Lesa's Book Critiques
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Kevin’s Corner Annex – Storm Watch by C.J. Box
C.J. Box’s twenty-third Joe Picket novel, Storm Watch, will be released Tuesday, Feb. 28. That’s perfect timing because Kevin Tipple has a review of the forthcoming book, naturally with no spoilers. Thank you, Kevin! The worsening weather this day in...
Winners & a Cozy Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. River of Fallen Angels will go to Brenda W. from Hattiesburg, MS. Kathy S. from Saugus, MA won Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away cozy...
What Are You Reading?
Monday was the first time I’ve had Presidents’ Day off in ten years. I spent much of it at my friend Donna’s house. In January, we did a movie day, the first we had done since Covid in 2020. That was a western day. We watched a 1951 movie that I...
We Should Not Be Friends by Will Schwalbe
Will Schwalbe, the author of The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living, now turns his attention to an unlikely friendship. Schwalbe, who thought he had all the friends he needed in college, all the literary geeks and lesbians and gay men like him, found...
Murder at an Irish Bakery by Carlene O’Connor
The ninth in Carlene O’Connor’s Irish Village mystery series, Murder at an Irish Bakery, is my favorite in the series. There are several reasons. First, I didn’t feel overwhelmed by all of the members of Garda Siobhan O’Sullivan’s...
Death in Irish Accents by Catie Murphy
I haven’t read all of the Dublin Driver mysteries, but I think I’ve read enough. Like Megan Malone’s girlfriend, Jelena, in Death in Irish Accents, the fourth investigation in as many books was enough for me. It’s no wonder people are...
