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
Happy Thanksgiving.
I'm going to send you all my Thanksgiving wishes today, and take tomorrow off. I'm grateful for all of you who read with me, share your books and your reading, and love books. Thank you for sticking with me when I've been busy, attending conferences, going on...
What Are You Reading?
If you read yesterday's comments, you saw this coming. Jeff mentioned that I haven't featured "What Are You Reading" lately. It's an easy post, but I like to have time to see what you're all reading. And, when I'm out of town, I don't have a lot of time for the...
Just Killing Time by Julianne Holmes
I may not always get around to reading a book the month I receive it, or, in this case, even the year I receive it. But, my sister picked a mystery out of my TBR pile last weekend, and, on her recommendation, I read it. She was right. Julianne Holmes' first Clock...