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Nineteen Years of Book Chats
Nineteen years. Lesa's Book Critiques was nineteen years old yesterday. In recent years, I've forgotten to mark the date until after it passed. But, it's worth mentioning. That's a lot of books to read and talk about, a lot of authors to host. Somedays, it seems like...
First Giveaway of the Year
Since I moved, giveaways will be a little more sporadic than they were - not every Friday. I don't have the number of books that I used to have, and publishers are slow to send physical books. But, every once in a while, I'll throw out a contest. This week, I have two...
The Amish Wife by Gregg Olsen
Gregg Olsen has been obsessed with the story of Ida Stutzman for close to forty years. In his book, Abandoned Prayers, he wrote about Ida's husband, Eli, the tragic death of their nine-year-old son, Danny, and the events that surrounded Eli and the discovery of...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to our first "What Are You Reading?" of 2024! If you haven't been here before, it's a safe place to talk about whatever book you're reading, or what you've read int he last week. Feel free to join the conversation, and I'll do better this year (promise!) as to...
Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ Favorites of 2023
Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a Shamus, Derringer, and International Thriller Writers-award nominated mystery author of eleven books with more in the works. He's based here in the Columbus area. Although we had corresponded, I only met Andrew for the first time when I moved...
Favorites of 2023
The number of books I read this year is a little off, I'm sure. I count 156, plus the 27 I've read that are released in 2024, so that's a total of 183 books. But, I moved, didn't read for the ten days I was at my mother's, and somehow lost track of books read in my...