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?
Happy Thursday! I have a busy morning today, so I'll catch up with you later today. But, I am looking forward to this morning's meeting. A small group of us are getting together to talk about science fiction, and I'll get to talk about John Scalzi's The Kaiju...
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
An eco-thriller. Nuclear reactors. An alternate earth. Kaiju (giant monster of a type featured in Japanese fantasy and science fiction movies and television programs). It doesn't even matter if you don't understand any of this. If you're up for a witty science fiction...
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Before I even saw the book, I fell in love with the title. I love wordplay. But, after I picked up Christopher Denise's Knight Owl, I was thoroughly caught up in the little owl's world. Denise has illustrated other books, but this is the first he has written and...