Lesa's Book Critiques
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Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung
Although I usually don't read graphic novels, Debbie Tung'sQuiet Girl in a Noisy World caught my attention for two reasons. Lucy Mangan referred to it in her book, Bookish. The subtitle is what drew me in, though, An Introvert's Story. This black-and-white graphic...
Bookish by Lucy Mangan
I have Rosemary Kaye to thank for introducing me to British author Lucy Mangan. Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is really about Mangan and how reading shaped her life. Books saw her through her college years, her jobs afterward, introduced her to her husband,...
The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor
While the third book in Mark Pryor's Hugo Marston series had a fascinating two hundred year old mystery, it was also a tragic book. The Blood Promise introduced a new character, but the killing of another one was shocking. I made it through the murder, but I cried...
Comfort Reads
Since last week, we've been talking about what constitutes a comfort read. Anything you think of as a comfort read qualifies. Is it a book you reread? A lot of people don't reread because there are too many new books out there. Is it a genre you turn to, short...
What Are You Reading?
It was a good week here, except for the snow when I woke up Monday morning! Snow? We had 60 degrees one day last week. Rain all this week, but temperatures in the 50s and higher most days. Snow? Kind of weird. But, Sunday night was shepherd's pie at my sister and...
Bloom by Robbie Couch
I never really thought about reading a novel centered around a retired gay history teacher, a lost bride-to-be, and a dying jade houseplant. Robbie Couch's Bloom made me cry. Morris Warner feels as if he's dying, too, since the unexpected death of his husband,...
