August 9th's Sunday/Monday Post

Hello there!  I'm so glad you could join me for this week's Sunday/Monday Post.  As always, I will be linking up to:

Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

I really don't have much to report of excitement this week.  It continues to be hot, which is lovely for August.  Month end close went well at work.  I went paddle boarding on Friday after work.  Just another typical week.

Saturday was my friends' monthly game day.  It was a memorable one.  We found a week about a couple of hours into it, so we had to fill some buckets with water, and then shut off the water.  Not that it kept us from staying and playing games.  I won one early on, but after that didn't come close.  Still, it was lots of fun.

With nothing else to talk about, let's get to it.

Joke of the Week:

What kind of tree fits in your hand?

A palm tree.

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Book Review: Talking God by Tony Hillerman

Tuesday - Book Review: A Taste for Murder by Matt Baker

Wednesday - Movie Review: A Prince in Paradise - A Royal Wedding

Thursday - Book Review: Hell Hath No Fury by Annette Dashofy

Friday - Friday Post featuring A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Movie Review: Jaws - The Revenge

Tuesday - Book Review: A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras by Ellen Byron

Wednesday - Ornament Review: Sandal the Sandman #5

Thursday - Book Review: Serving up the Truth by Debra Klein

Friday - Friday Post

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

Book Haul:

I'm back to my usual book buying habits this week with four books.  One of those was a preorder and rest were ebook sales.

The preorder is Probable Caws, the latest from Donna Andrews.  This is book 39 in her Meg Langslow series, and yes, the titles are always bird puns.  Obviously, I'm a fan if I'm this far into the series.  I'm looking forward to getting to this one soon.

Now, for those ebook sales.  All of these were books I've had my eye on, so when the prices dropped, I jumped on it.

The first is A Spoonful of Gunpowder by Katherine H. Brown. It's described as a Steampunk Mary Poppins inspired cozy mystery.  I'm very curious what that is.  So, when it was on sale Thursday, I snagged it.  It looks like it is back to regular price, which is $3.99 for the ebook.

Next up is The Campervan Detectives by Maeve Haran.  I keep collecting these camping themed cozies, and then I don't read them.  I really need to go about fixing that at some point.  Anyway, this one went on sale for 99 cents, so I got it.  Looks like it is still that price as of Saturday, when I'm typing this.

Finally, we have Caught on Camera, the first Camera Club Mystery from Kara Lacey.  It's been on my radar for a while, and when it dropped to 99 cents (still on sale as of me typing this), I picked it up.

What I'm Currently Reading:

I just finished City of Promises by Victoria Thompson with Ellen Thompson.  Yes, this was the one new book I got last week.  I told you I was looking forward to it.  I enjoyed it, too.  I've got to get a couple of reviews written, including this one.  But I should be posting a review soon.

That means, I've just started Harrowed Heir, the next Court of Mystery novel from Sarah E. Burr.  I've barely started it, in fact, but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to the characters in this book.

Have a great week!

August 8th's Weekly TV Thoughts

Only one week of shows, but there sure are a lot of them now.  It's going to be a busy August leading into the fall season.

The Librarians: The Next Chapter (8/2) – Two episodes a week, these 10 episodes will all air in August.  That aside, I’m sure we aren’t supposed to trust Merlin, but it will be interesting to see if he’s the big bad or not.  Fun to see Dominic Monaghan popping up here.  I did like their confessions.  I felt it took the character development a little deeper than we often get on the show.

Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro – I wasn’t too surprised at who went home.  Or who else was in the bottom two.  Seems like bending the rules almost didn’t pay off, and Shirley is definitely the Len of this show.  I do feel sorry for the couple that went home.  I know there can only be one winner, but I really want everyone to succeed at this point.

The Librarians: The Next Chapter (8/3) – They had a preview from this one last week from the chase scene near the end of the episode.  It was nice to see it in context and see how they overcame it.  Pretty clever episode and fun overall.  I do wish (and yes, I know how ironic that is to say for this episode) that they weren’t quite so obvious with the character development.  Still, that’s a minor complaint.

