The Fifty Shades of Grey Drinking Game: Movie Edition
Back in the day, Matt and I started a Fifty Shades of Grey drinking game for the books. For some reason we only did one for chapters 1-10, but since the books basically just repeated themselves for...
View ArticleMatthew’s Reaction: Fifty Shades of Fatigue
Yes, of course it’s terrible. That’s my entire review! See you for the sequel! Which you’ve probably heard by now, or probably presumed anyway months ago. Reading a review saying that Fifty Shades of...
View ArticleYou Have Never Met More Judgemental Teenagers: Sweet Valley High Chapters 8-9
Hope you all enjoyed Snark Week, and I hope equally as hard that you’re ready to get back into the sweet sweet world of Sweet Valley High. [Matthew says: And I hope that you’re as excited as I am that...
View ArticleSomeone Finally Tells Jessica She Sucks: Sweet Valley High Chapters 10-11
[Matthew says: Nope! It’s not Monday again! Ariel is doing both Sweet Valley High posts this week and I’m doing both next week! Not because we’re bad at math or anything! Hahahaha! Not math!] Chapter...
View ArticleWe Meet the World’s Dumbest Security System: Insurgent Chapters 43 & 44
R.I.P Fernando. Beloved, cherished character. Insurgent Chapter 43 “I don’t mean to be insensitive,” says Marcus, “but we have to go before the Dauntless and factionless enter this building. If they...
View ArticleAnother Plot Twist That Doesn’t Make Sense: Insurgent Chapters 45-47
Guys! Guys! We’re fucking done with Insurgent today! I mean, we still have Allegiant, but we can still feel like we’ve accomplished something now. Let’s reflect back on Insurgent! Remember that time we...
View ArticleThe Wakefield Twins Go To The Dance, Steven Has A Subplot Too: Sweet Valley...
Welcome back to another week of Sweet Valley High! As a reminder, I’m doing both Monday and Tuesday’s post this week, because Ariel and I decided to split up our chapters. We realized pretty late that...
View ArticleCourtroom Drama, Infidelity, and Bears! OH MY!: Sweet Valley High #1 Chapters...
Sometimes I really struggle to title these posts. [Ariel says: I’m glad you have this problem too. Most of the time I just want to write, “Insert Joke Here: Book/Chapter Numbers.] [Matthew adds: Right?...
View ArticleWhat We’re Actually Reading: From Russia, With Love
No, I haven’t forgotten about this feature that I did for two weeks only and then skipped for a month! From Russia, With Love Around sixth or seventh grade was when I first decided to try watching...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Divergent Book: Allegiant Chapters 1 & 2
It hit me today that both Allegiant and Captivated by You (which we’ll be starting after Sweet Valley High is done) both alternate points of view between the two love interests. We didn’t even plan for...
View ArticleMeet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss: Allegiant Chapters 3 and 4
Fun Fact! My girlfriend was under the impression that the last book was the third book in the Divergent trilogy, and was super upset that there was more. [Ariel says: I feel like all you do these days...
View ArticleThe Truth Comes Out: Sweet Valley High Chapters 16 & 17
Double Love Chapter 16: This chapter is a mere three pages long, and all that happens in it is that Elizabeth and Enid are having a burger when they spot Todd dining with a girl they know named Emily....
View ArticleProbably The Best Ending We’re Ever Gonna Get: Sweet Valley High #1 Chapters...
Hopefully you enjoyed our brief intermission with Sweet Valley High and/or descent into madness with Jessica Wakefield. We finish up the first SVH book’s last two chapters today, with a surprisingly...
View ArticleDauntless Sex Education: Allegiant Chapters 5 & 6
Allegiant Chapter 5: Tris Post-trial, Tris goes looking for Fourbias. “I see Tobias standing in the middle of the lawn, wearing mixed faction colors—a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, and a black sweatshirt...
View ArticleMeet The Allegiants: Allegiant Chapters 7-8
No, we’re still not done yet. Chapter 7: Tris After the riot, Christina points out how last-few-Harry Potter-books this is all getting. “I didn’t really want to bring this up, but I can’t stop thinking...
View ArticleNow With Gideon’s Point of View: Captivated by You Chapter 1
Returning to the Crossfire series fills me with both excitement and dread. Though it’s not as boring as the Divergent books, there are often stretches of these books where nothing fucking happens, but...
View ArticleEva’s Got 99 Problems, But A Plot Ain’t One: Captivated By You Chapter 2
Yes, we’re reading Captivated By You, the fourth book in Sylvia Day’s Crossfire series! Long-time blog readers might remember that I did not actually read the third book in the series. This has not...
View ArticleI Really Can’t Remember Who Any of These Characters are Anymore: Allegiant...
Ug two Fourbias POV chapters. Guess I’m in charge of all the menfolk this week! [Matthew says: This week on BBGT, women take over, feminism wins, all men murdered by their womanly fire breath and...
View ArticleThese A**holes Don’t Even Have a WALL Around Their Stupid Dystopia: Allegiant...
I use Spotify a lot these days, and – like probably 99% of the people who use it – am a free user. I don’t particularly mind the ads; it actually sort of reminds me of listening to the radio and...
View ArticleSo It Sports: Bad Brackets, Good Times
This year my friend Ellen and I decided to try something new for March Madness. Once a year, Ellen lapses into an otherwise uncharacteristic sports bro frenzy during the NCAA Basketball Tournament....
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