Happy Anniversary

January 07, 2016

Missed it! Well, that might be the first time ever that I missed the anniversary. Well, I didn’t really miss it. I realized at 10:00 PM that it was Jan. 6. Eleven years ago I wrote the first post for the blog that would eventually become Lesa’s Book...

Born in Ice by Nora Roberts

January 07, 2016

Is there anything quite as satisfying as a book in a Nora Roberts trilogy? As much as I love mysteries, there’s just something about her characters and her descriptions of their lives, their homes, and, in the case of the Irish Born books, the descriptions of...

Murder in Hindsight by Anne Cleeland

January 06, 2016

When I told Kaye Wilkinson Barley that I had just finished Anne Cleeland’s Murder in Hindsight, I said, “sigh”, and she agreed. I’ve finished all three of the novels about Doyle and Acton, and it’s going to be hard to let the characters...

What Are You Reading?

January 05, 2016

Do you ever read a book and get to a chapter when you know something horrific is going to happen, and put it down, saying, I can’t read that right now? Sometimes, it happens when I’m reading the book at work, and think, I don’t think I should read...

Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

January 04, 2016

The last time I read one of Nora Roberts’ trilogies, I went back and picked up an earlier one set in Ireland. Born in Fire is the first in the Irish Born Trilogy. This one brings the Irish lilt and magic to life. Margaret Mary Concannon is a glass artist...

…and His Lovely Wife by Connie Schultz

January 03, 2016

Connie Schultz’ memoir, a book that came out in 2007, wrapped up 2015 perfectly for me. …and His Lovely Wife is the story of the journalist’s year on the campaign trail, the year she gave up her career to support and campaign for her new husband,...