Lesa's Book Critiques
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Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
While the blurb for Ritu Mukerji's historical mystery, Murder by Degrees, suggested it was for readers of Jacqueline Winspear or Charles Todd, I thought of Maddie Day's Quaker Midwife series. Both authors write about women in medical fields in the U.S. during the...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Reluctant Saint by Tricia Fields
I'm going to try this a little different today to see if it's my formatting that is the problem with the opening paragraph of Kevin Tipple's reivews. I think it is. Kevin thinks it's his formatting. No matter what, though, I appreciate his reviews. He and I are both...
What Are You Reading?
Yes, I'm frantically reading for both moderating a panel and reviews for Library Journal. But, I took time to walk a couple days this week in parks here in the Columbus area. My sister, her dog, and I go. They could walk for a much longer time than I can, but I'm glad...
Jeremy Deller at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023
I really wanted to share Rosemary Kaye's coverage of a couple events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I'm hoping the photos come through. Those were taken by Robin Mair from The Edinburgh Reporter. Thank you, Rosemary, for your patience. ‘Did you learn...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Drummers by Tricia Fields
This week, my blog really is Kevin's Corner Annex. He has the stage until Thursday. Thank you, Kevin, for the review of Tricia Fields' The Drummers. As The Drummers: A Josie Gray Mystery by Tricia Fields begins, it is January in Artemis, Texas, andcold with overcast...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Shots Fired by C.J. Box
C.J. Box's Shots Fired: Stories from Joe Pickett Country came out in 2014, so long ago that even Box might have forgotten he wrote this. Kevin Tipple didn't forget. I appreciate it that Kevin often goes back in a body of a work for an anthology or an earlier novel....
