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
Kevin’s corner Annex – Dark Storm Rising by Linda Castillo
Kevin Tipple read Linda Castillo's latest Kate Burkholder short story a little sooner than I did, and sent me his review. I'm happy to share it here, since I'm in the middle of a big nonfiction book right now. (I loved "Dark Storm Rising", though). It was a little...
Sunday Spotlight – Kate Michaelson
Today, I have the opportunity to introduce a debut mystery author, Kate Michaelson. Kate originally contacted me after I did a program for Buckeye Crime Writers. Buckeye Crime Writers is the Central Ohio Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Since her first book, Hidden...
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Ever since I read Emily Henry's Beach Read, I've been waiting for one of her books to hit me the same way. Book Lovers didn't do it. Neither did her other bestsellers. But, Funny Story, her latest romantic comedy, has two wonderful protagonists I wanted to root...