About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
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What Are You Reading?
Rain here this week, and cooler temperatures. We were so lucky on our trip to Cincinnati. We had good weather, except for the time we had to shelter during the tornado warning. Great weather for the zoo, though, mid-80s and sunny, but the zoo has a great deal of...
Cincinnati – Day 2
We started our morning at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, then walked to Fountain Square. From there we headed to the Cincinnati Zoo. I haven't been to near as many zoos as my friend, David, has, but this is my favorite of the ones I've seen. Thanks...
She Left by Stacie Grey
Every time I start a book that uses Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None motif, I'm a little skeptical. While Stacie Grey's She Left shows some promise, it's a little uneven. And, I do have a complaint. The premise is that twenty years after the unsolved...