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
Summer by the Sea by Jenny Hale
Sometimes, a summer romance works beautifully as a palate cleanser. Jenny Hale writes romantic women's fiction. Summer by the Sea might work for readers who are missing Dorothea Benton Frank. Hale takes readers on a nostalgic visit to the Outer Banks of North...
Winners and a Thriller Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Pam M. from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska won Fatal Family Ties. Jessica K. From Owego, NY will receive A Distant Grave. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I"m going away thrillers...
What Are You Reading?
Let's hope WordPress does a better job this week with formatting of the site than they did last week. I'm glad all of you stepped up anyways, and still read and submitted comments even though the blog was giving all of us a hard time. Thank you! Hot here, in the...