J.D. Robb discussion

Sorry Elizabeth, I thought it was Conspiracy :(

Moni wrote: "i always thought that it would be a good storyline that if eve is in the hospital poss in a coma and Roarke has to investigate what happend to her. but, he wouldn't leave eve's side though."

Two great minds must be working together! I have also thought that would make a great storyline. Officially, however the whole NYPD would be working on the case, you know when an officer is shot down in the line of duty.

Typically, the police would want him to bow out of helping this time because of the familial ties. I guess that would be the conflict. What an interesting book we could write.

Dee wrote: "Typically, the police would want him to bow out of helping this time because of the familial ties. I guess that would be the conflict. What an interesting book we could write. "

And we know Roarke would totally do what the police said and not move himself and his unregistered equipment into Eve's hospital room, CompuGuard be damned... ;) (Assuming Eve couldn't be moved home into the special hospital suite Roarke would have set up in under 8 hours....)

And of course Roarke would enlist the aid of Peabody, McNab, Baxter and Trueheart, and of course Feeney. Whitney would of course be aware of it and he would be put between a rock and a hard spot.

Alyssa (Hesperia Loves Books) wrote: "Sorry Elizabeth, I thought it was Conspiracy :("

no prob!!!

Dee wrote: "And of course Roarke would enlist the aid of Peabody, McNab, Baxter and Trueheart, and of course Feeney. Whitney would of course be aware of it and he would be put between a rock and a hard spot."
i know right! and of course Summerset would not be enlisted also and he would not do all he could because secretly he feels horrible and misses their sparring!

Of course not! We should write fan fiction... ;)

we totally should! we would be great at it!

Except that apparently Nora Roberts doesn't allow fanfiction. That's the saddest thing I ever heard!

...whaat! well that is sad! her readers have great imaginations!

in Glory, page 270, it says NYPDS instead of NYPSD. lol :P

Sara ♥ wrote: "No, it's not old. That's my point! My problem is that in my head, I'm still 20. :P"

My head might say I'm 20 but my body tells it is LYING!

can anyone tell me how tall Feeney is? Naked in Death says he is a short stubby man with short stubby fingers and ginger hair, but I swear in another book it tell how tall he is.

I just finished Innocent in Death and I have a problem with a (view spoiler)[ 10 year old girl having the sophistication to commit that many murders in those ways. I know it is possible for a child to lack the empathy and be able to kill, but even teenagers are very straight-forward. Does anyone else feel that way? (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

I just finished it last night Dee. (view spoiler)[ I have a 10 year old boy and he's a sharp little guy but I could in no way picture him having the knowledge or interest in killing anyone! Imagine what the parents are thinking for raising such a child and also, I think back to her best friend's mother who asked if her daughter was safe associating with the family. In reality with this book, she was not! If (Melody, right?) she looked at Raylene wrong she might have been the next one! Come on, an A- instead of an A? That's just insane! (hide spoiler)]

About Innocent: (view spoiler)[As a person who was very very much a straight A student... It's the motivation that doesn't fly for me. I can't imagine a 10-year-old CARING enough about school at that age. That's what? 5th grade? Grades don't even MATTER at that age! If school in 2060 is anything like now, they don't rank students in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

But other than that? I hate to say it, but with the way the world is going these days? I guess I don't find it to be much of a stretch. Maybe that's cynical. But in my understanding, a sociopath is a person who doesn't feel emotions right, basically. And I figure there are KIDS like that... I mean, the adult sociopaths out there were kids once, right? If they have good parents, I figure most people act in socially acceptable ways because they are expected to (and kids are more susceptible to peer pressure, I suppose), but if the kid believes she is entitled to whatever she wants?

So, no, her murdering the teachers doesn't surprise me, nor does it really disturb me. It's her killing her baby brother at SEVEN that scares me.... On Christmas morning, no less! EEEEKKK! (hide spoiler)]

More on Innocent..hahaha (view spoiler)[ YES! Killing her baby brother to get ALL of the toys! What does a 7-year old want with a 2-year old's toys? REALLY? There is quite a gap in age appropriate toys there. And then to NOT let the parents have photos of the baby brother in their home. Made me sick that they allowed her to control them in that way. I LOVED how Eve played out the last scene. Walked into the waiting room and said she wasn't wired, and Raylene played right into her hands. It all came out. I can't remember, was her Father in the control room watching it all...I was going to go back and re-listen because I don't know that it was mentioned to be sure. I think he'd have HAD to be, because he was ever-so-upset when they arrested her....disgraced is how I'd describe it. (hide spoiler)]

Wow...we should take this over to the Innocent thread huh?

