My Current Interest

                Just as with The Killing Fields , All the President’s Men is a film I decided to take off my movie list and get from the library instead.   I was especially motivated to do this when I saw on my movie list this film suddenly had a very long wait.   It went from no wait for forever to very long wait practically overnight.   This change of status made me very curious as to what could possibly be in this film.                            It is the 1970s and all sorts of questions are surrounding the Richard Nixon presidency.   Watergate has happened, but the public does not know the full extent of what the break-in means.   Bob Woodward (Robert Redford), a journalist, senses there is more to the break-in story than is being revealed.   So, ...

              Just as with Curiosity Thrilled the Cat , I swear I’ve read this book before.   Again, when I did, for some reason I did not continue with the series.   That is very odd, because now that I have finished reading Secondhand Spirits this time, I want to know what happens next.   It’s funny how things can change with time.   Before, I didn’t read the next book.   Now I eagerly await it.                 Lily Ivory is a witch.   While she fully accepts that is who she is, it is not exactly something Lily is thrilled to admit around others.   In the past, she has found people not too accepting of her witch status.   This is why Lily has spent many years of her life traveling around the world, hiding from those who wish to do her harm.   She would possibly still be doing that if she had no...

               When I saw the Magical Cats Mystery series in the back of another book, I did not know how I could resist at least giving it a try.   Magic and cats, for me what’s not to love?   So I began to read the first book in the series, and was surprised to find that instead of feeling I was discovering something entirely new, I found myself feeling as though I had read this book before.   So many things were familiar.   A lot of the characters, and even the situation the main character was in, I felt I already knew.   Fortunately, the familiarity did not leave me with knowing who the culprit was, so I could still enjoy the book, but it did have me wondering why I did not continue with the series the first time around.   Of course, there could be many reasons for this, including at the time there was only one book to read, but I spent a good deal of time wracking my brain as to ...

               Argh!   I am so frustrated!   I found a really good show, but I will only ever have six episodes of it because it was cancelled after one season.   How aggravating.                 It’s World War I and four women have arrived at a field hospital in France.   One of the women is a nurse while the others are volunteers, there to do everything the medical staff do not have time to do.   Each of these women come from very different backgrounds and points of view.   These differences make it difficult for some of them to get along, creating tension in a situation where they all came expecting unity.                 The volunteer that has the most difficult time getting along with others is Rosalie (Marianne Oldham).   ...

               Here I go again, trying out a bunch of new mystery series.   This time it’s a magical bakery.   When I saw that premise, I knew I had to give this series a try.                 Katie Lightfoot has moved to Savannah, Georgia to open a bakery with her aunt and uncle.   A trained baker, Katie is thrilled for this new opportunity.   Not only is this something she has dreamed about, but she will be leaving behind a bad work situation as well as a broken engagement.   This move from Ohio to Savannah is just the change Katie needs.                 What Katie finds, however, is much more change than she ever expected.   That’s because Katie discovers she is a witch.   She also learns that she’s not the only witch in the f...

               I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure about this book when I first started it.   Immediately something put me off.   I don’t know if it was the language or the attitude of the first character we’re introduced to (which is not A.J. Fikry).   Either way, despite my initial reaction, I felt the need to keep going and give the book a better shot than the first few pages.   I am very glad I did.                 A.J. Fikry is a cranky man.   He owns a bookstore, but the types of books he likes and is willing to sell are very limited.   This makes it difficult for Amelia Loman, the new sales rep for a publishing house, to sell him any books.   On a whim, though, Amelia decides to leave A.J. a book she is particularly fond of.   It is the story of a man who found love very late in life.  ...

            For as long as I can remember, I have read about and studied World War II.   Mostly what I have looked into has been the Holocaust, which is probably why I missed the information about the German occupation of the Channel Islands.   That, however, cannot be the full reason.   With all the things I have read and watched, and with having taken more than one class that covered World War II, one would think somewhere along the line this occupation would have been mentioned.   Either I completely missed it, or it truly was not mentioned.   That is why, when I started watching the show Enemy at the Door , I found myself learning an entirely different part of World War II that I knew nothing about. Image provided by Acorn DVD. Enemy at the Door follows the lives of the citizens of the Isle of Guernsey during the World War II German occupation, as well as the ruling Germans that occupy it.  ...