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 & Women of Suspense
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Myra B. of Danville, AL and Lana R. from Vermillion, SD won copies of The Shallows. Shirley W. from Victoria, TX won Game of Bones. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away novels of...
What Are You Reading?
Everyone back from the Independence Day holiday? Are you ready to talk about what you're reading? I'm a fourth of a way into Jenny Colgan's latest novel, The Bookshop on the Shore. It's set in the Scottish Highlands where Colgan took us for The Bookshop on the...
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
I don't know when I smiled and laughed as much when I read a romance as I did with Christina Lauren's The Unhoneymooners. The premise was fun, and the characters sparkled on the page. It was sexy and humorous, a terrific combination. Olive Torres is maid of...