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?
What Are You Reading?
It’s Thursday! I have a couple meetings, so I might have to catch up today, but I’m always interested in what you are all reading. I’m reading the 28th book in one of my favorite series, Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters books. The Seekers...
An Unsettled Grave by Bernard Schaffer
An Unsettled Grave by Bernard Schaffer
Some of the comments I saw online said you could read this book without having read the first in the series, Bernard Schaffer’s The Thief of All Light. I disagree. I enjoyed An Unsettled Grave, but I wish I had more background about Detective Carrie...
Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves
Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves
Rick Steves’ Travel as a Political Act is a little dated since it came out in 2009. I’m sure he would have much more to say about globalization, immigration, and isolation if he were writing this book in 2019. But, his thesis that travel should bring...