My Current Interest

               Julian Kestrel is not a new character to me.   Years ago I read all the books in his series (four, I believe), then I spent a great amount of time waiting for another one to come out.   Sadly, I discovered, that was not to be.   The author, Kate Ross, had died.   The only thing I could do was move on from the books and remember them fondly.                            Which is exactly what I did.   Through the years I would think of the Julian Kestrel books and wish that Ms. Ross had had the opportunity to write more, but I had other books to read.   Ones I had never read before, so Julian became pushed to the back of my mind.   At least he was until I saw one of his books featured in the book catalog Bas Bleu .   Suddenly Julian Kestr...

                  I have reached yet another end of a series so far.   With having finished so many series so fast, I’m starting to think I should slow down.   But what fun would that be?   Plus, finishing one series gives me the chance to concentrate on another.   Not that I don’t do that anyways.   Finishing this one will just make it much easier.                 Now that her parents have moved to town and are remodeling their home, life has certainly become more of an adventure for Angie Braddock .   Not that she didn’t have adventures before with her Amish quilt shop and all the murders she solves.   One adventure Angie really didn’t need, however, was a call from her mother letting Angie know her father has injured himself and needs to be taken to the hospital.   Not only does th...

                  What can I say about this show without ruining anything?   That is going to be a really hard thing to do.   With one mystery lasting an entire season, then the trial carrying on in the second, it will be very difficult to have my descriptions stay general, but I will do my best.                     I think the best way for me to talk about Broadchurch is to do it by season.   In season one, Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman) returns from vacation to find the promotion she was promised has been given to someone else.   Furious over the situation, Ellie is not exactly happy that she must directly work with the person who got her job, the new Detective Inspector, Alec Hardy (David Tennant).   With an already stressful situation between Ellie and Alec, mat...

               I’m so happy that once I finished the first book in the Magical Bookshop Mystery series that there was another one already available for me to read.   This series has such great plot lines surrounding its mysteries that I look forward to reading every page.   I also think it would be exciting if this magical bookshop actually existed.   Unfortunately, if it did, the owners wouldn’t be able to tell us about it.                 Despite her original protests, Violet has decided to stick around her hometown of Cascade Springs for awhile.   She is now teaching at the local community college while figuring out how to be the caretaker of her family’s bookshop; a magical bookshop that somehow always picks the perfect book for each customer.   It also helps Violet solve the murders of the town.   ...