Lesa's Book Critiques
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A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
Cynthia Lord's juvenile novel, A Handful of Stars, is a warm, touching story about loneliness and the gift of friendship. It's a story about opening your eyes to change and differences and imagination. It's a lovely, thoughtful book. Lily lives in a small town in...
Carry Her Heart by Holly Jacobs
I don't usually start a review out by addressing the author, but I'm making an exception here. Darn you, Holly Jacobs. I cried throughout the last quarter of Carry Her Heart. Cats climbed into my lap because I was crying. It's all your fault. Author Piper George...
Mystery Writers of America Presents Manhattan Mayhem
I'm not going to wait until this book comes out in early June to discuss it. Mary Higgins Clark edited a collection of stories written to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Mystery Writers of America. And, the stories, set all over Manhattan, are...
Where Are You Today?
I've started a fascinating book. It's Mystery Writers of America Presents Manhattan Mayhem. It's edited by Mary Higgins Clark, and it celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the founding of MWA. There are stories by Lee Child, Margaret Maron, Jeffery Deaver, and...
Winners and a Break
Congratulations to the winners of the last contests. Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews will go to Bonnie K. from Sacramento, CA. And, I always wonder about serendipity when both books set in New York City are heading to residents of New York state. Margaret Grace's...
When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
There is no good answer to that question, which is why the subtitle makes a lot of sense. The authors of Freakonomics collected pieces from their blog in the book When to Rob a Bank...and 131 more warped suggestions and well-intended rants. In celebration of the tenth...
