Nancy’s response in the last panel suggests that Frank has lost that loving feeling and Nancy has to take things in hand, herself. And it looks like we will never find how who or what broke the window in Tiffany’s house. Maybe someone throw Nancy’s book away, it broke the window then disintegrated into dust by the time anyone got around to looking for it,
I am not sure if Coverly’s Cove is a reference to Dave Coverly who does the comic strip “Speed Bump” or a reference to the Covington Cove series of books.
Bernice.Not a single likable aspect of her whatsoever.I don’t recall her offering anything positive to Luann or having anything in common with her since I started reading this strip.THATS her “best friend “ huh?
Bernice recalls the book with crossed arms and her usual smirk. Now Nancy is another matter, she is almost mesmerized thinking of the book’s steamy love scenes and unbridled passion. Look out Frank, you’re about to meet the new, Nancy of the Night.
A dessert makes Nancy think of a book and Bernice seems to agree… wow…. These two have become friends, maybe more friends than Bernice is with Luann. I think Bernice is like a sister to Luann. But with Nancy I don’t think they’re like mother and daughter, more like aunt and niece or just two friends of different ages. However, their bond is growing stronger and I hope this doesn’t end up hurting Luann.
“Hard days, harder nights” – if that is not some double-entendre, I do not know what to think. Next week, Nancy and Bernie take pole – dancing lessons and run across a “Sex For Dummies” handbook at a yard sale.
So imagine everyone is at the dinner table. Nancy serves dessert but says “Oh none for you Luann, I promised yours to Bernice”. Is that the way it would go? In what universe is that a plausible scenario?
I don’t have the slightest idea what they’re talking about. What’s a “cove book.” Why would Nancy find it hard to stay seated? Why would that make her give it to Bernice?
And yet the book still hasn’t helped Bernice’s unpleasant personality. Just how many of these “Bernice learns to loosen up a bit (but the lesson doesn’t stick past the end of the week)” storyarcs are there gonna be?
Still, at least we get a bit of Nancy, who Bernice isn’t gonna dare insult like she does her so-called “best friend.”
I like that Bernice and Nancy have an appreciation for one another and can talk. Calm start to new year. Probably won’t last long. Frustration and angst will eventually set in. Maybe when Luann walks in? =;-)
First off, I don’t hate Bernice, she is a work in Luannverse time progress. But Mordy brought up a point that I think is important: Bernice and Nancy seem to have a closer, relationship, more friends than her daughters BF/temporary, paying roommate. Sharing steamy novels is something Nancy would not likely do with Luann. Should she? Bernice also has been shown doing all kinds of things Luann is deficient at, including keeping her room clean. etc. But then the two young adults are ying and yang anyway. So, let’s see developments.
Aww these two are bonding. Pretty snarky remark by Berniece about getting rewarded with Luann’s dessert. She reminds me of the girl with dark intentions who worms her way into the unsuspecting family’s good graces only to wreak havoc in all those old Lifetime movies. lol
These two could actually write books. Both have the willpower to stick to what they start. It would be funnier if Frank were the author of romance novels.
I think it’s really creepy that Nancy has nurtured a mature, sexual relationship with her daughter’s friend. And is Bernice doing their bookkeeping now? Since when does putting together a few binders once a year worth a whole years’ rent??
Bernice didn’t say how she was sitting reading that “Bodice Ripper.” From what Nancy is implying, she had to get up and fan herself a “few” times while she was reading it.
These type books are something these two share in common. Luann is not interested in this type of “literature” and Nancy would probably not be comfortable talking to her daughter this way.
So Bern & Nancy are getting a little frisky. Could be interesting if their comments get more frisky – but otherwise this will be a flat tire at the onset of the trip.
Personally I find books like this more laughable than hot. What do the rest of Luann’s female readers think? Are you a fan of this type of thing and if so, why?
Bernie purports to earn her keep, but that seems doubtful. Setting up Nancy’s (annual) business binders is a relatively small task, worth relatively small recompense…
lvlax about 2 years ago
The 1st story arc of 2023 is a Bernice story??? That’s it. The year is officially ruined! LOL
J. Scarbrough about 2 years ago
Mm-mm-mmm. . . .
Tyge about 2 years ago
Oh boy. Looks like we’re off to a great start for 2023.
Kymberleigh about 2 years ago
So Bernice gets free room and board just for keeping the DeGroots’ finances in order?
I want a deal like that.
ronaldspence about 2 years ago
starting the year on a saucy note!
Mordock999 Premium Member about 2 years ago
And We’re starting off with Bernice.
Not a very auspicious “start.”
And it looks like she she’ll remain staying for free at the DeGroots for the foreseeable future.
Oh well.
Maybe “things” will pick up by Match.
PS: How long has there been “desert rationing” at the DeGroot household?
beb01 about 2 years ago
Nancy’s response in the last panel suggests that Frank has lost that loving feeling and Nancy has to take things in hand, herself. And it looks like we will never find how who or what broke the window in Tiffany’s house. Maybe someone throw Nancy’s book away, it broke the window then disintegrated into dust by the time anyone got around to looking for it,
howtheduck about 2 years ago
I am not sure if Coverly’s Cove is a reference to Dave Coverly who does the comic strip “Speed Bump” or a reference to the Covington Cove series of books.
