We Meet Gideon’s Best Buds: Captivated by You Chapter 3
Captivated by You Chapter 3: Gideon There’s a new minor character on the block. [Matthew says: Just what this book was missing!] Arash, Gideon’s lawyer, appears to have not fucked off into beautiful...
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In case you’re interested in sports, I wrote up a piece on Sunday about the March Madness bracket my friend and I are sharing for our respective office pools, even though I know nothing about sports....
View ArticleReviews of Movies and TV Based Entirely On Their Posters
My daily commute to work is about 45 minutes of the New York subway, which means that I see a lot of posters advertizing things I have zero interest in, but unfortunately have to see all the time. So I...
View ArticleThe Not at All Ominous Bureau of Genetic Welfare: Allegiant Chapters 13 & 14
Allegiant Chapter 13: Tris The world outside the fence is…pretty anticlimactic. [Matthew says: Clarification: The world outside the big circle of signs with Xs on them.] There is no life in it, as far...
View ArticleEverything Is Explained (Again): Allegiant Chapter 15
I’m seriously losing track of how many “the truth is revealed!” chapters we’ve had in Divergent. Get ready for another infodump! [Ariel says: This time with even truthier truth!] Chapter 15: Tris Tris...
View ArticleGideon’s California Adventure: Captivated by You Chapter 5
Captivated by You Chapter 5: Gideon The chapter opens with Gideon meeting with Sam Yimara who was the man responsible for filming the Brett/Eva sex tape. They’re at the one and only place that inspired...
View ArticleMegumi’s Back! Captivated By You Chapter 6
Hopefully you remember who Megumi is. Captivated By You: Chapter 6 At lunch with her father, husband, and best friend (aw!), Eva talks about wedding plans. “I’m going to ask Ireland to be a...
View ArticleAmar has a Ponytail, Therefore I Hate Him: Allegiant Chapter 16
Allegiant Chapter 16: Fourbias Fourbias wakes up in the middle of the night, and wanders into the Atrium. There, he runs into old not-dead mentor Amar. “You’re not nearly as vigilant as you used to...
View ArticleIn Which Tris Continues To Be Special: Allegiant Chapter 17
Allegiant Chapter 17: Tris After Tobias’s nighttime adventures in the last chapter, Tris wakes up as some of the Bureau employees are finishing their night shift, and has an adventure of her own to,...
View ArticleThis Chapter is Mainly Just Scenes Where People Interrupt Gideon at Work:...
I don’t often post about my personal life on here because this isn’t about me, it’s about the bad books, but I’m really excited to announce I’m getting married on April 27th! Matt and I haven’t ironed...
View ArticleYou Remember The Russian Mob, Right?: Captivated By You Chapter 8
Chapter 8 This week’s Eva chapter begins with Shawna, a character I have no recollection of, calling Eva to plan a karaoke night. In my head, I pictured the vibrant redhead who was quickly becoming a...
View ArticleI’m Sorry That All of My Excerpts Might Just Make Things More Confusing:...
Allegiant Chapter 18: Fourbias Fourbias is stressed about Marcus’ upcoming trial, but finds an out when Tris asks if some random dude can conduct some tests on Fourbias’ genes because basically he’s...
View ArticleWhat’s the Deal With Airplane Exposition? Allegiant Chapter 19
[Ariel says: The best part of my week was finding out that Matt had already written this chapter, which meant I only have to write about chapter 18 yesterday. I almost shed a tear!] Chapter 19: Tris...
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Captivated by You Chapter 9: Gideon As usual, this chapter is extremely long and broken into distinct enough chunks that it’s super hard to decide on a title for the post that truly encompasses what...
View ArticleDid You Know Gideon Is The Best At Everything?: Captivated By You Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Eva Now in the karaoke club, Eva kicks off this chapter with a very important question: I leaned into Gideon, who was semisprawled on the expensive leather upholstery. “How come all the...
View ArticleMrs. Tris’ Mom’s Diary: Allegiant Chapters 20 & 21
Allegiant Chapter 20: Fourbias The chapter opens with Nita telling Fourbias she wasn’t sure if he’d come. Well, Nita, there is really nothing going on in the plot at this point, so you were kind of the...
View ArticleBack to the Backstory: Allegiant Chapter 22
Chapter 22: Tris Tris finishes reading the entries in her mom’s file, which as we discovered yesterday, is actually fairly interesting so far. Quite possibly because it doesn’t have any of the series’...
View ArticleFor the Love of God, Go Away, Brett: Captivated by You Chapter 11
I know that four books in I shouldn’t be amazed by this anymore, but how Sylvia Day can write 60+ page chapters wherein almost nothing happens is incredible to me. I suppose E.L. James and Veronica...
View ArticleActually, It’s About Brett Just Wanting To Be Friends: Captivated By You...
Chapter 12: Eva The chapter kicks off with these words, so at the very least it’s cutting to the chase: I dared anyone to come up with a more awe-inspiring sight than Gideon Cross taking a shower. Do...
View ArticleWhat’s Outside the Outside of Chicago: Allegiant Chapter 23
Allegiant Chapter 23 The chapter opens with Fourbias reading a note from Nita asking him to meet her. I’m really not sure what Nita’s game is (or her purpose in the story – is it to serve as a...
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