Karon wrote: "(view spoiler)[Made me sick that they allowed her to control them in that way. (hide spoiler)]"

Ditto!

And yes, we probably should talk over on the Innocent thread...

who read the excerpt?! i sounds really really good

Dee wrote: "Sara ♥ wrote: "No, it's not old. That's my point! My problem is that in my head, I'm still 20. :P"

My head might say I'm 20 but my body tells it is LYING!"

Dee, I am so on that!!

Elizabeth wrote: "I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! I think oh how old will I be? Sixty WHAT?? and I feel so depressed that these people get to live around all of that stuff on their young(er) days and I don't :("

According to the book 60 is todays 40. For me in 2059 I will be 108. Which I don't want to be.

I really really hope that it turns out that way. and (according to an article i found on Yahoo) scientists are claiming that the first person to live to be 150 is already born and that the first person to live to be 2,000 is only twenty years behind that! if you want i can try to find the link and copy paste it here because trust me i know it is hard to understand! until i read the article i didnt know what it meant by "150 Year Old Already Born"

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.ac...

sorry its 1,000 years old not 2,000. but that is still pretty spectacular

prior to NY2D what book was it that had Eve and Roarke in Dallas?

It was Reunion in Death.

Jess wrote: "Lola4 wrote: "I may be wrong since I can't find which book the first scene is in, but there are two similar scenes that you could be describing. There is one you are probably referring to, in which..."

You can do a search on any ebook. It can be a bit tedious if you don't have several words to narrow it down.

Sara ♥ wrote: "No, it's not old. That's my point! My problem is that in my head, I'm still 20. :P"

Amen to that.

Dee wrote: "Sara ♥ wrote: "No, it's not old. That's my point! My problem is that in my head, I'm still 20. :P"

My head might say I'm 20 but my body tells it is LYING!"

I'm going through that right now, big time! My head says I'm 20, but my body is having a hilarious time making me feel about 80. I just started my 3rd trimester, and when I've been sitting in one position for longer than about 5 minutes and get up, it's like I have to learn how to walk all over again! :P I feel like an 80 year old duck, waddling around... It's lovely.......

Oh, I didn't know you were expecting another child! Congrats (belated) to you!! Due date?

November 2nd, so only 10 weeks left! YAY!

Well, I'm happy for you and hope these last weeks are a comfortable blur:)

Congratulations Sara, do you know whether it is a boy or girl?

Yep! We're having another girl. We're still working on the name. I think we're going to go with Jocelyn. (No idea about a middle name yet... nothing's hitting us over the head, you know?)

I love the name Eve, but considering our first daughter's name is Ava, I'm afraid people would expect a pattern... Ava, Eve, Ivi, Ovo, Uvu... haha...

Congrats Sara! May the next 10 weeks be as easy as they can be.

Congrats Sara, hope these 10 weeks go by fast for you! :) If you wanted to go with the name Eve, you could always pick Evelyn or add something else to the end and call her Eve for short. hehe.

Or Evangeline...

Congratulations Sara! Hope the home stretch goes well!

I am so happy for you, Sara.

I was asked the following question in another link - I am not an expert so maybe somebody could give an opinion...

So is the In Death series have any romance in it. I get that it is a mystery type novel but I was just wondering about the romance aspect. Is is surrounding one main lady and she has multiple partners or it is about central relationship. Trying to decide if they might be worth a try. Also what is the steam factor?

There is a LOT of Romance. The main character Eve Dallas meets Roarke in Naked in Death, they fall in love and get married by book 3 Immortal in Death. They are passionately in love with each other, but they are also a riot to read about because of there differences. There are also secondary characters that have relationships that are also fun to read about. I think of all the series books I have ever read this is my favorite because of the relationships.

Sara ♥ wrote: "November 2nd, so only 10 weeks left! YAY!"

I was reading the past posts and I realized your baby is here. I hope the baby is happy and healthy. BTW congratulations.

I echo what Dee stated. While this series will always be first and foremost a mystery series (some classify it as romantic suspense but I think that's a bit off), the relationships involving the continuing characters is what makes it a standout in the genre. The romance/relationship between Roarke and Eve is extraordinary and those between some of the other secondary characters are special in their own right.

There is just the right amount of balance. Those that have no interest in romance don't seem to be bugged by and those, like me who like romance, feel there's a sufficient amount to satisfy that aspect of a story.

