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
What Are You Reading?
I'm going to start today's book chat with a quote from author Lisa Gardner. She was recently interviewed for "By the Book" in The New York Times Book Review. This comment is perfect for Thursdays. "The next best thing to reading a novel is getting to talk about it...
2022 Audie Award Winners
I know some of the readers listen to audiobooks, and Sandie Herron regularly reviews audiobooks for "Have You Heard?". So, each year, I share the Audie Award winners. The Audio Publishers Association recently announced the winners of the 2022 Audie Awards,...
Sins of Edom by Carl Brookins
There's so many directions a reviewer could go with Carl Brookins' Sins of Edom. The mystery is one of his Senior Sleuth novels featuring Alan Lockem, a retired army intelligence officer and his partner, Marjorie Kane, a retired exotic dancer with exceptional...