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Roommate H and I moved on from Lord of the Rings (much loved! appreciated by us both!) to the MCU. The first Thor movie went over well; the second one, not as much. We're watching in 30-45 minute chunks most of the time, so we're not done with it yet.
I finished Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season seven--its final season. Thumbs up, although I think anyone who tries to watch that far into the show would need a real connection to the characters. Either that, or watch strictly for the silly, ongoing plot.
The time travel of s7 was fun, for sure.
Having finished that, I've started The Magicians season five, which just showed up on Netflix. I don't know any spoilers this time, so I have no idea where things are going.
One last visual medium mention: I had to explain what rick-rolling is to H, but thankfully the internet provides plenty of humorous examples of it.
Books! I'm still stuck in romance novel phase. Not a surprise, given that we're still mid-pandemic and the teaching year continues to bea difficult an impossible task. I tried At Your Service by Sandra Antonelli; it's a modern-day romantic mystery. Too much emphasis on mundane tasks without any emotional content. And then I tried Feisty--another contemporary story--by Julia Kent, which had too much emotional content without enough forward momentum. Someone should meld those two authors into one.
So, back to historical romance. I liked two novels by Julie Anne Long; both in her Pennyroyal Green series. Not perfect, but good enough for me to recommend. The two that I liked both had heroines who were lower-class and heroes from the upper-class, so I"m guessing that was a big part of the successful appeal. Makes me wonder if I'll like something by her that doesn't include that element. FYI, How the Marquess Was Won is free with Amazon Prime. This marks the first time I've actually finished one of the "free with Prime" novels, I believe.
I finished Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season seven--its final season. Thumbs up, although I think anyone who tries to watch that far into the show would need a real connection to the characters. Either that, or watch strictly for the silly, ongoing plot.
The time travel of s7 was fun, for sure.
Having finished that, I've started The Magicians season five, which just showed up on Netflix. I don't know any spoilers this time, so I have no idea where things are going.
One last visual medium mention: I had to explain what rick-rolling is to H, but thankfully the internet provides plenty of humorous examples of it.
Books! I'm still stuck in romance novel phase. Not a surprise, given that we're still mid-pandemic and the teaching year continues to be
So, back to historical romance. I liked two novels by Julie Anne Long; both in her Pennyroyal Green series. Not perfect, but good enough for me to recommend. The two that I liked both had heroines who were lower-class and heroes from the upper-class, so I"m guessing that was a big part of the successful appeal. Makes me wonder if I'll like something by her that doesn't include that element. FYI, How the Marquess Was Won is free with Amazon Prime. This marks the first time I've actually finished one of the "free with Prime" novels, I believe.