Mo wrote: "So is the In Death series have any romance in it. I get that it is a mystery type novel but I was just wondering about the romance aspect. Is is surrounding one main lady and she has multiple partners or it is about central relationship. Trying to decide if they might be worth a try. Also what is the steam factor?"

I'm with Dee and Jonetta!

I actually hate most mystery novels. I swear, if I see another mystery novel with a dessert title, I'm going to kick someone... Anyway, I started reading the books knowing J.D. Robb is actually Nora Roberts, romance novelist extraordinaire (even though I'd never read any of her books), so I was EXPECTING romance, and BOY HOWDY, did I get it! ;) Eve and Roarke are AWESOME together! Every book has at least one great "steamy" scene in it (2+ in most books)! Marriage has not cooled things off at ALL.

I love that they are in a committed relationship! They get married at the end of book 3 (sorry for the spoiler), and there are now 35 main story line books. So instead of the main character spending 19 books stringing 2 grown men along *coughStephaniePlumcough*, we get to see how Eve and Roarke's relationship grows and how their commitment to each other deepens. Eve had a really rough childhood, so it takes her quite a few books to adjust to being with Roarke. She spends quite some times trying to figure out how to "do" family and marriage, you know? And Roarke's past wasn't exactly rainbows and sunshine either! But they learn to love and trust each other more and more until they are really united and a HUGE force to be reckoned with! Of course, it's not ALL smooth sailing! They get pissed off at each other sometimes and argue, but they have great makeup sex! :) But seriously, I love that they have a fairly realistic relationship with ups and downs, and instead of calling it quits when things get tough, we get to see how they work things out and become closer than they were before! The secondary characters have great romances, too, but I've never read a book with a better couple than Eve and Roarke! And I've read a LOT of romance novels!

Oh, and they solve murders, too. There are a variety of people killing other people in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons. Some of the mysteries are really interesting, some are super creepy and disturbing, and some I honestly couldn't care less about. But even in the creepy and who-cares books, I find myself riveted to the page, because of the main and secondary characters. I find that I'm not really reading the series for the mystery part; I don't even really bother trying to figure out whodunit! I'm just interested to see how the characters interact (a lot of the time to find the murderer) and how they progress in each book. J.D./Nora has spent her 35 books building interesting, endearing, and intrinsically GOOD 3-dimensional characters that you can't help but love! I can never wait to hear Peabody's next cooky-relative story! ;)

I thought the first book was awesome (mostly for the Eve/Roarke parts), but the murder part is a bit... ummm... well, it's one of the disturbing ones (the ones with sex crimes are the ones that freak me out!). I'd say that if you're not hooked by the end of book 3, the series might not be your style.

I hope that helps! The audiobooks rock!

Dee wrote: "Sara ♥ wrote: "November 2nd, so only 10 weeks left! YAY!"

I was reading the past posts and I realized your baby is here. I hope the baby is happy and healthy. BTW congratulations."

And since that post wasn't a full-length novel...

Thanks! Jocelyn was born on Oct 24th and is doing awesome! She was 8 lb 5 oz, 20 inches, with a good amount of dark hair! (Not as much as big sister, though, whose hair was long enough at birth to put in a decent faux-hawk!) She's 7 1/2 weeks old now, and is already like 11 lbs! Apparently I make the good stuff! ;) The best part is that she has BLUE EYES that look like they'll stay that way! I have my mother and my father-in-law to thank for those recessive genes! Woo! She's doing really well and already sleeps for 4-6 hours stretches during the night! I think so far the biggest challenge is just that there are two kids now instead of just one to focus on... And trying to tell a 28-month-old to hold on for 10 minutes while mommy feeds the baby just doesn't work too well! Distract, distract, distract! :)

Congratulations, Sara! This slipped by me, too. Jocelyn sounds like a little dream:)

Sara did you ever figure out a middle name for Jocelyn?

Congratulations on your new addition Sara! I haven't been on here in awhile! Hope your growing little family is doing well! BTW...I love your "novel post" just above this one...you hit the nail on the head!

Dee wrote: "Sara did you ever figure out a middle name for Jocelyn?"

WOW! Totally didn't get a notification that this thread was updated! We ended up giving her my middle name, Nicole. My older daughter is probably going to grow up and be like, "I'm the oldest! Why didn't I get your middle name??" or possibly, "Neener, neener! You're named after MOM! How lame is THAT?" But whatever!

Karon is right when she said Sara hit the nail on the head.