Need a good historical romance. Other genres too. discussion
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Discussion of HR and other books. And recs.
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Cath- sorry to hear RE your Mom. Clinical social workers are often avail virtually to assist the elderly client or his/ her family member. The rule of thumb: a clinical social worker licensed in Ohio serves those residing in Ohio. Or a clinical social worker could have a license in multiple states. Most states have a Commission on Aging, and this might be the place to start on resources. In my county, we have a Council on Aging (COA) which covers a 5 county area. Resources include adult day care, in-home services, and respite services as caregivers get worn out physically and mentally. Hope this helps.
RE message 2550.
(1) I think cults and crazy leaders take hold by using fear against
those who follow them: Moonies, Jim Jones, PTL Club, Napoleon, other autocrats Bin Lauden, Papa Doc, Marcus, Putin etc etc.
(2) And the leaders demand full authority& no one question them.
Thank you, HR-ML! Very helpful info to know about.
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My late Mom had Alzheimer's. Sis and Dad took care of Mom
& I gave them respite on weekends. When Mom still walked,
we did a short nature hike or went to the mall to people-watch
and grab some food. I was the only one who got Mom into
the shower. I praised her for being clean and having pretty
hair. She used to flirt with my hubs!
HR-ML wrote: " I praised her for being clean and having prettyhair. She used to flirt with my hubs!."
That's cute. I hope this is a good memory:)
Has anyone noticed a change in the number of new posts? I copied this for this group. By HR-ML · 2556 posts (2461 new) · 146 views
HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Has anyone noticed a change in the number of new posts? I copied this for this group. By HR-ML · 2556 posts (2461 new) · 146 views"
something similar has been happening to me, but it's when I go to the "discussion" section and then click on "unread," which brings up only those threads in "discussion" which have new posts which I have not yet read.
I use the laptop/desktop version (not mobile, which may be different). Used to be, I could go in and click on "unread" and it would usually have a low number (just the number of recent ones which I had not yet read) and then I could get to the latest posts very quickly. Now it seems to count the total number of posts in the thread - the "unread" feature no longer works. A bit annoying!
Thought it must be my laptop, but maybe something glitchy in Goodreads...
Cath wrote: "HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "Has anyone noticed a change in the number of new posts? I copied this for this group. By HR-ML · 2556 posts (2461 new) · 146 views"
something similar has been happening..."
I am also on a laptop, but I vote for glitchy in Goodreads.
OLT wrote: "I second HBW's recommendation of that book by Sara Goodman Confino. I also recommend She's Up to No Good and For the Love of Friends by the same author. The last one..."I didn't love She's Up to No Good. Didn't like the MC and thought the story was over the top. It did have some funny parts. I can't Confino get old, so maybe she will stop portraying the grandmas as grouchy old women.
There are certain books on my kindle that I can't remove from my downloaded books back to the cloud. At the same time, I can't download them either/open them to read. Anyone else ever had this issue?
Roberta2 wrote: "There are certain books on my kindle that I can't remove from my downloaded books back to the cloud. At the same time, I can't download them either/open them to read. Anyone else ever had this issue?"Did you try restating your Kindle? Sometimes it gets out of kilter.
Roberta2 wrote: "There are certain books on my kindle that I can't remove from my downloaded books back to the cloud. At the same time, I can't download them either/open them to read. Anyone else ever had this issue?"I have books show on my kindle that aren't really downloaded. I know this because they won't open. I use my laptop to open Amazon, go to my contents, and send the book to my kindle fire. After it has been delivered, you will be able to read it. If you want it to be gone from your reader, you can press on it until you see a checkmark, then select update. Then you won't see it on your device but it will still be in your cloud.
Carol wrote: "OLT, try Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance. I loved it."Thanks for the rec, Carol. Have you tried any others in the series? They all sound as if they would be good reads. I like the maturity of the main female characters. 20-year-olds get tiring after a while.