American Ninja Warrior – Not sure I have too much to say.  Nice to see Barclay hit a buzzer.  Glad Daniel Gill is moving on.  And nice for the Folsoms to get all three family members to the finals.

The Challenge – I wasn’t expecting two episodes.  I wish they would remind us who the people are as well as which team they are on.  Not that I knew too many of the new players this season.  Is it too early to say we have a dominant team?  It seems we have one, but it will be interesting to see if that holds.  Just glad Bananas didn’t get sent home first.  Yes, I know he’s considered a villain, but I like the guy.

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe – Another member of the original cast pops up.  And what a fun twists with her.  Yes, a bit predictable, but still fun.  Also loved the other cameo.  Not sure I like what they are doing with Denise, but we’ll see how it plays out.

Press Your Luck – What a rollercoaster!  From no Whammies in the early parts to losing it all at the end because of all those extra spins.

Anna Pigeon – I’ve never read these books but always been curious about them, so I thought I’d give the show a chance.  I was surprised that the show had a mystery of the week.  I assumed we’d be solving this one mystery over the course of the season, so I expected more.  The scenery is beautiful.  But overall, I wasn’t that impressed.  I found the writing and acting painful at times, and this is coming from a Hallmark channel watcher.  Hopefully, it will work itself out as the season goes along.

August 7th's Friday Post

We've made it to Friday!  Time for this week's Friday Post, where I will be linking up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

This week, I will be pulling quotes for the first three from A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras by Ellen Byron.

Yes, I've got two books from Ellen Byron pretty close together.  But they are from two different series and two different publishers and they wound up coming out back to back, so here we are.

Anyway, this is book five in her Vintage Cookbook Mysteries.  And here's how it begins:

For Ricki James-Diaz, one of the best aspects of her job as proprietor of Miss Vee’s Vintage Cookbook and Kitchenware Shop was seeing the emotional reaction when a customer came upon an item that had special meaning for them.

Nothing to mysterious or suspenseful about that opening, but it does bring a smile to my face.

Meanwhile, at 56% into the ARC, we've got this quote:

Cookie yawned. “I’m done.” She crossed her arms and placed them on the counter, then closed her eyes and rested her head on her arms.
“Hint taken.”

It wasn't the easiest scene to find a quote from since there are some spoilers, but I found this exchange fun.

The book is already out, but I'll be reviewing it on Tuesday as part of a blog tour, so I hope you'll come back to see what I thought.

Let's move on to this week's Book Blogger Hop.  The question is:

Do you see yourself more as an editor, a writer, or just a reader?

I'm just a reader.  And I've had discussions with writers when I say that.  They like to point out that readers are important since they buy the books authors are writing.  I don't mean it in a negative way.  Writers are readers AND writers.  Editors are editors AND readers.  So, when I say I'm just a reader, I'm saying that I don't have another title in the literary world.

And on that note, I'm out.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Book Review: Hell Hath No Fury by Annette Dashofy (Detective Honeywell Mysteries #5)

Stars: 4 out of 5

Pros: Strong characters and a compelling mystery

Cons: One of the subplots was weak

The Bottom Line:

Helping family

Murder complicates the trip

Another great book

Clearing Emma’s Friend of Murder

When I read book four of Annette Dashofy’s Detective Honeywell Mysteries last year, I thought that the ending set up book five, Hell Hath No Fury.  It’s always nice to be right.  It’s also always nice to have a new book in this series since you know you are in for a good mystery.

The series focuses on Detective Matthias Honeywell and crime reporter Emma Anderson.  The two met in book one, and, at this point in the series, they’ve started dating.

The first four books in the series have been set in Erie, Pennsylvania, but this book moves the action to Washington County, where Emma grew up.  Both Emma and Matthias are on leave from their jobs to recover from their injuries from the previous book, so when Emma’s best friend, Eric, calls saying that Emma’s drug addict sister, Nell, has come home, Emma and Matthias take off to help.  But it isn’t long before Emma’s sister gives them the slip again, and the developer who is trying to get his hands on Emma’s family property turns up murdered.  With Eric the prime suspect and Matthias well outside his jurisdiction, can he help?  Or will his efforts make things worse for everyone?

