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
Anthony Award Nominations
I wanted to share this today because we might want to talk about some of the books for "What Are You Reading" on Thursday, if you've read any of them. Congratulations to all of the nominees! The nominations for the 2018 Anthony Awards were announced today. The...
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
Caroline Preston, the author of The War Bride's Scrapbook, actually had an earlier book that was similar. While that book centered on World War II, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, was about a young woman in the twenties. As in the later book,...
Beyond the Pale by Clare O’Donohue
Clare O'Donohue wrote Beyond the Pale just for me. Well, not really. We've never met, and we hadn't corresponded before I read this book. But, she sent her two reluctant spies all over Ireland, most of the time to places I've been. It felt as if I was returning to...