Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
Over the years, I've read a number of Marie Bostwick's novels. The Book Club for Troublesome Women is the first one that made me angry. It wasn't the book itself. It was a very good book. But Bostwick included so many unfair conditions for women that were in place in...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – From the Dust by David Swinson
I fully intended to have my own review here today, and to save Kevin Tipple's reviews for my trip home at the end of the week. But, the book I'm finishing makes me so angry that I want to talk about it. And, I won't be around much today with the library book chat and...
My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi
I can see why Masateru Konishi's My Grandfather, the Master Detective was a bestseller in Japan. It's filled with mystery, short tales, suggestions of romance, and evil. The author, and the translator, Louise Heal Kawai, lovingly portray the relationship between a...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I've had a quiet week. It's been windy here, but I still took a walk and sat on my patio one day. Other than that, I've been reading. I do have a busy weekend coming up. Linda's son and granddaughter are coming in, so my Mom and Christie will come down...
Last One Out by Jane Harper
I've read several of Jane Harper's books, and Last One Out is my favorite of the ones I read. It's heartbreaking, as her novels tend to be. It's atmospheric, set in New South Wales, with vivid descriptions of a dying rural community. It's bleak and stark, and moving,...
Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell
When I read Paranormal Payback a couple weeks ago, it included a story set in Arcadia Falls by Isla Jewell (Delilah S. Dawson). I enjoyed "A Midsummer Night's Scheming", and didn't even realize at the time that I had Books & Bewitchment at home from the library....
