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
Favorite Books of 2019
I'm a little surprised at my list of favorite books of 2019. All the titles were published in 2019. Every author on the list was new to me at the time. That doesn't mean it was their first book, just the first I had read. I credit Library Journal for some of that. As...
Have You Heard? The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Are you a fan of contemporary romances? If I didn't convince you to read Lyssa Kay Adams' The Bromance Book Club when I reviewed it, check out Sandie Herron's review of the audio book. She almost makes me wish I had listened to it. Sounds fun! Thank you, Sandie! The...
Overdue by Elizabeth Spann Craig
As much as I appreciate the settings of the library mysteries by Miranda James and Jenn McKinlay, Elizabeth Spann Craig's Village Library Mysteries truly are set in the world of public libraries. In Overdue, she covers everything from the library cat to copier...