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?
Glorious weather! I hope you've all had beautiful weather as well. This week, it's been sunny and about 78 degrees here. I'd take that year round. I know we're supposed to get cooler weather and some rain this weekend, but this sun and the temperatures just make me...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Dark Angel by John Sandford
I seldom run two reviews of the same book back-to-back, but I thought you'd enjoy reading Kevin Tipple's review of John Sandford's Dark Angel. Kevin and I had similar reactions to the book, but I know we take different directions in writing reviews. Thank you,...
Dark Angel by John Sandford
John Sandford's second Letty Davenport novel, Dark Angel, is so convoluted that the descriptions online are confusing. I'll admit that my review may sound a little messy as well because there are secrets that Letty doesn't know that would reveal too much if I...