Leslie Zemeckis

2 weeks ago | montecitojournal.net | Leslie Zemeckis

‘Climbing in Heels’ Climbing in Heels is the perfect summer beach read. Super-agent/producer (she shepherded the careers of JLo and Julia Roberts to name just two) Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas debuts with a witty, sexy book about breaking through the boys’ club of ‘80s Hollywood in the fashion of former glamour queen Jackie Collins. And she does it with aplomb and grit.

1 month ago | montecitojournal.net | Leslie Zemeckis

‘One Death at a Time’ If a crime could ever be called delightful, Abbi Waxman is its likely author. Her latest One Death at a Time will have readers laughing all the way to the final page. Julia is a former actress newly arrested for the murder of her sworn enemy who, most inconveniently, was found floating in her pool with a bullet in his back.

2 months ago | montecitojournal.net | Leslie Zemeckis

Wartime Love, Mystery, and Popstars in Spring Two terrific new books centered around the Civil War are out. The first is Chris Bohjalian’s The Jackal’s Mistress, an unlikely love story between a wounded Yankee and a lonely Southern woman who is struggling after her husband is captured by the North. Libby can do nothing but help to save the seriously wounded soldier.

Mar 18, 2025 | montecitojournal.net | Leslie Zemeckis

Fresh from the San Miguel Writers’ Conference I am just back as a guest of the San Miguel Writers’ Conference, where I taught a workshop and gave a reading from one of my books. I was also privileged to interview the literary legend John Irving who has a new book coming out in November, which I will review.

Feb 11, 2025 | montecitojournal.net | Leslie Zemeckis

Women Lead the Way ‘Looking at Women Looking at War’If you read just one book, read Victoria Amelina’s Looking at Women Looking at War. When Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago this month, Amelina was a novelist living in Kyiv with her husband and son. War changed everything for the young woman who felt she had to do more.