Sons of Anarchy: Straw (6×01) Synopsis: The crew deals with the change in leadership, as they strike up new deals with local groups. Tara deals with being in jail. Toric makes a few trips to the prison and lays some brickwork down for his revenge plan. Rating: ????? We’re down to […]
Monday Night Crime with Bones & Castle Sept 23
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epbv15nMcLE] Castle: Valkyrie (6×01) Synopsis: After 6 weeks apart, Castle surprises Beckett at her apartment in DC, where he causes some trouble when he attempts to help her with a classified case. Rating: ★★★☆☆ The season kicks off right where it stopped, Beckett agrees to marry Castle. Yay! Except she needs to […]
The Origins of Cyborg 009 Retold
Cyborg 009 Author: F.J. DeSanto, Bradley Cramp, Shotaro Ishinomori, Stephen Christy Illustrator: Marcus To, Ian Herring Release Date: September 24, 2013 Publisher: Archaia Entertainment Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Manga Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: — GoodReads | Amazon Like many nerds, I went through a pretty serious anime phase once upon a time. My experiences with Fullmetal Alchemist […]
Sea Change is the Story of a Girl and Her Kraken
Sea Change Author: S.M. Wheeler Release Date: June 18, 2013 Publisher: Macmillan, Tor, Forge Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Fantasy, Fairy Tale-ish, Young Adult-ish Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Do you ever come across those books that you almost immediately know aren’t for you and yet you feel compelled to finish the story anyway because you […]
March Reaffirms the Power of Graphic Novels
March: Book One Author: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Illustrator: Nate Powell Release Date: August 13, 2013 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): History, Biography, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon John Lewis is a living legend. Born in 1940 he has been the Representative from the 5th District of Georgia since […]
Sleepy Hollow: Pilot Recap
Sleepy Hollow (1×01) Synopsis: The pilot kicks off and gives us our first taste of Sleepy Hollow. A small town with not so small secrets, no one knows who to trust and Ichabod Crane is enamored by electric windows and emancipation. Rating: ★★★★☆ Sleepy Hollow opened in the Hudson Valley in 1731 […]
Off Topic TV Roundup: Sept 14-21, 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iysG6J4xH2s] Bones: The Secrets in the Proposal (9×01) Synopsis: Booth gets a visit from a friend from the CIA and visits a priest to make sense of the chaos Pelant has weaked, while Brennan deals with her disappointment and its effect on her relationship with Boot Rating: ????? It’s been a while […]
Educate Yourself With These Geek-tastic Non-Fiction Titles
Despite how many books I manage to read and review for Nerdophiles I feel like the vast majority of what I read on a day-to-day basis is actually what most people would classify as ‘Non-Fiction.’ Well, if you consider textbooks non-fiction, anyway, which considering I am in law school right […]
Enter the World of Massively Open Online Courses
A few weeks ago I saw an article online from Forbes that read something along the lines of ‘You Can Now Take A College Course on the Walking http://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/mans-health/ Dead.’ I’m sure a lot of you all saw it, too. When I first read it I thought maybe that meant […]
The Guild Official Companion is Perfect for Guild Fans (Read to Win a Copy)!
The Guild: The Official Companion Author: Collaborative, Intro by Felicia Day Release Date: July 16, 2013 Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books Genre(s): Companion Book, Webisodes, Fantasy, Mockumentary Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon So for those who know me, they know that at sometimes I can be critical of nerds represented in media. Shows like […]
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