Reviews + Articles
Books for Living by Will Schwalbe
I'm doing something I seldom do on my blog, talking about a book that isn't available for another month. It's released December 27th. If you're a reader, you might want to ask for it for an after-holiday gift, or use a gift card to buy it. Many of you might...
“Have You Heard?” – Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell
“Have You Heard?” is a new 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...
Winners and Christmas Book Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Christmas in Paris is going to Linda B. from Fort Wayne, IN. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Rhys Bowen's Away in a Manger. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. A couple weeks ago, I gave away a copy of...
Wanted – Short Posts from Mystery Authors
Ah ha! I bet that wasn't exactly what you expected to see on my blog in mid-November. It's one of my favorite Christmas books. I'm looking for mystery authors to write a short piece about their favorite holiday mystery, or their favorite mysteries of 2016. As the...
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
I have a confession to make. Even though I'm a librarian, I sometimes balk at reading the authors everyone else is reading. I've even heard Fredrik Backman speak, and he loves libraries, but despite everyone's comments about his novels, such as A Man Called...
Have You Heard? – What’s a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie
What's a Ghoul to Do? Ghost Hunter Mystery #1 Written by Victoria Laurie, Narrated by Eileen Stevens Unabridged Audiobook, 9 hours 10 mins long Published January 5th 2010 by Audible Inc (first published April 3rd 2007) ASIN: B0032Z3L2Y Victoria Laurie brings...