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
What Are You Reading?
Before I start in, I just wanted to ask if anyone wants to do a Favorite Books of 2023 list to run here on the blog? Glen already mentioned that he's going to start working on his list. Of course, I'll have a list. I'd love to have posts from others if you'd like...
Library Journal’s Best Crime Fiction of 2023
Everyone has their "Best of" list out. This isn't the same as my favorites of 2023, which I always run at the beginning of the new year. And, I'll be inviting anyone who wants to participate to take part in that again this year. This is Library Journal's Best Crime...
Lost Hours by Paige Shelton
While I'm a fan of Paige Shelton's Alaska Wild series, in my opinion, Lost Hours isn't the best of the five books. I found it confusing at times, with too many plotlines to keep straight. And, with the cliffhanger ending that I suspected was coming, I don't know...