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
A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon
I love the mystery community. When we hosted Laura Bradford at the library, Lynn Cahoon came with her. I hadn't read Lynn's books, however after reading A Story to Kill, the first Cat Latimer mystery, I'll be eager to read the sequel. But cozy mystery? Small...
What Are You Reading?
I read an entire book on Saturday, but I only left the house to get the mail. It's wasn't as easy to do on Sunday when I worked the reference desk at the library, and it was for the entire afternoon. Good day at work, just no reading time. I've started Lynn...
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
Pride and Prejudice. Anna Karenina. To Kill a Mockingbird. Ann Hood's fictional book club discusses these and seven more titles in her latest novel, The Book That Matters Most. But, it's a book from childhood that mattered the most to the the protagonist, a...