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
What Are You Reading?
Nothing. Well, actually, I'm reading a book for a journal review, so I can't discuss it until they have the review. I just have to find another book in all of those piles of books I have. I think I have a New York City hangover, and nothing hits me. So, would you...
New York, New York
My friend, Donna Seaton, and I headed off to New York for the long weekend. It was a Broadway weekend for us. If I'm going to NYC, it's usually for Broadway. We flew Southwest from Nashville to NY on Friday. If it's a Broadway weekend, I stay at the same hotel, the...
Happy Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day! And, remember - when the Americans fought for independence, women couldn't vote, minorities couldn't vote. If you're a woman, a minority, anyone with common sense and a brain, please exercise your right to vote in...

