Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
I hope everyone is doing okay this week - that tornadoes and volcanoes have avoided you. It's been a quiet week here, and I'll take that. We're supposed to have 50s through the weekend. That makes me happy because it means one more week without snow. This week,...
January Treasures in My Closet
Are you ready to talk about January book releases? I've been somewhat disappointed in some of the books of 2022, so I'm looking forward to 2023 releases. Although, I'll tell you right up front. There are a lot of dark books coming out in January, and I'm not a fan of...
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
I'll be the first to admit I wasn't a fan of the last Gamache book, The Madness of Crowds. I won't say I breathed a sigh of relief when I read the eighteenth book, Louise Penny's A World of Curiosities. A reader can't breathe a sigh of relief until the last page...
Sandie’s Corner – A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd
I've been working on Thursday's Treasures in My Closet post, quite a lengthy one, so today I'm using one of Sandie Herron's blog posts. She reviewed Charles Todd's A Fearsome Doubt. Thank you, Sandie. A FEARSOME DOUBTBy Charles ToddSeries: Inspector Ian Rutledge,...
Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld
Tom Gauld's cartoon book, Revenge of the Librarians, is the latest one circulating around the library staff. Well, of course. But, this isn't just a cartoon book for librarians. Writers and bibliophiles will enjoy this book by the cartoonist and illustrator published...
On Spine of Death by Tamara Berry
If you enjoyed the humor of Tamara Berry's Buried in a Good Book, you might want to catch up with the adventures of that quirky cast in On Spine of Death. Thriller writer Tess Harrow and her fifteen-year-old daughter Gretchen are digging themselves into the life of...
