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
Winners and Give Me a D Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Jennifer H. from Indianola, IA won Ten Dead Comedians. Edited Out by E.J. Copperman will go to Pat S. from Farmington, NM. This week, I'm giving away ARCs by authors whose last name begins with D. Hannah...
What Are You Reading?
While I'm in the middle of reading for Library Journal right now, I did find the time to read a nonfiction picture book that I bought. It's so good that I'm planning to use it when/if I read to my class of third graders again this year. Suzi Eszterhas is a wildlife...
The Bookshop at Water’s End by Patti Callahan Henry
Mimi, the bookseller at Title Wave, the bookstore in Watersend, South Carolina, welcomes readers to her bookstore, a place as magic as the river. The characters revolve around the bookstore, the beginning and end of the story, a place of secrets and answers in...