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
And we’re off to an interesting start.
GreasyOldTam about 2 years ago
A modern business that runs on paper documents? How old is Bernice, really?
aesirson4 about 2 years ago
Bernice.Not a single likable aspect of her whatsoever.I don’t recall her offering anything positive to Luann or having anything in common with her since I started reading this strip.THATS her “best friend “ huh?
Joe1962 about 2 years ago
I don’t think Bernice is telling the truth about finishing the book.
C Walters Premium Member about 2 years ago
I don’t get the reference. What’s the joke?
nightflight about 2 years ago
Bernice recalls the book with crossed arms and her usual smirk. Now Nancy is another matter, she is almost mesmerized thinking of the book’s steamy love scenes and unbridled passion. Look out Frank, you’re about to meet the new, Nancy of the Night.
RolloTheGrouch about 2 years ago
Is that all Bern is doing in the DeGroot household? Wasn’t she making big hearty breakfasts for the family, taking out the trash, etc.?
Caldonia about 2 years ago
Why couldn’t they have bonded over their love of murder mystery novels? Anything but this.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 2 years ago
A dessert makes Nancy think of a book and Bernice seems to agree… wow…. These two have become friends, maybe more friends than Bernice is with Luann. I think Bernice is like a sister to Luann. But with Nancy I don’t think they’re like mother and daughter, more like aunt and niece or just two friends of different ages. However, their bond is growing stronger and I hope this doesn’t end up hurting Luann.
Enter.Name.Here about 2 years ago
I read “Battlefield Earth” in one sitting back in the early 1980s. I think it took 13 hours. Could NOT put it down. A shame the movie was terrible.
Busrayne about 2 years ago
The only book I can recall reading in was sitting was Stephen King’s Carrie.
Kidon Ha-Shomer about 2 years ago
So, Bern reads “bodice rippers” in lieu of finding a partner? Talk about safe sex!!!
OneTime59 about 2 years ago
Bernice’s homeless street sign would read “will bookkeep for food.”
Brdshtt Premium Member about 2 years ago
“Hard days, harder nights” – if that is not some double-entendre, I do not know what to think. Next week, Nancy and Bernie take pole – dancing lessons and run across a “Sex For Dummies” handbook at a yard sale.
Troglodyte about 2 years ago
What a title! :D
comic reader 22 about 2 years ago
So imagine everyone is at the dinner table. Nancy serves dessert but says “Oh none for you Luann, I promised yours to Bernice”. Is that the way it would go? In what universe is that a plausible scenario?
Ellis97 about 2 years ago
Why do I get the feeling that Bernice is secretly trying to steal Luann’s place as Frank and Nancy’s daughter, just to make Luann feel inferior?
JoeSpencer about 2 years ago
Bernice is the only interesting arc. The rest have become inane
Rhetorical_Question about 2 years ago
Hard and Harder ? Why?
Johnnyrico about 2 years ago
Nancy: “Lipps, Inc.”
Jim about 2 years ago
(◔_◔) i really have to STOP scrolling down to read the comments…
ctolson about 2 years ago
That’s ’cause she had to keep changing her wet pants and blouse/t-shirt.
Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 years ago
Did Ann Eiffel write “Hard Days and Harder Nights”? And I’m sure her 2023 Business Binders are all set up, too. Ann come home!
Serial Pedant about 2 years ago
Not given the subject matter…
Ignatz Premium Member about 2 years ago
I don’t have the slightest idea what they’re talking about. What’s a “cove book.” Why would Nancy find it hard to stay seated? Why would that make her give it to Bernice?
Aficionado about 2 years ago
And here I was hoping we were going to learn more about the break in at the mansion.
sueb1863 about 2 years ago
So we start out 2023 focusing on Benice and Nancy’s dirty fantasies. Great.
FrankLeeMeiDere about 2 years ago
What the heck’s a “cove book”?
MAGA Premium Member about 2 years ago
Mrs. G is not helping Bernice’s libido! Is this the year she loses her “innocence”?
Sportymonk about 2 years ago
They both share an interest in the book. Making me wonder if they will share an interest in each other. Maybe they could read it together.
bgby4884 about 2 years ago
The only difference between one’s glasses and the other’s eyes is a straight line.
BJShipley1 about 2 years ago
And yet the book still hasn’t helped Bernice’s unpleasant personality. Just how many of these “Bernice learns to loosen up a bit (but the lesson doesn’t stick past the end of the week)” storyarcs are there gonna be?
Still, at least we get a bit of Nancy, who Bernice isn’t gonna dare insult like she does her so-called “best friend.”
tcayer about 2 years ago
Is that the successor to “50 Shades of Grey?”
Cornelius Robinson Premium Member about 2 years ago
That happens to be the name of a song by A-Psyck the Occult Father
rrsltx about 2 years ago
Nancy had the wrong daughter.
