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
No Judgments by Meg Cabot
No Judgments by Meg Cabot
Sometimes, a fun, humorous romance is just the perfect escape. When it's a Meg Cabot book set in the Florida Keys, it's even better. In No Judgments, Cabot creates great characters; quirky, odd, kind, and giving. Throw in an enormous cast of animals,...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
Although I'm reading an excellent book, Jane Harper's The Lost Man, I want to tell you what I did yesterday, and what I'm going to be reading. I went to St. Louis with a friend and blogger, Kathy Boone Reel, who blogs at...
The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate
The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate
Marty Wingate kicks off a new cozy series, The First Edition Library Mysteries, with The Bodies in the Library. To be honest, I preferred the police over the amateur sleuth, though. For a change in a debut cozy, the investigating police officers are kind and...