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
Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch
While Winter's Gifts is a spin-off of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series, it really reminds me more of Simon R. Green's Ishmael Jones mysteries. Neither is a bad thing in my opinion, a spin-off or a similarity to Green's series. FBI agent Kimberley Reynolds...
What Are You Reading?
No complaints today. The weather has been gorgeous, 70s and low 80s during the day. I'm an Ohio resident again, with my driver's license, car title, registration, license tags, voter registration. And, I have my library card to the Columbus Metropolitan Library...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Shamus Sampler
I have five books to read for Library Journal's Day of Dialog for a panel I'm moderating, and my questions need to be in my October 17. I also have five more books to read for reviews by October 20. Although I have some reviews coming up, they won't be up for a...