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Cami’s Big Secret Continues to Threaten to Ruin Everything, Especially the...
I have a confession. I started reading Captivated by You the other day, and I can’t wait to blog about it here in the future. Because, guys, part of it is in Gideon’s point of view, and it’s just as...
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Trenton Punches Cami’s Dad For Love: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 16
I know it’s not Divergent day on BBGT, but I (finally) saw the new Hunger Games movie over the weekend (meh) and, because even your self-imposed work never escapes you, there was a trailer for...
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Happy Holidays from BBGT!
Bad Books, Good Times is taking off the rest of the year for the holidays! That’s only a week, but I wanted to stretch it out into something that seems way more dramatic, like the books we read. We’ll...
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Ug, Mother-in-Laws: Insurgent Chapter 25
Happy New Year, everyone! To celebrate, we’re going to live it up back at Dauntless headquarters in the wonderful world of Insurgent. Chapter 25 It’s dinnertime, and Tris sits at the table where she...
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The Mind-Control Villains Finally Use Mind Control: Insurgent Chapters 26 and 27
Guess what, guys? Something actually interesting happens in this chapter! 2015 is crazy. Chapter 26 Tris is woken up in the middle of the night by Christina, which Tris reminds us is never a good sign....
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Happy Thanksgiving: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 17
Have you guys seen that Jamie Dornan (#NotMyChristian) has been talking about how Fifty Shades isn’t misogynistic? But how he completely misses the point that BDSM isn’t what fucking makes the book...
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They Get Cockblocked, Fight, and Make Up: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 18
Chapter 18 The chapter starts with a series of things that don’t make any sense, so you know this is going to be a good one. Trenton shot me a text that he was at my door […] “I have a doorbell, you...
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Tris Turns Herself in, Quickly Realizes She Made A Huge Mistake: Insurgent...
Insurgent Chapter 28 When we last left off, Tris had reassured Fourbias that she wouldn’t put herself in danger by giving herself up to Erudite. Tris tells us she’s lying, which I can’t blame her for...
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Nothing Has Meaning: Insurgent Chapter 29
I’ve recently finally gotten on board with this Spotify thing. However, I decided against their deal to get three months of premium service for $0.99 if you sign up before the new year, figuring that I...
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Cami and Trenton Have Sex, it Really Isn’t That Bad to Write About: Beautiful...
[Matthew adds: READING about it, however…] Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 19 We open with a scene that makes me confident that Jamie McGuire desperately wants this to be made into a film: Raegan and I were...
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Everything Comes Crashing Down: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 20
The last chapter ended super ominously like this: And that’s when it all came crashing down. Which is, ironically, probably when the BBGT crowd gets most excited, so I’m glad it was so clearly spelled...
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Funniest Tommy Wiseau Quotes From His Latest Interview
Tommy Wiseau recently sat down with the A.V. Club for an interview about his new show The Neighbors, which Matt and I will undoubtably set aside many a precious moment in our lives to watch. [Matthew...
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And so More Stupid Simulations Begin: Insurgent Chapter 30
Insurgent Chapter 30 If you forgot what happened in chapter 29 of Insurgent, so did I. But I remember it ended with Four turning himself in too because…why not? And Peter tells Tris to fuck off when...
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PLOT TWIST: Insurgent Chapter 31
Okay, I know the big plot twist we’re all in fits of giggles about on the blog right now is the recently-spoiled twist that Cami’s ex, TJ, is semi-secretly Trenton’s brother, Thomas, over in Beautiful...
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The Weirdest, Dumbest Reference to Buffy I Have Ever Read: Beautiful Oblivion...
Last week, things supposedly fell apart, except they really didn’t at all… This week, fingers crossed, Trent will fall off a cliff or be abducted by aliens. Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 21 SATURDAY NIGHT...
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An Entire Chapter of Raegan’s Subplot: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 22
[Ariel says: I can’t believe you were worried about getting the chapter with the Cami/Trent sex scene when a chapter about Raegan’s subplot was in play.] I was at a taping for Jimmy Fallon’s upcoming...
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Fifty Shades of Grey Movie News Roundup
Lately, Matthew and I have been stumbling upon or being linked to a bunch of really fantastically hilarious articles about the Fifty Shades of Grey movie and its stars. [Matthew says: Or, rather, our...
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What We’re Actually Reading: This Is How You Die
So this is maybe not the bonus post you were expecting, but it’s a feature I’ve wanted to do for a while now. Given that this is a books blog and all, I’ve been interested in starting up an extra...
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Four and Tris Easily Run Around the Erudite Compound Because Everyone Here is...
Insurgent Chapter 32 Last week, we discovered that Tris has been betrayed by her brother Caleb, unless everything is not as it seems or something. Who knows! Anything could happen in the wonderful,...
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Nothing Is Explained Again: Insurgent Chapter 33
So I’m embarrassingly new to this whole “podcast” thing, but I just discovered they’re a thing and that I like them. So I’m gonna recommend that if anyone has a spare hour or so thus weekend, have a...
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