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
What Are You Reading?
It's Wednesday! Let's talk about what we're reading. I'm reading Hester Young's The Shimmering Road, the sequel to The Gates of Evangeline. This one is set in Texas and Tucson, though. I loved Kay's comment the other day. The Gates of Evangeline, set in Louisiana,...
Police at the Station and They Don’t Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty
Adrian McKinty's latest Detective Sean Duffy novel is the sixth in the series set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Although I hadn't read any of the earlier ones, I never felt lost with the character and his history. There may be a few terms or...
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
I remember reading all kinds of mythology, legends and fairy tale books when I was in fourth grade. Those stories all came together as part of cultural literacy, although I certainly wouldn't have thought of that at the age of nine or ten. But, I can recognize the...