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
Noontime Follies by Elizabeth Gunn
I usually put every other book aside to read Elizabeth Gunn's latest Jake Hines mystery. There's just something logical and satisfying about these police procedurals set in Rutherford, Minnesota. Noontime Follies is no exception. Jake Hines runs the...
Family Trip to NYC – Day 4 & 5
We packed so much into Thursday in New York. Christie selected a tour of Rockefeller Center as one of her three picks, and Linda wanted to go to either the Top of the Rock or the Empire State Building. So, we combined those two wishes. The tour of Rockefeller...
Family Trip to NYC – Day 3
Wednesday, June 3 was finally a sunny day - the perfect day to take a boat tour. Christie had the Statue of Liberty on her top 3 list. She didn't want to go up in the statue, just see it. Circle Line Tours has a boat tour, a wonderful way to see Ellis Island,...