My Current Interest

                The story in this book is both terrifying and horrifying.   It is a book everyone should read.   I say this because every single day it is possible for these events to happen, with any group of people.   All anyone has to do is decide who the enemy should be.   Then, with enough power, the rest falls into place.   It is up to us to make sure that doesn’t happen.                 Persecuted for her religious beliefs.   Taken from her home in the middle of the night to live behind electrified fences with others of “her kind”.   This is what happens to Layla Amin.   From what I’ve written, one would think this is a historical novel, as these actions sound very familiar.   It is not.   This novel is set today, in California, the United States.   Only this time, the ones being taken away are Muslim.                     Layla is a teenager, who, like many other teenagers, was caught kissing her boyfriend.   The difference is, her act drove Layla’s parents to remove her

           I read this book in a day.   There’s just something about this series that has me wanting to drop everything and read.   When I have a day where I can do that, it’s wonderful.                 Newly arrived in America, Molly Murphy is trying to build a life for herself.   She’s taken over the private investigator business from her deceased employer, wanting to make it a success.   Despite her best efforts, this is very difficult for her to do.   All because she is a woman.            It’s the early 1900s and there are certain places women are not allowed to enter.   Also, if Molly is out past a certain time of night, the police think she is up to no good.   That is why it comes as such a relief when two cases that she can do during the day come her way.   Even better, they have nothing to do with divorce, which were the type of cases her employer often took.   No, the main problem of these two cases is going to be finding the time to do them both at once.          

Image provided by Acorn TV.                 Sometimes I need a break from mysteries.   As much as I love mysteries, it is good to watch a TV show or movie where people are simply living their lives and not figuring out who killed or hurt someone.   Watching these people go through tough times isn’t always easy, even if it is fictional, but it is a nice break from murder.      Image provided by Acorn TV.                 After her fiancé leaves her, Dr. Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia) decides to leave her English life behind her and move to India.   She expects to work at a fancy, state-of-the-art clinic, but ends up at the very rural Good Karma Hospital instead.   This hospital is unlike anywhere else she has worked.   With few doctors, a constant shortage of supplies, and a continuous flow of patients, the work is hard and the hours are long.   To make things even more difficult, Ruby keeps having to battle the differences between India and England.   Some of the differences

              I’ve come to a realization about the Murder, She Wrote books .   I highly doubt I’ll ever fully hear Angela Lansbury’s voice while I read them, and there will always be things that don’t line up with the show .   So, if I think of the books as a separate entity from the show, I may be better off.                 Successful mystery book author Jessica Fletcher is off to San Francisco to promote her newest book.   While there, she plans on visiting a women’s correctional facility to teach the inmates about journal writing.   The session goes well, but when she leaves, Jessica discovers one of the women has slipped her a journal she has already written.   The author is Kimberly Steffer, and the journal chronicles her thoughts on her case and the murder of her husband, which she claims to be innocent of.                 After speaking with Kimberly at the journal writing session, and reading pieces of the journal, Jessica is inclined to believe Kimberly is innocent to

                I don’t know how Lindsey puts up with the two men squabbling over her affections.   Their antics get so childish.   I know it would drive me crazy, and both men would be far less appealing in the end.                 The last person library director Lindsey Norris expects to find hiding in her library is her brother Jack.   A world traveler, Jack is never in one place for very long.   Also, there is no job he could possibly have that would bring him to Lindsey’s small town.   Still, despite wondering why he has appeared for a visit, Lindsey is excited to see her brother.   At least she is until a dead body is found and her brother goes missing.                 Since the body is found in the room of the library where Jack was resting, Lindsey is reluctant to tell the police about his presence.   Even after Jack is kidnapped, Lindsey is hesitant to bring in the police.   She knows Jack is innocent of murder, but she worries that by telling the police he has been k