Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners and Frontier Mysteries
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. An Extravagant Death is going to Larry C. from Newhebron, MS. Dianne C. from Elk Grove Village, IL will receive The Silent Shooter. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two frontier...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to our Thursday book salon, where we all talk about what we've been reading or listening to for the past week. "Book salon". Makes it sound impressive, doesn't it? Actually, it's just my favorite place to hang out and talk with you about books. I hope you find...
2021 Audie Awards
Each year the Audio Publishers Association honors the best titles in audio publishing with the Audie Awards. The awards were announced this week. Congratulations to the authors of the books, as well as those involved in the production of the audiobooks. Here are the...
Murder by Page One by Olivia Matthews
It's always fun to share release date by reviewing the first in a new series. And, Olivia Matthews' Murder by Page One features a charming librarian from New York who is trying to adjust to Southern ways. She doesn't really want to become comfortable with discovering...
First Ladies of the United States / National Portrait Gallery
The exhibit "Every Eye is Upon Me" is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery, and will remain on exhibit through May 23. Senior historian, Gwendolyn Du Bois Shaw, curated the exhibit and the accompanying book of portraits. This temporary exhibit...
The Barbizon by Paulina Bren
The subtitle of Paulina Bren's nonfiction book, The Barbizon: The Hotel that Set Women Free, is somewhat misleading. While it was a fascinating cultural study of a hotel, it was possibly even more of a study of Mademoiselle magazine and its college guest editors who...
