Lesa's Book Critiques
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A Dark Path by Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo's latest collection, A Dark Path and Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories, is dedicated to all of us. "This short story collection is dedicated to all of the readers, booksellers, and librarians who have read and loved the Kate Burkholder series. Thank...
Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known by Scott Simon
Those who enjoy animal anecdotes, even some haiku by a French poodle, will find most of Scott Simon's musings amusing in his collection Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known. However, it's about pets, and very few of them outlive us. It's the love we share,...
What Are You Reading?
I'm still enjoying evenings on the porch, watching lightning bugs, although I know it won't be for much longer. Linda and I are planning to go to the Columbus Book Festival one day this weekend. Other than that, it's been an easygoing week, hot outside, air...
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves
I've been intrigued by Death as a character ever since I read Mort by Terry Pratchett. However, Ben Reeves' debut novel, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt is certainly not funny. Reeves says he reads for language and voice and tone. His narrator, Death, in the...
It’s About Time by Carol J. Perry
I liked Carol J. Perry's Witch City Mysteries. She ended that series, and spun it off with It's About Time, the first Wicked Salem book. I won't be reading more of these. The main character, and her friends, are just too ridiculous. I found all of their antics, as...
Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney
If Elizabeth Penney's haunted Ravensea Castle isn't for you, maybe you'd prefer a cozy series set in a Cambridge Bookshop. Chapter and Curse takes an American librarian and her mother back to her mother's hometown in a small village called Hazelhurst. Molly Kimball's...
