Kingdom of Knuffel

I finished Daniel's Bride. I can't remember if I already said that. I liked it.

So what are you going to start next, Sanssouci?

I'm reading a kid/teen book called Mad, Mad Monday. It's awful, but I am going to stick it out.

And a teen book called The Hired Girl, which I'm not far enough into to even really have an opinion of yet.

I started them both before Daniel's Bride, but then I just got more into that and put them on hold!

Well, I hope it was one you enjoyed, WishingMoon!


I'm trying to get through my library pile at this point. The latest "... in Death" series by JD Robb (aka Nora Roberts). I'm really sporadic about reading those, and apparently have missed the last.... ten? Twelve? So the cast of characters here is including some new names. But I can't read too many of them in a row, for whatever reason. Still, one of my aunts really loves them and I try to grab one now and then so we can talk about it. It's an interesting mix of sci-fi and mystery; really feels like it belongs solidly in the mystery genre, but there aren't actually that many mysteries I've read which are sci-fi without fantasy, so that part is a lot of fun.
Problem is I'm so out of touch with where our tech is at right now that I sometimes get confused about which parts are real and which are sci-fi....



Anyhow, when I've finished that there are a bunch of other library books waiting.

Isn't Nora Roberts that author who usually writes a lot of romance and women stuff? Or am I mixing something up there?

Alice,
Indeed, most of the language courses focus on literature and culture I'd say.
The thing is I had no idea about linguistics, therefore it was good that I did my bachelor's in English and started my master's in Linguistics. I think there are only very few courses in Germany teaching linguistics on a bachelor level.

Yes, that's right, Julez.

She uses the Nora Roberts name for romances and womens' lit, and the J.D. Robb name for a series, something close to 50 of them now, all with the same protagonist, who is a homicide detective in NYC in the near-ish future. (2050s?)

They definitely do describe the gore and the bodies in the mysteries, so I would not call them 'cozies'! And they go into some pretty trigger-prone stuff (sexual violence, including of minors, is something that has come up in some of the books) even setting aside the typical gore.

So they are definitely not the same thing repackaged.

(I have some issues with the books which I try hard to set aside because my aunt really does love them, and I want to enjoy them too and share it with her. But sometimes I think it's harder to set aside the pet peeves when you're not upfront about them, so I'm always torn between just stating where I see problems and trying to avoid dwelling on the problems by not mentioning them.)

Ooooh Alice that sounds like a lot of fun! I'd love to read that if you ever write that! In which language would you write it? I could read it nevertheless, Russian would take a little longer though

Akili,
That is great that the author can write two different things like that :)
I can understand that you are torn in between. But if this is really something that connects you and your aunt you might just try ignoring these problems :D