A Little T.V. Doesn't Hurt

Now that the Fall season is coming upon us it means a couple of things for me...

1. Some of my favorite book series continuations are coming out
2. My television programs are back for the new season

Ahh sweet idiot box how I've missed your precious glow. Let's be honest here...growing up I believe I watched too much T.V., which is probably the reason I have way too much pop culture knowledge and random facts crammed into my head. Now that I'm older I read more(see reason 1) than I watch T.V. shows but there are at least a handful that I am dedicated to, both old and new, that I'm super pumped about.

The Vampire Diaries(September 9th)


I was ecstatic to watch this new favorite of mine this past Thursday. Last season's finale had me at the edge of my seat with the town roundup, the mysterious Tyler reaction, Jeremy's decision, a Damon/Elena pucker moment, and the return of Katherine. Season 2 opener was all I asked for and more and I have a feeling I'm going to really enjoy this season's plot turns and character developments.

ALL of my other shows premiere in the same week together!!!!
I freaking love Fall!

How I Met Your Mother(Sept 20th @8pm on CBS)
Watch the Sneak Peek Here!


I've been a loyal fan of this show since I discovered it half way through it's Season 3. As a Xmas present Aimee got me all three seasons on DVD and season 4 this past Xmas. This show proves that something on TV can be just as awesome as Friends once was.

Season 5 left me kind of wanting more as the season itself wasn't half as good as the past ones had been, but the sneak peek looks awesome and I'm pumped for what the writers have in store!


Glee(Sept 21st @8pm on Fox)
Watch Fall Sneak Peek Here!

Don't deny you adore this show! I was raised on musicals, performed in highschool, and we never had a Glee club but this show with all its wonder makes me wish we did! I am so freaking stoked to see what going on with the Gleeks!

Modern Family(Sept 22nd @9 on ABC)
Watch Season 2 Promo Here!


This little Emmy award winning sitcom is also a new favorite of mine from last year. It's witty, creative, and the ensemble cast always is a knee slapping good time. What hijinks will ensue this season??

Grey's Anatomy(Sept 23rd @ 9pm on ABC)
Watch Season 7 Sneak Peek Here!


Wow. That's really all I can say about the most powerful season finale I have ever seen. I thought nothing could top the series finale and most of the season finales of Buffy for me(yeah I'm a hardcore Joss fan and Buffy came before Twilight sorry Stephanie LOL) but I honestly am simply curious as to where do they go from here? After that finale I mean WOW


So that's my lineup for the Fall and I know there are a few new shows coming out that seem kind of interesting but these are my shows for the moment and maybe I'll check the new ones out down the road cause honestly nothing has jumped out at me like Pretty Little Liars did this summer or Glee did when it first came out.

Question: Are there any shows that you are looking forward to starting back up? Everyone has their favorites so what are yours?

Now that everything is Finally Unpacked...

Attention! Attention!

Things are finally starting to settle down to a strict routine in our separate homes! Aimee is settling into her apartment in Alabama(she got a job! I iz so proud!) and I'm finally fully unpacked and living with the stress filled duties of being a caretaker for my parents and grandma. But even with all the stress I have missed posting on our site. I have a couple of ideas lined up and I'm hoping to get back on a strict schedule of posting once maybe twice a week. I have a few reviews to post including the long overdue Remember Me and Eclipse posts(in which I still need to tell Aimee so she can pop over here with her opinion too) and a couple of opinion posts on our favorite RPattz movies due to come out as well. Along with that I've remained very active on our closest bloggy sisters sites doing guest posts and comments since at the moment it's all I've had time for :-)

I just signed up with OnePushyFox and Cutie to do a guest spot for the Beautiful Darkness book discussion later this year.

I'm currently knee deep in the ongoing Hush,Hush book discussion over at Super Secret Twilight Blog.

