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 New Year!
Happy New Year! As we watch the old one go, I'm grateful for so much in my life, my family and friends, my cats, my work. All my travels this past year, especially my trip to Ireland. Broadway! And, I'm grateful I had my friends in the book world, and all these...
Favorite Books of 2016
I always end the year saying this is a list of my favorite books. It isn't a list of bestsellers, or the "Best Books" of 2016. It's the books I most enjoyed reading during the year. I picked these ten from the ones I gave 5 Stars to on Goodreads. And, even that list...
Mystery Columnist
I'm not going anyplace, but some of my reviewing may slow down a little until I get an added responsibility under control. Along with another librarian, Ann Theis, I'll be writing the mystery column for Library Journal, beginning with the March 1 issue. That means...