Lesa's Book Critiques

Sharing Books and Authors, with an Emphasis on Mysteries

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What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

It's been a good week. Easter dinner at my sister and brother-in-law's. Weather in the 70s a couple days. Last night, Linda and I went to see "A Beautiful Noise", the musical about Neil Diamond. Because I'm writing this before the show, I don't have anything else...

My Mistake

My Mistake

I waited all day for Kate DiCamillo's second book in her series, Orris and Timble: Lost and Found. It was only at the end of the day that I checked, and saw release day is next Tuesday, not yesterday. Darn. So, instead of a fresh review, you have my reviiew of...

Olivetti by Allie Millington

Olivetti by Allie Millington

Allie Millington's Olivetti may have been written for young people, but it's really for readers who want to be drawn into a beautiful story of a family that falls apart, and the typewriter that tries to save them. If the premise sounds odd, it works. Olivetti knew...

Hidden in Smoke by Lee Goldberg

Hidden in Smoke by Lee Goldberg

In the third thriller in his Sharpe and Walker series, Hidden in Smoke, Lee Goldberg brings back a character from the first book, Malibu Burning. But, Goldberg and I both want to emphasize that you can start with this book, although it's more fun if you read the...

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Meet Lesa

I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana.