My Current Interest

          One can never know with spin-offs.   Sometimes they can be far worse than the original, making one wonder why it was created at all.   Other times it can be a lot better, making the original fade in comparison.   As for The Amish Matchmaker mystery series, the spin-off of The Amish Candy Shop Mysteries , I’m not sure where I stand.   I was happy to have all the marriage pressure that is in The Amish Candy Shop gone.   The problem is, though, the annoying characters who are in The Amish Candy Shop just a little bit are far more prevalent in The Amish Matchmaker .   Since Matchmaking Can be Murder is only the first book in the Amish Matchmaker series, it may take me one or two more books to determine which series I like better.                 Millie Fisher has been away from her Amish community in Harvest, Ohio for many years.   She le...

              I almost stopped watching Land Girls after one episode.   One of the characters was too full of herself, while another was far too naïve.   It drove me crazy.   But, since there were only five episodes, I decided to keep going with the show.   I found the annoying characteristics did lessen some, and that I was able to push my irritation aside because of the other interesting characters.                 It’s World War II and women are moving to an estate to help work the land as part of the Women’s Land Army program.   Joyce Fisher (Becci Gemmell) has lost everyone and everything in a bombing.   The only family she has left is her husband, John (Nicholas Shaw), who is in the Royal Air Force.                        ...

                It’s not always the case that I like every book an author writes.   So far, with Sarah Addison Allen , that is exactly what’s happening.   I have yet to come across a book of hers I don’t like.                 Emily Benedict doesn’t have anywhere else to go.   Her mother has died, and the only family she has left is a grandfather she knew nothing about growing up.   To live with her Grandpa Vance, a gentle giant, Emily must move to the town of Mullaby, North Carolina.   Just as with her grandfather, Emily doesn’t know anything about the town.   If she did, she might know and understand why her mother left it so many years before.                 Knowing why her mother left Mullaby would have been a big help for Emily as she tried to get acclimated ...

               The series Ackley Bridge is definitely a wild ride.   I’m saying this after watching only the first two seasons!   With so much to talk about with this show, I’m just going to get started.                              A new school has been created in the community of Ackley Bridge.   It is a school that unites the white British students and the students with Pakistani heritage from the area into one school.   Not everyone is for this integrated idea, nor do they believe it will work.   For best friends Missy (Poppy Lee Friar) and Nasreen (Amy-Leigh Hickman), two cultures coming together isn’t much of a change. Image provided by Acorn TV.                 That’s because Missy is white and Nasreen is a British-born P...

              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...