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
Southern Kentucky Book Fest
Four of us went down to Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Southern Kentucky Book Fest. It was another terrific day like last year. Diana Gabaldon was the keynote speaker, but my summary of her event will come later when I have a picture to go with it. The first panel...
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,...