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
Distractions
Well, I was distracted, and didn't realize I'd missed yesterday's Distractions, and it looks like I missed it last week as well. Are you doing any better with reading this week? Or, what have you been doing while we've been socially isolating at home? I finished a...
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
As a reader, I find nothing more satisfying than an outstanding debut novel that's going to be part of a series. Evie Dunmore's historical romance, Bringing Down the Duke, has me eagerly awaiting the next in the League of Extraordinary Women series. Victorian...
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
Bess Kalb, an Emmy-nominated writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! turns to a beautiful, sometimes moving, story of her relationship with her grandmother, Bobby Bell, in Nobody Will Tell You This But Me. She compiles records of their phone calls, stories told by other...