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EXPeriencing ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’
(Image via Reddit. Warning: Mild spoilers below.) In March of this year, I blogged about how I became a Star Wars fan. I concluded that post saying I was “pretty freaking excited” to see The Force Awakens in theaters. How excited was I? Excited enough to go without my husband, the much bigger Star Wars fan,…
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EXPeriencing Harry Potter Escapism as an Adult
“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him.” —Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban As I wrote in…
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Let’s talk about Life and Death.
Cover photo via. And no, I don’t mean in a profound, soul-bearing way. I mean the new gender-swapped rewrite of Twilight Stephenie Meyer released today. I first discovered this while lying in bed scrolling through Twitter half-asleep after getting home from the airport at 2 a.m. I saw the following: Stephenie Meyer rewrote Twilight and swapped…
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Re-EXPeriencing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Cover photo via. I’m part of the lucky generation that got to grow up with Harry Potter—literally. Although Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in 1998, I somehow avoided reading it until two years later… when I was 11 years old. I must have had friends tell me I needed to read it, likely…
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EXPeriencing Go Set a Watchman
Cover photo via Entertainment Monthly. It’s been more than two months since my last blog post, but after buying my first house and dealing with all the insanity that comes with that, I think I’m finally ready to dive back into blogging and keeping up with this little project. Thanks for reading! What a roller…
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EXPeriencing Marvel’s ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ (Season 2)
Cover image via Hypable. Caution, contains some spoilery things. I have previously noted my fangirl love of the Marvel cinematic universe, so it’s probably no surprise that I’m a big fan of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I was a little iffy about it when the first season premiered on ABC, so I didn’t watch it as it aired. I waited until…
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EXPeriencing ‘Inked’ by Eric Smith
Cover photo via Publishing Crawl. Nothing like a good vacation to get you caught up on your reading! Although my vacation was not filled with lying poolside or on the beach, I did get to have some quality time with my Nook on my flights to and from Orlando. And that meant I finally got…
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EXPeriencing This Week’s Casting Announcements
Cover images via Zimbio & BlackFilm. This week saw two very different casting announcements for two projects I’m invested in: Netflix’s Daredevil and Ghostbusters (the all-female Ghostbusters reboot, to be exact). First was Tuesday’s announcement that Jon Bernthal would be joining the cast of Daredevil as The Punisher. Jon Bernthal, you may know, played Shane in…
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Getting the Entire Shawshank Redemption EXPerience
This post contains spoilers about The Shawshank Redemption. All photos by me. My mom isn’t like most moms. She loves horror movies, and her favorite movie is The Exorcist. She was in the Army in the 70s, had kids in her mid-to-late 30s, and jumped back into the workforce a widow and 20-year stay-at-home mom. So…
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EXPeriencing Netflix’s Daredevil
Image via Newsarama. I have four words for you regarding Netflix’s Daredevil series: Go watch it. Now. Seriously, it is so. good. My husband and I binge-watched the whole season (as you do with Netflix shows) a few weeks ago, and just wow. I am hooked. First, let me share two quick disclaimers: 1.) I love the Marvel cinematic…
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