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?
And, today, it's what are you reading. I haven't read one more word than when I posted yesterday. I did go to a concert in St. Louis on Tuesday night, and then on Wednesday I went to the zoo. What a wonderful zoo! Since I didn't read any more of Billy Jensen's Chase...
What Am I Reading?
Did I surprise you? No, tomorrow is the day for What Are You Reading. However, I'm not in town this morning. I'm actually in St. Louis, and will be back this afternoon. I might even have time to finish my current book, and start a new one before we all talk on...
A Better Man by Louise Penny
Because I can never say as much as I'd like about one of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries, instead, I'm going to quote another mystery author. Betty Webb said to me, "I love to see books taken seriously -- and with reverence." I treat each new...