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On 3/13/2022 at 4:47 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:
I’ll go one step further: more than genre, romance stories/novels are held in much more contempt. But I am an unashamed fan of romance, be they category ( of course I stopped reading those when my favorite authors transitioned out but still reread them), romantic suspense-meaning I WANT that romance. I grew up reading those in sekrit, but read King, Saul, Clancy, Austen, Duncan, Ludlum. The serious “high brow” I read in high school and college.
I know technically, romance is a genre, but critics always seem to treat it as its own separate category.
So this is a bit off topic and I don't know if you listen to podcasts, but the Fated Mates podcast has been doing an interview series called Trailblazers. Today's episode is an interview with Nora Roberts. It has some pretty good Nora quotes in it.
They've done other Trailblazer episodes with people like Beverly Jenkins and Jayne Ann Krentz.
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14 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:
His 30s yes, decent looking yes, but this may just be a tv thing, but Lee Min Ho is FINE as hell. I would expect Hansu to be somewhat attractive Sunja was attracted to him, but Lee Min Ho has Hansu would make anyone lose their senses.
I mean look at him, not a pore on is face (even in HD!), those cheek bones. I wouldve been moved to have sex in the woods too!
Haha, point taken.
Oh, totally aware of Lee Min Ho before Pachinko. I've watched several of his dramas. Screen presence 😁
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On 3/28/2022 at 9:49 PM, Scarlett45 said:
So for some reason, when I read the novel I imagined Hansu to be creepier. And older. I didn’t picture a man so BEAUTIFUL.
Is Sunja taken by his looks when they first meet? When I first read the book of course I thought Hansu was a creep, but with this adaptation I’m understanding how a teenage Sunja could be so smitten with him.
It's been a minute since I've read the book but I had it in my head that Hansu was in his 30s and decently good looking. I don't know if that's right though.
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On 9/26/2021 at 9:44 AM, khyber said:
I've never watched a Korean show. I like light mysteries. Is there anything like that?
There are Kdramas in every genre, so many variations. I don't watch a lot of mystery ones myself, but one I would recommend that I've seen is Healer.
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On 4/1/2021 at 9:37 AM, KittenPokerCheater said:
Roy/Brett Goldstein has a podcast??
Yes, it's called Films To Be Buried With
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All I could think of was "I'm not serving Mary Berry green carpet!!" from back in the day.
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18 hours ago, Featherhat said:
She's usually only mildly snarky about the Bridergtons and definitely snarky about the Featheringtons as an outlet. But never to ruin them just pointing out the ridiculousness. I think she was trying to get her mother to dress her differently by calling herself a "singed daffodil".
She calls Kate a singed daffodil actually and calls herself an overripe citrus fruit.
I think the show made Lady Whistledown meaner. She saved her harsh stuff for bullies and mean people. It's a point in the books that she's nicer to nice people and the Bridgertons were always nice to her. Penelope calls them her champions at one point.
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On 8/30/2020 at 7:17 PM, proserpina65 said:
To my knowledge, no one gets a say on what happens to what is considered medical waste removed from their bodies. Doesn't excuse the medical establishment treating anyone differently because of race, ethnicity or class, but it's not like white people get paid for the use of tumors they have removed either.
I work in medical research, currently with kidney stones, and patients do get a say now. Even a stone surgically removed (basically medical waste like you said) can't be used without permission. We have to get consent to study the stone and tell them what we plan to do with it. We also ask a separate permission for tissue banking and future experiments that we may think of. But we aren't going to make billions of dollars off patients like in the HeLa situation. A patient can revoke their consent at any time. We would just stop using their sample from that time forward. Studies, consents, and protocols go through committee reviews and audits. If someone or an institution is found to be misusing patients or their samples, labs can be shut down or even all clinical research at a certain institution.
Tl;dr: We have to get a multi-page consent signed to be able to just see what a kidney stone is composed of (consent for actual medical waste)
I don't think a similar situation like HeLa could happen now (making billions from using something without permission) Someone and/or some place would get sued for some of that money I'm guessing and places shut down.
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49 minutes ago, DearEvette said:
Aftershocks. Originally published in 1985. A contemporary romance novel. Some
high lowlights: (excerpted from my own review)- Hero thinks heroine is a hooker because she is 23 years old and has money enough to own a nice car and her own home.
- Heroine is 23 years old and a virgin. According to the hero, only anti-social losers are still virgins at the age of 23. This is not said ironically.
-When they finally get to the point of having sex, the hero offers to wear a condom. The heroine wrinkles her nose in distaste because that would be "crass."
