Lesa's Book Critiques
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Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution’s Women by Kate Quinn, et al.
Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women is a heartbreaking book. The six authors told the stories of women who were intimately involved with the French Revolution, as instigators, writers, politicians, survivors. Some of the women were executed on...
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
I'm going to complain again today about the categorization of novels. Don't get me wrong. I loved Jane Harper's The Lost Man. She brings the Australian outback, with its heat and dirt and isolation, to life. But, a thriller? I wouldn't call it a thriller at all....
Girls Like Us by Christina Alger
This is just a hypothetical question. And, I've been reading and reviewing books long enough to know that the publisher actually picks a category for a book to generate sales. Libraries also classify fiction. And, who is to say that any of us are right? So why is a...
Good Man Gone Bad by Gar Anthony Haywood
It's been a long time since I read one of Gar Anthony Haywood's books. In the mid-90s, I read the two books he wrote about Joe and Dottie Loudermilk, a retired African-American couple who traveled the U.S. in their camper. I had never read any of the Aaron Gunner...
Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day & Alex Erickson
Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day and Alex Erickson have more in common than the facts that they write cozy mysteries featuring amateur sleuths. Each of their novellas in Christmas Cocoa Murder features cocoa. Well, duh. Of course. They are also all enjoyable stories,...
Winners and A “Bitter” Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Ice Cold Heart will go to Christopher S. in Eden, NY. Mark B. from Santa Clarita, CA won Iced in Paradise. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two "bitter" books. A Bitter Feast is...
