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
Community Book Tasting – July
I missed the June Community Book Tasting at the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Thunderstorms and a downpour just as I was getting ready to leave for the library. I know I won't melt, but driving in that kind of rainstorm isn't fun....
The Peculiar Gift Of July by Ashley Ream
Nothing big happens in Ashley Ream's novel, The Peculiar Gift of July. On the other hand, every little thing is big in a small island community. If you're from a small town, you'll understand. That's the beauty of Ream's book. Ebey's End is an island as far north and...
The Dispatcher #1 by John Scalzi
While I liked John Scalzi's first in The Dispatcher series, one is enough for me. It's an odd concept, and I'm not really into the "gray area" of life and death. Sometime in the near future, people who are murdered or killed come back to life. So, The Agency was...