Some people call it “time-shifting”: watching a television show on your own schedule, instead of during the network broadcast. Usually this is done through the use of a digital video recorder, like TiVo.
Me, I don’t time-shift, I “year-shift.” I’ve discovered the joy of watching TV series by renting a season at a time on DVD. In this way I can decide when to watch: I can have a multi-episode marathon, or watch one episode a night for several nights, or take a few nights off if I’m busy. I’ve found that by watching this way, much of the drama and suspense is preserved between episodes, and I lose interest far less quickly.
The series that I’m currently watching is Showtime’s Dexter. Based on the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, it’s the story of a serial killer who only kills bad guys. HE works by day as a blood spatter analyst for the police department, and so has a unique perspective on crimes both his own and those committed by others.
I’m enjoying the series very much, but I do think that I liked the book more. It took me about 4 episodes of the show to warm up to the character Dexter, while in the book I liked him almost immediately. Still, the series is well worth watching. Season 1 follows the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter pretty closely. I’m told that Seasons 2 and 3 do not correlate to any of the Dexter books, so if you want even more Dexter, you can read Dearly Devoted Dexter and Dexter in the Dark. Book #4 in the series, Dexter by Design, is due to be published in September.
We encourage you to write down or print out the title information and shop at your local bookstore. Titles link to LibraryThing, a social networking site that allows you to catalog your home library. LibraryThing also links to various online purchasing options. Here are the books from this post:
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, Vintage trade paperback
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay, Vintage trade paperback
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay, Doubleday hardcover, September 2009
(all information is for the U.S. editions).
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http://allaboutmeandabagofchips.typepad.com/ Eve
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http://allaboutmeandabagofchips.typepad.com/ Eve
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Tanya
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Tanya
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Nikki
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Nikki
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/readstreet Dave
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/readstreet Dave
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http://www.chickwithbooks.blogspot.com Suzy Levin
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http://www.chickwithbooks.blogspot.com Suzy Levin
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Joanne
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Joanne
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http://www.dimestoreromance.com Belynda
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http://www.dimestoreromance.com Belynda
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