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
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin
I took three pages of notes while reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s. Why? I'm not writing a book report, and this is the only review I'm writing. But, the story of the 1960s, as seen by Dick and Doris Kearns...
2024 Lefty Award Winners
2024 Lefty Award Winners
The 2024 Lefty Awards were presented this past weekend at Left Coast Crime, Seattle Shakedown. Congratulations to the winners. Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Novel Cheap Trills by Wendalll Thomas Lefty for Best Historical Mystery Novel (Bill Gottfried Memorial,...
