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?
I don’t have a book to talk about since I’m finishing up my books for deadline. So, let’s talk about your books. What are you reading this week?
Book Chat – Cathy Guisewite and Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault
Book Chat – Cathy Guisewite and Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault
I mentioned on Thursday that I was reading Cathy Guisewite’s collection of essays, Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault. I’m still reading it because my deadline for Library Journal for mystery reviews is this coming Friday. I finished a terrific...
Notre-Dame de Paris, In Tribute and Sorrow
Notre-Dame de Paris, In Tribute and Sorrow
I don’t even know what to say. What a loss to Paris, to the world, to all of us who love Paris, and to everyone who never had the chance to get there to see Notre-Dame Cathedral. Building started on it in 1163. It survived the French Revolution, two world...