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
Winners and Series Debuts
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Ann Cleeves' Thin Air is heading to Nancy W. from Saint Paul, MN. Robin C. of Ashtabula, OH won Betty Webb's The Puffin of Death. I'll get them out as soon as the weather allows. This week, I'm giving away the...
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
"Can you smell it? The scent of new books. Unread adventures. Friends you haven't met yet, hours of magical escapism awaiting you." If those words from Katarina Bivald'sThe Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend don't entice you into the latest love letter to readers,...
What Are You Reading?
I'm reading the most charming book I've read this year. If I hadn't worked yesterday, I could have finished Katarina Bivald's The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. It's about books and a bookstore and a stranger who helps to build a community. Love it, love...