My Current Interest

There are some books that take me a long time to read. Then there are some I read quickly because I am curious about what direction the story is going to go. The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem was a book I read quickly. The Marriage Clock Zara Raheem If only life were like a romantic movie Leila Abid has always imagined that finding the man for her would be like a Bollywood movie. So far, her path to a husband has been nothing like a movie. Now that Leila is in her mid-twenties, her parents are starting to get anxious about the fact their daughter is unmarried. Her mother is particularly upset about this single status. To solve the problem, Leila’s mother decides to help her find a husband in the traditional way she grew up with in India: by arrangement. For a while Leila lets her parents set her up with men. When these dates all turn out badly, Leila asks for time to find a husband on her own. Her parents give her three months. Three months to find a husband In those three...

Something interesting happened while I watched this eighth season of Endeavour . I have seen this season twice now, once on PBS and once on DVD . Both times I noticed DS Jim Strange far more than I did DS Endeavour Morse. What makes this so interesting is the show is named after Morse and he is the main character, yet I noticed a side character far more than him. I figure this just goes to show how much the Strange character is strengthening as the series goes on. Morse keeps finding more things to struggle over, pushing him into the background of life. As the struggles continue to worsen, I have to wonder if Morse would prefer if he simply disappeared. Endeavour Season 8 Shaun Evans and Roger Allam Soccer can be a dangerous game The first episode of the eighth season, “Striker,” forces Detective Sergeant Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) into a world he has zero interest in. That is the world of sports. A threat has been put on the life of star soccer player Jack Swift (Julian Moor...

It was frightening how similar the situations in The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick are to events that have happened in my life. The book experiences are more extreme than my own, but I still understood all to well what was going on. You may be surprised how much you can relate to this book too.            The Library of Lost and Found Phaedra Patrick Everyone has a breaking point Martha Storm spends her life doing things for other people. She does so much, she has a notebook with a list of things she must get done for others. It is not often everything on the list is accomplished. Yet, even with Martha’s inability to finish everything, the list keeps growing. It grows because, no matter what, people keep taking advantage of Martha and wanting her to do things for them. One day it all gets to be too much. Martha finally has enough of constantly doing things for others while receiving nothing in return. She tells the library book club, as w...