Lesa's Book Critiques
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“The Winter Solstice Gift” by Jenn McKinlay
I missed "The Winter Solstice Gift" by Jenn McKinlay when it came out last month.The short story serves as a bridge between McKinlay's fantasy novel, Witches of Dubious Origin and the November release, Witches of Questionable Intent. Zoe Ziakas is the newest librarian...
The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson
While there were brief moments that reminded me of The Astral Library by Kate Quinn, Meg Anderson's debut novel, The Memory of Borrowed Books is a luminous, lyrical love letter to libraries that broke my heart for the last 20% of the book, but managed to put it...
What Are You Reading?
I'm looking forward to our conversation today, although I'll miss Rosemary who is in Rome for a couple weeks. It's only October, and I'm already cold. It was 43 degrees on Tuesday morning. That's already too cold for me. I went to the library Monday night for a...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Mysterious Bookshop Presents The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026
I have a lot of little things this week. I went to a terrific library program I'll talk about on Thursday. Linda and I have a play tonight, "Death Becomes Her". I'm reading a debut by an author I hope to see next month. Things just added up sucking up time, so I...
A Date with Santa by Debbie Macomber
I needed something light and fluffy, and it doesn't get much fluffier than Debbie Macomber's annual Christmas romance. This year's is A Date with Santa. Sage Madison's sister, Saffron, always was the more impulsive one of the two. There she was, a widow with a young...
Twenty Over Sixty: Short Stories
In Twenty Over Sixty, editors Beth Weinhouse and David Galef gathered twenty stories by authors over sixty, stories that reflect the lives of people over that age. There are as many variations in stories as there are different lifestyles for people. Some of the...
