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
Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber
"Parfumerie". "The Shop Around the Corner". "In the Good Old Summertime". "She Loves Me.""You've Got Mail." If you recognize any of those, you know the theme of Debbie Macomber's latest Christmas novel, Merry and Bright. A man and a woman who don't like each...
Wiley Cash’s Message to Librarians
I know some of you are probably a little impatient that I haven't reviewed books in the past few days on my blog. I've been on deadline, and once I'm past Wednesday, I'll have reviews again on the weekend. And, all those books I'm reading for deadline? Reviews will...
Have You Heard? – Charlaine Harris’ Dead to the World
There's no better time than October to discuss Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire books. Thanks to Sandie Herron, there's a review of the fourth audio book in the series, Dead to the World. DEAD TO THE WORLD Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery Book 4Written...