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
Contests and Winners
I know there are new entrants to the weekly book giveaways, so I wanted to start the post with a reminder. When you email to enter a contest, I do ask for your name and mailing address. I don't keep it. Once the weekly contest is over, all the entries are trashed....
What Are You Reading?
I hope everyone had the chance to read Rosemary Kaye's "Favorites of 2021" yesterday. As Jeff said, it's always fun to read about books I haven't heard of, or don't know. There was only one book on Rosemary's list that I've read, but I laughed all the way through...
Rosemary Kaye’s Favorites of 2021
Rosemary Kaye is another one of our regular readers on Thursdays. Some of you might have read her letters from Scotland that she's kindly allowed me to share here. I always love to read her comments about books. While some of them are readily available here in the...