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
Hill Women by Cassie Chambers
Part memoir, part family history. Whatever you want to call Cassie Chambers' book, Hill Women, it's a beautiful story told with love, respect, and pride. While the subtitle is "Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains", it's the story of strong...
Winners and Suspense at “First” Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The copies of Bound for Murder will go to Teresa W. from Ida, MI and Joni W. from Nappanee, IN. Patty T. from Dillsburg, PA won Careless Whiskers. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. This week, I'm giving...
What Are You Reading?
Thursday! My favorite day of the week. Let's talk about what we're reading or what we read in the last week. I'm reading Hill Women by Cassie Chambers. It's a beautifully written book about the women of Appalachia, told with love and pride by the granddaughter,...