-The heroine is a supposed health nut, but after they break up, in her despair she starts smoking and drinking heavily. And oh yeah she is pregnant and knows it, but still does this.
-The hero is doctor. You'd think he'd be appalled she is drinking and smoking while pregnant? Nope. He doesn't confront her about that, but he does finally understand her depth of despair over their break-up because she has stopped wearing her sexy lingerie and has opted for plain white bras and panties.
I could go on....
There are a couple of these books from big name authors from the 80s that are similarly cringey. There is a book called Long Time Coming by Sandra Brown where 19 years ago (we are told in flashback from the start of the book) when the hero was 22 , he hung out for a summer with a 16 year old girl and her 14 y.o. sister (the heroine). But -- we are assured -- that was ok, because the 16 y.o "didn't look it." And because she "was easy" he availed himself of her and had sex and disappeared to his fantastic life as an astronaut. She got pregnant and had his kid.
There was so much slut shaming throughout the book of the then 16 year old (now dead) mother of his child. And a not so subtle madonna/whore reinforcement between her and her sister (the heroine). Who basically subsumed her own life to take care of the child, lived like a nun and silently pined for a 22 year old man she met when she was 14!!!
Also, back in the day during that summer of pedo, he teased her and called her a 'goody two shoes' because she didn't want to go skinny dipping. Again, Dude she was 14 years old!! what 22 year old man thinks it is ok to skinny dip with a 14 y.o?
FYI, this was a Harlequin romance or Silhouette or something similar.
So now whenever I do re-read something written 30ish years ago that my pre-teen self loved, I have to prepare myself to be disappointed or outraged. And if it holds up well still, I am pathetically grateful. LOL.
Whew! That is a lot. Pretty sure I never read that one of hers though. I kept to her historical romances which I'm sure have their own special cringe factors.
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On 7/15/2020 at 4:39 PM, DearEvette said:
There is a Catherine Coulter book from the 80s that I just... had no words about how horrified I was reading it recently. a double Yikes!
Which one? I'm just curious because I used to read a lot of her books when I was younger. I wonder what my kid brain used to skip over too.
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7 hours ago, theschnauzers said:
Unless I’m forgetting something, there were three events moved up from the books. Young Ian’s return, Stephen Bonnet’s kidnapping of Bree, and his execution by drowning, the revelation to Ian concerning time travel, and Claire being gang raped. Everything else was basically season 5.
Season 6 will mostly be A Breath of Snow and Ashes, but the EPS are admitting some things from the Fiery Cross could come forward, and some things might be pulled from book 7 if they need to.
Young Ian returns and they tell him about time travel in book 5 (Jemmy breaking the opal or is it an emerald in the book? Either way happens about the time when they tell Young Ian). He just doesn't return until the mostly the end of the book. After the snakebite and all.
Forbes is still running around in book 6. Also, the tar and feathering isn't really talked about until book 6. Jamie is holding people off to try and save someone the crowd wants to tar.
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11 hours ago, Clawdette said:
I anticipate that we’ll see a lot of Fergus when Marsali has the baby. Do I remember correctly that he initially had a hard time accepting the outcome? There should be some strong scenes written with opportunities for strong performances.
I think you're thinking of Marsali's 4th pregnancy which unless they really change things doesn't happen until the 6th book. She's on her 3rd pregnancy now in show (I believe).
His explanation for his actions is basically an extraordinary worry for what kind of life and future his child can have.
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11 hours ago, nara said:
Book readers, I am annoyed by the fact that Fergus has barely said a word in season 5 and has had no plot development for a couple of seasons. Does he do anything in the books? No need to go into a lot of detail, but I am trying to decide if I want to continue the watching and this particular issue is really annoying me. I am wondering if the reason is that he is not actually in Book 5.
Fergus really doesn't have much going on in book 5.
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Yeah the hanging and snake bite are this book. The hanging does come before the bite. The snake bite comes up kind of late in the book.
But I'm guessing this could be the hanging episode too.
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37 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:
Since when? Did she have it the first time?
Yeah, season 3 Christmas Bree gives Claire a birthstone necklace for her stone trip and Claire mentions she was wearing a jeweled watch the first time she went through that covered that on the accidental trip.
ETA: oh and I think Bree used the jewel on her bangle from Roger.
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17 minutes ago, unlfan03 said:
Jocasta wanted to sign everything over to Jemmy, but I think that Bre and Roger turned it down. I know that Wylie worked with Bonnet as did Forbes. It was all the men that were rejected by the Fraser women banding together.
