Poldark Procrastination

In my previous post, I claimed poor time management and laziness as a couple of reasons why I have not been blogging as much as I should/could. I have one more glaring reason to add...

Procrastination because of Poldark.

I remember watching the original Poldark on the local PBS station back in the mid-1970s. It stared Robin Ellis as Ross Poldark.

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It was good. I bought the DVD set about two years ago and watched it again. Still good. Shortly after I re-watched it I discovered PBS was airing a new Poldark series. It stars Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark.

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I began watching this remake of Poldark. It is very good and I do not mean that just because the new Ross is GORGEOUS! 

Especially without a shirt on...

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Uh-hem...need to stop drooling and start writing...After watching the new series I (of course) bought the DVD sets (Seasons 1-3). I am eagerly awaiting the start of Season 4. As always, books are much better than the movie/show, so I purchased the entire set of Winston Graham's Poldark books. There are 12 of them. I am currently reading the eighth book.

Now that I am reading book eight, I am in new story line territory. The previous books were very well portrayed in Seasons 1-3. I am eager to see how these next books and their story lines progress and how the following Poldark seasons continue to portray them. I have already been surprised by some deaths of leading characters. I hope to have the remaining four books finished before Season 4 of Poldark begins. I am pretty sure I can do that and still write new blog posts...think time management!

Not only do I have Graham Winston's books and the Poldark DVD sets, my dear friend gave me The Official Poldark Coloring Book for Christmas last year. Must keep thinking time management!

Robin Ellis has made appearances on the new Poldark series. He played Judge Reverend Halse.

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So, you can see what I am up against...it is easy for me to be whisked away to Poldark's Cornwall via the written word, the DVDs/PBS and a coloring book. Please bear with me...