Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners and a Bibliophile Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Malice at the Palace will go to Nancy H. from Dodgeville, WI. Susan B. from Seattle, WA won A Most Curious Murder. The books will go in the mail tomorrow. I'm getting ready to write a newspaper column dealing with...
Secrets of Nanreath Hall by Alix Rickloff
Alix Rickloff has written historical and paranormal romances, but Secrets of Nanreath Hall is her first historical novel. It's a disturbing, fascinating story of a mother and daughter. But, it's the daughter's story, the atmospheric depiction of World War II, that...
Finalists for Mysterious Press Award
FINALISTS CHOSEN FOR MYSTERIOUS PRESS $25,000 AWARD; WINNER TO BE NAMED AT 2016 FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR New York, August 15, 2016 -- Otto Penzler, President and CEO of MysteriousPress.com, has announced the finalists for the inaugural Mysterious Press Award, which...
A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon
I love the mystery community. When we hosted Laura Bradford at the library, Lynn Cahoon came with her. I hadn't read Lynn's books, however after reading A Story to Kill, the first Cat Latimer mystery, I'll be eager to read the sequel. But cozy mystery? Small town...
What Are You Reading?
I read an entire book on Saturday, but I only left the house to get the mail. It's wasn't as easy to do on Sunday when I worked the reference desk at the library, and it was for the entire afternoon. Good day at work, just no reading time. I've started Lynn...
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
Pride and Prejudice. Anna Karenina. To Kill a Mockingbird. Ann Hood's fictional book club discusses these and seven more titles in her latest novel, The Book That Matters Most. But, it's a book from childhood that mattered the most to the the protagonist, a story...
