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?
OK, we don't talk politics here, but it's not even American politics. I just wanted Rosemary to know that I was stunned when Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's leader, resigned. That's it. Rosemary probably saw it coming. But, I read a couple articles about her...
Book Topics – Jim’s Epitaph
Well, this is a little weird, and I'm just posting it on February 15, because that's where it belongs. But, I lost this post when I converted from Blogspot to my current server for Lesa's Book Critiques. My husband died thirteen years ago today. Thanks to a friend,...
Bookends by Zibby Owens
I'm not one of those people who listened to Zibby Owens' podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, before I picked up her memoir. Instead, I came at the book from a different angle. Owens just started a publishing company, and she's publishing one book a month...