Lesa's Book Critiques
Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on MysteriesRecent Posts
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...
Long Weekend
I've been reading all weekend, but yesterday I took a little time off for PBS and an August release. Here's something you don't know about me. John Deere tractors are favorites in my family; books and real and toy tractors. So, when I saw PBS was showing a program...
City of Brass: And Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch
If you picked up yesterday's collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, you might want to skip City of Brass: And Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch. I'm glad I tried them, but they're much slower paced and not as interesting as the Holmes stories. Supposedly,...
The Sherlock Holmes Stories of Edward D. Hoch
I took a page from Jeff' Meyerson's book and read a collection of Edward D. Hoch's short stories. I've read individual ones before, but twelve stories about one subject is better than the individual ones. As a Sherlock Holmes fan, I admire Hoch's voice with The...
What Are You Reading?
Well, it looks like our delightful weather is over. Temperatures are in the 90s, with high humidity. That means I'll seldom leave the apartment because I get humidity headaches when I'm out in it too long. That's why I preferred Arizona over Florida. I could handle...
August Treasures in My Closet
I'm not rushing through summer, although when I say I'm talking about August book releases, some of you may think I am. There are so many possibilities in August, including books by several of my favorite authors. But, if you're not ready to talk about August books...
