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 – Birds of Prey
I'm halfway through the police procedural I'm currently reading. It's a debut, and quite complicated, sometimes hard to follow. If it wasn't a debut, I might have quit by now. But, I'm going on, so you'll get the review on Friday. In the meantime, Kevin Tipple has an...
The Book Tour by Emily Ohanjanians
I have mixed feelings about Emily Ohanjanians' debut romance, The Book Tour. I loved the male lead, Ryan Grant. While I understand Ana Movilian's motivations, she was harder to like, because she had been hurt in the past and had issues as the daughter of Armenian...
Lessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds
My sister, Linda, and I went to the Columbus Book Festival today. I won't say and all I got was this lousy tee shirt. I love the shirt, and I bought a book, too, Lessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart "Brittlestar" Reynolds. Let's talk about the book....