Lisa Shafer: A Writer's Blog

 155 books total, but 82 of them were historical mysteries.  Hmmmm...... I really think I need to try to broaden my focus for 2022. Below ar...

Here's the list of books I just couldn't stand to finish in 2021. 1. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer.   I’d read Under the Banner of H...

      House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland is a perfect example of how an author’s lack of research can undermine an otherwise decent book....

    The Doomsday Book is nearly 30 years old now, and I read it the first time when it was new.  I loved it!  The characterization is so in...

  Like many people, I've been absolutely enthralled with the BBC historical videos featuring Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, and Alex Langland...

 I've been keeping these lists since 2007.  Usually, I read right around 120 books a year, an average of 10 books a month.  But this yea...

  Cold Wind is the sequel to Paige Shelton's first Alaska mystery, Thin Ice . In spite of the fact that the first volume in the series e...