Lesa's Book Critiques
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Where I’ve Been
No video today. Instead, I'm going to invite you to a couple blogs where I've been spending time this weekend. I've raved about my friend Kaye Wilkinson Barley before. She's my roommate for mystery conferences and even in Paris. We're already planning Bouchercon in...
The Irish Pub by James Fennell & Turtle Bunbury
What better book for St. Patrick's Day than The Irish Pub by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury? Fennell is the photographer of this gorgeous book with 201 color illustrations. And, Bunbury is the historian and writer who tells the story of a representative thirty-nine...
Winners and Cozy Wedding Blues
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Kara M. from Adrian, MI won The Lost Order. Deanna S. of Carlisle, MA will receive Breaking Point. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away cozy mysteries involving weddings. The first is...
What Are You Reading?
Thursday, Thursday! I look forward to Thursday all week. I love to see what you're all reading. I'm playing catch-up. I'm reading Juliet Blackwell's A Toxic Trousseau because A Magical Match, the next one in her Witchcraft Mystery series, is out on April 3. Somehow I...
Sandie’s Corner – Dead Cold Brew by Cleo Coyle
When Sandie Herron first started sending occasional reviews to Lesa's Book Critiques, we called it Sandie's Corner. Then, she switched to reviewing audio books for "Have You Heard?". Today, she has a book review for us, last year's Coffeehouse Mystery, Dead Cold Brew...
The Southern Sympathy Cookbook by Perre Coleman Magness
I was hoping for a cookbook with recipes I could take to potlucks (carry-ins in southwestern Indiana). Instead, I found a cookbook that made a number of changes to traditional recipes, so they weren't quite what I expected. But, I did enjoy the obituary clips and the...
