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              I’m curious about whether or not Large Print books abbreviate the story from the regular print version.   The reason I am wondering this is because some of the chapters in the Large Print version I had of Manhattans & Murder seemed really short.   If the book had been in regular print, the chapters would have been even shorter.   Since I only have access to the Large Print version, I’m not able to compare, although I would be very interested to find out.                   Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is on a whirlwind promotional tour in New York City.   As it is Christmas season, it’s not a surprise to see Santa Clauses on the street.   What Jessica doesn’t expect is to recognize one of them.   Even though the man is hidden behind a beard, Jessica recognizes one of the Santa Clauses as Waldo Morse, a Cabot Cove native.   He’s also a man who got into trouble with drug runners and went into witness protection.   Which is probably part of the reason why W

            I came across McFarland, USA on TV one night.   It seemed interesting, but unfortunately, it was on late and I needed to go to bed.   I only got to watch part of the film.   So, I got it from the library .   I’m glad I did instead of leaving things where I had left off, because it was a really good film.                    Jim White (Kevin Costner) is a disgraced football coach.   He lost his job after throwing a shoe at a student and accidentally cutting the boy’s face.   Now, no one will hire him.   The only option White and his family have is to move to McFarland, California.   There he will work at the local high school and live in a community that is mostly Latino, something he and his family are definitely not used to.                 Working at the school is a great adjustment for White.   In all honesty, he is not happy to be there and is not overly interested in anything that is happening.   Very quickly White manages to get himself fired as the assi

            Here is another book found during the raid of my library’s mystery section .   While there is some magic in it, there is not as much as in other series I have read.   The magic that is included, I am very curious to see how it is used in future books.                 Ella Mae LeFaye was all too eager to escape her hometown of Havenwood, Georgia, especially with the bully Loralyn Gaynor hanging around.   Her escape does not last too long, though, because one day Ella Mae finds her husband cheating with two women in an elevator.   Immediately Ella Mae leaves New York City, where she has been living, and returns home to her mother, aunts, and their friend Reba.   It is these women that encourage Ella Mae to open a pie shop, especially once they find out that Ella Mae has the ability to infuse whatever she is feeling into the pies.   The problem is the space Ella Mae wants for her pie shop is also being eyed by Loralyn, Ella Mae’s high school bully.   A woman who

My version of shopping therapy is to raid the library .   It doesn’t cost anything, and it’s very easy to return a book or movie if I don’t like it.   So, sometimes, I wander the library and check out anything that seems interesting.   One time I did that with just the mystery section.   I ended up with a lot of different series to try, including the Molly Murphy mysteries.   Of course, as what usually happens, the book I picked up was far down in the series.   I had to reserve the first one to see where the story began.   What I got was a really good book that I did not want to put down.                 Molly Murphy has killed someone.   She didn’t do it on purpose.   It was clearly an act of self-defense.   The man was forcing himself on her and she did what she had to do to escape.   Unfortunately, the man Molly killed has status in her Irish village.   Why and how she killed the man will not matter.   Despite the man’s actions, Molly will be seen as the guilty party.   He

             Reading the Murder, She Wrote mystery series after having seen all the TV episodes is definitely going to be an adventure.   With the inaccuracies in the first book in the series, Gin and Daggers , it already has been.   Some things in this book do not match up with the show.   From what I understand, because of this, another version of Gin and Daggers was released years later with efforts to fix those inaccuracies as much as possible.   I have not read that version.   The only one I have, and the one I will write about, is the original publication from 1989.                           Famed mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is in London to speak at a convention for the International Society of Mystery Writers.   While in England, Jessica takes a side trip to visit har friend, Marjorie Ainsworth.   Considered a great mystery author herself, it is sad to see Marjorie nearing the end of her life.   Still, even knowing the time may come soon, it comes as a shock when