Fiction, History, Mystery
Novel: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Certain novels cross my path for which I feel like both the perfect target audience and an imperfect one.…
April 25, 2018
Drama, Mystery, Television, ThrillerTV: Happy Valley (Seasons 1 & 2)
The extraordinary British series Happy Valley may not look like much at first glance: a hard-nosed female police sergeant…
April 25, 2016
Drama, TelevisionTV: Downton Abbey (Season 4)
So Downton Abbey continues, and while I still follow and enjoy it, I’m convinced it doesn’t have much more…
March 2, 2014
Comedy, Drama, TelevisionConfronting the Future Through the Past
Over the past several weeks I caught up on season three of Downton Abbey and season five of Mad…
March 3, 2013
Drama, Fantasy, Spies, TelevisionBackground TV
One thing that doesn’t slow down when I’m in a stressed-out funk is my TV addiction — if anything,…
March 29, 2012
Drama, History, TelevisionTV: Downton Abbey (Season 1)
If you’d pointed me at this show five years ago, I probably would have bounced off it. But I’ve…
March 6, 2011