OLT wrote: "Carol wrote: "OLT, try Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance. I loved it."Thanks for the rec, Carol. Have you tried any others in the series? They all sound as if they wo..."
I read them all and loved each one.. I felt like I lost my good friends when I finished No. 4.
Carol wrote: "OLT wrote: "Carol wrote: "OLT, try Life, Part 2: Lydia's Story--The Second Chance. I loved it."Thanks for the rec, Carol. Have you tried any others in the series? They all sound a..."
That sounds good.
OLT, Thanks for the Lidia Poet rec. I binged it over the weekend. I enjoyed it, although it got ridiculous at times. I read about her, and the real life Lidia Poet didn't get readmitted to the bar until she was 65.
OLT,I finished Painting the Duke. Enjoyed the banter and conversations. It seems like she felt HR's need some basic tropes, like a duel and a bet. And definitely throw in two sex scenes for good measure, I gave it a 3, but see possibilities.
I read Painting the Duke yesterday. I also give it a 3. My favorite characters in the book were the heroine's aunt, uncle, and best friend. I am going to look for the next book which is about the best friend.
Anyone have any recommendations for mystery/detective shows on PBS or Amazon Prime? My husband and I finally watched the last season of Endeavor; I watched Lidia Poet, and I am in the mood for another mystery show. I also watched John Malkovich's Hercule Poirot and enjoyed that.
The Chelsea Detective, Unforgotten, Van der Valk, Dalgliesh, McDonald and Dowd(I think that’s the name), to name a few. Bosch Legacy, season 2, will be out soon. I am a mystery series junkie but the other titles I have seen recently aren’t coming to mind. Did you, btw, see the original The Bridge? It’s very good. Much better than all the copycat series that followed.
And I am assuming you have seen all 12 seasons of Vera? And Shetland?
Hinterland. The Fall. Recipes for Love and Murder. Line of Duty. Whitstable Pearl. Mystery Road. Happy Valley. Hidden Assets. Rebecka Martinsson. Jack Irish.
I have to say I loved Broadchurch, especially when he stared into the distance for 5 minutes each show, apparently to brood.
I have not seen either Vera or Shetland. For years, my husband and I watched very little TV.
Okay, if you had to pick the top 2 or 3 of those you mentioned, which would they be?
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I've not seen any of these, but the very last one.
Acquitted
All the Sins
Angel of Death
The Bank Hacker
Baptiste (French detective)
The Hour (1950s era Amsterdam thriller)
*Unforgotten (cold cases)
*Van Der Valk (modern day Amsterdam crime)
*OLT noted
Professor T- a brilliant Oxford criminology professor w/ OCD.
Also assists the police in solving crimes. His former lover, the female in charge of detectives, sorry can't recall her exact title, still longs for him and vice versa. He's a bit of a prig, but he's starting to listen to others and socialize a bit. His artistic Mum, who paints mostly dogs, is a hoot.
Roberta2 wrote: "Okay, if you had to pick the top 2 or 3 of those you mentioned, which would they be?"Oh, too hard to do. I can group them into cozy, procedural and thriller and pick two or three top shows in each one. Cozy: Recipes for Love and Murder (South Africa setting and lovely food) and Whitstable Pearl. Procedural: Unforgotten and Vera and Line of Duty. Thriller: The Fall, The Bridge
Oh, I don't know. Ask me tomorrow and I would probably have different choices.
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Homicide: Life on the Streets. (Setting is Baltimore).
Hill Street Blues.
Cagney & Lacey
Homicide was based on a gritty, non-fiction book. Homicide addressed cop burn-out & on/off discussions of spirituality. The topics of race & sexism led several episodes. One detective killed a proven baddie in cold blood.
Hill Street showed cop competition w/ each other and other law enforcement IE FBI, DEA, Secret Service. Many tense hostage negotiations. Latino Ray, 3rd in command, so wanted to become a precinct captain. Until it happened. So many cops showed bravado under various circumstances. This had humor too.
