Lesa's Book Critiques
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Miss Wolcott’s Ghost by Louise Penny
It's been six years since I liked one of Louise Penny's books as much as I liked Miss Wolcott's Ghost. Maybe I'm too picky. All the Devil's Are Here, the 2020 release, was my favorite of her books. The new novel is filled with heart, little-known history, and the...
World News from Waverley High by Linda Kass
If you were in high school in the late '60s or early '70s, Linda Kass' novel, World News from Waverley High will resonate with you. The coming-of-age novel brings back memories with its news of Vietnam, campus unrest, racial unrest and politics. Music and books tie...
November Book Tasting
The reader reviewers were succinct at the October book tasting at the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library System. We start at 10:30 AM and usually go until noon. But the Ohio State/Indiana football game started at noon, and a couple women said...
Murder on 34th Street by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks' historical mystery, Murder on 34th Street, could as easily have been called Magic on 34th Street. Fredericks, a New York native and a history major in college, brings 1932 New York City to life with the magic of Macy's as seen through the eyes of...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Fury in Death by J.D. Robb
I'm almost out of Kevin Tipple's reviews, but I still have one for Fury in Death by J.D. Robb. It's a good day to share that. Thanks, Kevin! It is September 2061 as Fury in Death by J.D. Robb begins, and Eve Dallas, a Lieutenant in the Homicide Division of NYSPD, has...
What Are You Reading?
As a reader, I'm a little melancholy. I'm sorry. Three authors, Jeffrey Archer, Peter May, and Mark Pryor, are not supposed to die within three weeks. I wasn't as shocked at the deaths of Archer and May, but Mark Pryor was only 59. Way too young. That's enough. Too...
