Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
My notes for Alice Hoffman’s short story, “The Bookstore Sisters”, are almost as long as the story itself. It’s the first of three stories in the Once Upon a Time Bookshop series involving two sisters and the Once Upon a Time Bookshop on...
Winners and a July Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Ruth H. from Austin, TX will receive A Midnight Puzzle. Pitch Dark will go to Nancy P. from Port St Lucie, FL. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away two books that were...
What Are You Reading?
No real news or weather reports from here this week, so I’m going to dive right into books. Kim Hays recommended Phil Rickman’s Merrily Watkins series the other day, so I picked up the first one, The Wine of Angels. I liked the premise. But, Kim?...
September Treasures in My Closet
I can’t believe how fast this summer is going. I know for some of you it’s already been too long. But, I enjoy summer. There are quite a number of good books in my closet, though, that are September releases. And, I’m sure you have a number of...
Havoc by Deborah J. Ledford
Although I never read Redemption, the first “Lightning Dance” Duran mystery by Deborah J. Ledford, that didn’t prevent me from enjoying the second one, Havoc. Ledford easily slips readers into the landscape, rituals, and people of the Taos Pueblo...
Winning Can Be Murder by Bill Crider
Bill Crider’s ability to combine humor with murder investigations and knowledge of various subjects continues to amaze me. In Winning Can Be Murder, the eighth in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, the subject is small-town high school football. As someone who...
