Looking at how many stories in fandom have the same title and trying to figure out which one contains the storyline and/or scene that I'm looking for, I decided I would get a little more organized.  So I am slowly rereading my keeper stories, beginning with NCIS, and putting them on a Works Spreadsheet with a synopsis. This will definitely be a slow process.  I couldn't imagine how many stories...

This is the final book of the Sign of Seven trilogy by Nora Roberts and it is a winner!  While the Demon attempts to drive away at least one of the six gifted individuals seeking to destroy him, Gage and Cybil must deal with their mutual attraction.  Is it real or caused by the war against the evil that returns every seven years? I was up almost all night reading the first half of this book.  I...

Ann Rule first became known for her book on Ted Bundy, a man she had known and worked with on a suicide hotline.  Now, 21 books later, she focuses on the Green River Killer, another serial killer who operated in Rule's hometown of Seattle.  What I most like about Rule's book is that she goes into all the participants' backgrounds, from the victims to the killers to the police and others that may...

I read a lot of true crime and police books and have always enjoyed the majority of them.  Certain crime and/or criminals do tend to fascinate and intrigue me.  Jack the Ripper is one of the most famous unsolved crimes of the modern era.  There are numerous books dedicated to this serial killer as well as Ripperologist magazine. This is a collection of what are supposed to be the best articles from...

Yeah, I know I'm a little slow in seeing this fine Disney/Pixar film, but I don't go to the movies anymore.  Caught up with my NCIS related burnings and too lazy to put a new DVD in from among the many waiting to be watched, I decided to go to Pay-for-View and watch the film. I had heard lots of good things about this animated film, but critics usually don't like what I do, so I still had doubts...

I have TIVO (actually I think it's called DIVO since it is with Directv), but I rarely used it for series recording other than NCIS and Bones .  Then I watched the pilot for Leverage .  Now I am a fan of Tim Hutton, although I don't always care for the type of films that he appears in.  I adored him in Nero Wolfe until A&E played the series dirty and cancelled it.  Plus I'm a sucker for criminals...

I'm sad to announce that Nina Foch, a wonderful actress whom I've loved for years in her many roles, passed away last Friday at the age of 82.  NCIS family members know her best as Mother Mallard who once asked to see Kate's knickers and thought Tony was a gigolo furniture mover.  Fans of the series had long hoped to see Mrs. Mallard again, but it shall never come to pass.  We shall have to remember...

This second Nero Wolfe book is a psychological study of men tied to each other by a destructive history.  Paul Chapin had been severely injured during a hazing incident at Harvard years earlier.  Ever since he had been supported by the men responsible, their relationship a strange mixture of guilt, need, and hate.  Now fear has entered the mix as members of the League of Atonement begin dying under...

The second Temeraire book starts with Laurence facing a delegation from China incensed by the "theft" of the Celestial egg meant as a gift to Napoleon.    Kept apart from Temeraire, Laurence is pressured by the Ministry to force the dragon to leave with the Chinese. Things go bad quickly when Temeraire hears Laurence threatened with arrest and grabs his partner, flying off with him to the front. ...

The series was off for a while -- and what's up with that?? -- but is definitely back and back on track as well.  The musical assistants taking Zac's place is getting interesting, especially with them returning for a second try.  The humor and romance is getting back on track. I was enormously disappointed when Temperance actually fell for Booth's brother and the bullsh*t that Booth tends to sabotage...