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?
All week, I've been talking about what I've been reading as I get ready for next week's Library Journal Day of Dialog. I'm moderating the mystery panel. Today, I'll mention the last of the five books. In the meantime, how are you doing? What have you been reading...
What’s Happening – The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Although some of you might recognize Amy Chua's name as "The Tiger Mom", The Golden Gate is her first novel. As I'm writing this, I'm a third of the way through it, and it's outstanding. I'll definitely review it again close to release date, September 19. In the...
What’s Happening – All is Not Forgiven by Joe Kenda
I don't watch much television, so I didn't recognize Joe Kenda's name. Some of you might recognize him as the "Homicide Hunter", which I did not. According to Wikipedia, "Joseph Patrick Kenda is a retired Colorado Springs Police Department detective lieutenant who...