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
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
This year, Louise Penny's latest Armand Gamache novel, The Madness of Crowds, is not only a difficult book to summarize, as hers always are; it's a difficult book to read. I understand what she is doing with the book, which I can't really say without spoiling it, but...
Have You Heard? Alyssa Kay Adams’ Isn’t It Bromantic?
I had to laugh when Sandie Herron told me she finally had a review of a current audiobook, Alyssa Kay Adams' Isn't It Bromantic? It's the fourth installment in the Bromance Book Club series. I hope you enjoy Sandie's review! Isn’t It Bromantic?Written by Lyssa Kay...
Aria’s Travelling Book Shop by Rebecca Raisin
If you're a romance or women's fiction reader, you might recognize the titles of some of Rebecca Raisin's earlier books such as The Little Bookshop on the Seine or The Bookshop on the Corner. This time, she takes her characters on the road as nomads who are Van...