13: Can Eastern Promises Viggo Mortensen Get It? - The Professional (Game Makers)

The Game Makers Series! Kresley’s first foray into contemporary begins with The Professional, which is some kind of book, y’all. Originally released in three parts over six weeks, The Professional stars Natalie, an American Ph.D. who happens to be the long lost daughter of a Russian mobster, and said mobster’s bodyguard, who can’t get enough of watching her in the tub. Or on his cellphone. Or tied up in a sex club. You’ll see!

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Show Notes

• When we asked about the serialization of The Professional, listener Sarah Asnaashari came to the rescue!
• Serialization of novels used to be very common, and although we've all heard the myth that Dickens was paid by the word, in fact he was paid by the installment.
• Roxie Rivera is the author of the Her Russian Protector series, relevant to everyone's interests, she also wrote a "prison planet romance" series under the name Lolita Lopez.
• Eastern Promises is a great movie.
• Scroll down this list for the description of Edward's creepiness in Twilight.
• Sookie Stackhouse is a telepath in the books and TV show. This is an interesting essay on why Hollywood should stop talking about telepathy as a disability.
• That Wayne's World flashback noise.
• Jen will never get tired of the greatest real estate listing ever.
• Real hurricanes form over the Atlantic very similarly to the way Jen describes a hurricane of an alphahole forming.
• We want characters to have agency.
• The story of Anastasia Romanov is pretty amazing. Jen recommends this YA book called The Family Romanov for both adults and middle school readers.
• George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice is an awesome album, and Jen still thinks Freedom is one the greatest music videos of all time. Sarah's theme song is Too Funky.
• Jen recommends (in that "this book is terrifying way") The Man without a Face: the Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. But if you just want the quick and dirty version, read this story about how Putin stole a superbowl ring from Robert Kraft.
• The Pirate's Code.
• Romance author Jayne Ann Krentz often talks about how author's have a "core story."
• Dark Skye is our next IAD book.

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