Short Winter Break

December 22, 2016

I need a day or two off to catch up. That Nora Roberts book? Almost 500 pages (I picked up the large print because it was easier to get at the library). I have a book to review for a journal, and I’d like to read it before I start all the mysteries. I’ll...

What Are You Reading?

December 21, 2016

As I said earlier, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed,  so I’m looking forward to a long weekend for Christmas reading. What are you reading right now? I’m finishing Nora Roberts’ Guardians Trilogy. Book Three is Island of Glass. I know my...

An Open Book by Michael Dirda

December 20, 2016

When I read literary critic Michael Dirda’s book, Browsings, I discovered he’s from northern Ohio, and went to college at Oberlin. Browsings led me to the story of Dirda’s youth, An Open Book: Chapters from a Reader’s Life. It’s a...

Have You Heard? – Cat Under Fire by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

December 19, 2016

“Have You Heard?” is a column featured only on Lesa’s Book Critiques.  It features many reviews of audiobooks (fiction, with a concentration in mysteries) but these reviews will include recent and past books for an interesting mixture of titles. Content is...

The Gift of a Lifetime by Melissa Hill

December 18, 2016

I almost took Melissa Hill’s The Gift of a Lifetime back to the library. Then, I read the back flap again. An Irish immigrant to New York City loves movies and New York. At Christmastime, someone sends her on a treasure hunt to movie-related sites in the city....