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
Winners and Give Me an H Giveaway
Winners and Give Me an H Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Anita Y. from Barnesville, GA won A Deadly Divide. John S. of Iowa City, IA will receive Watcher in the Woods. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I’m giving away books with authors...
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading?
I’m actually “playing” with a book right now, rather than reading it. As an early birthday present, a friend gave me a copy of an oversized book,The Lost Files of Nancy Drew. It purports to be Nancy Drew’s newly discovered notes about her...
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
I seldom read translated books because something always seems to be lost in the translation. I don’t think that happened with Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared from the World. Eric Selland seems to have brought all the magic and thoughtfulness...