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?
It seems as if California is sending its rain to us in the Midwest. Here in southwestern Indiana, we're supposed to have rain every day until Sunday. Fortunately, nothing has been said about flooding, so we'll be fine. How's your weather? A few weeks ago, my sister...
One Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
Eccentric doesn't even begin to describe the people and book collections of Sotheran's, an antiquarian bookstore in London. Founded in 1761, they found a writer to tell their story, their own apprentice, Oliver Darkshire. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare...
Sandie Herron, RIP
Yesterday, I received a note from Sandie Herron's husband, Bill. Sandie died on March 11, but she had sent me an early birthday gift, cards she made for me, and Bill didn't want to tell me about her death until after I received them. That's just how kind both Sandie...