tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post6740362541384227768..comments2024-03-29T06:37:40.071-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: For Entertainment Value OnlyMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12992576615920312312018-01-14T19:50:33.421-05:002018-01-14T19:50:33.421-05:00I am watching SMILF on Showtime and am highly amus...I am watching SMILF on Showtime and am highly amused. Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27191951784491062472018-01-14T05:54:58.020-05:002018-01-14T05:54:58.020-05:00I've just been reading the comments and appare...I've just been reading the comments and apparently Outlander is quite a phenomenon. I've never even heard of it! Clearly I am out of the loop.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-24811811448411061682018-01-14T05:51:41.782-05:002018-01-14T05:51:41.782-05:00Oh, I loved Mad Men. Of course a lot of the men ar...Oh, I loved Mad Men. Of course a lot of the men are pigs but that's kind of the point -- the degree to which all that behavior was not only acceptable but expected back in the day. (And yes, as we've seen, it still goes on, but at least there's a degree of social opprobrium now.)<br /><br />I'm reading another Michael Connelly. He's a really good escapist crime/mystery writer. And I'm about to go do laundry, too!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-2639803501247269832018-01-12T18:02:07.221-05:002018-01-12T18:02:07.221-05:00I read Commonwealth and you know what? I can't...I read Commonwealth and you know what? I can't remember a damn thing about it. I don't think it was as good as some of her other books which are usually quite memorable. <br />Friendship Bread? Intriguing title. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-11893121421230406232018-01-12T18:00:40.248-05:002018-01-12T18:00:40.248-05:00Yep. Killing or fucking. That's pretty much it...Yep. Killing or fucking. That's pretty much it in Game of Thrones. I thought the books were better than the show. I think you might like the Outlander books. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-49209648115570463412018-01-12T17:59:40.631-05:002018-01-12T17:59:40.631-05:00Yeah- see? I loved reading Game of Thrones but I j...Yeah- see? I loved reading Game of Thrones but I just can't watch the show. I might feel the same way about Outlander. Thanks for the head's up. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-52473571926159872382018-01-12T17:58:50.493-05:002018-01-12T17:58:50.493-05:00I love how strong and capable Claire is too! She&#...I love how strong and capable Claire is too! She's one hell of a woman! I feel better knowing that you like the books. Really, it makes me feel less...shallow? I don't know. But thanks!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-46567984489311043612018-01-12T17:57:32.884-05:002018-01-12T17:57:32.884-05:00I watched some of Outlander and just couldn't ...I watched some of Outlander and just couldn't finish. Mr. Moon did, though. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8586379836070314042018-01-12T17:56:42.623-05:002018-01-12T17:56:42.623-05:00The time-travel thing is really just a plot-moving...The time-travel thing is really just a plot-moving device in this series. It's not especially about that. <br />I made a note of Helen Dunmore after reading your blog the other day to look for her books. Did you end up liking the one you were reading? The New Yorker did a short review of it, I saw. <br />And yes- literature is wonderful when heard out loud. I love to read out loud to my husband when we travel. It's such a pleasure to me to be able to share the love of books with him like that. <br />And I have to agree with you about Irish novelists. <br />I watched a few episodes of Godless and I just couldn't get into it. I am not sure why. I am getting SO picky about what I like to watch. Is McMafia good? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-7549730713006789972018-01-12T17:53:03.793-05:002018-01-12T17:53:03.793-05:00Isn't he? Oh my god. I just want to eat him up...Isn't he? Oh my god. I just want to eat him up. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-69768388115581346202018-01-12T17:52:25.758-05:002018-01-12T17:52:25.758-05:00Hmmmm...
