Lesa's Book Critiques
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Winners and A Dog Days of August Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The copies of The Dead Girl in 2A will go to Renee G. from Valleyford, WA and Alma C. of Mountain Home, AR. Daniel M. from Weymouth, MA won The Moroccan Girl. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. Because it's...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Let's talk about books. What have you been reading in the last week? Friday's my deadline for Library Journal for the October issue, so I've been reading October and November releases. There are some terrific ones coming up, some of the...
The Truth Behind the Lie by Sara Lovestam
Sara Lovestam's detective story, The Truth Behind the Lie, has several unusual twists. One of them will surprise readers in the very last line of the book. Kouplan is desperate to make ends meet in Stockholm. The undocumented Iranian refugee risks everything by...
Murder at Whitby Abbey by Cassandra Clark
As a reviewer who gets thrust into the middle of a number of mystery series, I'm getting to be an expert in whether or not readers can pick up a book if they haven't read previous ones. Murder at Whitby Abbey is the tenth in Cassandra Clark's Hildegard of Meaux...
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan
When I selected Hank Phillippi Ryan's The Murder List as the Pick of the Month for Library Journal, I knew fans of legal thrillers would appreciate the unusual twists in the book. She manipulates the reader as well as the characters. The book is easier to summarize...
Champion Dog Prince Tom by Jean Fritz and Tom Clute
Champion Dog Prince Tom by Jean Fritz and Tom Clute is a book from my childhood. When a friend recently asked me to post books I loved, I remembered this book, and ordered it. I read it over and over as a kid. I read it Friday night, and still appreciated it. For...
