Top Ten Binge Worthy TV Shows

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is Top Ten Binge Worthy TV Shows.

1. Dawson's Creek - The original binge worthy show. Seasons 1 and 2 were good, but oh how I love Seasons 3 and 4.
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I never watched Buffy when it was on, but Husband and I actually did binge watch it after we got married. We'd watch so many episodes in a day sometimes. Occasionally we'd spend an entire Saturday just watching one after the other.
3. Gilmore Girls - Man, I think I've binged this entire series like 5 or 6 times. Once you start it you're hooked until the end of Season 7.
4. One Tree Hill - This show isn't without faults, but I still enjoyed it enough to list it.
5. Grey's Anatomy - Even though I mostly tried to focus on shows that are over, Grey's has enough prior seasons for you to binge. And believe me, you will. Especially the earlier ones.
6. Heartland - This is actually a Canadian show. My mom got me started on it, and I didn't think I'd love a show that my mom also loved, but I really do.
7. When Calls the Heart - Another one I wasn't sure I'd enjoy. But I adore Elizabeth and Jack and I think the actors/actresses make this show.
8. Felicity - This one is short, and the last season got a bit weird, but overall I enjoyed the process.
9. Downton Abbey - Absolutely love this one. We binged the first two seasons and then were caught up to watch weekly.
10. Smallville - I think some people might doubt this one a little. I hated Lois at first. I was a Lana fan even knowing that Clark and Lois eventually end up together. But I absolutely LOVED the way the writers worked the Clark and Lois relationship.

I had such a hard time narrowing down my list to ten shows. Which TV shows do you recommend to binge watch? Let me know!

(Links go to IMDB.)

Top Ten Movies to Spark the Halloween Spirit

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Movies to Spark the Halloween Spirit.

1. Practical Magic starring Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman
2. Hocus Pocus starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, & Kathy Najimy
3. 28 Days Later starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston
4. The Craft starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, & Neve Campbell
5. The Walking Dead (TV show) starring Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Chandler Riggs, & Steven Yeun
6. Blade starring Wesley Snipes
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV show) starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, & Alyson Hannigan
8. The Sixth Sense starring Haley Joel Osment & Bruce Willis
9. The Village starring Joaquim Phoenix & Bryce Dallas Howard
10. The Grudge starring Sarah Michelle Gella

And an honorable mention of:
11. Casper starring Christina Ricci & Bill Pullman

What are the movies/tv shows that you go to in order to get into the Halloween Spirit? Let me know!

This feautre is part of my All Things Halloween event--a month of paranormal, supernatural, mystery/thriller, etc reviews and books.

Top Ten Favorite TV Shows

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is Top Ten Favorite TV Shows.

You guys know that keeping this to ten is impossible for me. So here's my top 13.

1. Game of Thrones
2. Walking Dead
3. Breaking Bad
4. Sherlock
5. Prison Break
6. Dexter (Seasons 1–5)
7. Downton Abbey
8. Dawson’s Creek
9. Gilmore Girls
10. Smallville
11. Everwood
12. 24 (Seasons 1-5)
13. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

What about you? What have been your all-time favorite TV shows? Let me know!

Delirium - Pilot Review

I was supposed to do a Top Ten Tuesday post today, but I didn't love the topic (cover trends I like/dislike). Instead, I felt like this would be a good opportunity to do a short review of the Delirium pilot that Hulu is featuring for a month (starting June 20th).

Delirium by Lauren Oliver was one of my favorite reads of 2013. The writing style was so beautiful. Lena, as a character, was so well written. She was passionate, terrified, and often times desperate. All of which made this such an enjoyable read.

Needless to say, when I saw that Hulu was airing the pilot developed for Fox (which Fox chose not to pick up) I was so excited. I think Delirium would be the perfect fit for a TV series instead of a movie. So June 20th, I sat down to check out this pilot and wanted to give you guys a mini review of what I thought.

The pilot was both exciting and disappointing at the same time. It essentially goes through the entire book in one episode. Aspects of Pandemonium (book 2) were even brought into the pilot as well. From what I've seen this pilot was created for Fox as I've already said, and Fox decided not to pick up the series. That being said, I think had Fox decided to pick it up the pilot might have been revamped before airing to the public. At least, I hope that's the case. They could have spent an entire season on book 1 alone.

The pilot and the book had differences of course. Even more than a movie that typically spans about 2 hours, cramming an entire book into 43 minutes will require elements to be cut, multiple characters to get merged into one, and changes to be made all-around, etc. Emma Roberts did a really good job jumping into the character of Lena. With only 43 minutes to see what these actors can do with the characters given, Daren Kagasoff, Jeanine Mason, and the other cast members were great choices.

All of that being said, I'd like Hulu to see that there's much interest in Delirium. My hopes would be that they pick up the series and revamp the pilot. So...while I didn't LOVE this pilot, I can see potential with the actors and such for this to be a really successful TV series.

In case you missed the trailer, here it is...

Have you seen the Delirium pilot? What did you think? Let me know!