Netflix Newbie

For some reason I always come late to things, but then I come back with a vengeance. It's amazing to me that we live in a world where all the back episodes of anything you ever want to watch is right at your fingertips. Netflix has taken full advantage of this and created several of its own series, releasing not one episode at a time, but whole seasons worth of episodes to watch at your convenience. I was casually going on to watch another episode of the second season of Orange is the New Black when I noticed a new series--well, not new, just new to me--The Killing on Netflix. It stars Merielle Enos, from the movie World War Z, which I liked, so I thought I would check it out. One episode and I was hooked! I have spent the last few days watching the entire first THREE seasons, because I haven't been able to stop watching it. Then as I finished it (I have only to wait for season 4 on August 1st!), I looked at another series on Netflix--Hemlock Grove, also another addicting winner.

Acadia Falls by Carol Goodman

I'm a fan of Carol Goodman, whose stories always seem to revolve around academics or academic environments (boarding schools, universities, etc.) with characters whose lives are often affected by fate and sometimes the supernatural. I've also read The Sonnet Lover and The Ghost Orchid.

Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

The first book in a new series by Charlaine Harris, Midnight Crossing is an interesting mix of worlds: Returning from the Harper Connelly series is psychic Manfred Bernardo who moves to the tiny town of Midnight, where everyone seems to have a secret. However the world of Sookie Stackhouse is ever so weirdly incorporated, because apparently there is a vampire living in Midnight as well. The Harper Connelly series was not related to Sookie Stackhouse series at all, and even though Harper had a kind of psychic ability, the supernatural element ended there. Charlaine Harris is pushing the envelope on the suspension of disbelief here by combining the two worlds. Although the plot/mystery is not not the most engaging one I've ever read, the book was comforting and easy and reminiscent of two other series that I adore.