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
Family Trip and What Are You Reading?
Last week, my family went to Shipshewana and Middlebury, Indiana. That's Amish and Mennonite country. Although we have Amish country in Ohio, we don't see as many horses and buggies as we did in LaGrange County, Indiana. I did most of the driving, and I loved to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Fondness for Truth by Kim Hays
Since I'm only a third through my next book, I decided to share Kevin Tipple's review of a book by one of our own. A Fondness for Truth is the third in Kim Hays' Linder and Doratelli series. Thank you, Kevin. Following Pesticide and Sons and Brothers, A Fondness...
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I'm eight years behind in reading Martha Wells' first Murderbot Diaries entry, All Systems Red. The short science fiction book won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards for Best Novella. It won the Alex Award. It was also a bestseller, made into an Apple Original...