Happy Friday, nerds! This week's bonus episode is with author Cassie Alexander, who wrote a book we loved titled "Bend Her". We got to chat with Cassie about all kinds of nerdy things including alien spider-cats, if she prefers smut or plot, and how she got into writing in elementary school.

Background on Cassie:

Cassie Alexander is a registered nurse and author. She’s written numerous paranormal romances, sometimes with her friend Kara Lockharte. As Cassandra, she’s written the Year of the Nurse: A Covid-19 Pandemic Memoir which has appeared in the Atlantic (The Mass Exodus of America’s Healthcare Workers). She has also contributed to the Huffington Post and the Journal of Patient Safety Authority. As Cassie, she has written several paranormal and fantasy romance books, including her most recent release Bend Her and the upcoming sequel Break Her. She lives in the Bay Area with one husband, two cats, and one million succulents.

Listen in as we find out more about Cassie's inspiration while writing, what she's currently reading, and her fave fandoms. Find Cassie on her website and follow her on instagram!

Come see us at the Imaginarium Book Festival on May 20-21 in DC! We will be moderating the panels and have a table on Saturday with bookish merch!

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have something nerdy to share? Contact us at ournerdiestthing@gmail.com.

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Hello, fellow nerds! On this week's podcast episode, we’re discussing chapters 4-5 of “From Blood & Ash” by ⁠⁠@jennifer_l_armentrout⁠⁠ ! This episode is hilarious AND spooky when we talk about the different types of vampires in pop culture and the ghost of Jennie Casseday. We also spend a good amount of time chatting about the douche-baggery that is Lord Mazeen.

Drink up "Our Nerdiest Cocktail" named "Hawke's Tail". It can be found at ⁠ournerdiestthing.com⁠ or ⁠instagram.com/ournerdiestthing⁠. Fave Quotes from the Episode: “Sounds like you were choking on it.” “So Was Poppy!”—Deb and Whitney; “Its when we do it.”—our (least) nerdiest husband, Robbie

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1. Vampire popular culture references:

Twilight

The Strain

Interview with the Vampire

Adventure Time

Daybreakers (NOT Daybreak like Deb says in this episode)

Sookie Stackhouse Books and True Blood

Lifeforce

What We Do in the Shadows

Bunnicula by Deborah Howe

NOS4A2

2. Find more info on the Jenny Casseday Infirmary

3. Check out Dominique Wesson and their FBAA page overlays

4. See Mageonduty crack ship of Tamlin/Lucien

5. Get your copy of "Mad Libs After Dark" Alwaysfits.com

6. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

7. American Ghost by Hannah Nordhaus

Come see us at the ⁠Imaginarium Book Festival⁠ on May 20-21 in DC! We will be moderating the panels and have a table on Saturday with bookish merch!

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ⁠ournerdiestthing.com⁠ or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have something nerdy to share? Contact us at ournerdiestthing@gmail.com.

Follow us on instagram and facebook at @ournerdiestthing.

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the "From Blood and Ash" and “Flesh & Fire” series, both written by @jennifer_l_armentrout .

Thanks for listening!

Guess what, nerds? We got to sit down with composer Taylor Ash and talk about all of their nerdiest things! Bookstagram & Booktok friends, you probably know her best from her composed themes of "A Court of Thorns & Roses", "From Blood & Ash" & "The Cruel Prince", so you'll want to listen to this episode for sure!

Taylor Ash is a self-described classical composer gone rogue. She is the owner and creator of From Ash Studios and an award-winning instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. She holds degrees in Music Theory, Composition, and Performance from Westminster Choir College and has worked alongside the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. She has written, performed, and released her own EPs and has composed original themes for podcasts (including ours!).

Listen in as we find out more about Taylor's inspiration while composing, what she's currently reading, and her fave fandoms. Check out Taylor's music, visit her website and follow her on instagram!

Come see us at the Imaginarium Book Festival on May 20-21 in DC! We will be moderating the panels and have a table on Saturday with bookish merch!

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have something nerdy to share? Contact us at ournerdiestthing@gmail.com.

Follow us on instagram and facebook at @ournerdiestthing.

Thanks for listening!

Hello, fellow nerds! On this week's podcast episode, we’re discussing chapters 2-3 AND the bonus Hawke POV chapter of “From Blood & Ash” by @jennifer_l_armentrout ! In these chapters, Poppy meets Hawke, a guard from the rise who she has covertly watched train several times. Poppy isn’t the only one intrigued though… We’ll also chat about beauty standards, women on the hoods of cars in the 1980s and which co-host might just have some daddy issues.

Show Links:

Read the Red Pearl Bonus Chapter here.

Listen to the song "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Click here to see pics of Tawny Kitaen in the Whitesnake video

Check out the Prison Healer trilogy written by Lynette Noni

Have you seen Pedro Pascal in the FanCam Teacher skit on SNL? You know Whitney has!

We're obsessed with Kindle Unlimited, and think you should be too! It's a great way to find new authors or learn about a new series!

Check out the Plated Prisoner Series by Raven Kennedy.

