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
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...
Winners & a Lori Rader-Day Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Rosalind L. from San Antonio, TX, and Karen B. from Bloomington, MN won copies of David Rosenfelt's Outfoxed. Tari H. from Mount Sterling, OH won Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James. The books are going out in...
What Are You Reading?
"For a girl who often felt like she lived more in the cozy world of books than in the unforgiving world of the playground, a book of books was the richest journal imaginable; it showed a version of myself I recognized and felt represented me." I'm reading Pamela...