BuckarooDave about 2 years ago
Will Jack get mentioned?
mountainclimber about 2 years ago
A good start for the year, no Tiffany. Now if we could just get more Bets and Tara . . .
Alberta Oil about 2 years ago
Can someone give a link to the book.. seems interesting but my Google comes up.. empty
Crann Bethadh about 2 years ago
Binder organization and not-so-subtly-titled romance novels, starring my least-favorite character. 2023 is off to a promising start. :-\
RadioDial Premium Member about 2 years ago
This comment section… tl;dr
Emperor Rick about 2 years ago
Lady bits!
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 2 years ago
I don’t want to know what that was all about.
Brazosman1 about 2 years ago
LOVE Bernice’s half-smile! SATISFIED!
YorkGirl Premium Member about 2 years ago
I like that Bernice and Nancy have an appreciation for one another and can talk. Calm start to new year. Probably won’t last long. Frustration and angst will eventually set in. Maybe when Luann walks in? =;-)
2Goldfish about 2 years ago
Room and board are worth 4 binders. Yikes.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 2 years ago
“Have a seat, Bernice…..no, not THAT seat, THIS seat.”
(not sure what that means, just what comes to mind)
eced52 about 2 years ago
I like it. It shows that Bern has no life and will never understand the woes of mortal people.
luann1212 about 2 years ago
First off, I don’t hate Bernice, she is a work in Luannverse time progress. But Mordy brought up a point that I think is important: Bernice and Nancy seem to have a closer, relationship, more friends than her daughters BF/temporary, paying roommate. Sharing steamy novels is something Nancy would not likely do with Luann. Should she? Bernice also has been shown doing all kinds of things Luann is deficient at, including keeping her room clean. etc. But then the two young adults are ying and yang anyway. So, let’s see developments.
eladee AKA Wally about 2 years ago
Aww these two are bonding. Pretty snarky remark by Berniece about getting rewarded with Luann’s dessert. She reminds me of the girl with dark intentions who worms her way into the unsuspecting family’s good graces only to wreak havoc in all those old Lifetime movies. lol
Moonkey Premium Member about 2 years ago
These two could actually write books. Both have the willpower to stick to what they start. It would be funnier if Frank were the author of romance novels.
dlaemmerhirt999 about 2 years ago
WOOF! I like how racey Luann is so often. <3
comic reader 22 about 2 years ago
I think it’s really creepy that Nancy has nurtured a mature, sexual relationship with her daughter’s friend. And is Bernice doing their bookkeeping now? Since when does putting together a few binders once a year worth a whole years’ rent??
BookwormAZ about 2 years ago
Poor Frank
WilliamVollmer about 2 years ago
Bernice didn’t say how she was sitting reading that “Bodice Ripper.” From what Nancy is implying, she had to get up and fan herself a “few” times while she was reading it.
mindjob about 2 years ago
Is it anything like the Carpetbaggers?
eladee AKA Wally about 2 years ago
These type books are something these two share in common. Luann is not interested in this type of “literature” and Nancy would probably not be comfortable talking to her daughter this way.
RSH about 2 years ago
I think this conversation is going to move on to Bern’s relationship with Nil.
kenhense about 2 years ago
So Bern & Nancy are getting a little frisky. Could be interesting if their comments get more frisky – but otherwise this will be a flat tire at the onset of the trip.
kenhense about 2 years ago
Free Room AND board for organizing Nancy’s work records. Well I guess Bern doesn’t have any money – so this is kindness from the DeGroots.
The Quiet One about 2 years ago
Wow, some friend you are Bernice, trying to take Luann’s dessert?
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member about 2 years ago
Too in the weeds for me.
anonymooseandsquirrel Premium Member about 2 years ago
“Hard Days, Harder Nights”. A bodice-ripper! And great title, G&K! ;)
tutibug5 about 2 years ago
With Bernice staying at the DeGroot’s house … we might get to see Luann once in a while.
Caldonia about 2 years ago
Umm, does Bernice still attend the university? Perhaps not.
eladee AKA Wally about 2 years ago
Personally I find books like this more laughable than hot. What do the rest of Luann’s female readers think? Are you a fan of this type of thing and if so, why?
comic reader 22 about 2 years ago
Tomorrow Nancy will discuss her married sex life with her new buddy.
Big Mike about 2 years ago
I guess Bernice is really enjoying Nancy’s book collection. This is a new title than the previous story arc. https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2020/11/10
Luann's BFF Premium Member about 2 years ago
Not necessarily related, but I REALLY miss Delta.
DaBump Premium Member about 2 years ago
Nope, nope. Not going to look up “Coverly’s Cove.” If it’s real, I don’t want to know about it.
Sisyphos about 2 years ago
Bernie purports to earn her keep, but that seems doubtful. Setting up Nancy’s (annual) business binders is a relatively small task, worth relatively small recompense…
R.W.Singer -SF about 2 years ago
Is this PG-13 now?