geeking out | E.W. Andersen

Emily

Writer, book nerd, and former librarian opining on books and other things I like

The Last Album I Geeked Out On: Fleet Foxes’ Shore

Ah, the beauty and perfection of Shore. Already a Fleet Foxes’ fan since day one (2008, the release of their eponymous first album),...

Stop Everything and Watch Ghosts

Talk about geeking out: I just discovered this BBC series on HBO Max and am officially obsessed. I’ve gotten friends and family to watch...

The Last Movie I Geeked Out On: What We Do In the Shadows

Jemaine Clement of my beloved "Flight of the Conchords" as a vampire: what took me so long to find this movie?? If it isn’t clear by now,...

The Last TV Series I Geeked Out On: The Magicians

I read Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, the first in a trilogy, a year or two after it was published. The subject matter—magic school,...

The Last Book I Geeked Out On: Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson

I read Life After Life not long after it was published in 2013 . . .

What It Means to “Geek Out”: Or, More Accurately, What It Means to Me

When I geek out on something, a few things happen . . .