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
My Last Duchess by Eloisa James
Since I have a recent obsession with Eloisa James' romances, let me tell you a little about James before I jump into a review. James' real name is Mary Bly, and she's the daughter of poet Robert Bly. She's a professor who teaches Shakespeare at Fordham. As Eloisa...
What Are You Reading?
It's been a warmer week here, but still a rainy one. Thunderstorms one night, heavy rain off and on yesterday. It didn't stop me from running errands, but did give me reading time. It was a good week of reading with books by Craig Johnson, Nora Roberts, Eloisa James,...
The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson
Let's start with the assurance that I never read The Brothers Karamazov. I was an English major in college, but nothing in my studies prepared me for Russian literature. I have a little background in Greek drama, thanks to a wonderful high school English teacher, but...