Lesa's Book Critiques
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Monsters of Ohio by John Scalzi
How could I resist a novel called Monsters of Ohio by John Scalzi, my favorite science fiction author? He had my heart in my throat in his opening, but I should have had faith in him. As you can see on the cover, it says, “People change.” So do rabbits, cats, dogs, and even a […]
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December Treasures in My Closet
Ah, December. The month when even the publishers realize many of us won’t have much reading time. Some of the books in my small pile of ten books are a little strange. However, there are two anthologies that might interest Jeff. Happy reading! Celia Aaron’s Falling for Evil is…
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A Very Maui Christmas by Carlene O’Connor
I’m willing to try any of Carlene O’Connor’s books. She’s the author of the Irish Village and County Kerry mysteries. But, A Very Maui Christmas, a romance set in Maui, wasn’t at all what I expected. It was fun, but, if you’re not interested in the sexual innuendo, don’t try it.…
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Home for the Homicides by Elle Cosimano & Hannah Morrissey
It was Charles Dickens who wrote “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor”, but authors Elle Cosimano and Hannah Morrissey took it to heart. I don’t know who decided to put these two authors together for Home for the Homicides, but it…
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What Are You Reading?
Well, I’ve kept you up-to-date with everything I’ve been doing, so you’ve seen the photos of Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, James A. Garfield’s home. Saturday, I’m heading to Otterbein University to see Pride & Prejudice, which they say is not…
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Tell Me About Joy by Kara Kavensky
It was a note from the library that sent me to this book, “While you’re waiting” for a novel that hasn’t come in yet. Kara Kavensky’s Tell Me About Joy is subtitled “A True Story of Love, Regrets, and Second Chances”. It wasn’t what I expected. I knew it was an account of a…
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Kevin’s Corner Annex – Truth to Power by S.A. Cosby
I spent Sunday night researching and posting the pictures of Green Lawn Cemetery, and I was busy Monday. Fortunately, Kevin Tipple sent a review of S.A. Cosby’s Truth to Power, knowing I had a “Bare review cupboard”. Thank you, Kevin. Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Marvel Crime…
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Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
I know. How many cemeteries can one person visit? Two of them in four days for my sister, Linda, and me. Yesterday, we did a two hour walking tour of Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus. It opened in 1849 as part of the rural cemetery movement, the trend to build large park-like…
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The Dying Light by Ann Cleeves
It was the Shetland books and Jimmy Perez that first introduced me to Ann Cleeves, but I stayed for the Vera Stanhope mysteries, and now the Detective Matthew Venn ones. The Dying Light is the latest Matthew Venn police procedural, with an unexpected twist at the end. I love a…
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Cleveland Area Trip
Linda and I went up to Mom’s on Wednesday because we were heading on a family adventure on Thursday with Mom and our sister Christie. We all love history, and Christie has been interested in the presidents since she was little. On Thursday, we headed to the James A. Garfield…
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A Teaser
Mom, my sisters and I went to Mentor and Cleveland yesterday. We originally headed to the James A. Garfield National Historic Site, which we enjoyed. We followed that with lunch, and then a visit to Lakeview Cemetery. There’s a lot to tell you about the day, so I’ll do that one…
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What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday, everyone! I’ll have time to be online this morning, and then later in the afternoon or early evening. Linda and I drove up to Mom’s yesterday. Today, the three of us, and my sister, Christie, are heading to Mentor, Ohio. We all have an interest in history, yet…