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?
It's Thursday! As if you needed a reminder that it's the best day of the week around here. Let's talk about what we're all reading. I love historical trivia. I can easily spend an hour or more going down historical rabbit holes. I might not have cared much...
The Girl in White Gloves by Kerri Maher
I can honestly say Kerri Maher's novel of Grace Kelly, The Girl in White Gloves, is one of the saddest stories I've ever read. It's not that it's tragic. It's a tragedy that a woman who appeared to have everything never felt as if she was good enough. She spent her...
The Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare
I'm reading a nonfiction book, a novel, and just starting a mystery right now. And, yet I read four historical romances over the weekend. So, I'm going to talk about Tessa Dare's three books, although the fourth in the series, The Bride Bet, won't be out until...