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
Diana Gabaldon at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Diana Gabaldon was the keynote speaker for this year's Southern Kentucky Book Fest. She's sold 26 million books worldwide, and Outlander won the People's Choice Award for a SF/Fantasy TV show. When Diana, Catriona Balfe who plays Claire, and Sam Heughan...
Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Four of us went down to Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Southern Kentucky Book Fest. It was another terrific day like last year. Diana Gabaldon was the keynote speaker, but my summary of her event will come later when I have a picture to go with it. The first panel...
Fantastic Fiction Friday
Once a month, one of our branches has Fantastic Fiction Friday. Usually, they discuss just one book, but you all know that's not my style. I want to talk about all kinds of books. So, I picked twenty books. Remember, these might not be all my favorites. They were...