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
The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan
Janice Kaplan's The Gratitude Diaries is a lesson for anyone who wants to change their life for the better. It's a thoughtful book, and the author spent time talking to all kinds of scientists, doctors and experts about gratitude and how it can change someone. But, it...
Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider
Looking for the perfect escape? It doesn't get much better than a new Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery by Bill Crider. There's investigations of crime in a rural Texas county. Justice triumphs. And, there's lots of humor including the groaner of a pun in the last line...
What are you reading this weekend?
No lunch hour yesterday. Instead, I went to the dentist. (Look, Ma, no cavities!) But, that took my reading time, so I didn't finish Bill Crider's Between the Living and the Dead. Since I'm also reading a nonfiction book, Janice Kaplan's The Gratitude Diaries,...