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

TV Review: 12 Monkeys (1×07) “The Keys”

At the start of 12 Monkey’s the time travel was easy, the show procedural and yet it still had a level of intensity and stakes that set it apart from the other Friday night offerings. But as we move into…

TV Review: 12 Monkeys 1×06 – “The Red Forest”

Looking back to the first episode of this season, the time travel aspect is baby steps, compared to the timeline of the last episode. Creators Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett seem to take an unholy joy in creating convoluted timelines…

Book Review: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

  They told David it was impossible–that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet, Steelheart–invincible, immortal, unconquerable–is dead. And he died by David’s hand. Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life more simple. Instead, it only made…

TV Review: 12 Monkeys 1×05 – “The Night Room”

After last week’s self contained adventure episode focused on our apocalyptic friends, this week got back on track after Cassie’s discovery of the location of the Night Room. This show moves fast. In the first episode, I was shocked that…

TV Review: 12 Monkeys 1×04 – “Atari”

This week’s episode has very little to do with the overarching goal of stopping the plague, but serves to fill in Cole’s backstory. In the first moments Cassandra mentions how little she, and consequently we, actually know about the man…