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Agatha Christie is quoted as saying, “”I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming… suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.” I know what she means. Do you?

Before I begin this, I have to admit something. I am 30 years old, I love reading fiction, and yet, before this one, I had never read an Agatha Christie novel. Yes I know, I should be ashamed of myself. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s start.

Starting this week, I’d like to provide you with a review of the latest episode of Doctor Who to air in the US. Doctor Who is currently in it’s fourth season and airing in this country on the Scifi Channel Fridays at 9 PM. The British fans of the Doctor are several episodes ahead of us Americans.

Here are two well written, very entertaining mystery series that I have both recently discovered through the magic of DVD: Rosemary and Thyme: The Complete Series, all 22 episodes of the poplular PBS series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris, and The Midsomer Murders: The Early Cases Collection, the original 18 two-hour made-for-British-TV movies based on the novels of Caroline Graham.

TV this week:How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria - I'm not a big fan of reality competitions, but this was an interesting look at how casting decisions must be made... and how hard they are. As I told hubby-Eric, if I knew John Barrowman was going to give me a hug like he gave those girls, I would

by Barbara D'Amato We’ve all heard that Stephen King and Dean Koontz, prolific writers both, were told not to write more than a book a year, and if they couldn't resist writing, write under a different name. Her publisher told Agatha Christie not to write more than a book a year.

I have been watching an episode of Doctor Who called “The Unicorn and the Wasp” that is set around Agatha Christie’s disappearance. The giant wasp flying around, in clear defiance of the laws of gravity, is bad enough. But I cannot for the life of me accept an episode that includes the following story holes: 1.

In books, when they describe a character as having no discernible accent. What the hell does that mean?! It happens in Agatha Christie books, Nora Roberts book, all fucking books. Someone needs to explain to me what no discernible accent sounds like.

TV this week:Iron Chef America: "Batali vs Bartolotta" - Yay! Batali! And a very interesting ingredient as well. Not to mention a challenger who is nearly as fun to watch as Batali himself. This was a good one.Classic Doctor Who: "Invasion of Time" Parts 5 & 6 - Enter the potato-heads! Didn't like these two episodes as much as the previous two.