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
Cat Nap by Brian Lies
Cat Nap by Brian Lies
It’s time for my occasional discussion of a children’s picture book that I love. Cat Nap is by Brian Lies, a Caldecott Honor-Winning Artist. If you’re not familiar with the Caldecott Award, it’s the highest honor a children’s...
Inside Man by John McMahon
Inside Man by John McMahon
FBI agent Gardner Camden in back with his Head Cases team in the second in John McMahon’s series, Inside Man. This one has a more technical focus than the first in the series, Head Cases. That one focused more on the characters on Camden’s team. There...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
With the miserable politics last week, I needed a comfort read, so I picked up my copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. I read the entire series as they came out in the U.S., beginning with this one in 1998, but I haven’t picked...