Lesa's Book Critiques
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Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Years ago, a friend suggested I'd like Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! because I'm a fan of police procedurals. The eighth book in the Discworld series is a police procedural with the most awkward group of police you'd ever want to meet, the Night Watch. But, let's...
2022 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award Nominees
Congratulations to all the Lefty Award nominees! 2022 Left Coast Crime “Lefty” Award Nominations Announced January 17, 2022 — Albuquerque — Left Coast Crime 2022 will be presenting four Lefty Awards at our 32nd annual convention, to...
A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner
I have problems with graphic novels. Oh, I don't object to them at all. I have problems with some of colors and overlapping words. Visually, I just can't always see the words. But, we're doing a genre study of graphic novels this month at the library. So, I went back...
Have You Heard? – Linda Castillo’s Sworn to Silence
Sandie Herron just started one of my favorite series, Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder books. Because it's been so long since I read Sworn to Silence, the first in the series, Sandie and I are sharing her review of the audiobook. Thank you, Sandie. Sworn to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Evil Men Do
I've been a little busy this week, and I have books to read this weekend for review for Library Journal, so I hope you'll excuse me if I share reviews from a couple of my friends. First up, for Kevin's Corner Annex, is Kevin R. Tipple's review of The Evil Men Do by...
Winners and Female Sleuths
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bonnie K. from Carmichael, CA will receive Over My Dead Body. The Last Dance of the Debutante is also going west, to Marilynne S. from Portland, OR. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving...
