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?
What Are You Reading?
It’s been a good week. You already read about the program with Norah O’Donnell and Connie Schultz on Monday night. Linda and I are already making more plans. We have tickets to see Mary Kay Andrews at a luncheon in June. She’ll talk about her...
Once and Again by Rebecca Serle
Once and Again by Rebecca Serle
Don’t you wonder about a review that begins with “although”? Although I wanted to love Rebecca Serle’s latest novel, Once and Again, and I finished it, I didn’t love it. In fact, the three female characters all fell flat for me....
Norah O’Donnell, Author of We the Women
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...