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
The Christmas Angel Project by Melody Carlson
Christmas books come out earlier and earlier every year. I actually read Melody Carlson's The Christmas Angel Project in August when it was released. I just couldn't review a Christmas book in August. But, Carlson's Christmas books are one of my weaknesses. They're...
End of the Ireland Trip
I hate to let go of the Ireland trip. Posting the last photos seems like letting go a little. Here's the final sunrise in Adare before we headed to Dublin. We were up and on the road early. It's just too bad I couldn't get a photo of a charming site, though - cows...
Ireland – Day 5 – Saturday, Oct. 8 – Adare and Limerick
I'm a morning person, and this was a beautiful way to start the mornings in Adare. This was the view out our back door. On Friday, we stayed a little closer to home. We knew tour buses came to Adare, so we thought we should see it, too, since that was our home base....