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
February Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
I hope you found a book or two that appeals to you, in Part 1, or today, in Part 2 of Treasures in My Closet. I'll kick it off today with Sarah Jin's Always. Kailey Crane has a great job as a writer for Seattle's Herald, and is now engaged to Ryan, who is...
Treasures In My Closet – February 2017 – Part 1
Here it is January 1st, and we're talking about February. To me, that means one month closer to winter being over. I hope you have good books to read in January. Now, I'm going to entice you with the February releases. Laurie Zico Albanese's novel, Stolen Beauty,...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! As we watch the old one go, I'm grateful for so much in my life, my family and friends, my cats, my work. All my travels this past year, especially my trip to Ireland. Broadway! And, I'm grateful I had my friends in the book world, and all these...