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
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
It took a couple powerful women in the media to point out to Ina Garten what my mother told me long ago. In her memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens, Garten said she gave a speech in which she said she had always been lucky. Oprah and Lesley Stahl both shot her...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb's sixtieth "In Death" novel, Bonded in Death, is due out on Feb. 4. That makes it perfect timing to share Kevin Tipple's review of the fifty-third in the series, Forgotten in Death. Thank you, Kevin. It is late May 2061 as Forgotten in Death: An Eve...
Glen Davis’ Favorites of 2024
Thank you, Glen, for sending us your list of favorite books read in 2024. I look forward to your comments every Thursday because I always find something to smile at in your pithy remarks. Thanks for sharing this list with us. This year, for whatever reason, I...