Meet the Team!

Annabell Cadiz, Founder

Born and raised in the sweltering suburbs of South Florida, Annabell Cadiz grew up fine-tuned to the cuisine of various Spanish cultures, learned to master the art of Puerto Rican cooking thanks to her parents, and learned to converse crazy thanks to her band of siblings. She is now working toward attaining a B.A. in Psychology at Trinity International University to better understand how to converse with the weirdoes and crazies of the world. (After all, she is one of them.) A self-proclaimed nerd and a book-a-holic (her room holds dozens of shelves with much evidence to prove that her claims are indeed true), she created TeamNerd Reviews along with her best friend, Bridget Strahin, to showcase their EXTREME love for all things book related.

She published her debut novel, Lucifer (Sons of Old Trilogy #1), in January 2013. The second novel, Michael (Sons of Old Trilogy #2) was released on May 28, 2014. And the final installment in the Sons of Old Trilogy, Nephilim, will be out in Spring 2015. You can also connect with her via her Website, Author Blog, Twitter, Author Facebook and Goodreads.

Bridget Strahin, Manager

Bridget Strahin was born and raised in California until the age of fifteen when she migrated to Ohio. She met her very own prince charming when she was sixteen. Two kids and ten years later, Bridget has added the titles of mother and wife to her resume. Her writing career began thanks to the book obsession fueled by her grandmother from a young age. She is also the Manager over on TeamNerd Reviews where she is free to nerd out over her love for all things book related. When she isn’t running after her son or daughter and attempting to keep the house from falling on their heads, you might find her snuggled on the couch reading, chatting with the Starbucks employees she has come to call friends, or staring intently at her computer as she types away furiously, lost in a world of her own making. You can friendly stalk her on Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter.

Motto: Let Your Nerd Flag Fly!

Mission Statement: TeamNerd Reviews is an extension of what we LOVE which are books and their authors. It’s a place where we can express our love, hate, and every emotion in between over our favorite topic. We offer ways to help promote authors and their works along with anything else we come to love. We handle everything we do with love and respect.

TeamNerd Manifesto

We, Annabell Cadiz and Bridget Strahin, promise to ALWAYS be HONEST, RESPECTFUL, DEPENDABLE and handle ourselves with INTEGRITY.

We blog because we ENJOY sharing our excitement and love for newly (or old) books and meeting new people. Our blog is hobby and our baby, not a job. If, at any point, we feel like we’ve taken on too much to handle or are waning in our love for it we will step back and take a break.

We promise to strive to do the best that we can with the time allotted to us. We have families, kids, and real life priorities that have to come first and foremost.

We don’t believe in useless drama or negativity. We are a SUPPORT system for all those who come through and we don’t enjoy involving ourselves in unproductive drama.

We will NEVER take shortcuts or bribes or lie to grow in a fanbase or gain access to authors or publishers. We won’t obsess over how many followers we have or if we’re as good as any other reviewer. We do the best that we can every day and care about those who genuinely support us.

We will ALWAYS be TRUE to ourselves! Good, bad, and the ugly. We will not compromise our beliefs or values.

Above all, We will ALWAYS treat both our followers and authors with KINDNESS, APPRECIATION, and RESPECT. We are TREMENDOUSLY grateful to everyone who comes through to the blog and takes the time out to show us support.