Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

NYwdwfan

NYwdwfan

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Just catching up.

Happy New Year everyone! I'd say I wasn't hungover either but I don't want to start the year with a lie. I spent New Years Day alternating between Super Mario 3D on Switch and the Wednesday show on Netflix. Watched Wednesday all in one day. I really like it! The NFL game was horrific. So freaking scary. I'm also following the health updates on Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye). He somehow ran over himself with a snow plow (the big truck - not the small walk behind driveway clearer) and required extensive surgeries. Lots of scary stuff to start the year.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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JenniferS said:
Yeah, in retrospect, a little smutty … but NOTHING like the Netflix series, so that’s probably why my brain whitewashed it. 😂

I didn’t even watch the second season.
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I only read the books because I really liked the series. I really like that era....early 1800s, like Pride and Prejudice, etc. Well....all of Jane Austen, really. I like historical fiction, too, so it was right up my alley, and E had watched it and really liked it, so I watched. Then I bought all the books for my e-reader.
 
Songbird76

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ajrwdwgirl said:
I enjoy Nora Roberts books as well and I agree that the JD Robb books of hers just aren't for me. I have read a couple of Emily Henry's books and they are okay but I have a hard time getting through them, it's something about her writing style for me I guess. I do love Danielle Steel books though, they are predictable and my reading candy, I can rip through one in about 2 hours it always seems like the ending are somewhat happy after all the angst. I used to like Mary Higgins Clark but since she has passed obviously there aren't any new books.
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I never read Mary Higgins Clark....is she a romance writer? I read a few Catherine Coulter books, but they weren't my thing. I love the Outlander series by Diana Gaboldon, but it's HUGE and each book is like 1500 pages, so it takes ages to get through them. Not to mention there's a lot of gratuitous....coupling, and a lot of violence...I mean, it centers around the 1745 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and then the Revolutionary War in the US, so it's war. But I love the time travel aspect of it. That's the one thing in Sci-Fi genre that I really love. I'm not into all the technology and descriptions of weapons, but time travel storylines fascinate me.
 
Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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Songbird76 said:
I only read the books because I really liked the series. I really like that era....early 1800s, like Pride and Prejudice, etc. Well....all of Jane Austen, really. I like historical fiction, too, so it was right up my alley, and E had watched it and really liked it, so I watched. Then I bought all the books for my e-reader.
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I have all the paperbacks from when they were originally published, although there are a couple of JQ’s other series that I like better. The first four Bridgerton books are very good and I’ve re-read them all several times. She starts to lose me with Eloise, Francesca’s story is pretty depressing, with Hyacinths a close second in that department, and Gregory’s a bit madcap.

I like the Smythe-Smith series much better, and what she calls the Bevelstoke series (that one is my favorite)

Also a fan of Victoria Alexander, who writes in the same genre, and her family series is the Effingtons.
 
Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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Songbird76 said:
I never read Mary Higgins Clark....is she a romance writer? I read a few Catherine Coulter books, but they weren't my thing. I love the Outlander series by Diana Gaboldon, but it's HUGE and each book is like 1500 pages, so it takes ages to get through them. Not to mention there's a lot of gratuitous....coupling, and a lot of violence...I mean, it centers around the 1745 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and then the Revolutionary War in the US, so it's war. But I love the time travel aspect of it. That's the one thing in Sci-Fi genre that I really love. I'm not into all the technology and descriptions of weapons, but time travel storylines fascinate me.
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Mary Higgins Clark was a mystery author, very good and very prolific. She died a few years ago, but before then, her daughter had picked up the family business and wrote one book with her mother and then several of her own. The daughter is Carol Higgins Clark.

My late MIL refused to read any romance novels (except, for some reason, Danielle Steele, although someone mentioned that her books were kind of depressing, so I guess that was ok with MIL!) and Mary Higgins Clark was one of her favorite authors.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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Tiggerish said:
I have all the paperbacks from when they were originally published, although there are a couple of JQ’s other series that I like better. The first four Bridgerton books are very good and I’ve re-read them all several times. She starts to lose me with Eloise, Francesca’s story is pretty depressing, with Hyacinths a close second in that department, and Gregory’s a bit madcap.

