Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
First, how are you doing this week? That's the important question. The next is, of course, what are you reading? I'm reading the second Movie Palace mystery by Margaret Dumas, Murder in the Balcony. I didn't realize the second and the third were out until a friend...
Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth by Jay Stringer
There's just something about Jay Stringer's fast-paced Marah Chase adventures that appeal to me. If you enjoyed Saturday morning serials or movie adventures, you can pick up just where Stringer's Marah Chase and the Conqueror's Tomb left off. Chase, a...
Outsider by Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo's Kate Burkholder novels create more tension than most books I read. This series is one of my favorite ones, yet I have to pause while I read the books because they're stressful. Outsider, with Kate isolated with just an Amish family and an old...
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason B. Rosenthal
I may have mentioned this before. When my husband, Jim, died, my mother gave me the best advice I received. She said, "Your life will be different, but it can be just as good." Jason B. Rosenthal came to that realization as well, that life can go on. He writes about...
A Study in Murder by Callie Hutton
Whether you're a fan of Victorian mysteries or atmospheric fiction set in that time period, you might want to try Callie Hutton's A Study in Murder, the first in her new Victorian Book Club mystery series. Hutton has written bestselling historical romances, and...
Favorite Books of 2020
Halfway through 2020. How many of you are with me, agreeing that 2020 can't be over soon enough? No theater; no movies; no concerts; no visits with family and friends; no dinners out. All we have left are books. So, I'm going to remind you about ten books. These ten...
