Was I Right? – Bridgerton Season 2

March 28, 2022 ~ afledglingadult ~ Leave a comment

I absolutely loved The Viscount who loved me and was really looking forward to Season 2. It is significantly different from the book, but an absolutely phenomenal season of television and love story. Due to some of the changes and expansions, I was wrong about a lot of things. How did you enjoy this season?

Edwina acknowledges Kate and Anthony’s connection to Mary or we see that she has a better connection with other suitors and the sacrifice she is making for the family before the bee scene.
- FALSE! In this adaptation, Edwina is much more invested in Anthony’s courtship and her naivete in the books plays about in a very different way.
Francesca is in at least two episodes (especially because she gets married for the first time in the same season as Benedict).
- TRUE! We did not get a lot of personality from her, but did get to see her in 3 episodes off and on again. She is often missing with no explanation. I really hope that she is in a little more moving forward. Then again, I don’t know that Benedict’s season is coming next.
Eloise and Edwina bond over wanting to pursue scholarship and higher education.
- FALSE! Again they went in a very different direction with Edwina though Eloise explores this with another character.
The Cheese couple (Finch and Phillipa) get married.
- TRUE! They are hilarious on screen and I am so glad they did end up being able to be married even with the deceptions of the new heir.
Kate bonds with the Bridgertons after the wedding.
- True… I am giving myself this on a technicality, but hopefully we see some more in the coming seasons.
We see Anthony pick up the trumpet.
- FALSE. Though I have hope for Happy Anthony in the coming seasons taking up new pursuits.
Eloise’s love interest will effect the Featheringtons.
- Sort of! At the very least Penelope feels it is interfering with her role as Lady Whistledown whether or not this is true it does direct Pen and the Queen in a new way.
Colin shows some anger towards Lady Whistledown in front of Penelope.
- YES! Or at the very least sort of takes away her “saving” argument for last season when it comes to what she shared about Marina’s pregnancy. Whistledown took quite the beating the whole season.
Daphne and Violet argue about how to best parent Daphne and Simon’s son.
- FALSE! Though Violet was in conflict with the rest of her adult children on and off through out the season.
The season ends with the masquerade ball or at least the planning of it.
- FALSE! They ended the season pretty ambiguously when it came to who will be the focus of next season. Benedict had so much screen time in a supporting sibling role (which was delightful!), but Colin and Pen’s story events have started to unfold. Benedict also was shown packing up, I think it is a coin toss.

Comfort Reads

March 20, 2022 ~ afledglingadult ~ Leave a comment

I have been in one of the worst reading slumps of my life over the past two months. I can’t tell if it is grief or being overworked or lack of sleep or a combination of all of these plus some. Truthfully, my guess is the later. I feel like I have tried everything to get out of it. I have been turning to comfort reads to have something to do and try to reignite that reading spark. This list felt really random until I began putting it together and then realized it was all stories of people settling into a new place. Let me know if you have a book you always return to that I can try.

Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffery (Fantasy – Young Adult)

Eva Evergreen, the Semi-Magical Witch by Julia Abe (Fantasy – Middle Grade)

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Fantasy – Middle Grade)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Historical Fiction – Adult)

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot – (Non-Fiction – Adult)

Predictions: Bridgerton Season 2

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It is almost here, coming on March 25th to Netflix will be Bridgerton Season 2. After Season 1 went viral at the end of 2020.This series is based on the best selling romance novels by Julia Quinn, each book and now season following one of the Bridgerton siblings love stories. This season is based on my personal favorite “The Viscount Who Loved Me”. However, the series expands past the books to maintain stories for all the siblings and other major characters until time comes for their book. I wanted to share my predictions for what will be added or changed in the story for the upcoming season. What do you think will happen and are you planning on watching?

Edwina acknowledges Kate and Anthony’s connection to Mary or we see that she has a better connection with other suitors and the sacrifice she is making for the family before the bee scene.
Francesca is in at least two episodes (especially because she gets married for the first time in the same season as Benedict).
Eloise and Edwina bond over wanting to pursue scholarship and higher education.
The Cheese couple (Finch and Phillipa) get married.
Kate bonds with the Bridgertons after the wedding.
We see Anthony pick up the trumpet.
Eloise’s love interest will effect the Featheringtons.
Colin shows some anger towards Lady Whistledown in front of Penelope.
Daphne and Violet argue about how to best parent Daphne and Simon’s son.
The season ends with the masquerade ball or at least the planning of it.

Nine Lives

March 5, 2022 ~ afledglingadult ~ Leave a comment

One week ago, my lifelong friend and pet left us to cross over the rainbow bridge. I remember being 6 and having just lost a small kitten to an illness at the pound. We went to go visit my parents friends and meet a new litter that when I was ready, we could take one home. The black and white one was taken. A little lofty orange kitten, who did not want to be held, soon became my Happy. Happy was not named because of his incredibly pleasant attitude, but because I had been denied naming my cousin such and we had a strict alphabetical policy to follow. His namesake was the dwarf from Snow White.

He had a very full life, beginning with a crazy family, a love for hunting, and jumping out a second story window within the first year. He has moved across the country 3 times, hunted everything that moved or might have potentially, faced off with an evil doppelganger, and survived a house fire. His life was long and full. I know mine was with him. I always had a friend, pillow, or surprising story to tell the next day.

Now he is no longer with us life is quieter. I wake up without a furry friend that had crawled into my arms as I slept each morning. I can now sleep near the edge of the bed. As a result, I really haven’t slept at all. I don’t have an automatic lap warmer whenever, I sit down. I don’t hear my partner asking if they can pass out the 5 cat treat of the hour. Our apartment is free of litter boxes, scratching boards, and toys scattered around. I don’t have to be vigilant in putting any beverage down and walking away is going to be shattered to the ground. Anyone will be able to approach me while sick cause no one will be screaming them away. We won’t be keeping tabs on a phantom mouse. Happy was so much of my life and heart for so long it is going to take along time before I can’t reach any kind of feeling that this could now be my new normal, nine lives less.