Dominic Wesson is one of our fave artists and has some amazing "From Blood & Ash" work!

Drink up "Our Nerdiest Cocktail" named "Masadonia After Dark". It can be found at ournerdiestthing.com or instagram.com/ournerdiestthing.

Come see us at the Imaginarium Book Festival on May 20-21 in DC! We will be moderating the panels and have a table on Saturday with bookish merch!

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have something nerdy to share? Contact us at ournerdiestthing@gmail.com.

Follow us on instagram and facebook at @ournerdiestthing.

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the "From Blood and Ash" and “Flesh & Fire” series, both written by @jennifer_l_armentrout .

Thanks for listening!

It's season premiere time, fellow nerds! Our first episode of season two, titled “Cards with Guards” begins our read-a-long of “From Blood & Ash” by @jennifer_l_armentrout ! We’re starting just with chapter 1, but a lot happens when Poppy sneaks into the Red Pearl for a little fun. We are so excited to share this book with you!

Did you notice our new theme song? Thanks so much to Taylor Ash for composing it just for our show!

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We discussed a tons of great books this week!

The "Crescent City" series by Sarah J. Maas

"Bend Her" by Cassie Alexander - be on the lookout for an upcoming interview with the author!

"Kingdom of Stars and Shadows" by Holly Renee

"What Lies Beyond the Veil" by Harper L Woods

"Plated Prisoner" series by Raven Kennedy

"A Favor for a Favor" by Helena hunting

"A Little Unstable" by Elle Mitchell - this was a 5 star ARC read, which releases on April 11th! Check out our interview episode with Elle here!

"The Good Sister" by Sally Hepworth

"The Bonds That Tie" series by J. Bree

Watch the season 2 "Shadow and Bone" trailer here!

Drink up "Our Nerdiest Cocktail" named "The Red Pearl". It can be found at ournerdiestthing.com or instagram.com/ournerdiestthing.

Come see us at the Imaginarium Book Festival on May 20-21 in DC! We will be moderating the panels and have a table on Saturday with bookish merch!

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

Have something nerdy to share? Contact us at ournerdiestthing@gmail.com. Follow us on instagram and facebook at @ournerdiestthing.

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the "From Blood and Ash" and “Flesh & Fire” series, both written by @jennifer_l_armentrout .

Thanks for listening!

Hey nerds! We are so excited to host a bonus episode of ONT about the book "The King of Battle & Blood" by Scarlett St. Clair! This was one of our favorite books of 2022 and in this episode we discuss reincarnation, the mythical story of Tristan & Isolde, sex in vampirism, and of course all of the nerdiest things we love about this series.

Drink up this week's "Our Nerdiest Cocktail", the "The Red Palace". The recipe can be found at ournerdiestthing.com or instagram.com/ournerdiestthing.

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Books we discuss:

“The Forgetting Time” by Sharon Guskin

"Plated Prisoner" series by Raven Kennedy

"I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.

" The Shadow Hunter Chronicles" by Cassandra Clare

"Hooked" by Emily McIntyre

The new season of "Shadow and Bone" starts on March 16th on Netflix!

In case you are wondering, here are some pics of Fabio

And also, the picture of poor Jace's hair not moving on the "Mortal Instruments" movie.

Deb's Netflix & Chill movie: the 2009 “My Bloody Valentine” with Jensen Ackles

Here's the necklace Mindy bought

Check out the Probably Smut hockey porn sticker

Follow us at instagram.com/ournerdiestthing

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Season two of Our Nerdiest Thing starts next week! We’ll be reading @jennifer_l_armentrout “From Blood & Ash. Go ahead and grab a copy of the book and start reading because, as always, we will be spoiler heavy!

This podcast episode is spoiler heavy across the "Adrian & Isolde" series written by Scarlett St. Clair.

Thanks for listening!

It's time for season 2, nerds!

This season we will be hosting a read-a-long of "From Blood and Ash" by @jennifer_l_armentrout . We’re starting just with Chapter 1, but it’s a chapter that gets right down to it with mystery and intrigue at the "Red Pearl" and ends with Poppy meeting Hawke for the first time. You know, shirtless. Season 2 drops on March 7th, so grab a copy of the book and start reading!

Stay tuned after the trailer for some bloopers from Season 1... let's just blame these on the "Our Nerdiest Cocktail", which by the way, happens to be called “The Big Mistake” this week. The recipe can be found at ournerdiestthing.com or on instagram.com/ournerdiestthing.

BONUS EPISODE:

Our next bonus episode will be a discussion of "King of Battle & Blood" by Scarlett St. Clair. Grab the book and get to reading, as this episode airs on 2/28. PS - Isolde, the FMC, is a complete bad ass.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We want to meet you in person! Join us at the Imaginarium Book Festival in DC on May 20-21! We will be moderating the Lit Talk Panels with some of our favorite authors!

Catch up on previous episodes of the show by visiting ournerdiestthing.com or by searching for Our Nerdiest Thing wherever you listen to podcasts.

This podcast is spoiler heavy across the "From Blood & Ash" and "Fire and Flesh" series, all written by Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Thanks for listening!