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[Missy]

Happy new year!

[Xee]

Happy new year everyone!

[Summer]

Just joined! Happy New Year all!

[Susan]

Summer wrote: "Just joined! Happy New Year all!"

Welcome Summer!! HNY to you too.

[Missy]

Welcome! Have a great year!

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

Welcome Summer

[Mariana]

Welcome Summer! Happy Reading in 2024.

[Oleander]

Hope your summer in Australia is wonderful and fun. It sure is winter here in the states right now.

I recently saw a notice that the Gilded Newport mystery series is going to be made into movies by Hallmark. The first one, Murder at the Breakers is going to premier in February. These are period movies and should have some romance in them too. I've read the first book and hope to get to the rest. Am looking forward to seeing the movies.

[Missy]

Thanks for sharing, Oleander!

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

Sounds interesting.

[Missy]

There's a 30-second sneak peek of Colin and Penelope in Season 3 of Bridgerton!

https://youtu.be/I3NUJdohOo8?si=lU3UA...

[Missy]

A new Colin and Penelope clip from Netflix. Happy Valentine’s Day!

https://youtu.be/QkCD64x5BUA?si=p8ek-...

[Sandra]

Thanks, Missy!!

[Lauren]

I hope Colin and Penelope's love story is better than the book.

[Missy]

There's going to be a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, part of Hallmark's Loveuary (w/Jane Austen).

It will premiere next Saturday, February 24th at 8:00 PM (Pacific Time in the USA) on the Hallmark channel.

Loveuary preview - https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/loveu...

Loveuary movie schedule - https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/loveu...

Sense & Sensibility preview - https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/sense...

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Missy wrote: "There's going to be a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, part of Hallmark's Loveuary (w/Jane Austen).

It will premiere next Saturday, February 24th at 8:00 PM (Pacific Time in..."

Thanks Missy going to check it out

[Sandra]

I saw two of the movies Hallmark created to Loveuary, An American in Austen and Love & Jane, I confess they didn't hit the mark. Nice but not great. I think my expectations about Jane Austen movies it's always very high, so...

[Sandra]

Ohh, I also saw Paging Mr Darcy, the same ...

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

I cannot believe that they are making another one. Lost count of how many times they have made this series. Not for me.
I thought we were going to get some more new historical romance series. When they made the Bridgertons.
These producers have No imagination. If they still keep going back to the classics. Which they will probably ruin by going away from a proper historical context.

[Debby *BabyDee*]

🐝 Shaz 🐝 wrote: "I cannot believe that they are making another one. Lost count of how many times they have made this series. Not for me.
I thought we were going to get some more new historical romance series. When..."

Reinventing the wheel..tends to get a bit boring. You are right ..no imagination😊

[Jan]

🐝 Shaz 🐝 wrote: "I cannot believe that they are making another one. Lost count of how many times they have made this series. Not for me.
I thought we were going to get some more new historical romance series. When..."

I agree. Let's see some new HR series from some of our fav writers' books, like Lisa Kleypas or Eloisa James or Jennifer Ashley etc. I did not enjoy the 2022 movie version of Persuasion. Let's see something new!

[Sandra]

I also didn't like the 2022's version of Persuasion... :-|

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

I watch Persuasion, turned it off after about 20 minutes. Utter rubbish.
If they are doing historical it needs to be historical 🙄🤷‍♀️

[Debby *BabyDee*]

I agree with you all. There should be more HRs on the screen but writers are not using creative minds. Just saw a preview for remake of Mr & Mrs Smith and Shogun. Remakes 😴🤷🏾‍♂️

[Jenna]

Jan wrote: "🐝 Shaz 🐝 wrote: "I cannot believe that they are making another one. Lost count of how many times they have made this series. Not for me.
I thought we were going to get some more new historical rom..."

i agree! great point!
i get that Austen & the Brontes are classics but there are sooo many other books that I think we contemporaries feel are classics for our generation.

[Sandra]

GoodReads publish a list 108 New Romance Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...

Here are some themes explored
- I go weak in the knees for second-chance romance
- I love a romance where the complication is TIME ITSELF
- I'd like to read a historical romance NOT set in Regency or Victorian England
- OK, but don't leave us Regency/Victorian romance readers hanging!
- I'm a sucker for a contemporary Jane Austen retelling!
- Show me some protagonists in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond, please!

Seems nice to explore and had some new books to our TBR! What do you think?

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Sandra wrote: "I saw two of the movies Hallmark created to Loveuary, An American in Austen and Love & Jane, I confess they didn't hit the mark. Nice but not great. I think my expectations about Jane Austen movies..."

So I took a chance while flicking through channels and came across Sense & Sensibility as part of the Hallmark Loveuary...why did I put myself through so much torture. 😬 Didn't care for it at all and I should have been punished 🤣

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Sandra wrote: "GoodReads publish a list 108 New Romance Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...?..."

Hi Sandra...I tapped into that and came away with some interesting reads for my TBR.

[Missy]

Sandra wrote: "GoodReads publish a list 108 New Romance Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader"

@Sandra, the names for each theme are creative! "I'm really into neighbors who bang" made me laugh. Thanks for sharing.

