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
Community Book Tasting for September
We had our Community Book Tasting at the Canal Winchester Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library System yesterday. Although I was in the minority there, those of you who spoke up yesterday agreed with me that The Midnight Library by Matt Haig wasn't for us. I can...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
For someone like me who reads for character, Matt Haig's The Midnight Library is not an easy book. Nora Seed, the main character, is hard to like, in whatever version of life she's living. And, of course, we all bring our own view of life to a book, so I was never...
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
When podcaster and author Kemper Donovan said he rated Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs as Christie's best novel, I was intrigued. Better than And Then There Were None or Murder on the Orient Express? When I learned it was a cold case, I was even more interested....