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 Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate diCamillo
It's been years since I read one of Kate DiCamillo's juvenile books. I read and loved her debut, Because of Winn-Dixie. I couldn't resist her first Newbery Award-winning novel, The Tale of Despereaux. And, I'll admit I picked up her new book, The Puppets of...
Wandering through Life by Donna Leon
If you recognize Donna Leon's name, it's probably from the Guido Brunetti mysteries set in Venice. Now, at eighty-one, she looks back at her own life in Wandering through Life. She admits she never had a life plan, which is why it has this title. The book is...
What Are You Reading?
It was a good week here. Last Friday, I moderated a Mystery Panel for Library Journal's Day of Dialog. The authors on the panel were Sara Paretsky, Lisa Gardner, Kellye Garrett, Kemper Donovan and Francis Spufford. Terrific panelists. We taped the panel, and it...