Lesa's Book Critiques
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Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Are you ready for cats who are management, and dolphins who want to unionize? I love John Scalzi's imagination, and Starter Villain is a joy from start to finish. Most people would look at Charlie Fitzer and see a loser. At thirty-two, he's divorced, working as a...
Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel
Well, two admissions here. We all know I didn't take much time to read in the last week. The second admission is that I seldom read graphic novels because I have a hard time with the graphics and print. Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel...
What Are You Reading?
And, I'm now in Ohio! Mom and my sister, Christie, came down yesterday, and helped me unpack, just as they helped me pack last week. I appreciated every minute of their time, including their driving time. Now, though, they had just over two hours to get here instead...
Dark Ride by Lou Berney
It's been five years since Lou Berney's last novel, the multi-award-winning November Road. But, in Dark Ride, Berney's themes are once again children in jeopardy and the unexpected anti-hero. Hardy "Hardly" Reed is a weed-smoking, lost twenty-three-year-old who is...
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
If you've been following the adventures of the seniors from The Thursday Murder Club, prepare yourself for tears ahead of time. Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die , while still a mystery with moments of humor, also has some poignant moments that are difficult to...
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Amy Chua manages to incorporate history, social conditions, racism, and mystery in her debut mystery, The Golden Gate. Set in 1944, Chua was inspired by a ghost story about the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, California, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's year-long...
