Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
Happy Wednesday at Lesa's since we're talking about "What Are You Reading?" today instead of tomorrow. Thank you for stopping by a day early so people can discuss books and life today. I went to see the musical "Some Like It Hot" with Linda last Wednesday night, a...
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
I'll be honest and tell you I haven't quite finished Martin Edwards' The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books. I'm close enough to the end, though, that I can discuss this excellent reference book. Edwards, who is President of the Detection Club, tells the story of...
The Nanny’s Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett
Amy Rose Bennett kicks off the first book in her Parasol Academy series with The Nanny's Handbook for Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes. It's a sensual historical romance with a touch of romance. Other reviewers called it a combination of Mary Poppins and Bridgerton,...
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan's latest novel, The Secret Christmas Library, might encourage you to escape to the Scottish Highlands while hoping to be snowed in at a castle for the holidays. Well, not me. I hate snow and winter, but the story was still a delightful love story to books...
Sugar and Spite by Carol J. Perry
Rhys Bowen, author of Her Royal Spyness series, recently said one of the biggest mistakes an author can make is to add a baby to an amateur sleuth's life. I wonder if Carol J. Perry decided to end her Witch City mystery series by giving Lee and Pete Mondello a baby. I...
An Election by John Scalzi
After reading John Scalzi's Constituent Service, set in the Third District of an unnamed planet, I went back to read the short novella, An Election. In fact, it's actually a short story more than a novella, but it's amusing, as well as topical, although it came out in...