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?
Not an exciting week here. I hope all of you in California are safe from the tsunami. Check in if you get a chance! I really want to thank Lynn for her suggestion of Tim Sullivan's DS Cross series. I loved the first one, The Dentist, and we all talked about it...
The Dentist by Tim Sullivan
Let me tell you the background about my copy of Tim Sullivan's The Dentist. Someone here (I'm guessing Kim, but I might be wrong) raved about Tim Sullivan's DS Cross series. I'm guessing Kim, because after I ordered a used copy of the book, I later learned that the...
“The Bookstore Family” by Alice Hoffman
When I reviewed Alice Hoffman's "The Bookstore Keepers" yesterday, I said the first in the series, "The Bookstore Sisters" was my favorite. But, Hoffman wrapped up The Once Upon a Time Bookshop series with the best, "The Bookstore Family". This one made me cry...