Check It/Round Table: Reviews of Books, Movies, Music, and Other Stuff by the Geek Grl

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna considers life, hormones after 30, and ways not to go back in time but to move forward into the future. It's all here. It's all real.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Lovely Writer episode three and explains why she gives this episode a -10 on the Richter scale and how she may be throwing her hands up in the air on the walking away from the series if it doesn't get better. It's all here. It's all real.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Fighting Mr. 2nd.  Onna considers how Gou Shi Di and Zhou Shu Yi continue their little misunderstanding through this episode; but also, come to a realization that perhaps things were not as they seem. Also Pei Shou Yi meets up with his estranged partner of 10 years who is convinced that he will not give him up since he has found him again...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses 1000 Stars episode 6 of the Thai BL drama series and how this is one of her favorite so far of the series and she gives it a seven out of ten because Tien finds a way to sell 1,000 bags of tea that are unfortunately they are destroyed by fire and Tien runs in to save the tea but ends up only saving the kite Chief made.  Onna considers how...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the premier episode of season 2 of We Best Love and how this pilot further solidifies her opinion that this series is a BL version of Jane Austen's Emma with Goa Shi Di as Mr. Knightley and Zhao Shu Yi is Emma and as mad as hell at Goa Shi Di which makes him do really, really, REALLY stupid things.  This episode opens with Goa Shi Di bein...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the finally bonus episode that provides a back story for the 5 years of separation for Gou Shi Di and Zhou Shu Yi and how this episode brilliantly portrays how people respond to possible conflict.  Onna considers how this episode with Zhou Shu Yi reminds her of the Perks of Being a Wall Flower "We accept the love we deserve," which for hi...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Lovely Writer episode 2 and why aside from the toast and the sandwich this episode was  a total dive bomb. It's all here. It's all real.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews 1000 Stars episode 4 of the Thai BL drama series and considers how this and the pilot are her favorite episodes of this series so far.  Onna discusses how she really likes the doctor in this series, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ScLCBJwGqk, Nam, who is similar to the doctor in WBL No. 1 for You, Pei Shi Yi, who is the cousin of Gou Shi D...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews Lovely Writer episode 1 and how this pilot, like most, is not one of her favorites. Onna considers how this episode brings to light the difficulties that can surround BL drama and related fiction and how some people try to circumnavigate it. It's all here. It's all real.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Lovely Writer, the upcoming Thai BL drama series airing February 25th on WeTV/Tencent video and considers how this production is interesting to her because it covers how the fan base of BL can harm the lives of both actors and writers of the genre if the actors and writers allow it. It's all here. It's all real.

In this episode of check its last round table on a discusses We Best Love Fighting Mr. 2nd, the new upcoming Taiwanese BL drama series and the promo that was recently released.  Onna considers how this story follows Gou Shi Di and Zhou Shu Yi as they reconnect after 5 years apart and how revenge is best served cold. It's all here. It's all real.  

In this episode of Check It/Round Table, Onna Discusses Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy by Paul B. Brown, Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger.  Onna considers how we should do things in the present rather than waiting, we typically won't have the same job or perhaps even career in the next decade, we plan for the path not set...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses The Big Bang Theory S12, Ep7, the Grant Derivation, where Howard is put in charge of grant monies and after long and arduous thought, decides to gift himself a laser with it whilst Bernadette, Penny, and Amy spend evenings in Halley's playhouse to get some girl time.  It's all here.  It's all real.  

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the Big Bang Theory S12, Ep6, the Imitation Perturbation, where Jim Parsons almost laughs and Sheldon and Amy give Howard and Bernadette a taste of their own teasing while Leonard and Penny come to an understanding about their first kiss.  It's all here.  It's all real.  

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews the Big Bang Theory S13, Ep5, the Planetarium Collision, where both Howard and Raj and Sheldon and Amy have their disagreements and resolve them.  Onna considers how this is her least favorite episode of the series so far because of the gender wars.  It's all here.  It's all real. 

In this episode of Check It/Round Table, Onna discusses the Bog Bang Theory S12, Ep4, the Tam Turbulance, where Sheldon lays down a 20 year-old grudge against his childhood best friend Tam, considers what might have been, and Bernadette and Penny show Raj in a bad light to Raj's fiance, Anu.  It's all here.  It's all real.  

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the Big Bang Theory S12, Ep3, the Procreation Calculation, and how Raj continues with his plans for an arranged marriage, how Howard reacts to those plans, how Penny decides she does not want to have children, and how Leonard reacts to this decision, and how both Leonard and Penny make peace with one another.  It's all here.  It's al...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Big Bang Theory, S12, Ep1, the Conjugal Configuration, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_9BlhrgaEA where Sheldon and Amy figure out how to relate to one another as a married couple, Mr. Fowler runs away from Mrs. Fowler, Howard and Penney deal with a conflict, and Raj insults Neal deGrasse Tyson.  It's all here.  It's all real. &nbsp...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses the final episode of Until We Meet Again the Thai BL Drama Series, https://youtu.be/bQa5TY649NM.  Onna considers how in this episode Korn/Pi Dean and Pharm/Intouch make peace with the past, acknowledge the present, and move forward together into their future.  Onna briefly elaborates on Team and Winn taking time to get to know one an...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews episode 16 https://youtu.be/2gMyt2NKZLY of Until We Meet Again and how this is the hardest episode of the series as it deals with Pharm/Intouch realizing what really happened between him and Korn and how they both died.  It's all here.  It's all real.  

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews episode 15 of the Thai BL Drama Series and considers how this episode concerning Pi Dean discussing the house he and Pharm will live in together, proposing to Pharm, and staying over with Pharm for a "not sleepover," as well as flashback conversations between Korn and his dad and Korn and his brother and Pi Dean trying to balance the present wit...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna is back to the good stuff and reviewing her favorite TV series of all time.  Onna provides a synopsis of this episode, which is about Pharm and Pi Dean coming to a balance with the past and the present, important conversations albeit in awkward locations, and breakfast with the family.  It's all here.  It's all real.  

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses Love at Siam, Thailand's first BL film.  Onna gives a synopsis of this series involving Mew and Tong and their families and how though she did not like the movie overall thought it gave some serious food for thought regarding how sometimes, endings don't work out and ideas on loneliness and relationships.  It's all here.  It's a...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna reviews 1000 Stars episode 3 of the GMMTV BL drama series from Thailand that is currently airing. Onna gives a synopsis of this episode and how Tien realizes how to connect with the villagers and how to do laundry. Onna concludes with a shout-out for the amazing blessing ceremony shown in this episode and how is Tien and Chief finally figure out a bit m...

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses No. 1 for You:  a Taiwanese BL Drama, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxSNBIvVeJ8&t=1s, that was recently released via WeTV or Tencent Video APP--Totaaly worth the $6 USD equivalent for the subscription to VIP access.  Onna considers how this series, written by the same author as History 2:  Right or Wrong, delivers and is,...