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. |
Recent Posts
What Are You Reading?
Today is our last “What Are You Reading?” before Christmas. If you celebrate, I wish you books or gift cards or enjoyable reading over the holiday weekend. Even if you don’t celebrate, I hope you have reading time! I’m looking forward to...
Berkley Prime Crime’s January Releases
Usually, Jinx and I would do a video chat to talk about January’s releases from Berkley Prime Crime. But, I only have three books from them for January, hardly worth getting the camera and cat out. Instead, I’ll give you a brief summary. Jennifer...
Have You Heard? Victoria Laurie’s Better Read Than Dead
This is the post that was supposed to be published yesterday. Unfortunately, it looked fine when I saw the preview. Once it published, the formatting was terrible. I’ll try again. Thanks to Sandie Herron for the audiobook review. Better Read Than Dead Series:...