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 Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben
Will I be expelled from the crime fiction community if I admit I had never read one of Harlan Coben's standalone novels before? There's no reason. I've always heard good things about these books, and I've read several of the Myron Bolitar books. I just hadn't read...
I’m Okay – Really I Am
The library where I work is closed right now, at least through March 29. And, it seems that family and friends were concerned, but they do think I probably have enough books to last for that duration. It all started with a text from my sister, Linda, who said her...
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Indonesian-born Singaporean writer Clarissa Goenawan isn't my normal type of reading. And, I'm still not sure what I think of this unusual book set in Japan. I can say I think it's designed for an audience in their twenties,...