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
August Treasures in My Closet
Oh my gosh! If you can't find something to read in this list, you're not trying hard enough. There are almost forty August releases for my Treasures in My Closet post. While the book jacket placement might be a little funky since I seem to be having problems with...
Winners and Mysteries from Nature
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Tom D. from Missoula, MT won One-Shot Harry. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Small Felonies 2. The books are going out in the mail today. Despite the Supreme Court, at the moment we still have plants and bees in...
What Are You Reading?
I hope you had some nice weather in the last week. I know I enjoyed opening up the house. Here we are with 90s and humid, then 80s and delightful, and this morning we were two degrees above a record low! It was still nice out. I can't complain about the last week....