Lesa's Book Critiques
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What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday, but before we talk books, we need to talk weather. Is everyone okay? Between unexpected snowstorms, tornadoes and thunderstorms, I just want to make sure you're all safe. Take care of yourselves! I have to admit I'm reading a book I might not finish,...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – John Sandford’s The Investigator
I've never before run a review of the same book twice in a week. But, John Sandford's The Investigator was released yesterday, and Kevin Tipple had sent a review of the book. I ran my review on Monday, but it doesn't hurt to offer a second viewpoint. Thank you, Kevin,...
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
I picked up Peter Swanson's Nine Lives because everything I read about it mentioned Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. I can see that it's a riff off the classic. I'll admit, though, by the time the characters were killed off in Nine Lives, I was really only...
The Investigator by John Sandford
If you've read John Sandford's novels about Lucas Davenport, you've undoubtedly read about his adopted daughter, Letty. Her experiences as a child are rehashed in The Investigator, so even if you don't remember her, or never read a Lucas Davenport novel, you can...
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom's In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss isn't an easy book to read, and many readers may be uncomfortable with this book. Bloom's husband, Brian Ameche, had Alzheimer's, and he made the decision that he didn't want to live with the disease and lose who he was....
The Kindness of Strangers by Andy Weinberger
There's a melancholy tone of loss in Andy Weinberger's third Amos Parisman mystery. Even in the first in the series, An Old Man's Game, Amos complained about his age. He still calls himself the "best Jewish detective in LA", while admitting at least he's the oldest....
