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
To Catch a Thief by David Dodge
Here's my confession to go with my review of David Dodge's To Catch a Thief. I never saw Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 adaptation with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. And, once I read the book that led to the film, I had a hard time seeing either Grant or Kelly in the roles....
Paranoia by James Patterson & James O. Born
I had never read one of the Michael Bennett thrillers, but, of course when my cousin told me I was a character in Paranoia, I had to pick up the book. James O. Born, James Patterson's co-author, asked me quite a while ago if he could make me a cat-loving character...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I look forward to catching up with you; what you've been doing, what you've been reading. Thanks for sharing with all of us. It was a quiet week here, which I needed after all my appointments, so I have nothing to share, other than the book I'm...