I also did a guest post over at the Bewitched Bookworms about a month back with OnePushyFox in which we did a Mystery Book Challenge. I'm really hoping to collaborate with the Bookworms again because I have tons of time to read now lol



And I've been keeping up and commenting regularly with my favorite True Blood blogger and loyal follower HG!! Season 3 is almost over :-(

We really want to thank all of our followers for sticking with us during this transition time. You have no idea how grateful we are and I'm hoping not so far into the future we can get a giveaway set up to show our appreciation! Don't forget to comment and say hello!

So GLAD to be BACK!!

Kickin It Off!! The Hush Hush Discussion on SSTB!!

As Alice would say, "It's Time." but this isn't about Twilight. I know right? A Twilight blog that isn't discussing it's purpose lol but we here at AnF aren't always about the Saga I mean jeez we do like other things. Between the two of us we read a shit ton of books(let's just say that Aimee's dad did a lot of eye rolling at the amount of boxes that were just books when we moved). Since we're on the topic of books, over the last year I have been introduced to some amazing new authors and series that I die and swoon over and one of these particular texts is Hush, Hush. I was introduced to the Becca Fitzpatrick awesomeness by Cutie and KG who exclaimed that I must read this book, that I would LOVE this book and ya know what? I DID! This book is everything an entertaining novel should be and more.





The discussion officially kicked off today and to commemorate it we all got together and shared with the world who we envision as our Patch. If you don't know who Patch is then I highly suggest you get your hands on Hush, Hush and join in on the discussion!

We all had our own varieties of Patch. From the original model that portrays him on the book cover to an anime character that embodies his personality. Who's my Patch you may ask?

Well......

created by Fragile Little Human and Cutie

I can't help it. He screams Patch to me and every time I read the book he is who I envision.


Hop on over to Super Secret Twilight Blog and check out all the other Patch choices and join in on our book discussion.

If you've read the book before then I know you have an opinion...voice it! And if you haven't then we'll be doing the discussion weekly by chapters and you can read along with us and hear our opinions. It's a win/win situation and believe me when I tell you Patch and Becca Fitzpatrick's world is something you must experience!

And The Winner Is...

This has been a really fun giveaway! All of your quotes and shirts were hilarious and awesome. Before I announce the winner I just wanted to highlight some of the shirts chosen because some of them made me laugh so hard I wanted to pee my pants.

Meg had one of the best t shirt picks! Team Carlisle baby!

This shirt was popular with several of the contestants

I seriously was not aware we had a hardcore Team Jacob follower. Poor girl couldn't decide on a shirt so she listed a bunch and told me to pick...I liked this one! (I know here we are more Team Edward than Jacob but don't ever feel like you aren't welcome cause we don't HATE the boy)

This was the one that made me laugh so hard I cried! This is why I love Smuttier Than You!

We also seemed to have an abundance of Jacob quotes in the comments. I have to admit Jacob was very witty and funny in both the book and movie so it didn't really suprise me that he is the one everyone quoted lol

So who was the winner? After assigning all the numbers and using the nifty randomizer the winner of our Hiatus Giveaway is

ANNIE CRISTINA

I'm so excited for Annie! And I love, love...LOVE the shirt she picked!

Isn't it perfect*turns green with envy*

You will be getting an email asking for further details so your shirt can be mailed ASAP. We will be back as soon as things getting settled with the move.

Til Next Time--Be Safe

Hiatus Giveaway

Yes Aimee and I are fully aware that we've been gone for like 3 months with nothing to say. I know we have probably lost followers due to our absense. If you have been following either one of us on Twitter then you know that my mom is really bad sick and she decided that the time has come for me to move back home for a little while to help dad and her out so we are officially moving out in about a week and going our seperate ways as roomates for now.

This isn't going to stop the blog but until things get settled down in our new locations we're going to continue to be on hiatus.

I have so much I want to blog about but I just don't have the time at the moment, but what we do have time for is a GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Hopefully that got all of your attention. A while back during the New Moon release we collaborated with Cafe Press and gave one lucky follower a shirt of their choice. Well we're doing it again folks!

