Lesa's Book Critiques
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Booking for Trouble by Jenn McKinlay
Jenn McKinlay, the author of Booking for Trouble, is the author of multiple series, however, she’s also a former librarian. The sixteenth in her Library Lover’s series deals with a major problem in many communities, council members who want to close...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb
Now that the Olympics are over, I can get back to reading. Between watching them, and not being able to find a good book, I’ve had a hard time. And, Linda and I are going up home for a few days tomorrow. So, I appreciate Kevin Tipple’s reviews. Thank...
Book Tasting
Now that the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library has opened, we’re back to monthly Book Tasting. Two staff members, Chrissy and Christiana, pick four books, two each. We can choose to read them or not, but they talk about them while...
Poison at the Wild Haggis Bookshop by Jackie Baldwin
Jackie Baldwin’s second Highland Bookshop Murder mystery, Poison at the Wild Haggis Bookshop has been called “cozy crime with a bite.” Written by a Scottish author, it features a woman who accidentally murdered a fellow student when she was...
Kim Hays’s Ten Favorite Books in 2025
I thought Kim Hays’s list of Ten Favorite Books Read in 2025 would be the last Friday post from readers. It seems as if I somehow missed Lindy’s list. She resent it yesterday, so we’ll have hers to enjoy next Friday. In the meantime, I’m...
What Are You Reading?
It’s been a good week; no appointments and the weather has been warmer. Best of all, no snow. My kind of week. But, after finishing The Astral Library, I can’t get into a novel. I just dropped two of them, one after I read a third of it. So,...






