Lesa's Book Critiques
Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on MysteriesRecent Posts
What Are You Reading?
First, the most important question - how are you doing? I hope everyone is staying home, staying safe and healthy. Are you still sane, or relatively so? If you can answer the following question, you're probably okay. What are you reading? Or, is it too hard to...
May 2020 Treasures in My Closet
Who would have thought a month ago that we would all be isolated in our homes? And, while some of us are reading more, I know I'm having a hard time concentrating. There are some excellent May releases coming out, though. If you can't place holds at your local public...
Connie Berry, Guest Author, English Country House Mysteries
Today, Connie Berry is my guest author. She's the author of one of my favorite debut mysteries of 2019, A Dream of Death, as well as the follow-up, A Legacy of Murder. She's written to us about a wonderful distraction in this time of unease, "The...
Distractions
When I said we'd talk about how we're distracting ourselves and staying busy during these unsettling times, I did not mean to talk about unsettled weather. Saturday night, I was playing a game on my iPad when my cell phone went off and the tornado sirens started...
Mobituaries by Mo Rocca
While Mo Rocca's fascinating book, Mobituaries is subtitled "Great Lives Worth Reliving", it's actually a collection of intriguing essays that celebrates unusual trivia about everything from trees that were killed to celebrities who died on the same day. The essays...
Jane Goes North by Joe R. Lansdale
There are two groups of people - those who liked the Three Stooges, and those who didn't. I'm definitely in the second group. I never cared for broad, slapstick comedy. Those in the first group might appreciate Joe R. Lansdale's standalone picaresque novel, Jane Goes...
