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
Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto
Shoji Morimoto is so determined to do nothing that someone else actually wrote his memoir, Rental Person Who Does Nothing. Morimoto contributed to the book by answering questions. While the whole concept is fascinating, there are concepts that are very Japanese,...
Nineteen Years of Book Chats
Nineteen years. Lesa's Book Critiques was nineteen years old yesterday. In recent years, I've forgotten to mark the date until after it passed. But, it's worth mentioning. That's a lot of books to read and talk about, a lot of authors to host. Somedays, it seems...
First Giveaway of the Year
Since I moved, giveaways will be a little more sporadic than they were - not every Friday. I don't have the number of books that I used to have, and publishers are slow to send physical books. But, every once in a while, I'll throw out a contest. This week, I have...