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
The Reluctant Sheriff by Chris Offutt
Chris Offutt's Mick Hardin novels have their ups and downs for me. I loved the first in the series, The Killing Hills, and then I seem to appreciate all the odd-numbered ones more than the even ones. The Reluctant Sheriff is the fourth to feature Mick Hardin, an...
David Chaudoir’s Favorites of 2024
Last year, David Chaudoir had one of the earliest submissions for Favorite Books Read. This year, I'm finishing up the Friday posts with his Favorite Books Read in 2024. David reads the posts here more than he comments. He's an anthropologist and storyteller who...
What Are You Reading?
So many tornadoes, and more predicted for Thursday as I write this. I hope you're all okay. Such a good weekend. My sister, Linda and I went to visit my Mom for a long weekend. We stopped first at my sister, Christie's who was babysitting for her grandson. Of...