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
Ireland – Day 1
Are you ready for Ireland photos in between book talks? I could always put these on my personal blog for memories, but so many of you were patient while I was on my dream trip. So, I'm going to tell the story of that trip, but it will be here and there between...
Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Before Halloween; before Thanksgiving. It's too early for Christmas books, but the 2016 ones have already been coming out for a couple months. I guess it's never too early to read comfort reads. And, Debbie Macomber's Christmas romances, predictable as they are, are...
The Survivor’s Guide to Family Happiness by Maddie Dawson
If you like flawed characters who struggle with day-to-day life, quirky, engaging characters, you'll want to meet Nina Popkin in Maddie Dawson's The Survivor's Guide to Family Happiness. Nina won my heart. I don't know that I'd want to live with her, but it's fun...