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
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Patient by Tim Sullivan
I had a busy day yesterday, so I'm using one of Kevin Tipple's reviews today. Some of us are deep into reading Tim Sullivan's DS Cross series. Today, Kevin reviews The Patient by Tim Sullivan. Thank you, Kevin. Third in the police procedural series that began with...
The Last Letters of Sally and Walter by Cammie McGovern
The letters in the title of Cammie McGovern's novel, The Last Letters of Sally and Walter, refer to Scrabble letters, not correspondence. It's a quiet story, with mature characters who are actually mature in age, unlike some novels that refer to seniors as elderly...
What Are You Reading?
Thank you everyone for pitching in last Friday to talk about Childhood Reads. I hope you had a chance to circle back at the end of the day to see what everyone else was reading. I enjoyed the reminders of favorite books. I have one more picture book to add. Believe...