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
Cheddar Off Dead by Julia Buckley
Cheddar Off Dead is only the second in Julia Buckley's Undercover Dish mystery series, so you still have time to easily catch up. It follows The Big Chili, and this story is equally delightful. Buckley creates the Christmas atmosphere with music, snow,...
Thoughts on Reading the Bookshop on the Corner
Yesterday, I reviewed Jenny Colgan's The Bookshop on the Corner. (By the way, in England, it's called The Little Shop of Happily Ever After, which I kind of like.) I loved the story, and, most of all, I loved Nina Redmond, the librarian turned bookseller. But,...
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
I could go two ways with my review of Jenny Colgan's charming novel, The Bookshop on the Corner. So, today, I'll do the book-related review. Tomorrow, I'll comment about the book's impact on me personally. No one cares about that, except me, but I want to say it....