Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books, Movies, and TV
Happy Easter!
To me, Spring has officially begun, even though I know that technically, it began on March 20. The grass is turning green, the birds are chirping, and the squirrels are begging for more peanuts.
I hope everyone has a joyous and safe holiday!
Your monthly mystery book recommendations that you all have been telling us about have been terrific! So terrific, in fact, that I have now got a TBR list accumulating on my Kindle!
When I first got my Kindle for Christmas, I decided that I wouldn’t have a TBR “bookshelf” like I do for my “real” books. I have so many books in my bedroom’s bookshelf, that I decided I’d prefer to buy my Kindle mysteries after I finish reading one, rather than accumulate them.
Well, after reading your March recommendations, I bought six new Kindle books, to add to the five I bought after reading your February recommendations. Good grief! Here I go again, accumulating more books!
I just finished a Cozy Mystery book that one of you recommended, but I don’t think this author is going to be making my “favorite authors” list. I’m just not sure I like the main sleuth enough to follow her through several more books in this particular Cozy Mystery series. (I’m not trying to be “coy”>>> but you know how I feel about posting negative remarks.) There is just nothing that makes me want to spend more time with the sleuth. I have to admit that the only reason I finished (by “finished” I mean “skimmed through to the end”) the book is because I didn’t absolutely “hate” the sleuth, just didN’T like her.
Anyway, next month, when I accumulate the Monthly Cozy Mystery Book Recommendations for April, I am going to absolutely refuse to get any more Kindle books, and will simply make a list of the authors who look really interesting to me. At least, that will be my good intention…
“April come she will Welcome to April! I can’t think of a better way to begin the month, than listening to Paul Simon’s April Come She Will song.
I remember my older sister had Simon & Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence album (yes, I said “album”!!!) and I absolutely loved listening to it. (Thus my Peter, Paul and Mary enjoyment… along with the Cowsills!)
My older brother, on the other hand, brought “hard rock” into our home. Rolling Stones were BIG with him. So I sort of benefited from both of my older siblings’ musical preferences. From one end of the (folk music) spectrum to the hardest of the hard side. (Of course, the Rolling Stones of way back then were anything but “hardest” compared to today’s “hardest of the hard side”!)
Anyway, rather than take the April Fools stance for today, I decided to go back to my WAY back days, to the days when listening to my older sister’s and brother’s music was simply a way of life. So, Happy April, and
The USA channel show In Plain Sight is going to be returning tonight! Yes, tonight – March 16, 2012. Mary (Mary McCormack) will be back after maternity leave, and Brandi (Nichole Hiltz), … well, I’m assuming she will still be single after last season’s cliff hanger. I sure hope we get to see more of Jinx (Lesley Ann Warren) this season, and I also hope this show is not in its last season! (It’s going to be bad enough losing The Closer after this summer’s run!)
In Plain Sight is one of my favorite shows. It ranks (for me) right up there with TNT’s The Closer. Both of these shows are on “non-major” networks, which may have something to do with how women are portrayed on the major networks, and perhaps because they aren’t major network shows, the writers try harder. (I don’t know of any really good shows that feature strong, female leads on the major networks. – I’m sure though, that I will hear from people who know of such shows, they just aren’t shows that have “hooked me” into watching them.)
And, the writers have managed to make the male characters on the show interesting, also. I love Marshall Marshall Mann (Frederick Weller), Mary’s long-suffering boss Stan (Paul Ben-Victor), and think Brandi made a terrible mistake with Peter (Joshua Malina). As for Raphael (Cristián de la Fuente), well… what’s to say? I guess Mary just didn’t want to be burdened with absolute perfection!
If you haven’t already watched In Plain Sight, I strongly recommend that you do. (I would definitely watch it chronologically, though.) If you are a fan (as I am!): Get over to your DVR right now, or make sure you are watching tonight as Albuquerque’s Witness Protection marshalls do their thing!
