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
Westering Women by Sandra Dallas
Westering Women by Sandra Dallas
There’s a 1951 film, Westward the Women, that’s one of my all-time favorites. It’s the story of a wagon train of mail-order brides. Robert Taylor stars as the trail guide taking a group of women from Chicago to California. I’m not saying...
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean
While reviewing the second book in Sarah MacLean’s Love By Numbers series, Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord, I’m also finishing the third in the trilogy. I love the overlap of characters, and the changes in relationships and characters in the...
Winners and a Favorite Giveaway
Winners and a Favorite Giveaway
Well! The contest for three copies of Paige Shelton’s Thin Ice was a smashing success. I had the largest number of entries for one title that I’ve ever had. And, Paige is giving away one additional copy. If you didn’t win, don’t feel bad. I...