Lesa's Book Critiques
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Like Family by Paolo Giordano
If Paolo Giordano actually means his characters are Like Family, it's a sad little family in his latest novel. It's a novel that leaves readers with more questions than answers. The unnamed narrator and his wife, Nora, have been married ten years. For most of those...
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Werewolves, and vampires, and Picklemen, oh, my! The opening I used in my review of Gail Carriger's third Finishing School novel,Waistcoats & Weaponry, still fits for the concluding book in her young adult steampunk series. Manners & Mutiny has all the...
What Are You Reading?
As much as I'd like to tell you about Manners & Mutiny, the concluding book in Gail Carriger's steampunk Finishing School series, I can't yet. Last night was spent baking Christmas cookies for the cookie exchange at work. So, I'll be finishing the book tonight....
Willow Brook Road by Sherryl Woods
There are some romance series I read, no matter how predictable they are. They're also emotionally satisfying. Sherryl Woods' Chesapeake Shores novels are perfect examples. It's obvious early on which couple will end up together. The reader knows they'll face...
Ornaments of Death by Jane K. Cleland
Jane K. Cleland's Josie Prescott Antiques mysteries continue to get better. Josie Prescott has not only grown her antiques business over ten years, she has grown as a character. Readers of Ornaments of Death will find an intelligent, strong amateur sleuth, a...
When Good Cozies Go Bad
All of my readers know I read multiple cozy mysteries each month. And, I do a regular book chat featuring cozy mysteries. One of my sisters reads cozies as well, and she's a better critic of them than I am. We appreciate mysteries set in small towns with a cast of...
