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
September Treasures in My Closet – Part 2
Are you ready for day 2 of the curated collection of treasures? This one is a little more of a mixed bag, but it's certainly an interesting list. I'm discussing two of the titles slightly out of order because they have a similar subject. They're both young adult...
September Treasures in My Closet – Part 1
It's time to discuss forthcoming books! I love to talk about new releases, but, to be honest, I have so many September books that I had to be selective. Even then, there are enough books for two days. So, I picked out the crime fiction and the books that already have...
I Wish My Teacher Knew by Kyle Schwartz
"I wish my teacher knew that my family and I live in a shelter." "I wish my teacher knew that I don't have pencils at home to do my homework." "I wish my teacher knew that none of my friends from my last school are like the people I go to school with now."...