The House Guest

The Vampire Diaries S2.16 Recap

I’m back!! OMG, stop the presses and get this girl some medication because something must be up…  What can I say? Last night’s episode inspired me – or maybe it was the fact that I wouldn’t be doing a recap for a new episode until April 7 that motivated me (WTF)… ^_^

However, you know that Nina Dobrev is getting better at being Katherine when one looks at “Elena” in the above picture and wonder when she became such a snide-looking snot… As one can tell, I am not a fan of Katherine.

Summer’s Desire Ch.16 Teaser Excerpt

Hmm… I actually have a lot more translated than what I had originally thought – this could be a good thing though…

For my readers who are still unfailingly supporting me, here’s a teaser excerpt from the second half of Chapter 16 -

2011 Status Update

Hi everyone!

Sorry I’ve been MIA lately – I’ve lost a bit of motivation towards blogging, and then got behind with VD recaps back in December (which made it even harder to come back). Unfortunately, I haven’t been feeling as much towards Vampire Diaries of late… while I still massively chase the series, I feel like the second half of this season (and sometimes even the entire second season, period) is lacking in comparison to its freshman season. However, there are some exciting series coming this fall (e.g., Secret Circle, Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s comeback, Ringer) that I will be keeping my eye on… And I hope to take up VD again this fall. Unless, of course, I get extremely motivated by one of the upcoming episodes.

In terms of Summer’s Desire (I know; omg, it’s kind of awful how I just keep putting that off), I really haven’t touched that since I uploaded the first half of the last chapter. I don’t even know why I’m taking forever to translate it… All I can say right now is that I’m still planning on doing it eventually – but I have no idea when. I know that doesn’t really make it better but maybe it’s better than outright saying I’ve given up on translating it?

I really do miss blogging, although I can understand that I lost a lot of readers with my extended (last minute) hiatus. I am trying to keep an eye out for projects though, and have watched a lot of things of late that I would love to blog/talk about… I’m stuck on Dream High and My Princess right now (I think the entire country of Korea and plus some here are stuck on those serials), although I can already see Dream High NOT going the way I wish it would… I’m also following Yang Mi and Feng Shao Feng‘s Gong 宫 right now intermittently, although I think all 35 episodes have now aired.

So all in all, thank you for those who are still periodically checking back in with me! While I can’t promise consistent updates right now, I do want you to all know that this blog is still on my mind and still something that I would like to return to soon. I greatly appreciate all the wonderful comments that have been left in the past few weeks!!

For a bit of happy news, I am set to graduate this June with a master’s degree in psychology!!

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Tammy

The Sacrifice

The Vampire Diaries S2.10 Recap

Well. Tonight’s episode was about everyone all willing to do The Crazy in order to protect those they loved – and some of those actions had some dire consequences. I had been spoiled on the ending – okay, fine; so I had purposefully spoiled myself – and was watching this with a heavy heart. Although it does great things plot-wise, I couldn’t help but grimace and frown…

Summer’s Desire (the novel) – VIII.Chapter 16.1

I am so sorry!! I’ve been getting angry comments (which are I can understand but nevertheless make me sad), and I know it’s been ages – and this isn’t even the full chapter. However, it is exactly the halfway point of the final chapter, so I’m going to upload this now and start translating the second half now…

For a refresher, Chapter 15…

Katerina

The Vampire Diaries S2.09 Recap

I had really high expectations for this episode (for the flashbacks!) so I was mildly disappointed that there weren’t actually as many scenes of Katherine’s past. But of course, even as a human, Katherine was just as manipulative and selfish as she is now as a bloodsucking fiend.

No new (T)VD until December 1 – and THAT’S the episode that looks really spectacular!

Poor Ian Somerhalder is really sick.

Rose

The Vampire Diaries S2.08 Review

Since I’m late on this recap, I’m not going to write a detailed summary like I normally do. Instead, I’ll just highlight some of the significant/my favorite scenes and give a quick commentary on them.

Two week’s ago, Paul Wesley made me cry like a complete baby at the end of the episode. Two week’s later, it is Ian Somerhalder’s heartbreaking confession that does it for me. These two men can ACT.

Masquerade

The Vampire Diaries S2.07 Recap

Wow, major twist in the middle of the episode where I literally screamed and jumped up in my chair. Some things I saw coming but I have to admit that I was surprised by the ending – not the last few minutes per se but the general outcome of the plan to Kill Kat.

On another side note – I know I’m massively behind on Summer’s Desire (I’m sorry!) but I’m trying to finish my bigger research papers before I actually sit down to work on that translation. VD recaps are a much quicker task, which is why I’m still regularly updating them.

Plan B

The Vampire Diaries S2.06 Recap

OMG, this episode was so good and yet so sad at the same time… I know, that makes absolutely no sense but I was on pins and needles for a solid two hours before the damn thing even started because I kept getting tweets about it from people watching on the east coast. It made me want to live on the east coast just so I could watch VD a whole three hours faster… ^_^ I’m such a sucker. Was that a pun??

Kill or Be Killed

The Vampire Diaries S2.05 Recap

Yea!! Compared to last week’s semi-lackluster episode, this one definitely shined and moved the story a lot further than before. We had some sweet moments peppered throughout the episode – Elena actually got screentime with our two leading men – and we also had our share of tension-filled scenes to remind us that it ain’t all love and roses in Mystic Falls.