […]
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If you had told me back in 2012 that Ariel and I would still be reading Fifty Shades five years from now, I would probably have been thrilled about that? Thanks a lot, past Matthew, you idiot. “We should do a blog together!” Past-Ariel said. “What if we read bad books?” Past-Matthew said. “I like it! Our friends keep […]
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Beautiful Sacrifice: Chapter 6 Last chapter ended with Taylor doing the usual Maddox move of forcing himself into his love interest’s life despite her constant protesting that she’s not interested. What made this one stand out was that he showed up at her doorstep with his laundry, asking to do laundry. This is really what’s […]
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