Lesa's Book Critiques
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On Our Way
My sister, Christie, and I are heading to New York City today. Well, Nashville to the airport, first, and then New York. It's my latest Broadway trip. I really wanted to see "Carousel". We have tickets to three other shows, and we hope to get to the Met and the...
A Shameful Murder by Cora Harrison
Sometimes, you come across a book that makes you go back to the beginning of a series. Cora Harrison's Burren mysteries, set in 16th century Ireland, just never caught on with me. But, when I stumbled across her Reverend Mother mysteries, I was hooked. A Shameful...
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is going to be the guest of honor at Poisoned Pen's September Mystery Conference. It's a two-day conference, and it's a celebration of Rankin's thirty years of publishing in the United States. Here's the link to information. http://bit.ly/2rfGunJ That also...
Better Off Read by Nora Page
I'm always up for a new mystery featuring a librarian or library. Nora Page's Better Off Read involves a bookmobile and a seventy-five-year-old librarian, Cleo Watkins. Catalpha Springs, Georgia's mayor, Jeb Day, isn't interested in repairing the library's roof after...
Winners and No Contest this week
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. David C. of Granger, IN and Jeanne P. from Bristol, VA won the copies of Antique Blues. Date with Malice is going to Karen B. from Bloomington, MN and Charlotte W. from Covington, GA. They're going out today. There's...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I'm going to be in an important meeting for part of the day, so I won't be around mid-day, but I'll start out with all of you, and catch up. I'm not going to talk about what I'm reading today. Instead, I'm going to talk about awards. I'm always happy to...
