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?
How are you this week? Have you been able to concentrate on a book? Maybe books are your favorite escape from all of the news. So, what are you reading? I'm having a hard time concentrating, so William Ottens' Librarian Tales is just what I need. He's a librarian...
Glen Davis’ Favorites of 2020
Today, it's Glen Davis' turn to share his favorite books of 2020. If you haven't "met" Glen yet, he's one of the regular participants in "What Are You Reading?" on Thursdays, and he shared his 2019 favorites with us at the beginning of 2020. I enjoy Glen's dry...
Deep Into the Dark by P.J. Tracy
If you've ever read one of P.J. Tracy's Monkeewrench books, think back for a moment. Those mysteries are so hard to review without giving away the plot. Granted, we also read them for the emotionally scarred characters, but Tracy knows how to write a complex story....