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
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
How are you this week? Kevin, and others in the path of Hurricane Laura, take care of yourselves. Just what we need in 2020, right? Let’s just get this year over with. What are you reading? I’m about to start Meg Cabot’s new romantic comedy, No...
Finish the Fight by Veronica Chambers & The Staff of the New York Times
Finish the Fight by Veronica Chambers & The Staff of the New York Times
I’m a week late for the celebration of the 19th Amendment. Last week, I watched a play, “Finish the Fight: The Heroes of the Suffrage Movement”. The play, performed virtually, was commissioned by The New York Times. The outstanding...
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
September 1 is release date for Louise Penny’s All the Devils Are Here, my favorite of all sixteen of the books in the Armand Gamache series. She’s had others that advanced the storyline, or brought a climatic resolution to long-brewing situations....