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
A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner
A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories by Will Eisner
I have problems with graphic novels. Oh, I don’t object to them at all. I have problems with some of colors and overlapping words. Visually, I just can’t always see the words. But, we’re doing a genre study of graphic novels this month at the...
Have You Heard? – Linda Castillo’s Sworn to Silence
Have You Heard? – Linda Castillo’s Sworn to Silence
Sandie Herron just started one of my favorite series, Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder books. Because it’s been so long since I read Sworn to Silence, the first in the series, Sandie and I are sharing her review of the audiobook. Thank you, Sandie....
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Evil Men Do
Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Evil Men Do
I’ve been a little busy this week, and I have books to read this weekend for review for Library Journal, so I hope you’ll excuse me if I share reviews from a couple of my friends. First up, for Kevin’s Corner Annex, is Kevin R. Tipple’s...