My Current Interest

                 Despite this movie being set at Christmas time, I wouldn’t call it a Christmas movie.   The holiday itself plays such a little part in what is going on.   Instead, the story is far more about relationships and finding yourself than anything to do with Christmas.                 Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) is heartbroken.   The man she has been in love with for years is engaged to another woman.   A fact announced at the company holiday party.                 To escape with her grief, Iris decides to put her house up for a temporary trade.   Someone will stay in her Surrey cottage while she stays in their home.   The woman she swaps homes with is Amanda.                ...

             One of the big things I have always admired about Jessica Fletcher is the opportunities she gets to travel.  In The Highland Fling Murders, she travels to England and Scotland.  Two places I would love to see.  Unfortunately for Jessica, murder gets in the way of a good time.                 Mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is finally taking her friend, Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Sutherland, up on his offer to visit his castle in Scotland.  She will be staying there, along with eleven friends from Cabot Cove.  But first she must do some book promoting in London.  After that, she and her friends will be able to go off to the small village of Wick in Scotland.                 What starts out as a great adventure quickly turns terrifying when two of ...

Image provided by Kensington Books.            Well, I must say Juliet has toned down her relationship meddling now she has her own relationship to concentrate on.   This was my wish with the last book .   How long this behavior will last, though, I have no idea.                        Juliet Brody is about to get married.   She has been crazy about Reverend Simon Brook for quite some time.   Now they are going to be husband and wife.                 Candy maker Bailey King is the maid of honor.   She’s dating Juliet’s son, Sheriff’s Deputy Aiden Brody.   Juliet loves Bailey and would be thrilled for Bailey to become her daughter-in-law.   In fact, if she wasn’t getting married herself, Juliet would probably be doing her usual habit o...

           Okay, as much as I like Agatha Raisin , someone really needs to tell Agatha off.   Far too much she thinks the world revolves around her and her alone.   If she has something going on, and even sometimes when she doesn’t, nothing in anyone else’s life can have any importance.   It’s all about her. Image provided by Acorn TV.                 Until she decides it’s not.   It’s only then Agatha comes around and sees where she may have treated someone badly.   But it can take a while for her to get there, which is why someone needs to confront Agatha about her behavior so it happens much less often.                 With that said, let’s get on to the show I look forward to watching every season.   It’s season three and there have been changes in Agatha Raisin’s...

Mountain View /Artwork by Kate Dorsey                 It has taken me years to read this book.   Absolutely years.   I would start it, then for some reason stop because it would not keep me attention.   This happened more than once, and it almost happened this time too.   Then I finally got through the part holding me up.   After this, it was still a slow story for a while, until I hit a certain point and it flew.                              Christy Huddleston feels she must go to Cutter Gap in the Smoky Mountains and become a teacher.   She is only nineteen and used to a somewhat privileged way of life in Asheville.   After hearing a missionary named Dr. Ferrand speak about a Quaker woman named Alice Henderson, Christy knows her life must change.   She is meant to ...

             I have a problem.   All too often when I have things to get done, all I want to do is read.   Then I do, not getting done what I should as a result.   Ah, well, at least I can say reading is not the worst way to spend my time.                 It’s not easy for Malcolm Carlesso to welcome two new sisters into his life, but that is exactly what he has to do.   His grandfather, Alberto, has discovered his son fathered two daughters.   Excited to have more family than he previously thought, Alberto invites his granddaughters to come live with him and Malcolm.                 One of the granddaughters is Keira, a twelve-year-old.   She is already living with the Carlesso family when the book begins.   Not sure what to do with a girl of that age, Malcolm, a...

Image provided by Kensington Books.            As is my habit, I always have to start a series at the beginning.   Beginning in the middle is not for me.   That’s why when I received one of the Chocolate Whisperer books as a galley proof, I had to go back and find the first book in the series to see where everything started.   I’m glad I did, because in the first book, Criminal Confections , the main character hasn’t even met an important character in her life that is in the galley I received.   From the first book to the one I received, there is so much story to learn.                                Hayden Mundy Moore is a chocolate expert.   She travels the world learning about chocolate and uses the knowledge she gains to help chocolate-related businesses.   Sometimes the...