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?
Let's talk about weather for a minute. We've been much better off since this past weekend. In fact, today was beautiful, in the 70s. But, Saturday night, I spent 45 minutes sitting in the closet since we were under a tornado warning until 11:30 PM. My brother-in-law...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Gold in them Texas Hills by russ Hall
As I mentioned yesterday, I went to a family reunion on Tuesday, and then Linda and I had the drive home. That means I didn't get home until 6:30 PM, so certainly didn't have time to read a book yesterday. Since Kevin Tipple takes up the slack when I'm running around,...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Wildwood by Amy Pease
Kevin Tipple thinks I'm always out partying when I use one of his blog posts. He's right. Today, I'm at a family reunion, and then driving back home afterward. Since I won't be available most of the day, I'm grateful that Kevin is willing to share his review of...


