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
Book Tasting
Book Tasting
Now that the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library has opened, we’re back to monthly Book Tasting. Two staff members, Chrissy and Christiana, pick four books, two each. We can choose to read them or not, but they talk about them while...
Poison at the Wild Haggis Bookshop by Jackie Baldwin
Poison at the Wild Haggis Bookshop by Jackie Baldwin
Jackie Baldwin’s second Highland Bookshop Murder mystery, Poison at the Wild Haggis Bookshop has been called “cozy crime with a bite.” Written by a Scottish author, it features a woman who accidentally murdered a fellow student when she was...
Kim Hays’s Ten Favorite Books in 2025
Kim Hays’s Ten Favorite Books in 2025
I thought Kim Hays’s list of Ten Favorite Books Read in 2025 would be the last Friday post from readers. It seems as if I somehow missed Lindy’s list. She resent it yesterday, so we’ll have hers to enjoy next Friday. In the meantime, I’m...