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 […]
Zombie/Apocalypse 2012: A Political Horror Story
Zombie/Apocalypse 2012: A Political Horror Story Author: Ian McClellan Release Date: June 3, 2012 Publisher: Ian McClellan Source: Author Genre(s): Horror, Satire Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon I love an interesting take on the usual zombie fare and I’ll be the first to read or watch anything in hopes of finding those little differences […]
Watch With Us: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3T-evQZiQo] Less than a week from now, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be premiering on ABC. Created by Joss Whedon, his brother Jed, and his sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the first TV series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Set after The Avengers and the short film […]
Check Out Madeleine Roux's YA Debut Asylum
Asylum Author: Madeleine Roux Release Date: August 20, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Suspense Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I absolutely loved Madeleine Roux’s first book Allison Hewitt is Trapped. It was one of the first books I reviewed on Nerdophiles and remains one of the only audiobooks […]
Breaking Bad: Ozymandias
Breaking Bad: Ozymandias (5×14) Synopsis: This is Vince Gilligan’s favorite episode, directed by Rian Johnson, and perfectly constructed to leave me a shell of a human being. Things get impossibly worse for Hank, Gomez, and Jesse, while Marie tries to bring her sister back from Walt’s clutches. Rating: ★★★★★ With two episodes […]
Watch With Us: Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow premieres tonight at 9 pm and will run Monday nights. The show is going to be a “modern retelling” of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and we’re… going to see how that works out. From the preview trailer, the story seems to be that George Washington sent Ichabod […]
Meet Tumblr's Reblog Book Club
Tumblr has found a new way to bring its users together with the Reblog Book Club. Launched on September 10, 2013, it’s the first official book club that Tumblr has sanctioned and in the week since its first post (a few days before the official launch), the blog has already […]
Harry Potter Studio Tour: A Magical Experience
I am pretty sure that it’s the dream of every Harry Potter to go to Hogwarts. Didn’t we all wait for that acceptance letter even if we were way too old for first year? And yet sadly nothing came but when my friend, Hannah, offered me one of her two […]