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 Dog Who Followed the Moon by James Norbury
Philosophical books with heartbreakingly beautiful artwork are probably the hardest for me to discuss. I really just want to say, please pick up a copy of The Dog Who Followed the Moon by James Norbury. I have copies of two of his other books on hold at the library,...
The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
I think I put off reading Ashley Poston's The Someday Garden because I was afraid it couldn't live up to her novel, The Dead Romantics. The Dead Romantics was one of my favorite books of 2022. I enjoyed The Someday Garden with its gorgeous Maine location, lush...
Dover, Ohio and Author Linda Castillo
Friday I drove to Dover, Oho, an hour and forty-five miles from home. It's half an hour from Canton. I went to see author Linda Castillo speak at the Dover Public Library in the evening. But, I had my whole afternoon planned out. I went to the Ernest Warther Museum...