Lesa's Book Critiques
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Sandie’s Corner – Audible’s Best of 2018
Because Sandie Herron listens to audio books, and I don't, she's the one who caught the announcement that Audible named their Best of 2018. I do know that Audible is owned by Amazon, but these titles may be of interest. I know this was popular last year, so once...
Christmas Carols
Today, I'm going to channel the spirit of my sister-at-heart, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. I think I loved her before I ever met her because I appreciated the honesty of her rants on DorothyL. I have one of my own today. And, because Christmas carols involve words and...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday, my favorite day of the week. What are you reading this week? I'm just a little into M.B. Shaw's debut mystery, Murder at the Mill. It's not Shaw's first book, though. She's a bestselling author under Tilly Bagshawe. This one is about a portrait...
The Ice Maiden by Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridan departs from her Mirabelle Bevins mysteries with The Ice Maiden, called "A historical adventure with a paranormal twist". Are you ready for that historical adventure in Antarctica in the 19th century? In 1842, Karina, a widow, is stranded on Deception...
Kitchen Yarns by Ann Hood
Ah, Ann Hood. I know she's written other books, and I've read other ones, but I identified with her memoir/essay collection Morningstar: Growing Up with Books. Now, she has given us a memoir about another essential part of her life. Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love,...
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
I want to be like Helene Tursten's character Maud when I'm eighty-eight years old. So, that's a warning if any of you remember that in twenty-seven years. Tursten's Detective Inspector Irene Huss makes two brief appearances in the story collection, An Elderly...
