This week, we’re down to eight dudes. Whoever gets a rose this week goes on to Hometowns where Michelle meets the guy’s family. Before we get to that, Tayshia Adams and Zac Clark broke up because this show’s premise is bullshit and doesn’t work 2. Tayshia is now hosting The Bachelorette and probably doesn’t need Zac in her life for sponsorship opportunities. Four of Michelle’s fifth grade students are joining her this week to … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S18 E6: A Night at the Museum →
Last week, Michelle felt like the guys were ignoring her, and Chris S emerged as a new villain for the the season. We open with the guys packing up to go to Michelle’s hometown of Minneapolis. This is the first time they’ve traveled on this show since Covid. It’s also unusual because typically they go to the Bachelor/ette’s hometown at the very end of the season. The first one on one date goes to Joe, … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S18 E5: What is This Show Doing? →
Welcome to my weekly recap of The Bachelorette where fortified by hard liquor, I watch this shit so you don’t have to. Last week Jamie got himself eliminated by being a moron, lying and stirring the shit pot. Will cried when Peter threw his jacket in the pool. What fun are we in for tonight? The first one-on-one date goes to Martin. They go to the BMW Performance Center where start by practicing drifting. Later they … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S18 E4: Unseen →
Last week when Pudding and I tucked ourselves under a fuzzy blankie to watch this dumpster fire, Jamie was stirring the shit pot by telling Michelle that the guys in the house were talking about the possibility she had a prior relationship with Joe, and that they were questioning her integrity. None of this is true. Today Pudding is sleeping on her heated mat and has no intention of waking up for continued Jamie drama, … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S8 E3: WTF Jamie →
The New York Sheep and Wool Festival (referred to as “Rhinebeck” by fiber people for the town it’s held in) is pretty much my happy place. It’s my Comic Con. It’s the largest fiber festival in the US, and I was so happy to be able to return this year. The festival is held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, NY in mid to late October every year. That means in addition to fiber … Continue reading Rhinebeck Recap →
TW: Discussions of mental health and suicide Before I start the recap, Katie and Blake announced they’ve broken up this week. Anyone surprised? Yeah, me neither. So we open with a group date. Michelle tells the guys that she’s got three friends with her and that they have very high standards. They enter a room set up to look like a classroom and there are three kids waiting there. Michelle is a teacher and she … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S18 E2: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader →
It’s a new season of The Bachelorette and I’m here to see what fresh WTFery is in store. This season’s Bachelorette is Michelle Young, a teacher from Minnesota. Once again Tayshia and Kaitlyn are hosting, replacing Chris Harrison. Once again my sassy, 15 year old Siamese, Pudding, is here to be unimpressed. It’s definitely a No Bones Day, and I’m still recovering from traveling for several days, so I’m forgoing an adult beverage for a bottle … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S18 E1: Fresh WTFery →
After I finished reading The Seat Filler I had two important questions: 1. WTF did I just read and 2. Is Adam Driver ok? The Seat Filler turned out to be a self-insert RPF (real people fiction) about actor Adam Driver and it had the most ridiculous conflict ever. It had moments where it was genuinely cute, but I couldn’t get over the squickiness of the RPF angle or the fact that the conflict could easily … Continue reading The Seat Filler by Sariah Wilson →
Bombshell is a Victorian age romance with a ton of pining, and a heroine who belongs to a girl-gang out to dismantle the patriarchy. One of them specializes in explosions. Objectively I can look at this book and say that some readers may have an issue with how much time spent on the girl-gang scenes versus the romance, but also ONE OF THEM SPECIALIZES IN EXPLOSIONS. I think part of this imbalance is to set … Continue reading Bombshell by Sarah MacLean →
Celebrity romance is one of my favorite tropes, so I was super excited to read Love Scenes. I tried to make it through this book, I really, really did, but I had to put it down halfway through. I had no issues with the hero or the heroine or their conflict, but the heroine’s incredibly toxic family makes up a huge part of this book and I couldn’t deal with their chronic mistreatment of her. … Continue reading Love Scenes by Bridget Morrissey →
Shana and I both read While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory and we had thoughts! Anna Gardiner is an actress who is going to appear in an advertisement campaign for a new mobile phone. Ben Stephens designed the campaign and will be working closely with Anna during filming. Ben is a self-admitted playboy who is open that he’s only looking for fun, nothing serious. Anna is focused intensely on the next phase of her … Continue reading While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory →
