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Trenton is an Awful Human Being: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 23
Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 23 “Even for just a few classes, midterms were kicking my ass. Kody, Raegan, Gruber, Blia, and I were all studying at the Red before it got busy or when it was slow, and...
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College Romantic Comedy Kills Off Dozens Of People In A Fire. Again.:...
If you think it’s astounding that Jamie McGuire’s had this much success writing the same college drama-comedy romance centering around the same handful of plot points three times, remember that one of...
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What We’re Actually Reading: Founding Brothers
Just in case you had any doubt that there isn’t much in the way of recurring themes in my reading list, here’s some historical non-ficion. Founding Brothers If you want to read about Revolutionary...
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A Character Once Thought to be Evil, Isn’t as Evil as We Thought: Insurgent...
Insurgent Chapter 34 When we last left off, Tris was making Jeanine feel really bad about herself, so Jeanine retaliates by deciding to just execute Tris tomorrow instead of waiting until she has the...
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Tris Isn’t Dead Yet: Insurgent Chapter 33
So you guys heard about the all-female Ghostbusters reboot? I’m like one of four people in the world who doesn’t like Ghostbusters, so that was pretty much the only thing that could have piqued my...
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Trenton Acts Perhaps Unreasonably: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 25 (Part 1)
Ariel and I are splitting up the last chapter of Beautiful Oblivion into two parts today, and that will conclude our coverage of Beautiful Oblivion! What a long, strange ride it’s been! By mean I mean...
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I Can’t Believe it’s the Last Chapter: Beautiful Oblivion Chapter 25 (Part 2:...
Even though there are so many bad books Matt and I want to write about, Jamie McGuire’s shit shows hold a special place in my heart. Say what you want about them, but in the wise words of my blog...
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Reader Poll Time! What Should We Read Before We Start Crossfire?
Hello, readers. This week we finish our reading of Jamie McGuire’s Beautiful Oblivion, the ending of which you hopefully don’t lose as much sleep as Ariel and I did trying to comprehend. As you might...
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Tris and Marcus Form a Confusing Alliance: Insurgent Chapter 37
If you haven’t already voted, please take the time to answer our poll regarding whether we should jump right back into the Crossfire series or read a children’s book. One of these things is not like...
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Tris Has Another Awful Plan: Insurgent Chapters 38 and 39
Last chance to vote in the poll! It determines what we’re reading starting, you know, Monday, so I kinda need to get on that soon. BUT ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY, please tell me that you’ve read this Gawker...
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It’s Double Love Because They’re Twins! Get it?: Sweet Valley High #1...
We crunched the numbers, hired numerous consultants, held endless study groups, and now the results are in. Based on the title of this post, you have correctly surmised that we’re doing Sweet Valley...
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Everybody Has Even More Problems: Sweet Valley High #1 Chapters 4-7
Welcome to day two of our very first reading of Sweet Valley High! How’s everyone dealing with the high school drama so far? [Ariel says: I personally feel it’s an incredible opportunity to use all my...
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How The Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Could Actually Be Good
Well, the inevitable is finally here. The Fifty Shades of Grey movie comes out this weekend. Holy crap. But before it comes out, I’d like to engage in a quick thought experiment. What if it’s not the...
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Tris’ Not so Good, Ambiguous, Terrible Plan: Insurgent Chapter 40
Insurgent Chapter 40 Tris and Christina meet the Erudite who are hiding out at Amity in their dorm room in order to share their Super Amazing Plan of Planitude to save the mysterious Erudite data. I...
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The Ballad of Fernando, Minor Character: Insurgent Chapters 41 and 42
Chapter 41 Tris’s plan to actively work against her friends’ plan to overthrow Erudite begins in earnest, as Tris and the others reach the city and hear gunfire. To be fair, Tris’s PTSD continues to be...
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We Have A New Fifty Shades Piece On NPR!
As you might have imagined, Ariel and I have had lots of thoughts about the Fifty Shades movie. It’s with considerable excitement that I can share one of my more carefully considered ideas about it...
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Ariel’s Reaction: The Fifty Shades of Grey Movie was Better than the First Book
Matt made this nifty logo for Snark Week. Best blog partner ever! Today my boyfriend [Jeremy says: Hi ] and I went to see the Fifty Shades of Grey film, and the nicest thing I can say is that I enjoyed...
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Can You Ironically Enjoy the Fifty Shades of Grey Movie?: An Inquiry
Today’s Snark Week post is a guest post from our friend Ellen (not the Ellen who did Cosmo Red Hot Reds for us. We know a lot of Ellens.) Ellen is also a bad movie night aficionado and The Room...
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Differences Between the Fifty Shades of Grey Book and Film
I don’t know if you guys heard, but the Fifty Shades of Grey movie recently came out. I’m pretty sure a few people have seen it. For those of you who haven’t (or for those of you who love to discuss...
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How The Fifty Shades Movie Emotionally Broke My Girlfriend
I’ll have more of my own thoughts and a more traditional review of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie later this week (I promise!), but I wanted to share an anecdote with you first. Much like Ariel did, I...
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