My Current Interest

Image provided by Acorn TV.            I think it took me over a year before I was able to get my hands on the DVDs for this miniseries.   My usual DVD sources just weren’t getting it in.   That’s why, when one of my sources suddenly had Close to the Enemy available, I rushed to have the first disc sent to me.   Then, once I received the disc, I took awhile to watch it.   As much as I wanted to see Close to the Enemy , I thought it might be on the dreary side, and I wasn’t up for dreary.                 Eventually I did pop the DVD into the player and watched the first episodes of this series.   I found that yes, this series is a little dreary, but not nearly as much as I had expected.   The story was also really interesting, which is why once I finished with the first disc, I immediately requested the second, and then the third after that.   Each time I wanted to know what was going to happen next, and by watching each disc so close together, I gave myself much less of

              I really zipped through Tarnished and Torn .   Staying up far too late reading, when I should have been asleep, it should not be that surprising that I got through this book so fast.   I’m not sure it took me even twenty-four hours.   That’s how much all I wanted to do was read.                 Lily is doing her best to move forward now that Sailor, a man she greatly cares about, has up and left town without a word.   Her friends are definitely trying to help Lily feel better.   One of the ways they attempt to get Lily’s mind off of things is by taking her to a local gem show.   While there, she might find some interesting things for her vintage clothing store.                 What starts out as a pleasant outing quickly gets turned on its head when a fire breaks out.   While everyone else runs for the exits, Lily finds herself drawn to one of the vendors.   She finds the woman, Griselda, pressed to death, which is a common torture technique used against wi

               I have inherited my mother’s fascination with watching how things are made.   That’s probably why I can watch the same episodes of Forged in Fire over and over again without any problems.   No matter how many times I see the same episode, I always seem to spot something new.                 Forged in Fire is a competition show where the contestants create weapons.   In the first round, the four contestants make a knife of their own design.   They are each given specific length specifications, and sometimes even a non-traditional material or not commonly used technique.   Other than that, the contestants are given pretty much free rein to design what they like.   After the allotted time is up, the knives are inspected by the judges, one contestant is eliminated, and it’s off to round two.                 In round two the remaining contestants must create a handle for their knives, as well as clean up anything wrong that was spotted during the first round o

Image provided by Acorn DVD.             I almost stopped watching Blue Murder after the first episode.   That would have been a mistake.   Had I stopped after the first episode, I would have missed out on a really great series.   I’m glad I trusted my instincts that maybe the first episode was overdone, as so often happens with new shows.   It’s also good that I went with my usual practice of at least going through the first season of episodes before truly deciding on a series.   So many bumps that happen in the first episode can be figured out by then, which is what happened here. Image provided by Acorn DVD.                 DCI Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin) definitely has her plate full.   She’s raising three kids, is pregnant with a fourth, and has a cheating husband.   And that is just her home life.   At work Janine has been recently promoted, she has an extremely cranky boss, manages a rambunctious group of men (including an old love interest), and has murder