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?
What Are You Reading?
This week, I’m finishing a book recommended by two people, columnist Connie Schultz, and my friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. Elizabeth Catte is a writer and historian from East Tennessee. She holds a PhD in public history. Her nonfiction title, What You...
Hope to Read Pile
Hope to Read Pile
Today isn’t Thursday. That means I’m not going to discuss the nonfiction title I’m reading after eight days and ten mysteries. I’ll discuss that tomorrow with “What Are You Reading?” Instead, I’m going to mention the three...
Have You Heard? Out of Circulation by Miranda James
Have You Heard? Out of Circulation by Miranda James
I’m on deadline this week for book reviews, so it’s always helpful when I can turn to one of Sandie Herron’s reviews of audiobooks. She reviewed the fourth in Miranda James’ Cat in the Stacks mystery series, Out of Circulation. I hope you...