If you want to win a Twilight Saga Eclipse shirt of your choice then all you got to do is give me your favorite quote from Eclipse (either the movie or the book), the link to the shirt you want, and your email address. I will use the nifty randomizer to choose a winner on Tuesday.

Are you EXCITED?! ARE YOU PUMPED?! Have you SEEN ECLIPSE?!

Okay now that I'm done with that little burst of energy...click the links below to choose your shirt! There are tons to choose from so choose wisely lol

Find Eclipse t-shirts and more Twilight themed merchandise at CafePress.

The Bewitched Bookworms Celebrate and AnF Goes Mobile

Hey ladies and umm any guy that actually reads this blog(good for you). Its been a wild ride the past couple weeks but I thought I'd give you some goodies to brighten your day.

The Bewitched Bookworms have reached 100 followers! Actually when I looked this morning they had reached 133 sooo to celebrate some of our nearest and dearest Twi Sisters reaching 100 on their blog they are doing a giveaway!!! You have a chance to win a multitude of different stuff that the bookworms have put together including author signed copies of books, jewelry inspired by books, and a blog makeover done by the talented Mrs. Vanquish!(If you all aren't aware, V remodeled ours and many of the Twilight blogs, making them beyond gorgeous) So this is a contest not to miss out on so Click the pic below so you can see all the details and grab your chance to win!



In other mucho important news like many others we have gone mobile! We want to make sure that you can acess our site where ever you are. I know Aimee is super excited about this because a lot of the blogs have made it possible to view their musings on their phones now with a click of a button so we figured...why not us too? So if you want your very own ApplesNFeathers icon on your phone so you can keep up with our blog just go to the bottom of the left sidebar and enter your mobile number and get access!

Eclipse!! Reaction, Book Discussions, and MORE!

Aimee and I have been crazy busy with Real Life crap to the point where not only are we behind on our blogging and fan fiction reading but our house looks like a hurricane hit it and all we want to do when we aren't working is sleep. Luckily I was hit with the insomnia bug on my days off this week and what better way to keep my wandering sleeplessness busy but post an update to our followers!

Our Eclipse Trailer Reaction...better late than never!


We actually did film this the day the trailer came out and of course we meant to post it the next day but then the Real World police came busting in with distractions so now here it is in all its glory.



As you can see we are not impressed with the trailer. It had a couple of spotlight moments and all I can say is this movie better kick ass or I'm gonna be LIVID! Where were the Cullens? Where were the wolf pack and their new members?! The Volturi are in the damn book for like a page...just cause Dakota Fanning plays Jane does not mean she needs to be in the trailer and whats the deal with Bryce Dallas Howard in her Rachelle costume? (Can you tell I'm still not cool with Summit's lil switch)

Moving On.....

On a good side note, because of our reaction videos for both Eclipse and New Moon, we were contacted by a writer with The Washington Post doing a piece on reaction videos. She also happens to be a twifreak! I did a phone interview with her and though we haven't heard anything yet...it might be a possibility that Aimee and I will be featured somewhere in the article **SQUEE** so we'll keep a lookout for that and post if we get any kind of confirmation.

EXCITING NEWS AHEAD!

The Danger Magnet's Book Discussion is BACK and what does Anna have cooked up this time around...well duh Eclipse!



She's been cooking this up for quite some time now and its almost here. I am proud to say that some of the best bloggers out there will be participating including...whats this?...could it be?....




That's right! I'm actually going to doing my first guest post and I really banked with this one because I get the amazing privilege of reviewing chapters 22,23, and 24! You know what that means!!!!!! I have the tent scene!!!!

That's right ladies glow with envy!

I thought I was pumped about the TDM discussion before but now I'm just plan freakin stoked! So PLEASE either click the pic in the post or the sidebar to find out the dates for the upcoming book discussion featuring ECLIPSE!!!

Til Next Time--BE SAFE