Reviews + Articles
Fourteen Years and Counting
Happy Anniversary to all of us! Fourteen years ago today, I started Lesa's Book Critiques. It wasn't called that at the time. It was originally called "Nikki's World". After I had reviewed for a while, Maddee James suggested I needed a name for the blog that...
Scones and Scoundrels by Molly MacRae
If you haven't read Molly MacRae's first Highland Bookshop mystery, Plaid and Plagiarism, it might take a little time to become familiar with her amateur sleuths in the second book. Scones and Scoundrels takes readers to Inversgail, Scotland, where Janet Marsh...
What Are You Reading? – Part 2
As promised, I'm going to use Thursday and Friday to post lists of favorites from those who regularly comment on Thursday's What Are You Reading? post. If you're looking for this week's contest, check the previous post. I'll still host the giveaways on Fridays....
Giveaway – Mysteries about Books
What better way to kick off 2018 than to give away two mysteries about books? They also kick off new series, so you can enter the giveaways, hoping to discover a new series you like. A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert is "A Blue Ride Library Mystery"....
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! And, I do want to know what you're reading. But, I also promised to share some of the Favorites Lists from some of Thursday's regular commentators. So, every Thursday and Friday for the coming weeks, I'll be sharing their lists and comments. I'll...
The Long Arm of the Law: edited by Martin Edwards
I always learn something when I read the British Crime Classics edited by Martin Edwards. Edwards never disappoints. The choice of stories is always interesting, and his introductions are lessons in the history of crime writing. As a fan of police procedurals,...