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?
Check in, please. How are you doing this week? I hope everyone is okay, but let us know if you need a word of encouragement or a virtual hug. I can handle both of those, and I think others would step up, too. I'm reading S.C. Perkins' second Ancestry Detective...
Of Bears and Ballots by Heather Lende
Somehow, I missed one of Heather Lende's books. Including Of Bears and Ballots, she's written four nonfiction accounts of her life in Haines, Alaska. The first one, If You Lived Here, I'd Know I'd Know Your Name, introduces readers to small town life in...
Blue Marlin by Lee Smith
Dimestore: A Writer's Life was Lee Smith's first nonfiction title. Somewhere, I have a copy that I haven't read yet. But, when I heard Judy Blume recommend Smith's novella Blue Marlin, I immediately ordered the book. It may be a small book, but Smith's note at...