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
Mother’s Day Weekend
I do know how lucky I am that my mother is still in great shape, physically and mentally. And, I don't want to offend anyone whose mother is gone. But, I just wanted to say I'm up at Mom's, so there won't be a book blog for a couple days. My youngest sister,...
A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett
A Nice Class of Corpse is only the second mystery by Simon Brett that I've read. I read one of his Blotto and Twinks books, but it wasn't for me, and I just never picked up another one of his books. But, Aubrey Hamilton continued to push the Mrs. Pargeter...
What Are You Reading?
I'm all messed up as to what day it is this week. I wrote a review post to put up today, at which point I realized it's Thursday and time for "What Are You Reading?" I'm sorry! I almost missed the most important day of the week. I am heading to Mom's today for just...