My experience with The Bachelor franchise is as follows: I edit the recaps from Elyse, which she’s been faithfully recording since 2017. That’s it. Now, I have watched two (2) episodes to fill in for Elyse, prompting the following questions: Why are they four hours long? Why are they on two subsequent nights sometimes? Why on sequential nights or on four hour nights are they stretching out TWENTY FIVE TOTAL MINUTES OF FOOTAGE into an … Continue reading Here For All the Reasons: Why We Love the Bachelor, edited by Ilana Masad and Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais →
A special bonus Hide Your Wallet! I met Dr. Jodi McAlister in Australia a bunch of years ago, and I knew she was writing a series inspired by The Bachelor and The Bachelorette – which, y’all, the Australian version is allegedly extremely good. Jodi has recapped that series for BookThingo. Since I follow Jodi on various social medaes, I knew she’d released Here for the Right Reasons, but it was only available in Australia. Oh, … Continue reading Jodi McAlister’s Bachelor-Inspired Series Available in the US for a Limited Time! →
I had such a lovely day today. I was off from work. I slept in, then read in bed and snuggled cats. I went shopping for flowers for my patio, stocked up on wine, and bought a cake because I wanted cake. I took a nap. It might have been a wine nap. Now I’m going to undo all that self-care by watching The Bachelorette. Last week Sweet, Dumb Jordan became Gross, Dumb Jordan when he … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette – Episode 3: A Skeleton of a Man →
I came home from work, kissed the cat and the husband (in that order), ate something, poured a drink, turned on the TV and went “ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?” The Bachelorette finale is three hours long. I can’t drink that much on a weeknight. I wanted to be in bed by nine. WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME ABC? WHY?! Anyway, we’re down to three dudes, Peter, Eric and… um… oh, yeah Bryan. Everyone … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette – Episode 11: FML This is a 3 Hour Finale →
