Lesa's Book Critiques
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Throwing Shade by Deborah Wilde
I don't know when I've had so much fun reading a book. Maybe when I read John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society a couple years ago. But, Deborah Wilde's Throwing Shade is nothing like the science fiction novel. Think shape-shifting wolves, vampires and...
Writers and Liars by Carol Goodman
So many authors put their own twist on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. In Writers and Liars, Carol Goodman sets her novel on a Greek Island, brings in a group of authors who were there fifteen years earlier, and provides a Greek mythology background....
Something Whiskered by Miranda James
Yes and no on the seventeenth book in Miranda James' Cat in the Stacks Mystery. Yes, it's delightful with the Irish setting, more of Diesel the Maine Coon cat, and even a ghost cat named Fergal. But, if you're looking for Charlie Harris, the librarian, to solve the...
What Are You Reading?
Good morning, or afternoon, whenever you're reading this. Our weather has been a little cooler, and my schedule has been light. Today, though, I have another Thursday morning appointment, so I won't be around until early afternoon. So, tell me about your week,...
Lavender Lies Bleeding by Leslie Budewitz
I saw a question on Facebook yesterday. "What is your favorite cozy mystery series?" While there are several I read faithfully, Leslie Budewitz' Spice Shop Mysteries definitely rank up there. She always takes us, along with her protagonist Pepper Reece, to the...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Return to Sender by Craig Johnson
As he often does, Kevin Tipple steps up when I'm only partway through a book and don't have a review. Today, he's talking about Craig Johnson's latest Longmire mystery, Return to Sender. Thank you, Kevin. (And, I agree with you about the cult trope.) As a reader, I...
