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
Springtime in St. Charles, Missouri
This is a personal travel post, so if you're not interested, you can skip it. My friend, Donna and I went to St. Charles, Missouri on Thursday. Our main reason for going there was to see Byrne & Kelly, Neil Byrne and Ryan Kelly, appearing at the Foundry Art...
T.R. Ragan’s Furious, Excerpt & Giveaway
This week, I'm lucky enough to be able to share an excerpt of T.R. Ragan's new thriller, Furious. After the excerpt, there is information about the giveaway. T.R. Ragan (Theresa Ragan) is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author. Her...
Winners and What Are You Reading?
This week's contest will kick off tomorrow because I have an excerpt from the book and the giveaway ready to go then. But, congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bonnie P. from Palo Alto, CA won Berried Secrets. Better Homes and Corpses is going...