Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Yeesh, it has apparently been quite a long time since I've updated this blog with the links to my new Bible blog posts.  Here they are:

Ezra, a pretty boring book: http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/ezra/

Nehemiah, an even more boring book: http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/nehemiah/

Esther, a sufficiently entertaining book: http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/esther/

2 Chronicles

Heeyy everyone (i.e. no one), here is my review of 2nd Chronicles!!  It has a few interesting things in the "Bad Stuff" section.  Check it out and get ready to be on the edge of your seat.

http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/2-chronicles/

1 Chronicles

Here's 1st Chronicles.  It's pretty boring except for the fact that Satan pops up out of nowhere about 2/3rds of the way in.  Sneaky bastard.

http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/1-chronicles/

2 Kings

Oh whoops.  I just realized that I forgot to post the link to my 2nd Kings review here.  Not that anyone ever looks at these links and gets to my Bible blog that way.  Well, it's extremely rare.  Whatevers.  Here's the link anyway:

http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/2-kings/

1 Kings

As usual I'm posting this like a week late.  But here is my review of 1st Kings:

http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/1-kings/

The number of times that anyone has clicked on one of my bible reviews from this site is very low so I dunno why I bother posting these.  But I'll probably keep doing it anyway.

2 Samuel

It only took me 3 1/2 months between my 1st and 2nd Samuel reviews.  Hey, at least it's better than the 5 months it took between Ruth and 1st Samuel.  I'm late posting this link but here it is:

http://biblereviews.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/samuel-2/

The good news is that I already finished reading 1st Kings too, so hopefully I'll have that review up soon.

Covert Affairs: "Lady Stardust" and Season 3

Lordy.  You know, with most t.v. shows, I'm able to love them at a totally healthy level.  Breaking Bad, Homeland, pretty much all comedies like Parks & Rec, 30 Rock, Community, New Girl, Louie, It's Always Sunny, etc.  And by "healthy level," I mean: I watch them, I enjoy them, I delete each ep from the DVR after watching.  However, there have been exactly three shows in history that have brought me into "obsessed mode."  Symptoms of obsessed mode: following Twitter feeds, reading (some) spoilers, checking ratings (uggh), and my husband's favorite symptom - keeping episodes on the DVR to comfort me like warm blankets until the DVD/BluRays come out (my husband: "Are you ever gonna delete these!?").  The entire list of shows that have ever fallen into this category is short: Alias, Chuck, and Castle for about one season.  Now that I think about it, I'm probably halfway there with Girls too.  Anyway now, I can officially add another show to that list, because Covert Affairs pulled me in hardcore this season.  And this is a show I totally blew off for the first two seasons because it looked way lame.  But then BAM, out of nowhere, in the middle of season 3 it sucker punched me, and before I had a chance to claw my way out of it, I was fully sucked in.  Sigh.

So now here I am, doing what seems to be the newest symptom of "obsessed mode": blogging a review of the season finale (ep 316 "Lady Stardust") and season 3 as a whole.  Let's get right to this, shall we?  Lemme start off by giving my bottom line, now that the entire season is complete: I loovved the first 11 eps of the season (everything up through Annie escaping Russia).  I mean, I am IN LOVE with them.  I want to marry them and live with them blissfully, happily ever after.  And then, I found the last 5 eps to be an exercise in frustration that eventually did have some payoffs in the last couple episodes, especially the finale - which I thought for the most part was a very good ep.  But, there's only so much that can be addressed in like 43 minutes.  Interestingly, the finale managed to bring some much-needed clarity to both the plot trajectory and Annie's character trajectory, but it also clarified and solidified for me one key thing I have felt was missing in these last 5 eps.  Let's start with the good stuff first, and then I'll get to that second part: