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
Furever After by Sofie Kelly
Sometimes, a book just feels as if it finishes a series. I really can't say that the sixteenth Magical Cats mystery, Sofie Kelly's Furever After, is the last book. There's no indication it is, except the wedding seems to sum so much up, and the concluding line is,...
Winners and Series Mysteries
Congratulations to the winners of hte last contest. This week, both books are going to California. Glen D. from Yuba City won Between a Flock and a Hard Place. Lynn L. of Rio Linda won Death and the Visitors. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I...
What Are You Reading?
The weather has been nice this week, but I was a little disappointed yesterday. Over five years ago (before COVID closed the world down), I saw Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary. They performed in Denver when I was there for a conference....