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
Winners and Picks of 2020 Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Unspeakable Things. Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR will receive Teen Killers Club. I'm mailing the books today. 2020 and 2021 have not been easy years for anyone, but last year was...
What Are You Reading?
Welcome to Thursday, and what are you reading! My favorite day of the week. Maybe not my favorite week because I'm cramming right now, trying to read to moderate a panel next week. That's okay. I still want to catch up with all of you. How are you doing? And, my...
To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters
Reminder to myself. NEVER read someone else's review before writing one of the same book. While I enjoyed Martha Waters' To Love and to Loathe, her follow-up to To Have and to Hoax, one reviewers was so angry about a plot point that she went on about it. Frankly, I...