[Missy]

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "So I took a chance while flicking through channels and came across Sense & Sensibility as part of the Hallmark Loveuary...why did I put myself through so much torture. 😬 Didn't care for it at all and I should have been punished 🤣

@Debby, I caught the last half of the movie. I was wondering why it was fast-paced before I realized that they have to fit as much material as they can into approximately 2 hours.

I love the accent of the actor who played Colonel Brandon. *swoons* I was more interested in his romance and wished it was the main romance in S&S.

I never understood the appeal of Edward Ferrars (Elinor's love interest). At one point, Marianne compared his choices to that of John Willoughby, so I guess that was what Jane Austen intended for Edward. Whether I liked him as the hero or not, I still got teary-eyed during the proposal scene.

This is the third adaptation of S&S that I've watched. It was okay, I guess.

[Jenna]

Sandra wrote: "GoodReads publish a list 108 New Romance Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...?..."

cool.

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Missy wrote: "Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "So I took a chance while flicking through channels and came across Sense & Sensibility as part of the Hallmark Loveuary...why did I put myself through so much torture. 😬 Did..."

@Missy..oh did forget about Col. Brandon and did love his voice. You are correct...they needed to crunch as much as they could in that small amount of time. I gess after sewing this adaptation im pretty spoined by the other two versions. 😊

[Lauren]

Missy wrote: I never understood the appeal of Edward Ferrars (Elinor's love interest)."

Me either! Colonel Brandon is a much better hero. I'm not a fan of Marianne either. It would have been better if Elinor and Brandon had been the main couple. This is one of the reasons S&S is not my preferred Jane Austen book.

[Sandra]

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "Sandra wrote: "I saw two of the movies Hallmark created to Loveuary, An American in Austen and Love & Jane, I confess they didn't hit the mark. Nice but not great. I think my expectations about Jan..."

Ohhh, really? We don't have Hallmark Channel in Portugal, so I will have to wait until some PT channel buys it or appears on YouTube, but somehow I will not hold my breath... ;)

[Sandra]

Missy wrote: "Sandra wrote: "GoodReads publish a list 108 New Romance Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader"

@Sandra, the names for each theme are creative! "I'm really into neighbors who bang" made..."

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "Sandra wrote: "GoodReads publish a list 108 New Romance Recommendations for (Nearly) Every Kind of Reader

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...-..."

I thought they here funny too, eheh, maybe we could use some for the next year BOTM's

[Sandra]

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "Missy wrote: "Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "So I took a chance while flicking through channels and came across Sense & Sensibility as part of the Hallmark Loveuary...why did I put myself through so much ..."

Missy wrote: "Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "So I took a chance while flicking through channels and came across Sense & Sensibility as part of the Hallmark Loveuary...why did I put myself through so much torture. 😬 Did..."

I believe the hallmark movies have less than 2 hours, I wonder how can they put S&S in that time period... something like, "ups, it's over..."

[Sandra]

Ohhh, I really have to read S & S again, my memory is a mess and I don't remember much of the story...

[Debby *BabyDee*]

@Lauren...I agree, Elinor and Brandon would have made a better couple in this story and Marianne was a bit annoying. I can watch S&S but it is not my favorite. My likes the 1990's versions of Persuasion, Pride & Prejudice, Emma and Mansfield Park.

[Lauren]

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "My likes the 1990's versions of Persuasion, Pride & Prejudice, Emma and Mansfield Park."

I love all of these as well as some of the later versions from the 2000s.

[Sandra]

Debby *BabyDee* wrote: "@Lauren...I agree, Elinor and Brandon would have made a better couple in this story and Marianne was a bit annoying. I can watch S&S but it is not my favorite. My likes the 1990's versions of Persu..."

My fave off all times is Pride & Prejudice, from BBC, 1995

[Missy]

I forgot to share this clip this morning! It’s a teaser video of Kate & Anthony from Bridgerton Season 3.

https://youtu.be/i2K7txJfKcs?si=Z-kKT...

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

Thanks for sharing Missy.

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Thanks for Sharing Missy 😊

[Missy]

You're welcome.

[Missy]

Just watched a trailer for a Paramount movie based on a book called The Image of You. A domestic thriller, I believe. I think I know the twist.

https://youtu.be/eqqapM_Ce4w?si=KrL3d...

[Missy]

Wallbanger is getting a movie on Passionflix.

https://youtu.be/YDLO2De3zqQ?si=HeBHw...

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Missy wrote: "Just watched a trailer for a Paramount movie based on a book called The Image of You. A domestic thriller, I believe. I think I know the twist.

https://youtu.be/eqqapM_Ce4w?si=KrL3d..."

WOW! That trailer looked so good. Im in tp watch that one.

[Debby *BabyDee*]

Missy wrote: "Wallbanger is getting a movie on Passionflix.

https://youtu.be/YDLO2De3zqQ?si=HeBHw..."

This one looks good also. Watching.

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

Is anyone else having problems with the my book shelf. I keep getting an error message when trying to download it. When I do get it to load. The book I am reading is missing. This has been happening for the last 3 days.

[Cath]

Hi Shaz,

I am not having that problem but I may be using a different format.

I access it on my laptop through the Goodreads website. I don't use the app.

I am also assuming that you are talking about the "currently reading" shelf under "Book Shelves" (which is under "My Books") - that's what shows up on my website-based view.

Wish I could have been more help. Hope this gets fixed for you soon. Goodreads glitches can be so aggravating!