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?
This is the last "What Are You Reading" post for 2017. Next week, we're on to a new year, new books, new memories. I hope we all make wonderful discoveries in 2018. And, don't forget, if you want to do a "Favorite Books Read in 2017" post, feel free to send it anytime...
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
Here's what I've learned after reading just two books in Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London urban fantasy series. It doesn't pay to be Peter Grant's girlfriend. Moon Over Soho, the second book in the series, provides another series of educational adventures for the...
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
A friend told me years ago to read Ben Aaronovitch. And, I read the book back then. This time, when I read Midnight Riot, the first Peter Grant, I must have been in the moon for a combination of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files and Simon R. Green. There's the...