Podcast in Death

Editors Note: For some reason, this week there were several minor issues affecting this episode: Tara couldn't make it, Jen was sick and AJ was having Wi-Fi issues. So part of the episode was cut off.

BUT, what we did get was a really interesting discussion with listener Dana! Dana has been a listener for a long time, and we were so thrilled to have her with us!

Dana picked the topic for this week, and what she wanted to discuss how "Origin in Death" is really the "Origin" of so many other storylines in the rest of the series. Armed with lots of notes and spreadsheets, Dana walks us through it all.

Then we ask Dana our fan questions, and unfortunately, the last two were cut off. So, just for the purpose of completeness,

For question 11: What band or artist would people be most surprised to find on your playlist?

Dana said that she's a country music fan, and she and Jen then proceeded to give AJ a hard time for not having any Reba McEntire in her playlist.

For question 12: Besides Podcast in Death, Favorite podcast?

Dana said she doesn't really listen to other podcasts, only the podcast episodes such as when "Romancing the Shelf" reviewed the first three "In Death" books.

Here we are again with another We Review the Reviews episode, this time for “Origin in Death!” These reviews are odd, because there were very few One Star reviews. We do have one, but most of the reviews are 2 to 5 Stars. But never fear! There are a lot [...]

Here we are again with another We Review the Reviews episode, this time for "Origin in Death!"

These reviews are odd, because there were very few One Star reviews. We do have one, but most of the reviews are 2 to 5 Stars. But never fear! There are a lot of really interesting reviews for us to discuss here.Starting with our only One Star Review: "Don't Bother."

Then we move on to all the other reviews in which we learn:

There's too much "impotent verbiage and dialogue."

If you get too confused while reading the books, maybe it's not Nora's writing, maybe it's just that you're dumb.

Cloning and Genetics are apparently Science Fiction, and this book had Cloning and Genetics "up the wazoo."

The dialogue is corny, and there's too much repartee and banter. Also, all the rhapsodizing about Eve's new leather coat made the book sound like a gay porn (?)

Eve never thinks about Roarke's needs!

These reviewers don't know Peabody, so they shouldn't be calling her Delia!!

The sex in the books is "Sooooo Fake!" So says a man "fairly experienced in the intimate arts."

Roarke definitely does NOT have "Whiskey Dick."

Also, we talk about Roarke's dick way too much.

Susan Ericksen is sensational.

This book is "bonkers-as-shit."

Charles is definitely NOT a "creepy sleeze."

In our "Podcast Business" section, we read a really lovely email we received.

This week we talk about some of. the most controversial books of the "In Death" series and why they are so controversial.

This week we talk about some of. the most controversial books of the "In Death" series and why they are so controversial. This topic came from a posting on a Goodreads group, where the original poster said they thought "Conspiracy in Death." We give their reason for that, and our rebuttal.

We put up a poll on Instagram asking: What's the most controversial book? And gave everyone the option of "Origin," "Faithless," "Innocent" or Other. "Innocent" won with 40% of the vote. "Origin" was next with 30% and then "Faithless" with 20%.

We discuss all of these and why we think they were controversial. We also discuss other books mentioned by listeners: Brotherhood, Divided and Shadows.

And we ask the question that really didn't need to be asked: Would Roarke walk up on stage at the Oscars and slaps someone because they made a joke about Eve? Or would Eve slap someone over a joke about Roarke?

“Origin in Death” is a book that is really jam-packed with great stuff to read! It’s got probably one of the most insane plots in this whole series, that has a lot of heavy moral questions attached to it. And in the midst of that, we get Roarke’s entire Irish [...]

"Origin in Death" is a book that is really jam-packed with great stuff to read! It's got probably one of the most insane plots in this whole series, that has a lot of heavy moral questions attached to it.

And in the midst of that, we get Roarke's entire Irish family coming for Thanksgiving, Eve having some conflicted feelings when her "work spouse," Morris, is seen flirting with the gorgeous Amarylis Coltrane, we meet Cher Reo for the first time, all the girls get together for a spa evening, and Eve gets another tattoo AND Eve has a fight with Mira. PLUS...the ending has robot spiders (which are NOT okay), an army of clones, and the bad guy pushes the "self destruct" button for the building and Eve and Roarke have only a few minutes to make it out before the whole place blows...it's a LOT!

Some of our very favorite quotes come from this book. There's some really great banter between Eve and Roarke and/or Eve and Peabody.

Eve inviting Crack to their Thanksgiving dinner was so sweet.

Eve having to deal with meeting Roarke's whole family is just funny, especially her exchange with Roarke's cousin, Sean.

There's also a very controversial ending where Eve purposely lets the main suspect(s) get away.

So much to talk about here.

Also, as we know...this case becomes a pivotal point in both Nadine and Eve's careers, and becomes something that creates many plots and subplots for the rest of the series.

It's the book that keeps on giving!!

Hello, Everyone! For those of you waiting for us to talk about “Brazen” on Netflix, the time is finally here!! This week AJ and Jen are by themselves and we thought it was the perfect time (since Tara really doesn’t read Nora Roberts books) to finally watch the movie and [...]

Hello, Everyone!

For those of you waiting for us to talk about "Brazen" on Netflix, the time is finally here!! This week AJ and Jen are by themselves and we thought it was the perfect time (since Tara really doesn't read Nora Roberts books) to finally watch the movie and talk about it!

This movie was based on Nora's book, "Brazen Virtue." Jen has not read this book for many years, and AJ hadn't either, but did download the book and skim it before and after watching the movie. Because of this, we had slightly different overall impressions of the movie.

Jen ended up liking the movie overall, though, she wasn't happy with the casting, mostly with Ed and Ben. We feel like for some reason, for this movie, they decided to make Ben more of the "quirky sidekick" instead of the hunky manly-man partner.

AJ was not happy with the casting of Alyssa Milano, because she's not a fan. But she disliked the movie in general because it deviated so much from the book.

We all know that Nora is the "Queen of Dialogue," so...why not use her dialogue??

Why did we need to add a bunch of characters??

If you haven't seen it yet, we suggest going into it without having read the book, or at least having not read the book for a long time. You might find it entertaining, like Jen did.

A slight mea culpa for anyone out there who's a Van Halen fan...AJ should have looked up the name of their bass player, but said it wrong. It's not Anthony Michael, but Michael Anthony.

Then we read some "Brazen" Mean Tweets.

The constant back and forth insult wars that Eve and Summerset have been carrying on over the last 50+ books is a staple of the whole series. They used to do it because there was very clearly an animosity between them. But after a while, they started to actually care [...]