This book doesn’t contain any true spoilers for the previous book, but it does contain plenty of references to it.  I mean, it starts within a day or two of that book ending, so it makes sense.  So, if you are at all interested in this series, I highly recommend you at least start there.  And, let’s be honest, Annette’s books are so good once you start, you’ll want to read them all, so you might as well go back to the beginning.

While this might be the Detective Honeywell series, Emma is as much a main character as Matthias is.  As always, the two trade being the point of view character for the entire book, which is always used to wonderful effect to fully tell the story.

Since we were going to Emma’s childhood home, I thought she would get the majority of the character development, but that wasn’t the case.  While she certainly got her time in the spotlight, Matthias also got his moments to shine.  Eric and Nell have popped up in the past, and it was nice to really spend some time with them.  While that maybe it for returning characters with any significant page time, the new characters we meet along the way help pull us into the story.

I did find one of the subplots weak, but that’s my only complaint with the book.  As always, the main mystery is great.  I was confused as to what was going on and why until I reached the suspenseful climax. 

This is a police procedural, so keep that in mind when you pick up the book.  As long as you go in with your expectations set appropriately, you’ll be fine.

Hell Hath No Fury is another page turning read from Annette Dashofy.  Her fans will be delighted to pick it up.  If you aren’t already reading her books, you’ll want to fix that today.

Here are the rest of the Detective Honeywell Mysteries.

NOTE: I received an ARC of this book.

Movie Review: A Royal Wedding - A Prince in Paradise III

Stars: 4 out of 5

Pros: Nice caper to a fun trilogy

Cons: Plot could have been more original; low-budget cheese

The Bottom Line:

A wedding on hold

Revisiting characters

Who are still charming

Will Politics Stop a Wedding?

When I was perusing Great American Family movies a few years ago, I stumbled on A Prince in Paradise, and immediately fell under its charm.  I was there to watch the Christmas themed sequel that aired in 2024.  And I’ve been keeping my eyes opened for the promised third movie, A Royal Wedding.  It was exactly what I expected, which means I enjoyed it.

If you haven’t been following the franchise, romance writer Olivia (Rhiannon Fish) met Prince Alexander of Trovia (Mitchell Bourke) while both were vacationing on a tropical island.  Despite the differences in their stations in life, they fell in love, getting engaged at Christmas.  Now, the time has come for them to finally wed, and they and their families are thrilled the day has arrived.

But not everyone is happy about it.  One of the lords of Trovia has rallied a few other nobility to invoke a little-known law and stop the wedding the night before it is to take place.  While Alexander’s mother, Queen Patricia (Andrea Moor), attempts to find a legal way to get the wedding back on track, Olivi and Alexander take their own paths to overcome the obastcle.  Will the couple ever get married?

It would have been nice to see them come up with some kind of new obstacle for the couple here since this has been a theme in the first two movies.  And, I get it, this is a real issue for royals over the centuries.  But I feel like they could have found something new to threaten the wedding.

Because, let’s face it, we know where this movie is going to wind up.  It’s right there in the movie’s title.  And it’s what we’d expect from a light romance.  I suspected the how, but I didn’t mind because I was enjoying hanging out with the characters again as they tried to figure things out.  And yes, I might have shed a tear or two.

And this is due to the characters.  They continue to be charming.  I loved getting to spend time with them again.

Obviously, this is due to the acting from the cast.  They bring their characters to life wonderfully and make us want to see what happens in this next chapter.

Now, this isn’t to say the movie (and franchise) don’t suffer from low-budget cheese.  If that bothers you, you’ll want to steer clear.  But if you can accept that, you’ll have fun with these films.

With how this movie ends, I feel like we are saying goodbye to the characters.  I do feel like this is a good place to stop because I feel good about where we left the characters.  But if they decided to revisit Olivia and Alexander, I’d certainly watch.

A Royal Wedding is a fun ending to the A Prince in Paradise trilogy.  Fans will definitely want to tune in to see how it ends.

