My Current Interest

              There are some book series I eagerly await the arrival of the next book in the story.   The Magical Bookshop Mysteries is definitely one of those series.                  While it’s great that bookshop owner Violet Waverly and Police Chief David Rainwater are officially a couple, it means they both have to do those couple things they would never actually do on their own.   For Violet it is participating in The Tour de Cascade, a bike race her grandmother Daisy, the new mayor of Cascade Springs , has organized.   The race is something Rainwater wants to do, and Violet agrees to give it a try.                 Their race is cut short, though, when a man is killed on the course.   The deceased is Joel Redding, a private investigator who was far too interested in Violet and her bookshop, Charm...

                I have always found Jessica Fletcher’s life exciting.   Minus the murders, of course.   She’s a successful author, with great friends, and the ability to travel the world.   Too bad murders keep getting in the way of all the fun.                 All mystery writer Jessica Fletcher wants to do is spend some time by herself improving her art skills.   It is a plan that fails miserably when the model Jessica is sketching dies right in front of the class.   With no one seeming to be upset about Miki Dorsey’s death, Jessica takes it on herself to find out whatever she can about the young woman.                                          While lo...

                  I’m going to start off by saying that any comments I make in this post are based on the characters of this show, not the actual human beings.   I say this because this show is based off of things that happened to real people who are still alive today.   Any criticism I write about is about the character, and not directed at the person in real life.                 Princess Elizabeth (Claire Foy) is a newly wed with young children.   While her father’s health is not the best, everyone expects King George VI (Jared Harris) to rule for many more years.   That is why it comes as such a shock when he is found in his bed, having passed away in the night.                 Upon hearing the news, Elizabeth and her husband, Philip (Matt Smith), are rushed back t...

             Finally!   A book that’s really about larger sized women, and not in a negative way.   There wasn’t any obsessive dieting or exercising by these women.   Instead, they celebrated who they are, no matter their size.   It’s about time we have a book like that.                    Mitzi Taylor has turned the fact that she has a larger dress size into a business.   She and her friends, Jody and Paula, have opened a wedding dress shop for plus-size women only.   It is a niche most wedding boutiques are unable, or unwilling, to cover.   With so many women unable to get service elsewhere, their shop, The Perfect Dress, is a success.                 It is at the shop that Mitzi meets her high school crush Graham Harrison after years of being apart. ...

           I’m really not sure how I came across Pride .   I don’t know if it was from the Milwaukee Film Festival catalog.   Or it could have been a recommended film on Netflix.   Maybe it was a preview in the front of another film.   As much as I like to know how I found something, in the end, does it really matter?   Probably not.   What matters is whether or not I think this is a good film.   I do.                 It’s 1984 and the miners of Great Britain are on strike.   They have been on strike for months, with no end in sight.   To help the cause, a man by the name of Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer) decides to form a group that will collect money for the miners.   The group is called Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners.   They are a group of gay men and a woman who figure out ways to collect money that will then be give...

Image provided by Kensington Books.         Okay, really?   What is with parents and pushing their children to get married?   Aiden’s mother is practically shoving him into marriage with Bailey even though they haven’t had their first official date, yet.   His mother, Juliet, is so bad, she’s already running around town planning their wedding.   This includes the wedding date.   If Bailey wasn’t the type of person she was, Juliet just might end up being the next murder victim.                It has been an exciting six weeks for chocolatier Bailey King .   She has been in New York City filming her new cooking show about how to make Amish candy.   As much fun as it was to be back in the city, Bailey is ready to go home.   She has missed her new home of Harvest, Ohio; especially her grandmother; the family’s Amish candy shop; and her boyfriend, Sheriff Deputy Aiden Brody. ...

           When I first saw the commercials for Book Club , I wasn’t sure what to think.   It looked like the movie could either be really funny, or really bad.   When I finally saw it, funny was the answer.                   It’s been years since four friends started their monthly book club as young women.   Now older, the women have gone through many different life events and stuck together through it all.                   Vivian (Jane Fonda) never married.   She owns her own hotel and moves from man to man.                 Sharon (Candice Bergen) is a judge, divorced, and has a son who has become newly engaged.              ...