by Kristopher | Oct 30, 2014 | Bolo
From The Booking Desk: Many of the folks who are involved in panels at Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach have been making graphics to advertise their particular panel. BOLO Books has jumped on that bandwagon. See you there!
by Kristopher | Oct 29, 2014 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: It is hard to believe that this year’s Bouchercon conference is so quickly approaching. If you follow BOLO Books, you have no doubt seen the earlier parts of this series:Countdown to Bouchercon 1 and Countdown to Bouchercon 2. This week, I...
by Kristopher | Oct 25, 2014 | Articles
From The Booking Desk: Yesterday, October 24, was the second anniversary of BOLO Books. I could not let the occasion pass without a brief mention. When I started BOLO Books back in 2012, I had no idea how much joy and fulfillment it would bring to my life. Books have...
by Kristopher | Oct 24, 2014 | Review
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, for all intents and purposes, should be destined for failure. It is a futuristic, dystopian novel marketed to contemporary fiction readers rather than the typical sci-fi audience for such things. It features numerous characters,...
by Kristopher | Oct 22, 2014 | Conference Recap
From the Booking Desk: This is Part Two in a four-part series of blog posts leading up to Bouchercon. Follow this link to Part One in the series: Countdown to Bouchercon. In this new post, we are going to discuss BOOKS. Since Bouchercon is a conference devoted to...
by Kristopher | Oct 21, 2014 | Conference Recap
From The Booking Desk: Last night was a lovely event at The Enoch Pratt Central Library featuring Deborah Crombie in conversation with Marcia Talley. I was lucky enough to attend with my friend and co-worker, Angela, and we both had a wonderful time. The event was...
by Kristopher | Oct 17, 2014 | Review
Crime fiction that elucidates the realities of the society in which it is set can often be a very powerful and enlightening reading experience. Typically, this translates into a very dark and depressing style, but in the case of Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little, the...
by Kristopher | Oct 14, 2014 | Review
Charlie Parker has been searching for the “root of all evil” for eleven books now. Book number twelve, The Wolf in Winter, will be out later this month in the US (it’s already available overseas) and once again, Charlie and his gang of misfits are faced with...
by Kristopher | Oct 13, 2014 | Conference Recap
From The Booking Desk: This is the first of four blog posts I’m calling Countdown to Bouchercon. How to Prep for Bouchercon 101 1. Obviously, the first thing to do is to register for the conference and book your hotel room. There is certainly still time to...
by Kristopher | Oct 10, 2014 | Bolo
It is a universal law that you can’t hide anything from your mother. Some sixth sense exists in all mothers which allows them to hone in on the very details you are trying to obfuscate. So, when readers pick up Susan O’Brien’s debut novel, Finding Sky, it will not...
