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
The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson
It's not easy to write a review of a book when one of your best friends adores it. So, I won't. Or, I won't provide one of my normal reviews for James Anderson's The Never-Open Desert Diner. My friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley, is "an evangelist" for this novel....
Winners and a Dark Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Wedding Bell Blues will go to Lynn L. from Rio Linda, CA. Kathleen R. from Trumansburg, NY won Sticks and Bones. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two terrific dark crime novels,...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Not only do we get to talk about what we're all reading here, but I also participate in #AskaLibrarian on Twitter from 12-1 ET. Readers can tell librarians from all over the country what they're reading, and we make suggestions for their next book. I...