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
At First Light by Barbara Nickless
At First Light by Barbara Nickless
In the late ’70s and early ’80s, I read George C. Chesbro’s mysteries featuring Dr. Robert “Mongo” Fredrickson who had dwarfism. I didn’t read the later books in the series as they drifted into speculative fiction. Now, one of...
Thursday Road Trip – A Note
Thursday Road Trip – A Note
Rick asked if we were going to talk about books on Thanksgiving, and I’m glad he did. I should have mentioned it last week, and I just never put Thursday and Thanksgiving together at that time. I’ll do a “giving thanks” post as I normally...
These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Pratchett
These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Pratchett
I’m a fan of essay collections. My all-time favorite book is a collection of essays, A Thread of Blue Denim by Patricia Leimbach. When I want to read about home, I reread that book. I was three-quarters of the way through Ann Pratchett’s These Precious...