Lesa's Book Critiques
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Kate & Frida by Kim Fay
Kim Fay's novel, Love & Saffron, was published in 2022, one of my favorite novels that year. It was subtitled "A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love". I picked it up at the time because it was an epistolary novel, told in letters, and I'll always take a chance...
Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak
Lisa Rogak's nonfiction book, Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS, isn't my usual reading. I usually read for character development, even in nonfiction. But, this book is fascinating as it tells the story of four women who worked for the OSS...
Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards
Before I dive into Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club, I want to mention the cover. This is perfect! The stories in this collection, edited by Martin Edwards, celebrate Simon Brett's eightieth birthday. As Brett is the author of the...
Broken Fields by Marcie R. Rendon
Marcie R. Rendon, author of the powerful novel Where They Last Saw Her, brings back her series character, Cash Blackbear, in a another traumatic, thought-provoking mystery, Broken Fields. This time, it's Cash and a young Native girl who suffer through current...
Kim Hays’ Favorite Books of 2024
Today, it's my pleasure to welcome Kim Hays to the blog to talk about her favorite books read in 2024. Since Kim's own series has been mentioned here several times, and the fourth in the Linzer and Donatelli series, Splintered Justice, is due out in April, I'll...
What Are You Reading?
The dentist! It seems as if I've been to the dentist every week this year. Yesterday was my last appointment until June. Yay! It's definitely March in Ohio. We had beautiful sunny weather, around 60 degrees on Tuesday. Started in the 50s on Wednesday. Then we had...