Book Review: A Taste for Murder by Matt Baker

Stars: 3 out of 5

Pros: Great writing and characters

Cons: Needed a better focus

The Bottom Line:

Grieving detective

Solving a case on Capri

Needed to focus

Two Books in One, and It Shows

When I was looking at upcoming book, A Taste for Murder caught my eye.  Not only did the title sound like a book I would pick up and enjoy, but the author’s name helped.  Matt Baker may not be related to me at all, but the name caught my eye.  I wasn’t sure about the book, but I decided to give it a shot.

The book introduces us to DCI Joe Mottram.  He’s leaving behind his native England and his job as a detective to spend the summer with his teenage daughter and his in-laws in Capri.  He’s hoping that the time will help him reconnect with his daughter and help him deal with the grief of losing his wife.

But then an English business woman falls of a cliff.  Mottram is brought in as a consultant since the victim’s father is powerful.  While at first it looks like an accident or a suicide, there are things that don’t add up for Mottram.  Can he figure out what is going on?

Despite the title, this isn’t a cozy but a police procedural, and includes the things that go along with that subgenre.  I was half expecting that when I picked up the book, so it wasn’t a big surprise to me.

My problem with this book is that it tried to do too much.  We get the story from three different points of view – Mottram, his daughter, Angelica, and the local detective that Mottram winds up partnering with, Lara Sarrancino.  That’s at least one perspective too many.  The issue is that Angelica gets her own storyline, which is one of the weakest aspects of the book and often slows things down.

While focusing on Mottram would help, the book still can’t quite decide what it wants to be.  Is it a mystery?  Or is it a story about dealing with grief?  They are both given equal weight.  Honestly, I was pulled into them, but the switches in focus were a bit jarring.  And the climax of the grief storyline is short changed.

Most of the characters are strong, which is what helped pull me into the story.  One, however, gets a twist part way through that was not handled well at all.

The mystery itself was solid, with plenty of twists and complications on the way to the logical climax.  Not all the twists surprised me, however, since the book leaned into cliches a few times.

While this is a police procedural, Mottram’s in-laws run a popular restaurant, so the culinary scenes are numerous and made me hungry as I read.

I’ve picked up a few books recently where the narration summarizes conversations for us, and this is another of them.  We’d be in a scene where we’d get a direct quote from one character, a summary if how the other person responded, and then a direct quote again.  It was weird and pushed me out of the book.

The book ends with a cliffhanger involving Mottram’s personal life and I just didn’t care.  I won’t be back for a second book with these characters.

Looking at reviews, I seem to be in the minority on A Taste for Murder.  I’m not sorry I read it, but it needed another edit to really polish what was there.

NOTE: I received an ARC of this book.

Book Review: Talking God by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn and Chee #9)

Stars: 3 out of 5

Pros: Great climax; the two leads

Cons: Takes too long for the stories to merge; Chee’s love life still

The Bottom Line:

Separate cases

Too long to come together

Skip unless a fan

Weak Plot Didn’t Quite Work for Me

Every author has a book or two that doesn’t quite work the way they think it will.  For me, that was the case with Talking God, the ninth mystery from Tony Hillerman.

This series usually focuses on the Navajo reservation in the Southwest.  It features Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee.  This particular book kicks off with Leaphorn being asked to help with a dead body that was found near the train tracks just outside the reservation.  While he is only asked to help find any evidence around the body, he can’t help but work more on the case when no one can come up with the identity of the victim.

Meanwhile, Chee is asked to arrest Henry Highhawk for desecration of a grave and then fleeing across state lines.  It should have been as simple as arresting Henry at the ceremony where he shows up.  But Chee feels something else is going on.  Is he right?

There are a couple of issues I had with this book.  The first is that we, the reader, have enough clues to know the two cases are going to intersect at some point.  (Besides the fact that they are in the same book.)  But, since neither Leaphorn or Chee regularly talk to each other, they don’t make those connections until late in the book.  As a result, I grew restless waiting for the storylines to intersect.

Also, a good portion of the story takes place in Washington DC.  Like when an earlier book took us to Los Angeles, it doesn’t quite work for me.  The reservation is a big character in the series, and I miss it when we aren’t there.  It also stretched credibility when both cases take the characters to DC separately for an interconnected story.

