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
Just the Way You Are by Beth Moran
Thanks to Kaye Wilkinson Barley for introducing me to Beth Moran's Just the Way You Are. This novel was just right, a positive, uplifting story of a young woman learning to love herself. And, along the way, she discovered she loved herself the most when she was...
Augusta Hawke by G.M. Malliet
I have to admit I was disappointed in G.M. Malliet's first in her new series, Augusta Hawke. I read most of the Max Tudor mysteries, some of the St. Just ones. Although Augusta is an author, this book just wasn't for me. As mystery writer Augusta Hawke narrates the...
Winners and Female Sleuths/Male Authors
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Karen K. from Marietta, GA won A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons. Meg L. from Portland, OR won Buzz Kill. The books are going out in the mail today. I have two titles by male authors this week, books that...