Lesa's Book Critiques
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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...
Anthony Award Nominations
I wanted to share this today because we might want to talk about some of the books for "What Are You Reading" on Thursday, if you've read any of them. Congratulations to all of the nominees! The nominations for the 2018 Anthony Awards were announced today. The...
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
Caroline Preston, the author of The War Bride's Scrapbook, actually had an earlier book that was similar. While that book centered on World War II, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, was about a young woman in the twenties. As in the later book,...