Having said that, once the stories come together, we get a great climax.  I was fully on board for that.

I’m also very tired of what we’ve seen of Chee’s romantic life in the series so far.  A storyline that should have been finished a couple of books ago is still dragging on with nothing new added to it.  I’m hoping that things are really finally over there.

Having said that, I do like Leaphorn and Chee and the different perspectives they bring to the cases they get involved in.  There are other interesting characters here as well.  Even if the entire book isn’t set on the reservation, I enjoyed the look at Navajo culture we got here.

I also found it odd that the audio for this book was narrated by Christian Baskous.  I’ve no idea why the narrator changed, especially since we are back to George Guidall for the next one.

Talking God is not the book with which to start this series.  But fans will still be interested in what happens here.

Do check out the rest of the Leaphorn and Chee Mysteries.

August 2nd's Sunday/Monday Post

Welcome to this week's Sunday/Monday Post, where I will be linking up to:

Sunday Post
Sunday Salon
Stacking the Shelves
It's Monday, What Are You Reading?

It's been a fairly quiet week.  Heck, my car hasn't been out of the garage most of the week.  The advantage of working from home, especially with gas prices what they are.  I ran some errands one day, and I went paddle boarding Friday night.  That's about it.

It's also been hot!  We've been in the upper 90's most of the week, reaching triple digits this weekend.  That's summer weather, I don't care what you have to say about it.  (Yes, I know lots of people who complain about summer weather, but I love it!)

Saturday morning, I was able to go to a book launch party for Ellen Byron.  Really, a double launch party since she has books coming out just a week apart.  (Two different series with two different publishers.)  Then, I went to the game group I've been to a few other times about half an hour from me.  It was a good day, but a day that involved lots of driving in the hot weather.  Fortunately, that's why we have AC, right?

Joke of the Week:

How did one tectonic plate apologize to the other?

“My fault.”

This Past Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Book Review: Dead Days of Summer by Carolyn Hart

Tuesday - Movie Review: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Wednesday - Short Story Review: "Robber Crabs" by Joan Druett

Thursday - July Reading Summary

Friday - Friday Post featuring Hell Hath No Fury

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

This Coming Week on the Blog:

Sunday - Sunday/Monday Post

Monday - Book Review: Talking God by Tony Hillerman

Tuesday - Book Review: A Taste for Murder by Matt Baker

Wednesday - Movie Review: A Prince in Paradise - A Royal Wedding

Thursday - Book Review: Hell Hath No Fury by Annette Dashofy

Friday - Friday Post featuring A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras

Saturday - Weekly TV Thoughts

Book Haul:

I said last week I'd have one book to talk about for sure this week.  And, I have...one book to talk about this week.  I managed to avoid any impulse purchases, so the only book is the preorder that came out on Tuesday.

And that book?  City of Promises by Victoria Thompson with Ellen Thompson.  I am extremely excited about this book.  I've been a fan of both of Victoria's series for years, and this book is a crossover between the two.  She had just started it when she passed away a couple of years ago, and her daughter, Ellen, has picked up the reigns and is going to continue both series.  She's started out by completing this crossover.  I will be reading it soon.

What I'm Currently Reading:

But not quite yet.

Over the weekend, I finished A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras, the newest Vintage Cookbook Mystery from Ellen Byron.  Yes, this is one of the two books she's launching right now.  I enjoyed it as always.  My review will be up on the 11th.

Which means I'll be starting this week with Two Truths and a Murder, the fifth Phyllida Bright Mystery from Colleen Cambridge.  This will get me current with the series...until book six comes out at the end of October.

That's it for me.  Have a great week!

August 1st's Weekly TV Thoughts

Buckle in because I have lots of thoughts this week.  It's almost like I didn't watch any TV when I was out of town with my family.  And, a couple of new shows I was wanting to watch started during that time, too.  But I made it through everything on my DVR.

Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro (7/13) – With 12 contestants and one hour, I didn’t feel like I got to know the contestants that well.  I’m sure that will come with time.  Seeing Mark’s mom is fun.  I suspect she will be the Len of this show.  I do feel for those eliminated first.  I always hate to see that first elimination come.

