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 Perfect Match by Jill McGown
Since several of you recommended Jill McGown's Lloyd and Hill police procedural series, I decided to give it a chance. A Perfect Match is the first book in McGown's series, and her debut novel. When Chris Woods shows up at Donald and Helen Mitchell's house early in...
Lin-Manuel Miranda: the Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner isn't what I normally expect in a biography. It's Miranda's origin story, the story of the development of his creativity. As I've said before, it's never easy to review a biography. How do you...
What Are You Reading?
I've had lazy days lately when I really only needed to do basic household tasks and read. It's been great. We've had just a few days with rain, and we could certainly use more. I did go to Gramercy Books, an independent bookstore, on Monday. They have a new...