My Current Interest

     There are books I read that make me really glad I live in the time I do.  Going across land in a carriage takes much longer than a car, train, or plane.  If being contained in a plane for a few hours makes you crazy, think what would happen if you were in a stagecoach!  I certainly hope you like the people you’re traveling with.      Lady Keira Darby is traveling to her sister’s home in Edinburgh when her traveling party is waylaid by an old family friend. Michael Dalmay needs help from Keira’s brother-in-law, Lord Philip Cromarty.      You see, Michael is engaged to be married, but the mother of his fiancée is having second thoughts. That is because Michael’s older brother, William, a man who has been missing for years, has suddenly returned.      Missing with location known would probably be the most accurate statement for what happened to William. Because while everyone else thought William was mis...

     As I’m sure I’ve mentioned many times before, most romance books I get from my mother.    Although I am starting to find some on my own.    Still, it is not a genre I tend to gravitate towards.    Which is why when my mother looked up author Jenn McKinlay , she noticed the Happily Ever After Romance series a lot faster than I did.      Maisy Kelly is making some big changes in her life.    She has quit her professorship because her ex-boyfriend, a man who turned out to be married, stole her job.    Her great-aunt Eloise has died, leaving Maisy in grief.    As an inheritance, Maisy now has a large Victorian house full of books.         When I say a house full of books, I mean FULL.    Books are everywhere.    It is to the point moving around could be a hazard.    And each and every book is a romance.      Maisy’s thoug...

     For many years I watched CSI on TV.   The problem was I kept missing pieces of storylines.   I figured I would find the episodes I missed eventually, and be able to put all the pieces together.   Then the show stopped airing on channels I had access to.   I was still curious about the storylines, and decided to get the DVDs .   To have everything make sense, I started at the beginning.   So far, I have gone through seven seasons.             Gil Grissom (William Petersen) is the supervisor for the late shift at the Las Vegas Crime Lab.   He and members of his team collect forensic evidence at crime scenes.   This field team consists of Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan), and Nick Stokes (George Eads).   Not long after the first episode, Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) joins the team. Photo of back DVD cover taken by Kate Dorsey      Back in the la...

     The entire time I read Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates I felt I read it before. Yet, by the end of the book, I still couldn’t figure out for certain whether I had or not. Not that it really mattered. Whether I read this book or not, I enjoyed reading it this time.      Chocolatier Michelle Serrano is thrilled to have the renovations done on her book and chocolate shop. Her best friend Erica runs the book side of things, while she runs the chocolate. It is a great situation. The two friends can work together and still do what they each love.      With the shop up and running, Michelle and Erica are working with other local business owners to put together a Memorial Day Weekend festival. It will include the first ever West Riverdale Arts Festival and a Great Fudge Cook-Off. The festival is a lot of work, which always manages to grow when Mayor Gwen Ficks comes around. She loves adding things to the festival plan.    ...