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
Paranormal Payback, ed. by Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes
I picked up the urban fantasy anthology Paranormal Payback because Jim Butcher's name was attached to it. He's the author of the bestselling Dresden Files. I recognized names of some of the authors including Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson and Tanya Huff. However,...
The Governess’s Guide to Spells and Managing Misfit Marquesses by Amy Rose Bennett
I like the world Amy Rose Bennett has created in her Parasoll Academy books, and the romances between the graduates of the Parasol Academy for Exceptional Nannies and Governesses and the flawed noblemen who have wards. In The Governess's Guide to Spells and...
Childhood Reads
I've been looking forward to today so I can see what books you remember reading when you were a child. Did those books lead you to the books you read today? I think they led me to mysteries, fantasy, and biographies. Before I was old enough to go to the library and...