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
Now Go Out There (and Get Curious) by Mary Karr
Mary Karr's small book seems to be a collection of sound bites. However, isn't that what graduation speeches usually are? A speaker may talk for twenty minutes or longer, and somewhere in there may be a gem or two that a graduate remembers on the day they're...
The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt
After hearing Anderson Cooper at PLA, talking about his conversation with his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, I picked up the book about that conversation. The Rainbow Comes and Goes is the story of their life, told through a year-long conversation after Vanderbilt...
Mystery Authors Revealed
The Association of American Publishers and LibraryReads sponsored a wonderful program at the Talia Sherer Public Library Association's recent conference. Called "Mystery Authors Revealed", it featured five mystery authors, and a wonderful moderator, my friend,...