Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Teacher by Tim Sullivan
Each one of Tim Sullivan’s DS Cross mysteries seem to get better as the series progresses. The Teacher, the sixth one, is the best one I’ve read so far. It combines the usual police procedural story with a behind-the-scene examination of life in the...
Captiva Memorial Library Highlights
Because last Friday was a mess on my blog, Christie suggested I offer you the chance to talk about libraries or bookmobiles again in case you didn’t get in that day, or couldn’t read the blog. I know I got in late, and, hopefully read and responded to...
What Are You Reading?
Should we try again this week? I’m going to talk about the Captiva Library tomorrow, and, if there’s anything you’d like to add about libraries or bookmobiles, feel free to jump in . Last Friday was a mess on my blog, and I know some of you...
Liar’s Creek by Matt Goldman
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, I reviewed The Last Mandarin, a political thriller of terror on a grand scale, a novel about a mother-daughter relationship. Today, it’s Matt Goldman’s Liar’s Creek. It’s about a father and son who...
The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa FunG
I don’t read political thrillers. What a mistake that would have been to say “I don’t read political thrillers”, and miss The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellisa Fung. This fast-paced adventure takes the world to the brink of war while...
The Last Lady B by Eloisa James
Eloisa James is the author of one of my favorite romances based on a fairy tale, When Beauty Tamed the Beast. Her new historical romance, The Last Lady B, is just as delightful with wonderful characters and a piglet. How many romances have you read with a piglet as...
