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 Next Book Tasting
I missed the library's last Book Tasting because it was the same morning as Apple Butter Day. The next one is November 8, and it's on my calendar. We have four books to pick from. The librarians pick and read these, and we also talk about whatevrer book we want....
What Are You Reading?
It was a good week here. I hope you all had a pleasant week as well. Linda and I went to Apple Butter Day in Groveport on Saturday. It's a wonderful small hometown festival, with craft booths, food, a community chorus, and, of course, apple butter for sale. It's...
austenland by Shannon Hale
I needed a reread of Shannon Hale's romantic novel, Austenland. I read it years ago when I was watching the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth. But, I never was as obsessed as Jane Hayes. Only Jane's best friend knows she yearns to be loved as Mr....