Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
While we're here to talk books, I'll admit I want to know how others are doing as well. Did Jeff and Jackie make it back from New Orleans yesterday? How is Rosemary doing in Scotland? And, I'll tell you that I had a ticket with a great seat to see Kenny G's Christmas...
The Becoming by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts' The Becoming is one of the best books I read this year. However, I can't recommend the second book in her Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy unless you've read the first one, The Awakening. Breen Siobhan Kelly's relationships and life in Ireland and Talamh are...
Dark Night by Paige Shelton
While I loved Thin Ice, the first book in Paige Shelton's Alaska Wild series, I wasn't as fond of the second one, Cold Wind. Beth Rivers, the protagonist, was one of those "Had I But Known" characters in the second book, and I hate characters who don't consider their...
The Queen’s Men by Oliver Clements
My biggest regret in reading Oliver Clements' The Queen's Men is that I didn't read The Eyes of the Queen first. It's really only a minor regret though. I don't know if I've ever read a historical mystery that began with so much action-packed suspense and ended with...
Observations by Gaslight by Lyndsay Faye
I will never pretend to be an expert on Sherlock Holmes. I did read all the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but that doesn't mean I know the canon. And, I haven't read many of the pastiches. But, I loved what Lyndsay Faye did with the stories in...
Jeri Westerson, Guest Author
Jeri Westerson is ending the Crispin Guest series. It's a logical point to end it, but that doesn't mean I'm happy to see Crispin move on. She wrote a post for us to tell the story behind the story. Thank you, Jeri, and good luck with future books. Ending a Series by...
