Thursday, February 12, 2009

Mystery Shows and D.V.D.'s

This is about the classic type of mystery, and not the newer/modern type of shows that you see on T.V., which I don't like. I like the detective/mystery shows that they used to have in the 1980's and some from the 1990's:

1980's: Remington Steele, Crazy Like a Fox (wish they had this on D.V.D.), and Hart to Hart.

1990's: Murder, She Wrote (also from the 80's) and Diagnosis Murder.

I would like to get the D.V.D.'s of Diagnosis Murder (there are three seasons on D.V.D.) and Hart to Hart. Eventually I might buy Remington Steele (one of my favorite mystery shows from the 80's).

The Hallmark Channel has some mystery movies and I liked the Mystery Woman series and they have one Dear Prudence movie, with at least another one to come.

I have some British mysteries on D.V.D. I have a set of four Inspector Alleyn mysteries and also six of eight Campions. I have a Dorothy L. Sayers set of Lord Peter Wimsey (Edward Petherbridge) and Harriet Vane mysteries. I have some Sherlock Holmes D.V.D.'s (Jeremy Brett) and The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (Matt Frewer) that aired on the Hallmark Channel.

Advice to a Bookworm

Keep a list of all the books you read. It's great to go back five or ten years to see what you read back then. On my lists I also write down a L with a circle around it if it was a library book that I read so I know that I don't have that book in my collection. I may want to buy the book later on at a library book sale.

Keeping a list is helpful so you know what books you've read in a series. I read the Mrs. Jeffries Victorian mystery series and so far there are about 24 in the series! There are probably that many in the Murder, She Wrote series.