Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
I just started Eloisa James' romance, Seven Minutes in Heaven. It's delightful, but I'll probably be reading it every Thursday when we talk for the next few weeks. I'm in the middle of the mystery reading for the July issue of Library Journal, and next week I'll...
Have You Heard? – Miranda James’ Murder Past Due
Sandie Herron has been listening to a series I enjoy, Miranda James' Cat in the Stacks mysteries. Here's her review of the first audiobook in the series, Murder Past Due. Murder Past Due Series: Cat in the Stacks Mystery Book 1 Written by Miranda James Narrated by...
Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love by James Runcie
Although this latest book by James Runcie is part of "The Grantchester Mysteries", Sidney Chambers and the Persistence of Love really has very little mystery in it. At least, not mystery as crime fiction readers think of it. The stories in this collection are really...
Have You Heard? – Tammy Kaehler’s Kiss the Bricks
Sandie Herron has a timely book review for us, just before the Indianapolis 500. Herron reviews a recent book release, Tammy Kaehler's Kiss the Bricks. Thanks, Sandie! KISS THE BRICKS By Tammy Kaehler Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press Publication Date:...
Party Girls Die in Pearls by Plum Sykes
Plum Sykes, author of Bergdorf Blondes, now sets her sights on Oxford, England in the 1980s, and a group of college students who are pretentious, too wealthy for their own good, and only interested in partying. Party Girls Die in Pearls is the first Oxford Girl...
The Marriage Bureau by Penrose Halson
Romance, history, matchmaking, humor. It's all there in Penrose Halson's enjoyable account, The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London. Before eHarmony and Match.com and Tinder, there was the Marriage Bureau, founded in...