Yeah, I remember she wanted to sign it over, but I don't think it ever happens in the books. I remember Bonnet uses Wylie's Landing. I don't remember Forbes having a part with Bonnet though. Oh well, not like I can remember it all.
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2 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:
locusts, phocists, fast forward material for me. And why does Forbes think Jeremiah is that bastard, Bonnett’s spawn? Did he tell Forbes that he was the father? I thought Bree’s rape was only known to the family and Lizzie? Or is this another off-buik plot point?
It was lovely to see the gorgeous highlands in the opening scene though.
Off book I'd say. Bonnet think Jemmy is his and all, but I don't think the books have Jocasta signing anything over to Jemmy. I don't remember Forbes working with Bonnet in the books either.
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2 hours ago, CarpeFelis said:
In the “Inside the Episode” video they said they made up that part so it would Jocasta turning Murtagh down would make sense. She was marrying for safety and security rather than for love.
Except they didn't make that up. Hector shooting their daughter while escaping and leaving her other daughters dying in the aftermath of Culloden is exactly what happens in the book.
They must have meant not choosing Murtagh is made up because it was.
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2 hours ago, Haleth said:
So my first thought was 60% could still be during the Gathering. 🤣
🤣🤣 Touche!
It is the longest day ever and helps make this my least favorite book in the series, but the Gathering ends around 17%. (I was keeping track of these things for some friends that have read the books, but weren't rereading this go around)
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7 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:
Malva
All that Malva stuff you're thinking of happens in the next book. She only has one scene in The Fiery Cross and that's when Roger tells the family they can be tenants. I mean, who knows if they'll move stuff around or still cut.
11 hours ago, Eureka said:I was wondering the same thing about if they were replacing Malva with Marsali in the apprentice role. I also have been wondering if it’s only going to be Josiah Beardsley or will his twin (is it Kezzie?) exist on the show. So far we’ve only seen Josiah. I loved in the books how Lizzie is like, yeah, I love them both and everyone in the family accepts it in time.
43 minutes ago, Haleth said:I was wondering if this incident was going to be in the show. Didn’t it happen during the Gathering? I wouldn’t mind passing on more Roger torture.
No, it's way after the Gathering. Something like 60% into the book. (I just finished a reread last week) Bree and Roger get married at the end of the Gathering.
Kezzie shows up a bit after Josiah does in the book so maybe he'll still show up on screen.
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43 minutes ago, ruby24 said:
When did that start? Was it last season?
I'm pretty sure Ron was still the main day to day guy last season. He was pretty excited to do all the ship stuff and he was still doing the after episode talking bits last season too. I think Toni Graphia is also one of the ones that took on more show running responsibility too along with Matt Roberts and Maril Davis. I'm 99% sure this is the first season where Ron stepped back from being the main, on the ground show runner.
Also, this season is the last season that Terry, Ron's wife, will be doing the costumes. So Ron mostly left after season 3 (he basically seems to be the show runner in name only now) and Terry will be gone after season 4.
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1 hour ago, cardigirl said:
I'm going to have to rely on book readers with better memories than mine, but how closely did this episode follow the book?
Not all that closely in my opinion. The similarities with the book would be Lord John gets measles, Jamie takes Willie away, and Willie is a spoiled brat.
-Young Ian was there and figures out Willie is Jamie's son. Those are two big changes, and comes up in later story lines if they get that far, but now it can't really.
-No Murtaugh, obviously. So him being there and knowing about Jamie and Willie is astronomically different. As is their arguing.
-Willie doesn't recognize Jamie as Mac, at least not at this point. So that's different and all of the angsty conversations around that are new.
-Pretty sure Jamie doesn't give Claire a new ring.
-As far as I remember, all of the stuff with the Native Americans is show only. So Jamie yelling out Willie is his son totally threw me until I realized they were going to have Willie believe he was just saying that to save him.
All I really want from this change of keeping Murtaugh alive is to see him meet Bree!
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This episode should have been titled: All of the Eyes are Brimming with Unshed Tears.
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1 hour ago, FnkyChkn34 said:
Thanks, good to know! Guess it just seems slow so far to me. 😉
The Lizzie news is in the Casting: News and Wishlist thread if you go to the end and scroll back a few postings.
After she said that, it sparked a memory from the last time I read Drums of thinking, wow it takes forever for her to go back and a crap ton of stuff still has to happen. But yeah, it takes forever 😉 so I'm interested to see how it all plays out on the show.
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Oh Sandra Brown! I can't believe I forgot her. That was a good episode too. I haven't read Sandra Brown in years, but I still have some older books by her, including an 80s category Erin St. Claire that used to be my grandmother's.