Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
How are you this week? Have you been able to concentrate on a book? Maybe books are your favorite escape from all of the news. So, what are you reading? I'm having a hard time concentrating, so William Ottens' Librarian Tales is just what I need. He's a librarian from...
Glen Davis’ Favorites of 2020
Today, it's Glen Davis' turn to share his favorite books of 2020. If you haven't "met" Glen yet, he's one of the regular participants in "What Are You Reading?" on Thursdays, and he shared his 2019 favorites with us at the beginning of 2020. I enjoy Glen's dry...
Deep Into the Dark by P.J. Tracy
If you've ever read one of P.J. Tracy's Monkeewrench books, think back for a moment. Those mysteries are so hard to review without giving away the plot. Granted, we also read them for the emotionally scarred characters, but Tracy knows how to write a complex story....
A Curious Incident by Vicki Delany
While I never had the chance to read about Gemma Doyle's adventures in England in There's a Murder Afoot, I didn't really miss anything by moving straight to the sixth book in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series. A Curious Incident just might be my favorite in Vicki...
A Deadly Edition by VicToria Gilbert
When I read last year's Blue Ridge Library mystery by Victoria Gilbert, I had a few issues with the book. The fifth book in the series, A Deadly Edition, made this reader happy that I gave the series one more try. My biggest problem with the previous book is...
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
In 2017, before Kenneth Branagh's version of "Murder on the Orient Express", I reread that book. That's the last time I read one of Agatha Christie's mysteries until I saw a discussion on Twitter of A Murder is Announced. That's when I realized I hadn't ever read that...
