My Current Interest

Mountain View /Artwork by Kate Dorsey                 It has taken me years to read this book.   Absolutely years.   I would start it, then for some reason stop because it would not keep me attention.   This happened more than once, and it almost happened this time too.   Then I finally got through the part holding me up.   After this, it was still a slow story for a while, until I hit a certain point and it flew.                              Christy Huddleston feels she must go to Cutter Gap in the Smoky Mountains and become a teacher.   She is only nineteen and used to a somewhat privileged way of life in Asheville.   After hearing a missionary named Dr. Ferrand speak about a Quaker woman named Alice Henderson, Christy knows her life must change.   She is meant to become a teacher.                 Christy has all sorts of ideas about how things will be when she sets out for Cutter Gap.   Right away upon her arrival at the closest train station in El Pano, Christy finds out

             I have a problem.   All too often when I have things to get done, all I want to do is read.   Then I do, not getting done what I should as a result.   Ah, well, at least I can say reading is not the worst way to spend my time.                 It’s not easy for Malcolm Carlesso to welcome two new sisters into his life, but that is exactly what he has to do.   His grandfather, Alberto, has discovered his son fathered two daughters.   Excited to have more family than he previously thought, Alberto invites his granddaughters to come live with him and Malcolm.                 One of the granddaughters is Keira, a twelve-year-old.   She is already living with the Carlesso family when the book begins.   Not sure what to do with a girl of that age, Malcolm, a grown man, does not have the best relationship with her.                 Callie is the second granddaughter. She is in her twenties and is a felon trying to get her life back on track.   Learning she has any family a

Image provided by Kensington Books.            As is my habit, I always have to start a series at the beginning.   Beginning in the middle is not for me.   That’s why when I received one of the Chocolate Whisperer books as a galley proof, I had to go back and find the first book in the series to see where everything started.   I’m glad I did, because in the first book, Criminal Confections , the main character hasn’t even met an important character in her life that is in the galley I received.   From the first book to the one I received, there is so much story to learn.                                Hayden Mundy Moore is a chocolate expert.   She travels the world learning about chocolate and uses the knowledge she gains to help chocolate-related businesses.   Sometimes the help is with a single product or line.   Other times she helps with the business as a whole.   Either way, Hayden’s assistance is kept very quiet, because no one wants to admit they need help with what t

Image provided by Acorn TV.             It’s season three!   So much happens in these six episodes, it’s best I just get started.           Dr. Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia) has been away from The Good Karma Hospital, living on her father’s estate.   Now she has returned because of concerns about her sister’s pregnancy.   Her visit is supposed to only be about being a supportive relative, but Ruby has a hard time not getting involved with the other patients.   Once she does, and remembers what it is like to work at the hospital, Ruby decides to come back to work for good.    Image provided by Acorn TV.                 Working at the hospital means she will have to interact with Dr. Gabriel Varma (James Floyd).   At the end of season two Ruby asked Gabriel to wait for her to figure things out before they got together romantically.   This was easier to do when they were apart.   Faced with seeing each other every day, Ruby and Gabriel must figure out where to take their

           I don’t know about you, but sometimes I come across a book where I feel the character is living my life.   Not exactly, but to the point where it feels the character is going through things similar to what I have been going through.   Whether it is feelings or events, in some ways I feel as though my story is being told.   That is what happened with Waiting for Tom Hanks.            Of course , Waiting for Tom Hanks   is a work of fiction, and to my knowledge I have never spoken to the author in my life, so this being my actual life story is not true.   And I certainly have not gone through everything the main character has.   My point is, sometimes with a book, despite it being fiction, things are all too familiar.             Annie Cassidy loves romantic comedies.   She loves them to the point her ideal man is the characters Tom Hanks plays.   The characters in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail , in particular.             When not working on her freelance a