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
Winners and Female Sleuths
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bonnie K. from Carmichael, CA will receive Over My Dead Body. The Last Dance of the Debutante is also going west, to Marilynne S. from Portland, OR. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving...
What Are You Reading?
As I write this, the meteorolgists haven't decided if we're going to get a dusting of snow this weekend, or up to seventeen inches. I'm voting for the dusting, but I don't think I have a choice. The closer we get to the weekend, the more they'll know. They usually...
Margie Bunting’s Favorites of 2021
I'm always so happy to share one of our reader's lists of favorite books of the past year. Today, Margie Bunting is talking about her Favorites of 2021. Margie is in her seventh year as editor of the newsletter for Sisters in Crime of Northern California. Her...