Some books fade from memory. Others stay with you for decades. After years of thinking about Christopher Pike’s Thirst series, I finally found all five books for $15—and now I’m about to discover whether the vampire story I loved when I was younger still has the same power today. Continue reading The Vampire Books I Never Forgot: Finding Christopher Pike’s Thirst Again
Sometimes you don’t need a book to devastate you. Sometimes you need a cute little town, some romance, a little spice, and the comfort of knowing something good is going to happen. That’s why I keep going back to Laurie Gilmore’s Dream Harbor. Continue reading Sometimes You Just Need Something Good: Why I Keep Going Back to Dream Harbor
More than thirty years later, Wayne’s World is still endlessly quotable—but its impact went far beyond “Party on.” Looking back at the cult classic that introduced a new generation, including me, to Queen and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Continue reading Wayne’s World Was More Important Than We Realized
Everyone in The Drama has something in their past worth judging. But when someone gets frighteningly close to doing something horrible and chooses to stop, when does that choice start to matter? Continue reading The Drama: When Does Choosing Not to Do the Horrible Thing Count?
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful story about grief, loneliness, family, and finding your way home in places—and people—you never expected. Continue reading Remarkably Lost, Remarkably Found: Finding Home in Remarkably Bright Creatures
Jacob Tremblay has been pulling audiences into his performances since Room. Now UNABOMBER may be the movie that finally makes everyone realize the child actor grew up into one hell of an actor. Continue reading Jacob Tremblay Is Not a Child Actor Anymore — And UNABOMBER Is About to Prove It
I expected a cute movie starring Adam Sandler’s daughter. Instead, Sunny Sandler stepped out of her father’s shadow and delivered a performance that absolutely broke me. Continue reading Sunny Freaking Sandler: Don’t Say Good Luck Absolutely Broke Me
If things look a little different around here over the next few weeks, don’t worry—we’re not going anywhere. Actually, it’s the exact opposite. The Nerdy Girl Express has been around since 2015, which means we’ve accumulated a whole lot of articles, images, interviews, reviews, opinions and general nerdiness over the years. Right now, I’m working behind the scenes to preserve all of that history while cleaning things up and getting NGE ready for its next chapter. New articles are already being published, with plenty more coming. You may notice some older areas being reorganized, newer articles waiting on images, or … Continue reading The Nerdy Girl Express Is Getting a Makeover — Because We’re Coming Back
The Whisper Man had me hooked. I didn’t know who to trust, bodies were turning up where bodies definitely shouldn’t be turning up, and I had no idea where the story was going. Then Norman Collins died—and suddenly I could predict almost everything that came next. Continue reading The Whisper Man Was Good…Until It Wasn’t
Highlander: The Animated Series was real, it was weird, and somehow almost nobody seems to remember it. Let’s talk about Quentin MacLeod, a post-apocalyptic 27th century, and one of the strangest corners of the Highlander franchise. Continue reading Wait… Does Anyone Remember Highlander: The Animated Series?
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