Because it’s Fall TV Season…Here are my Favorite TV Series!

So…it’s FALL TV Season again yay! Really excited for the returns of OUAT, How to Get Away with Murder, American Horror Story, New Girl, Keeping up with the Kardashians... and so many other shows! Plus, I’m also excited about Scream Queens, Heroes Reborn, Wicked City, Blood and Oil–the list goes on.

Well, there are just so many amazing shows right now, so i thought, why not share my top 10 Favorite TV Series with you? And ta-daaa, here they are:

1. The OC

This is my first love and always will be. Everything was perfect: the music, the drama, Seth and Summer, Ryan and Marissa…everything! Plus, most of your favorite stars came from this show as guest stars, too! (Lucy Hale, Chris Pratt, Natalie Reed, Paul Wesley, etc).

2. Gossip Girl

An episode or two of this show always, always makes me feel better. I like getting lost in the world of the Upper East Side. Sure, it’s exaggerated and crazy, but hey, that makes it amazing, doesn’t it? YOU KNOW YOU LOVE IT! 

3.  Once Upon A Time

I’m a sucker for fairytales–even the twisted ones! This show is amazing! Oh, and flawless cast is flawless.

4. Glee

Oh,  I’ve met a couple of friends because of this show!  Also, Dianna Agron is loooove.

5. How to Get Away with Murder
VIOLA DAVIS is amazing and so is this rest of the cast! Each episode is just so full of surprises!

6. Pretty Little Liars

Yeah, fine. I still like this show.  Whatever.

7. One Tree Hill

“There’s only one Tree Hill”. Also, all those quotes and the music!

8. Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23

Ahhh this was soooo good. Def cancelled way ahead of its time.

9. Jane by Design

Why does ABC cancel the good shows, really?

10. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Well, just listen to this song… 

What about you? What are your favorites? What are you excited for?

TOXIC: Pretty Little Liars #15 -- Book Review

Title: TOXIC (Pretty Little Liars 15)
Author: Sara Shepard
Rating: 3/5 
One A has been captured…but the most dangerous A of all is still out there in the penultimate installment in Sara Shepard's #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series.

High school seniors Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna barely survived their most recent encounter with A. And it's not over yet…. The police don't believe there's another, deadlier, A out there, but the girls know what-and who-they saw. If they don't track down this final tormentor soon, A will silence them forever.

Sara Shepard's fan base continues to grow as ABC Family's hit Pretty Little Liars TV show draws in new readers to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Full of unexpected twists and shocking revelations, the second-to-last novel ramps up the stakes for the jaw-dropping series conclusion in Pretty Little Liars #16.

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Seeing that I actually managed to read through the series and have just finished reading this 15th book days ago, you can say that I'm a fan of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. 

You see, there was a time (by book 12) that I felt like this series has gone on for FAR TOO LONG. But by book 14 (DEADLY), I felt like, hey Sara's back in shape! She's making sense and the series is finally good again, so yey and I waited a couple months for TOXIC so when I finally got my copy, I was ecstatic. 

I wanted so much to like this book. I wanted it to be as great as Deadly or as great as the first novels. But somehow, it lacked luster. It was just all over the place. Some plotlines were just a rehash of things that have already happened before and CREEPY ALI IS JUST CREEPY. Plus, it has a Gone Girl-esque thing to it (which wouldn't have been bad because I like GONE, GIRL, but is bad because I LIKE GONE GIRL, you know what I mean? ) and I'm not sure if Sara deliberately did that or if she was even aware. 

It's not a toxic book though. To be honest, I still enjoyed it. One of the best things I like about the PLL series is that Sara always gets you hooked. She makes you just want to crave for more so you'd end up finishing the book in just a couple of hours. And that's important to me because I have very short attention span.

I wish though that as a penultimate book (if it's really the penultimate one) that some ends were closed and that the questions have been lessened but well, there's book 16 (Vicious, out in December) for that. 

Pretty Little Liars Book 14: Deadly -- Review

 Title: Deadly (Pretty Little Liars Book 14)
Author: Sara Shepard

Deadly, the fourteenth volume in Sara Shepard's YA Pretty Little Liars series, delivers more juicy scandals, dark secrets, and shocking plot twists. This #1 New York Times bestselling series is also a hit ABC Family original TV show.

High school seniors Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer have all done horrible things—things that would put them behind bars if anyone ever found out. And their stalker "A" knows everything.

So far A has kept their secrets, using them to torture the girls. But now A's changed the game. Suddenly the girls are hauled in for questioning, and all their worlds begin to unravel. If A's plan succeeds, Rosewood's pretty little liars will be locked away for good...

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Only the strong survive

Oh my god. Let me just say that I'm one of those people who have been reading this series since the first book and was also one of those who went ballistic when she realized that after book 12, there were 4 more books to be published. The thought that this series have gone on for far longer than it should but MY.GOD. This installment was very, very awesome.

I think my problem with the past two or three installments was the fact that they seemed rushed and everything was just too complicated. With this one, though, even though things were complicated, it's easier to grasp and it's more believable--in the PLL sort of way.

Another thing. That surprise turnout of events was really surprising--and that's saying something, considering this is PLL and there's always so many surprises involved. The way it was written is also at par with the first few PLL books and it has that same feel with its television adaptation.

If you're one of those people who have read this series from the beginning, then I should say that you have to give this installment a chance because it's really awesome. 

And now the wait for book 15 begins...

Yes, Ali, we missed you, you immortal bitch. :)