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
The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan
My father was a gardener. One of his favorite songs was "The Garden Song" that begins "Inch by inch and row by row". That's exactly how I feel with recovery from the flu, and trying to read. Both, inch by inch on health progress, and row by row for reading. I hope my...
It’s the Flu
If I'd told you all my symptoms, and you don't want to know, someone here might have said I was wrong. I have the flu, diagnosed by my best friend and family members who know what all the symptoms are. So the picture above is about what I look like, sprawled on the...
Halfway Through The Bookseller
If I didn't have a fever, aching muscles and bones, and a cough, I would have finished Tim Sullivan's The Bookseller. I read half of the book on Friday, and then slept all day on Saturday. DS George Cross has all kinds of surprises in his personal life and work life....