Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners and Librarians, Cats, and Murder
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Patricia P. from Boynton Beach, FL won Ripped From the Pages. Books of a Feather will go to Robin C. of Ashtabula, OH. The books will go out in the mail today. Why do librarians, cats, and murder go together in the...
What Are You Reading?
It's that time of week! Time to discover what you're reading. I've just started Mary Robinette Kowal's novel, Ghost Talkers. It's about mediums who talk to the ghosts of dead World War I soldiers in order to find out enemy troop movements. Then one of the mediums...
Arsenic with Austen by Katherine Bolger Hyde
Katherine Bolger Hyde's debut mystery makes me regret that I don't know Austen better. Each chapter of Arsenic with Austen begins with a quote from one of the novels. If I was more knowledgeable, I'd probably have been more familiar with the direction the story...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two – J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne
By now, everyone knows that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Jack Thorne, based on a new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Tiffany and Thorne. And, people are seeing it in London, the book has been out several weeks now, and no one can really be...
Spoiling Other Books
I finished Louise Penny's A Great Reckoning yesterday. When I read Louise's new book, I always block off a day to sit down and absorb it, to sink into the atmosphere. And, I don't review it for a few days so I have time to think about it. Louise Penny's Gamache books...
Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton
I'll admit I haven't read books in all of Janet Evanovich's series. But, it didn't come as a surprise when a car blew up in her latest book, Curious Minds. This time, though, she's moved into a higher price range. Evanovich and co-author Phoef Sutton blew up a...
