Lesa's Book Critiques
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Favorites of 2023, So Far
If you showed up here today looking for the August Treasures in My Closet post, you'll have to wait one more day. I needed a little more time. But, because it's July 1, it's also time to talk about the best books I've read so far this year. Here's the clarification....
Winners and a Gothic Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of Ellen Byron/Maria DiRico's Four Parties and a Funeral. Ellen will send copies to Jane D. from Valparaiso, IN, Anita K. from Harrisburg, PA, and Kathryn Z. from Sacramento, CA. This week, I'm giving away two books with gothic...
What Are You Reading?
I actually saved these couple sentences from a news report because I know it describes the weather so many of us are experiencing. If you're in the Midwest or the East, we're dealing with hazy days in which we're supposed to stay inside if we can because the air...
A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales
I had to laugh. Just when I finished Julia Seales' debut mystery, A Most Agreeable Murder, two readers asked me to post a review about a book that they would not want to add to their TBR pile. While this book didn't fit my sense of humor, I know there are readers who...
A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Dianne Freeman's mysteries in the Countess of Harleigh series are always fun while also instructive in the behavior and expectations of society in Victorian England. She was wise in introducing Frances Hazelton, Countess of Harleigh, as the protagonist, an American...
Hiss Me Deadly by Miranda James
It's been too long since we had one of Miranda James' Cat in the Stacks mysteries, so fans of Charlie Harris and Diesel, the Maine Coon cat will be happy to welcome them back. In Hiss Me Deadly, thanks to friend and co-worker Melba Gilley, Charlie finds himself...
