During our last book club, Heather was not as impressed as I was with the sequel to what we both agreed to be a pretty great introduction to an expansive world. She’s even debating coming back for the third book in the series all together, which would be a shame, because it is easily the best entry yet. [Read more...]
Book Review: A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 3) by George R. R. Martin
04/12/2013 by 1 Comment
TV Review: Game of Thrones 301 – Valar Dohaeris
04/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
Game of Thrones returns for its third season and it moves the pieces into place for about half the cast of characters, setting up some excellent intrigue. [Read more...]
Book Club In Session: A Clash Of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 2) by George R. R. Martin
03/22/2013 by 2 Comments
Because we both ended up reading this book on our own, we decided to write A Clash of Kings up together as we do with our Book Club books. But don’t worry, we still plan to discuss Ender’s Game. [Read more...]
Looking Ahead to 2013: 1st Quarter (January – March)
01/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Now that we’re done looking behind us here at HST, it’s time to ring in the new year by filling our calendars with the upcoming releases (movies, music, TV, and video games) we’re looking forward to most. Big names, big sequels, big comebacks, big excitement. [Read more...]
HST…Best TV of 2012
01/02/2013 by Leave a Comment
Day three of the Best Of lists is upon us, bringing about our thoughts on the best and worst of what TV brought us this past year. Some shows returned stronger than ever, others stumbled slightly, all the while new shows fought the ratings to deserve respectable seasons. Through it all, the one thing that remained clear was that sitting in front of your TV screen was an acceptable excuse for spending a night in. [Read more...]
TV Without Commercials Review: Game of Thrones 2.7
05/17/2012 by Leave a Comment
This week’s Game of Thrones gave us a return to the dark themes we have been getting accustomed with since season one. What makes this week unique from all the other events of this season (and part of last season) is that Joffrey was completely absent. He was only a topic of discussion and was never actually seen. Instead, the cruelty we endured this week was from Theon Greyjoy. This week’s episode started and concluded with Theon and in between we saw the person he is trying to become in order to gain the respect of his father and sister. Along the way he is also trying to earn the respect of his men and I would say that out of all the goals he has set out to accomplish, this is the only one he is doing right. Robs Army is marching towards Winterfell to reclaim what is rightfully his, and hopefully Theon has his sister coming to back him up otherwise Rob will surely have his head. Meanwhile Stanis Baratheon and his army move closer and closer to Kings Landing and Tyrion seems to be the only one concerned. [Read more...]
TV Without Commercials Review: Game of Thrones 2.3
04/17/2012 by Leave a Comment
Tyrion seems to slowly be shifting into the role of the main protagonist as this lengthy story unfolds. [Read more...]
TV Without Commercials Review: Game of Thrones 2.1
04/04/2012 by Leave a Comment
The long awaited return of HBO’s Game of Thrones has finally come. [Read more...]
HST’s Best of 2011: Television
01/04/2012 by Leave a Comment
With so much of my (Lauren’s) personality constructed by Television, from PBS shows of my childhood to everything Joss Whedon that influenced my sense of humor and sarcasm, it’s no surprise that every year I get pretty excited for the pilots making their attempt to gain viewers. Not only that, but sometimes I go crazy fanatic for those shows I have come to love for seasons and seasons. Chuck is only a half season!? Community is getting shelved!? NNNOOO!!!! Good thing there are some great new shows that helped these irritated wounds sting a little less. [Read more...]
