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?
Thursday, Thursday! I look forward to Thursday all week. I love to see what you’re all reading. I’m playing catch-up. I’m reading Juliet Blackwell’s A Toxic Trousseau because A Magical Match, the next one in her Witchcraft Mystery series, is...
Sandie’s Corner – Dead Cold Brew by Cleo Coyle
Sandie’s Corner – Dead Cold Brew by Cleo Coyle
When Sandie Herron first started sending occasional reviews to Lesa’s Book Critiques, we called it Sandie’s Corner. Then, she switched to reviewing audio books for “Have You Heard?”. Today, she has a book review for us, last year’s...
The Southern Sympathy Cookbook by Perre Coleman Magness
The Southern Sympathy Cookbook by Perre Coleman Magness
I was hoping for a cookbook with recipes I could take to potlucks (carry-ins in southwestern Indiana). Instead, I found a cookbook that made a number of changes to traditional recipes, so they weren’t quite what I expected. But, I did enjoy the obituary clips...