Lesa's Book Critiques
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Fatal Family Ties by S.C. Perkins
If you follow S.C. Perkins' Ancestry Detective series, I'm sure you've noticed the clever way the publisher chooses to illustrate the reference area for genealogist Lucy Lancaster. It's obvious that Fatal Family Ties deals with the American Civil War. Lancaster, a...
Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly
Here's another one of those beautiful books I cried over, so if you don't want to read about a book that takes your heart apart several times, and tries to mend it, a book about love and death, food, music, poetry and Shakespeare, you might as well skip my comments...
Old Ireland in Colour by John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley
Most people won't be quite as interested in Old Ireland in Colour as I am. In fact, I pre-ordered it, and I was even more interested in the book when I read the introduction about the work of John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley. This collection of photographs features...
One Half Truth by Eva Dolan
While I love police procedurals, the sixth book in Eva Dolan's award-winning Zigac and Ferreira series, One Half Truth, is a little too step-by-step even for me. However, it's an excellent story involving British social issues. Anyone who has followed the series will...
Winners and Lighter Mysteries Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Random Road is going to Andrea M. in Chico, CA. Lee H. from Morehead City, NC won Borrowed Time. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two mysteries that are a little lighter. Jesse Q....
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday, everyone! Are you ready to talk about books after a couple weeks of interesting weather? What are you reading this week? I could go on and on about Lizzie & Dante by Mary Bly. I'll save much of it for my blog review next week, though. I tore...
