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
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen
Although I read Kjersti Herland Johnsen's Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge as a mystery, it would be better to read it as a Hallmark style book set in a small Norwegian village. Translated to English by Olivia Lasky, the book is filled with Norwegian Christmas...
Winners and An Unusual Mystery
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Carol K. from Columbia, CT and Juliia H. from Excelsior, MN won the copies of Agony Hill. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two copies of Michelle Chouinard's The Serial Killer...
What Are You Reading?
While we're getting much needed rain, I'm afraid readers in the south might be getting more wind and rain than they want from Helene. Take care of yourselves! Have you ever seen the movie "Big Fish" or the musical or read the book? My sister and I went to see a...