Sounds good to me. I can deal with sordid...Hmmmm...<br />Sounds good to me. I can deal with sordid. And sex. And a bit of violence. I'll check it out. Don't know if you'd like Outlanders and since I haven't seen any of the TV series, I really have no idea. But, yeah- doesn't hurt to just give something a look.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78829521015159571362018-01-12T17:50:38.497-05:002018-01-12T17:50:38.497-05:00Amna! So nice to see you here again! Thanks for co...Amna! So nice to see you here again! Thanks for commenting. It means a lot to me! <br />Yes. The storytelling is tremendous. It is. There's no getting around that which is probably why I'm on the THIRD BOOK!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70961336292339201822018-01-12T17:49:25.657-05:002018-01-12T17:49:25.657-05:00Well, it wouldn't hurt a thing to get the book...Well, it wouldn't hurt a thing to get the book and read a few chapters, see what you think. That's the joy of the library. Don't like it? Turn it back in. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-3738813379202708032018-01-12T17:48:28.349-05:002018-01-12T17:48:28.349-05:00I'm afraid if I watched the show I might be li...I'm afraid if I watched the show I might be like Marian. I am enjoying listening to the books, though, for sure. <br />We have watched both seasons of The Crown. Enjoyed it. I thought it was done very well. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-24021839686144281442018-01-12T17:47:13.187-05:002018-01-12T17:47:13.187-05:00I did notice online that there was film of these b...I did notice online that there was film of these books. I might check it out!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61441906975860159282018-01-12T17:28:06.429-05:002018-01-12T17:28:06.429-05:00Little Levon is growing so fast! Yes, he seems to...Little Levon is growing so fast! Yes, he seems to be quite enthralled with it all in the photo!<br />Currently I am reading Ann Patchett's *Commonwealth*........ first book of hers I've read and although enjoying it, some of it is downright painful to digest. Also listening to audio book in my car....called *Friendship Bread* by Darien Gee. <br />Hugs from Calif<br />Susan MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-50856318767034011802018-01-12T12:26:55.043-05:002018-01-12T12:26:55.043-05:00reading the next installment of #1 Ladies Detectiv...reading the next installment of #1 Ladies Detective Agency, watching Game of Thrones, which if you haven't they are either killing or fucking. lots of full frontal (and rear) nudity, both sexes. soft porn as my neighbor called it. been thinking of starting the Outlander books.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-17199995093705678682018-01-12T11:31:30.495-05:002018-01-12T11:31:30.495-05:00I started to watch Outlander but there were tortur...I started to watch Outlander but there were torture scenes that made me ill. The backs being whipped were the “light” parts of the torture scenes. It took me days to get the scenes out of my head. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-1920458201587636432018-01-12T10:41:47.855-05:002018-01-12T10:41:47.855-05:00I gobbled yo Outlander a few years ago; I actually...I gobbled yo Outlander a few years ago; I actually love her writing style - it just sort of sucks you in - and I love how strong and capable Claire is. Then my husband and I watched it ... and then he got pulled into reading it all; he just finished. There are a whole bunch of related novellas, mostly about John Grey. <br /><br />We just finished a Netflix show (orig. on AMC I think) called “Halt and Catch Fire” about the computer industry in the 89s and 90s that is one of the beat shows we’ve ever watched. The character development is impressive. Strong female characters as well. Highly recommend it. sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433184291061135740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-24781513785628088412018-01-12T09:15:57.974-05:002018-01-12T09:15:57.974-05:00The TV show Outlander seems to be hugely popular. ...The TV show Outlander seems to be hugely popular. I started it once but somehow didn’t continue. I might try it again. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-63610609170392199272018-01-12T04:33:42.908-05:002018-01-12T04:33:42.908-05:00Not too long ago, before someone came up with the ...Not too long ago, before someone came up with the idea of a printing press and paper and publishing, all literature - and don't tell me there wasn't any - was made for ears to listen. Just imagine groups of people reclining on some Greek or Roman sofa with their eyes closed in anticipation while a young man standing in the corner recited Homer's Iliad or Sappho's poetry from memory.<br /><br />My cynical mind has a hard time with time travel and sci-fi, so, not my genre. <br /><br />Currently I am reading John Boyne The Heart's Invisible Furies because Irish novelists are well, the best. And I am watching McMafia on BBC, having just finished Godless on netflix which was brilliant BTW. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70905786822865501352018-01-12T01:31:53.710-05:002018-01-12T01:31:53.710-05:00Such a cute baby!Such a cute baby!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-14099313974431518982018-01-12T00:19:01.722-05:002018-01-12T00:19:01.722-05:00That's twice today that someone I know has men...That's twice today that someone I know has mentioned Outlander, so maybe I'll check out the tv show, at least. I have way too many books backlogged to add anything else. I just finished watching the first season of Harlots. It takes place in 1763 and is about -- yes, you guessed it -- prostitutes in London, England. It's incredibly sordid and incredibly visually beautiful and is directed and produced and written by women. The actresses are British so they're all amazing, but it's sordid. The sex is explicit, there's a bit of violence and lots of bawdiness, but I'm hooked (not hookered, though).<br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64950313885412840702018-01-11T22:08:44.746-05:002018-01-11T22:08:44.746-05:00I am also an Outlander addict. It is not terribly ...I am also an Outlander addict. It is not terribly well written, you're so right, and this got on my nerves -- especially in the first book. But the storytelling! My god. I am reading the whole damn series for the second time since I first picked them up last year. It's my bedtime reading when there's nothing else more compelling.<br /><br />I haven't commented here in a million years, but I still read every day and am a huge fan and send so much love to you and your family. <3Amnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133140661974932638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-32880149953843306462018-01-11T21:59:31.018-05:002018-01-11T21:59:31.018-05:00I've actually been meaning to get outlander at...I've actually been meaning to get outlander at the library for a month or so but haven't yet. Your description isn't piquing my interest much though. Maybe I'll pass for now!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.com