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
Fantastic Fiction Friday
Once a month, one of our branches has Fantastic Fiction Friday. Usually, they discuss just one book, but you all know that's not my style. I want to talk about all kinds of books. So, I picked twenty books. Remember, these might not be all my favorites. They were...
Winners and Mystery in the City Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contests. Eileen K. of Island Lake, IL won The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer. Jacki R. from Pflugerville, TX won Meow If It's Murder. There were two winners of the copies of D.M. Pulley's The Dead Key, Daniel M. from Weymouth,...
How to Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis
For a reader, Samantha Ellis' subtitle tells the true story of this book. It's actually called How to Be a Heroine, Or, What I've Learned From Reading Too Much. The author and playwright looks back at the books and heroines she's loved over the years, in order to...