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
Sulari Gentill at The Poisoned Pen
I have an unusual post today. I'm going to refer you to another blog. I'm the blogger for The Poisoned Pen bookstore. Yesterday, Sulari Gentill, author of Five Found Dead, launched that mystery at the bookstore. A week ago, I reviewed it here. Five Found Dead is an...
The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol
I'm ready to go on a road trip after reading Rolando Pujol's The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Amercana. It's filled with colorful photos and equally colorful descriptions of the signs, locations, and people who built businesses across...
Knight’s Castle by Edward Eager
"In days of old, when knights were bold,And journeyed from their castles,Trusty men were left behind;Knights needed not the hassles." Jimmy Buffett While I read Edward Eager's Knight's Castle, it was the first part of the above refrain that kept running through my...