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
Winners and a Story Collection Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of The Last Bookshop in London. I hope they enjoy it as much as I did. The copies are going to Tracey P. from Westerville, OH, and Bonnie K. from Carmichael, CA. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away...
What Are You Reading?
It's the Thursday before a long weekend for many of us! Yay! Do you have plans? I'll be working on the Treasures in My Closet post so it's ready to go on Tuesday. I don't think there will be as many July releases as there were June ones. Publishers like to have...
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
First, if you're reading this right after midnight on April 27, there will be a "What Are You Reading?" post coming right up. But, I also said I would post the announcement about the release of The Book of Lost Names in paperback. Since it was my mother's favorite...