Recent Reviews
Jar of Hearts – The BOLO Books Review
For a number of years now, Jennifer Hillier has been writing a varied collection of excellent crime novels that have gained her a loyal following of fans and modest critical acclaim, but she is hardly a household name. On June 12, 2018, that is going to change. The...
Safe – A BOLO Books Television Review
The new Netflix mystery series Safe is the viewing equivalent of those blockbuster summer beach-reads from days of yore: Light on any real substance, but certainly enjoyable while being consumed. Viewers who know Harlan Coben created it will expect nothing less. Just...
The Perfect Mother – The BOLO Books Review
Aimee Molloy’s The Perfect Mother is a both a twisted suspense yarn and a subtle satire aimed at society’s unrealistic expectations of motherhood. Fans of psychological and domestic suspense will find much to enjoy in this tale of suburban intrigue, but it is the...
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2014 Statistics
From the Booking Desk: I am often asked how I decide what to review. This is far too complicated a process for me to distill into one blog post, but I did think it would be interesting to do an analysis of how I obtained the books I reviewed for 2014. Total Number of...
Serial – The Podcast Phenomenon
From The Booking Desk: The success of the "Serial" podcast can only be described as a phenomenon. One of those times when something in the ether gels and a piece of pop culture goes from relative obscurity to fanaticism (or more accurately in "Serial’s" case: from...
Azar Nafisi @ The Ivy Bookshop
Last night, humanities dynamo Azar Nafisi spoke at The Ivy Bookshop in Mt. Washington, Maryland. Nafisi, the celebrated author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, is on a book tour for her latest non-fiction gem, The Republic of Imagination. Azar Nafisi’s remarks for the...
