Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading? and Margie Bunting’s Best Books of 2019
It's Thursday! Of course, we're going to talk about what we're all reading this week. However, this time of year, it's fun to kick off the discussion by looking at favorite books read in 2019. This week, Margie Bunting shares her list. I love to read Bunting's lists....
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
Can you say addict? After discovering Sarah MacLean's Brazen and the Beast, I've become addicted to her historical romances. Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, the first in her Love by Numbers trilogy, is just as delightful as her latest books. She...
Fatal Roots by Sheila Connolly
Sheila Connolly's County Cork mysteries always take me to Ireland, a country I love. And, I thought her book, An Early Wake, brought the music and area to life. That's probably why I was so disappointed with the latest book in the series, Fatal Roots. Nothing...
Bound for Murder by Victoria Gilbert
Like Jenn McKinlay's latest Library Lover's Mystery, Word to the Wise, Victoria Gilbert's Bound for Murder features a small-town library director in a darker situation than usually expected in a cozy mystery series. Illicit drugs, and a commune aren't usually typical...
Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey
I'm not a fan of unreliable narrator novels. I am a big fan of coming-of-age stories. Those stories often are heart-breakers, as is Jess Lourey's Unspeakable Things. But, I like the voices. Young people see the world, and their situations, with different eyes...
Trouble in Mind by Michael Wiley
It's been a few years since Michael Wiley set a mystery in Chicago. Now, he introduces an unusual character, an ex-cop turned PI, and puts him in Chicago in Trouble in Mind. Sam Kelson's latest case is violent and gets him in all kinds of trouble with the police....
