Lesa's Book Critiques
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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...
Winners and Cleo Coyle Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the Christmas mystery giveaway. Rhys Bowen's Away in a Manger goes to Anita Y. of Barnesville, GA. Glen D. of Yuba City, CA won Sally Goldenbaum's Trimmed with Murder. This week, Cleo Coyle has offered to send one lucky winner a...
Dead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle
Cleo Coyle certainly does not write the same story over and over again. In fact, with the latest Coffeehouse mystery, Clare Cosi is caught up in politics, murder and crime in Washington, D.C., quite a departure from the usual New York City setting. The change in...
