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?
While we're here to talk books, I'll admit I want to know how others are doing as well. Did Jeff and Jackie make it back from New Orleans yesterday? How is Rosemary doing in Scotland? And, I'll tell you that I had a ticket with a great seat to see Kenny G's...
The Becoming by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts' The Becoming is one of the best books I read this year. However, I can't recommend the second book in her Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy unless you've read the first one, The Awakening. Breen Siobhan Kelly's relationships and life in Ireland and Talamh...
Dark Night by Paige Shelton
While I loved Thin Ice, the first book in Paige Shelton's Alaska Wild series, I wasn't as fond of the second one, Cold Wind. Beth Rivers, the protagonist, was one of those "Had I But Known" characters in the second book, and I hate characters who don't consider...