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
My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul
Bob = Book of Books. Of course, Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, is a reader. She's also compulsive, as many of us are, about keeping a list of the books she reads. Paul has kept that list since 1988 when she was a junior in high school. It's...
Called to Justice by Edith Maxwell
Edith Maxwell's historical mysteries, like Donis Casey's, evoke a certain time and place. The history brings the setting and period to life, while the mystery elements involve the character of the sleuth. Maxwell's Called to Justice is the second book...
Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Option B sounds as if it's a title about tests. Actually, it is about the tests life throws at us, and how we conquer them. Sheryl Sandberg, the author of Lean In, along with Adam Grant, psychologist and professor, talk about "Facing Adversity, Building...