So this morning I just finished reading Mr. Kiss and Tell, the second of the two post-film Veronica Mars novels. I enjoyed both more than I hoped (and I already expected to) so I'm especially psyched to be heading into this new season of the show.

I didn't watch Veronica Mars when it was still on the air. I mean, not really. I first discovered the show after catching an airing on the CW on Halloween night 2007, when the episode "President Evil" (season 3, episode 5) aired for the first time, when I was 16 years old. The contemporary college setting mixed with an intelligence I didn't normally associate with teen shows of the time intrigued me, though I only got around to binging the show the following summer - right around when the show got cancelled. I had spent the previous couple of years devouring Nancy Drew books, and I found the show completely and utterly addicting. The following summer it inspired me to binge all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and began my true descent into the teen TV realm of the likes of Gossip Girl, Hidden Palms, and Pretty Little Liars as well as genre fare like Firefly and Dollhouse.

( Minor SPOILERS for Veronica Mars season 4... )