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?
It's Thursday! Let's talk about what you're reading, or what you've read in the last week, since the last time we "talked". How many of you remember the cartoon "Cathy"? I read the cartoon regularly, and identified with Cathy's body image issues. I didn't identify...
A Dream of Death by Connie Berry
I love the start of a new mystery series. So much promise! In this case, so much promise, and a great mature character. I'm looking forward to many more books following Connie Berry's A Dream of Death. Three years ago, Kate Hamilton's husband died on the Isle of...
Introducing Connie Berry – An Interview
It's always a pleasure to introduce a debut author when I loved her book. Tomorrow, I'm running my review of A Dream of Death. It was an outstanding, atmospheric mystery with characters I love. Today, it's my pleasure to introduce author Connie Berry with an...