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 Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
I think I"m about a year or two behind others who are reading some of these small Japanese books with entwined stories, but it was due to my own prejudice. I had read translated books in the past, and had not been impressed. I never knew if it was the writer or the...
Winners and a Favorite Author
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Sharon B. from Albuquerque, NM won The Dark Wives. Dianne C. of Elk Grove Village, IL will receive Death of a Master Chef. The books will go out in the next couple days. This week, I'm giving away two copies of a...
What Are You Reading?
Unlike last week, when I was in the car for over five hours, on the way to Romney, West Virginia, I'll be around today to talk about books. That was a family trip with my Mom and sisters. We went to Romney on Thursday, taking two cars because of the directions we...