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?
It's Thursday! It's time to talk about what we're reading. But, before we do, I wanted to tell you that I raved about all of you on Tuesday. I was teaching a Readers' Advisory class to a small group of new staff members. When I give them a list of tools, I always...
Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker
I'm a little late in reviewing Bree Baker's first book in the Seaside Cafe mystery series, but I do already have the next two, including the September release. And, I enjoyed the characters so much, I will be moving on with the books that follow Live and Let...
Have You Heard? Juliet Blackwell’s Magical Match
Today is release date for Juliet Blackwell's tenth Witchcraft Mystery, Bewitched and Betrothed. I just received a copy and haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. In the meantime, Sandie Herron has a teaser, the review of the audiobook...