I like the Smythe-Smith series much better, and what she calls the Bevelstoke series (that one is my favorite)

Also a fan of Victoria Alexander, who writes in the same genre, and her family series is the Effingtons.
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I loved Eloise in the first tv series, but yeah, her story in her novel was dull, dull, dull. Least engaging love story of all of them.

I also loved the Smythe-Smith and Bevelstoke series.

I’m going to have to check out the Victoria Alexander books.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Tiggerish said:
Mary Higgins Clark was a mystery author, very good and very prolific. She died a few years ago, but before then, her daughter had picked up the family business and wrote one book with her mother and then several of her own. The daughter is Carol Higgins Clark.

My late MIL refused to read any romance novels (except, for some reason, Danielle Steele, although someone mentioned that her books were kind of depressing, so I guess that was ok with MIL!) and Mary Higgins Clark was one of her favorite authors.
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My MIL too! She read all of the Danielle Steele ones too though.

Has anyone read the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich? Are you Team Morelli or Team Ranger? (I’m Team Morelli all the way, but if you know me, that’s not too far of a leap.)

Another favourite author of mine is Sue Grafton. Sadly her alphabet ended at Y.

One last one - Robert B. Parker. I named my first son after his Spenser character. Spelling and all. Mike prefers the Jesse Stone series. I like it too, but Jenn gets on my nerves. Also, Jesse is more flawed than Spenser and lacks the best dialogue sidekick of Hawk!
 
Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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JenniferS said:
Has anyone read the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich?
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I’ve read other books by Janet Evanovich. My mom enjoyed the Plum books.
JenniferS said:
Another favourite author of mine is Sue Grafton. Sadly her alphabet ended at Y.
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Yep, those were great.
JenniferS said:
One last one - Robert B. Parker. I named my first son after his Spenser character. Spelling and all. Mike prefers the Jesse Stone series. I like it too, but Jenn gets on my nerves. Also, Jesse is more flawed than Spenser and lacks the best dialogue sidekick of Hawk!
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Both DH and I enjoyed the Spenser books. I was also fond of Robert Urich as Spenser and Avery Brooks was a perfect Hawk.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Tiggerish said:
I have all the paperbacks from when they were originally published, although there are a couple of JQ’s other series that I like better. The first four Bridgerton books are very good and I’ve re-read them all several times. She starts to lose me with Eloise, Francesca’s story is pretty depressing, with Hyacinths a close second in that department, and Gregory’s a bit madcap.

I like the Smythe-Smith series much better, and what she calls the Bevelstoke series (that one is my favorite)

Also a fan of Victoria Alexander, who writes in the same genre, and her family series is the Effingtons.
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I liked the Smythe-Smith series a little better than the Bridgerton ones too. I haven't heard of Victoria Alexander or the Effington series but I now have the first one on hold from the library. It sounds interesting.
 
Tiggerish

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ajrwdwgirl said:
I haven't heard of Victoria Alexander or the Effington series but I now have the first one on hold from the library. It sounds interesting.
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It’s great. And she has a few others that aren’t part of a series. I’ll dig up the titles.

Her most recent series, something about Lady Travelers, didn’t grab me at all, I’ve only read the first of those and didn’t care for it.

If you have a Kindle, I could lend you the ones I have as e-books, but mostly I have the paperbacks.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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Tiggerish said:
It’s great. And she has a few others that aren’t part of a series. I’ll dig up the titles.

Her most recent series, something about Lady Travelers, didn’t grab me at all, I’ve only read the first of those and didn’t care for it.

If you have a Kindle, I could lend you the ones I have as e-books, but mostly I have the paperbacks.
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I do have a Kindle and I may take you up on the offer sometime. I looks like my library has many of her books for digital check out. I actually have too many books to read right now. I guess that is a good problem to have though.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Tiggerish said:
I’ve read other books by Janet Evanovich. My mom enjoyed the Plum books.

Yep, those were great.

Both DH and I enjoyed the Spenser books. I was also fond of Robert Urich as Spenser and Avery Brooks was a perfect Hawk.
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ajrwdwgirl said:
I do have a Kindle and I may take you up on the offer sometime. I looks like my library has many of her books for digital check out. I actually have too many books to read right now. I guess that is a good problem to have though.
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I have a Kobo, so I’m out of luck.
 

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