Lesa's Book Critiques
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She Left by Stacie Grey
Every time I start a book that uses Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None motif, I'm a little skeptical. While Stacie Grey's She Left shows some promise, it's a little uneven. And, I do have a complaint. The premise is that twenty years after the unsolved...
Cincinnati – Day 1
This may be the most spread out description of a 3 day trip ever. My Mom and sisters and I went to Cincinnati for three days last week. As always, we crammed a lot into 3 days, even a tornado warning. We left my sister's and drove to the William Howard Taft Historical...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Northwoods: A Novel by Amy Pease
I'd love to share some of the photos and my account of our family trip to Cincinnati. It was a fun trip. But, my sister sent me some pictures I want to use, and I'm not technologically savvy with the photos, so I'm working on it. Whenever I get them ready, I'll write...
Blood Red Summer by Eryk Pruitt
In the sequel to Something Bad Wrong, true crime podcaster Jess Keeler learns what can go wrong when you lose control of everything, the story you want to tell, and even your family life. Blood Red Summer is the story of the events of the summer of 1984 in Lake...
Giveaway – The End of the Road
I know some of you will remember author Andrew Welsh-Huggins' post here for his favorite books of 2023, https://tinyurl.com/2nmhbmwr. Welsh-Huggins is the author of the Andy Hayes PI novels, and he has a new one, Sick to Death, coming out in September. He's also the...
What Are You Reading?
As I mentioned yesterday, I'm in Cincinnati with my family today, heading home after we go to Pompeii: The Exhibition at the Cincinnati Museum Center. So, I won't be around until late to talk about books. I can say that I never read anything when I'm with my Mom and...
