by Kristopher | Apr 23, 2014 | Interview
From the Booking Desk: Today, I am happy to welcome Liz Nugent to BOLO Books. Liz is the author of Unravelling Oliver. If you missed the review of Unravelling Oliver, check it out before continuing on to this wonderful interview with Liz Nugent. I suspect you will...
by Kristopher | Apr 18, 2014 | Review
It has been argued that the most important sentence of any novel is the first sentence. No doubt, even those readers who might not completely agree with this qualification can appreciate the power of a well-constructed opening line. A perfect case in point is the...
by Kristopher | Apr 11, 2014 | Review
Turning sweet, innocent Dorothy Gale into a megalomaniacal “mean girl” bitch might seem like a risky proposition for any author (let alone a debut author), but that is exactly what Danielle Paige has done in her first young adult novel, Dorothy Must Die. As the...
by Kristopher | Apr 9, 2014 | Review
You would easily be forgiven for thinking that the mythos of Oz had been mined of all potential prequels, sequels or spin-offs. However, along comes Danielle Paige to prove us all wrong. In preparation for the release of Dorothy Must Die, the first in her new...
by Kristopher | Apr 4, 2014 | Review
The teenage years are when the youth of the world typically feel the most invincible. It is during these formative years when teens believe they know more than their elders and that no one should be able to tell them what to do. Thus, it is no surprise that...
by Kristopher | Apr 2, 2014 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: This week, Louise Penny again used her Facebook page to keep readers anticipation of her next novel very high. Louise slowly revealed the next stunning cover for the Chief Inspector Gamache series. Called The Long Way Home, the book will hit...
by Kristopher | Apr 2, 2014 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: When Gerald So put out a call via Twitter, asking for volunteers to take part in his celebration of National Poetry Month, I immediately signed up. Now, you may be asking yourself “But Kristopher, what does National Poetry Month have to do with...
by Kristopher | Mar 28, 2014 | Review
Sophie Hannah recently wrote a novella for horror imprint, Hammer Arrow. That novella, The Orphan Choir, owes much to prior ghost stories like Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw and Susan Hill’s The Women in White; but what makes it really stand out is one other work...
by Kristopher | Mar 21, 2014 | Review
It has become a bit of a cliché to say that a series just keeps getting better with the release of each new book, but in the case of Michael Robotham’s Joseph O’Loughlin mystery series, it also happens to be completely true. Certainly, this has a lot to do with the...
by Kristopher | Mar 14, 2014 | Review
There are certain books in which setting and character share equal billing in terms of importance. Lisa Alber’s debut novel, Kilmoon, is just such a novel. The reader is clued into this right from the book jacket. Kilmoon is given the subtitle of A County Clare...