American Ninja Warrior (7/13) – I miss the days where, if you finished, you got to move on.  I hope those sisters practice hard and come back next year.  I’m definitely surprised by some of the eliminations on the races.

The Quiz with Balls (7/13) – I thought the Globetrotters were going to win easily half way through, but that was an impressive comeback at the end.  I figured everyone would wind up in the pool whether they got hit by the balls or not, and all but one did.  More fun than I was expecting.

Press Your Luck (7/16) – What a ride that main game was.  I feel sorry for the guy who got the Whammy at the end, but I did love how the contestants were so supportive of each other.  I was worried that the guy would wind up with nothing from the bonus round since Whammy seemed especially active tonight, but he wound up with some nice cash at the end.

Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro (7/20) – I feel like I got to know the contestants a little better.  Letting them tell the story really focused on five of them.  I feel sorry for the guy eliminated.  Yes, he needed to speak up more, but it still feels like blaming the victim.  But he had a great attitude about it.

American Ninja Warrior (7/20) – So happy to see Daniel Gill do so well.  The wall at the end of some of those obstacles obviously makes them harder.  But I feel like it makes them more dangerous.  How are people not getting hurt coming off that second obstacle? 

The Quiz with Balls (7/20) – The teams dropped so quickly this week.  I struggled with those questions myself often.  For example, I didn’t know the question that ended the week.  I did like the hunters having a vegetable as a gift at the beginning.  I’m sure my reaction of not knowing where they were going was how I was supposed to feel, but the payoff was great.

Stewart Fails to Save the Universe (7/23) – Well, that was just weird.  And dark.  I’m glad I didn’t wind up watching this until the second episode dropped or I might have stopped here.

Press Your Luck (7/23) – Wow!  Two people Whammied out.  I saw it coming with the bonus round, which was hard.  But he still won quite a bit from the first round of the night, which is nice.

Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro (7/27) – Once again, someone went home who didn’t deserve it.  I saw that coming fairly early, too.  When she didn’t come back, I just knew.  I’m glad she was following dr. advice, but it’s still hard to see someone go who was injured by someone else.  As far as the dancing goes, that was intense pressure.  I’m definitely seeing a couple of week contestants who should go, but will they?  That’s the question.

American Ninja Warrior (7/27) – I was sorry to hear that Jamie (Captain NBC) was retiring.  And then he fell part way through.  Another legend I have loved watching for years.  But it was great to see Meghan back again!

The Quiz with Balls (7/27) – That was pretty close at the end.  And all the contestants wound up in the pool.  I’m wondering what triggered him to jump.  Kind of looked like the ball hit him around the barrier, but I could be wrong on that.

Stewart Fails to Save the Universe (7/30) – This was a much better episode.  Not sure how much I laughed, but I was definitely smiling.  And I enjoyed the cameos much more here.  Still curious where they are going with this.  Hopefully, they don’t ruin The Big Bang Theory for me completely with the show.

Press Your Luck (7/30) – After going so long without getting any Whammies, I was afraid she was going to lose.  But she managed to get some prizes at the end.  Plus that amazing first round.  She was certainly a big winner.

July 31st's Friday Post

It's been a couple of weeks, so it's time to jump into another Friday Post, where I will be linking up to:

Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop

My teasers for the first three will be coming from Hell Hath No Fury by Annette Dashofy.

This is book five in her Detective Honeywell Mysteries.  And here's how the book begins:

Matthias Honeywell wanted a romantic getaway with his girlfriend. Driving three hours in a steady downpour to rescue Emma’s drug-addicted sister wasn’t at all what he had in mind.

Meanwhile, at 56% into the book, we find this quote:

“Why isn’t he calling back?” Eric demanded.

The book will be out on Thursday, but I've already read it thanks to an ARC.  I need to write my review, but I should be posting it on Thursday next week.

Meanwhile, let's check in with this week's Book Blogger Hop.  The question is:

If you had to stick to one genre forever, which would you choose and why?

I'm sure it will be no surprise to anyone that I would pick mysteries.  That is pretty much all I read as it is, so of course that would be the genre I would stick with if I had to pick just one.

Have a great weekend!