Diya Mishra
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Diya Mishra is a 20-something graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She graduated with a degree in Business Marketing and a minor in Media Arts. She can be found nowadays wandering in and out of bookstores, taking a nap, or quoting Lord of the Rings to innocent bystanders. Reading and television are the two most important things in her life other than her dog and she is usually talking about one or the other on Twitter @thedimishra or via email at diyamishra@theyoungfolks.com

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TV Review: iZombie (1×04) “Live and Let Clive”

iZombie has been tripping along nicely, relying on the charm of its assorted cast as well as the sheer magnetism of Rose McIver as lead to introduce us to the rich world these characters inhabit. As it develops our expectations…

Books
Love in a Time of YA – Interview with Claire Legrand

This week, Claire Legrand, author of Winterspell a young adult retelling of The  Nutcracker, sat down with us to talk about romance in YA. Between book recommendations and fictional crushes, she tells us about what makes a healthy YA romance,…

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TV Review: 12 Monkeys (1×11) “Shonin”

  This week’s 12 Monkeys pit brother against brother as Cole and Ramse go head to head in 1987 Tokyo. The episode picks up exactly where we left it last, with Ramse having hijacked the splinter to intercept Leland Goines…

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TV Review: 12 Monkeys (1×10) “Divine Move”

The breaking of Cole and Ramse’s relationship was set in motion at the end of the last episode, and this week, it came to ahead immediately. The emotional heart of the story can be said to be the brotherhood that…

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TV Review: iZombie (1×01) “Pilot”

At some point, you need to chuck aside your preconceived opinion and get onboard with the wacky ride that is The CW’s new show, iZombie. Its weird, its snarky, and the best part: it’s implausible in all the best ways. While…

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TV Review: 12 Monkeys (1×09) “Tomorrow”

  “Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,” and 12 Monkeys certainly ripped into it’s viewers this week, achieving new emotional highs and twisting the story on the edge of a knife, yet again. Every time you think…

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5 Things We Can Tell You About the iZombie Series Premiere

This week we got to watch the iZombie pilot and it is full of fun! Here are 5 things we can tell you to get you pumped for this series premiere.   Don’t go into it expecting traditional zombie lore…