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
Norah O’Donnell, Author of We the Women
Linda and I went to hear Norah O'Donnell from CBS interviewed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Connie Schultz. O'Donnell is on tour for her bestselling book, We the Women. Two smart, funny women in conversation. Gramercy Books Bexley sponsored the program held...
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung
Although I usually don't read graphic novels, Debbie Tung'sQuiet Girl in a Noisy World caught my attention for two reasons. Lucy Mangan referred to it in her book, Bookish. The subtitle is what drew me in, though, An Introvert's Story. This black-and-white graphic...
Bookish by Lucy Mangan
I have Rosemary Kaye to thank for introducing me to British author Lucy Mangan. Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives is really about Mangan and how reading shaped her life. Books saw her through her college years, her jobs afterward, introduced her to her husband,...