Lesa's Book Critiques
Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on MysteriesRecent Posts
Have You Heard? Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger
I'm always grateful when Sandie Herron steps in with a review of an audiobook. It gives me one day to finish whatever I'm reading. And, she reviews audiobooks, which I don't listen to. I know many of you do, so it's one more chance for you to discover a book. Thanks,...
Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
If you're getting tired of my reviews of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London books, you'll be happy to know I only have one more after Foxglove Summer. But, this fifth one was one of the best in the series. Police constable Peter Grant is on his own this...
Vanishing Ireland by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury
Vanishing Ireland is a beautiful, but sobering book. Fennell and Bunbury set out across Ireland to capture and preserve the stories of ordinary Irish people, people who worked the land, worked with horses, worked on the water, celebrated the music. Vanishing...
What Can I Bring? Southern Food for Any Occasion Life Serves Up by Elizabeth Heiskell
I was raised in Ohio. Just as in the South, when someone dies, just returns from the hospital, has problems, we take food to the house. It may not be the Southern recipes from this book, but I was eager to read Elizabeth Heiskell's cookbook, What Can I Bring?...
Winners and an Amateur Sleuth Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bury the Past is going to Marie R. from Horseheads, NY. Mary P. from Rome, NY won A Hunt in Winter. Due to our weather, the books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I'm giving away two mysteries...
What Are You Reading?
First, I want to thank Jeff, Grace, Margie and Glen for sharing their favorite books of 2017. Let's do it again next year! Watch for those good books this year. I bet it doesn't come as a surprise to anyone that I'm finishing Foxglove Summer, the next book in Ben...
