Lesa's Book Critiques
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The Quiet LIbrarian by Allen Eskens
Allen Eskens' standalone, The Quiet Librarian, is not an easy book to read with its descriptions of violence and war in Bosnia. But, like The Life We Bury, it's a book we should read. In 1995, Nura Divjak was a Muslim teenager living in Bosnia with her family until...
How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson's How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel is amusing at times. Anyone who reads the Golden Age Classics from Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, John Dickson Carr, and other authors will recognize the situations. Jackson's book not only warns readers how to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets
I have a full week of my own reviews coming up, but wanted to share Kevin Tipple's review of Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets by Christopher Farnsworth. It's the latest book in the Jesse Stone series. Thank you, Kevin. Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets: A Jesse...
Kaye Wilkinson Barley’s Favorites of 2024
We have several authors who participated in Favorite Books read in 2024, including Kim Hays, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, short story author Kevin Tipple. Kaye Wilkinson Barley is also an author. She's the author of Carousels of Paris, Whimsey, and My Name is Harley....
What Are You Reading?
I had a busy week with lots of appointments - car, doctor, dentist. And, now I'm settled in just in case we get bad weather this weekend. What about you? What have you been doing? How's your weather? And, before we jump into books today, just a reminder to stop...
Unfinished – Death by Dumpling
Normally, I don't talk about the books I don't finish. But, I wanted to mention Vivien Chien's Death by Dumpling because I read over half the book before giving up. And, I know I'm in a minority here because several others have mentioned how much they enjoy Chien's...
