S07.44: Relentless Competence & Fixers in Romance
It's been several years since the last time we talked about the allure of competency in romance, but it's a topic we adore, so here we are again, talking about characters with relentless competence and the characters who love them beyond measure. If you're new here, welcome! We're happy to have you!
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Our next read along is Susan Elizabeth Phillips's Natural Born Charmer. You can get it at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.
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Notes
The These Summer Storms tour is a wrap, ending with Sarah in conversation with Rebecca Baumann from the Lilly Library at the Mallow Run vineyard.
That one movie with Keanu Reeves and a vineyard is called A Walk in the Clouds (1995).
You can’t grow grapes anywhere, but you can grow them in a lot more places than you’d think.
The Nora Roberts book about fossils called Birthright, and here’s the manga Dreaming of You. Look at all these editions of Wuthering Heights.
There’s a recent update on the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane from just a few weeks ago.
Watch the video of Delta’s flight crew uniforms over time.
Jen was interviewed by Lauren Sarner from the New York Post for an article about love triangles in pop culture because of the return of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Ranger vs Morelli has been going on for far too long, or maybe it’s over?
We last officially talked about careers back in Season 2, episode 8.
Speaking of fixers, you might enjoy the movie Michael Clayton.
Our next deep dive is Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
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