C & L
2 female detectives were underestimated by peers, superiors at times and the public. A sensitive story arc- Cagney was a date rape victim. Her male peers asked why didn't she use her gun? another weapon? She was already stressed to the max- she did not need their comments.
Just noticed I gave short shrift to Mystery Road (Australia/aboriginal policeman), Hinterland (Wales, great characters, stark setting) and Happy Valley (Yorkshire, great characters, great psychopath played by the first seasons vicar in Grantchester). Told you I can't choose just a few.
HR-ML, We watched all of Homicide: Life on the Streets. Probably one of my favorites of all time. Also, have seen Hill Street Blues and Cagney & Lacey. We watched a lot of TV then. I watched the first of The Bridge online for free, but I have to pay to watch it. I am going to check the other titles to see if I can watch them on PBS or Netflix.
Well, at least you both have given me lots of shows to try. lol
I get many of my mystery series through Acorn. Lots of international ones. A cheap way to travel.
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From 2011-18 series. Saga was a female Swedish detective working
w/ a male Danish detective. They found a female DOA on
a bridge, at the border of the 2 countries. Saga's police peers consider
her a bit odd.
OLT, is this the one you referenced?
A cheap way to travel? I watch the Amazing Race.
I listened to The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros a while ago and loved it. I started the audio book In the Unlikely Event and I can't believe the same person wrote it. So, I highly recommend Unfinished and suggest one skip Unlikely Event.
I still don't watch any TV. Right now Phil is watching racing. I listen to audiobooks on my commute every day, and read. :shrug:
HappyBookWorm2020 wrote: "I still don't watch any TV. Right now Phil is watching racing. I listen to audiobooks on my commute every day, and read. :shrug:"I've been listening to a lot of audio books, especially at night. I find them very relaxing. I just set a timer and close my eyes. I do listen sometimes during the day, too. I watch mostly docs on TV.
FYI amazon has an audible book sale on for selected books. 2 for 1 credit. You can see the offer when you first sign into Amazon.
I used to like Cagney and Lacey and Hill Street Blues. I also watched the cop shows, Law and Order, CSI New York, and Miami . Shield, Bones. I also liked a lot of British cop shows. Morse, Lewis, Midsummer Murders, Scott and Bailey, Life on Mars, Vera, and Strike.
Used to watch a lot of TV. These days I find it hard to find anything that interest me. Good job I have books and a kindle to keep my interest.
At least while we are reading it keep our brains working. Better then vegetating watching TV.
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SVU. I saw a couple episodes of The Closer, but Kyra's character
seemed to solve murders on her own, when in real life detectives
work together.
Sorry yesterday the computer involuntarily swallowed my words.
I always liked the way Kyra's character on The Closer was so fond of chocolate. I could relate :)
Cath wrote: "I always liked the way Kyra's character on The Closer was so fond of chocolate. I could relate :)"The Closer is one of my favourite American Cop shows. She was so clever and feisty, and I thought her parents were such good fun.
Flying home and have half an hour to kill as I wait to board. Must read all your previous posts when I get the chance. Just popping in to say hello. I watched loads of Shetland. The author, Anne Cleves, is a guest speaker at an Australian Crime Festival next month. Wish I could go. Liked Shetland and Vera and her new series about Matthew Venn, a detective who returns to the area where he grew up in a nutter religious community. He is gay and that is, of course, horrific for the community.The hero in Shetland was played by Douglas Henshell and I find him gorgeous physically (which is weird because he’s not my usual “type”) and even more gorgeous politically, because he is a real leftie and writes great anti-Tory rants on Twitter. Ah. Must go. Best Wishes to you all.
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I can relate to the girl because I was just a little younger than she was at the time the story takes place. My Jewish father thought I should go to secretarial school and not college because I was a girl. I lived in NYC and then NJ, so I recognize the area. Yeah, it hit home for me. And now I think I'm pretty with it like the grandma. Wasn't great literature, but I can relate.
I just sent a rec to a friend; I described it as a combination of Marjorie Morningstar and Lessons in Chemistry.