What I Watched:  I’d mentioned this show back in April, saying it was something I’d like to watch when time permitted. I finally got around to viewing it the last week of November. It was a little bleak, and none of the characters were especially endearing. However, if I had all the problems had by the character Riya, I’d be curmudgeonly too.

The Guardian review: Passenger , confident, atmospheric and packed with creepy realism, this drama – starring Wunmi Mosaku as a copper trapped in a small town – is a convincingly detail-oriented paranormal horror . . . Every kind of anxiety and trepidation is given its due here, from the daughter’s unspoken dread, to the factory owner’s fear of displeasing the masters who are using his place as part of their oozing cargo-smuggling operation, to Jim’s PTSD, to the darker, timeless terrors the woods and their possible ancient and malevolent inhabitants represent. The two episodes (of six) that were available for review keep the mundane and the mystical in nice balance, each one enhancing the potential horror of the other. Alone in the woods, Riya suffers her own flashbacks, too, to some kind of childhood trauma yet to emerge from the shadows . . . Despite that, this is a confident, well-paced and atmospheric series that I hope continues to be as sure‑footed and scary to the end.

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What I Read: The eight-book Ghostly series by E. M. Leya. This is a M/M cozy mystery series featuring a medical examiner and a police detective. It took me until the second book to catch the rhythm of the series, but these books are fast reads with just enough friendly ghosts and police procedure to be enjoyable.

Book burb: As assistant medical examiner, Lance is used to seeing strange things, but when he suddenly starts seeing ghosts, he worries he’s losing his mind. Angus grew up around the strange. With his mother able to see and speak to ghosts, he’s grown up knowing there are things most people can’t see or understand. When he accidentally catches Lance arguing with a ghost, he knows he has to step in before the man thinks he’s going crazy. As Lance adjusts to his new ability, he also realizes seeing ghosts has its advantages. When several women are murdered in the area, it’s up to Lance and Angus to work with the ghosts of the victims to catch the killer.

What I Listened To: Tunde Adebimpe – Magnetic; Haich Ber Na – 0594 Help; and Shower Curtain – wish u well:

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