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
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Ever since I read Emily Henry's Beach Read, I've been waiting for one of her books to hit me the same way. Book Lovers didn't do it. Neither did her other bestsellers. But, Funny Story, her latest romantic comedy, has two wonderful protagonists I wanted to root...
Winners and This Week’s Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Thomas W. from Fairview Park, OH won The Poison Pen. Trisha T. from Easton, PA will receive Off the Air. The books are going out in the mail today. Suspense? Psychological thriller? It's hard to say with this...
What Are You Reading?
I'll be late signing on today to read the comments. My best friend, Donna, has been here this week, and she's heading home sometime today. We've had a wonderful time. We toured a historic home, the Kelton House, here in Columbus. We had dinner at my sister's with...