Recent Reviews
The Night of the Flood – The BOLO Books Review
It is not easy to come up with new concepts for short story anthologies. In recent years we have seen anthologies based around the music catalog of certain artists – such as Trouble in the Heartland – and those focused on a certain location – such as the Anthony-Award...
Sunburn – The BOLO Books Review
Sunburn is a Pandora’s box of a novel – looking harmless on the exterior, but ultimately harboring complexity beyond measure within. It represents Laura Lippman’s homage to the masterpieces of noir, while never being anything less than authentic Lippman. Sunburn is...
The Perfect Nanny – The BOLO Books Review
Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny is an odd little book; at first seeming superficial and sparse, with time, the story – and in fact the storytelling itself – burrows into the mind of the reader, haunting and horrifying in equal measures. Leila Slimani wastes no time...
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Recent Articles
Happy Fourth of July!
From the Booking Desk: Wishing everyone the happiest of celebrations this Fourth of July. Since the holiday is falling on a Friday, there will be no Friday review this week, but things will be back to the standard schedule next week. Until then, enjoy the fireworks,...
#WhoIsSamAlexander Revealed
From the Booking Desk: You may have noticed over the past few months the increased occurrence of the Twitter hashtag WhoIsSamAlexander? You may have even investigated further to see what this was all about. This was a clever (and successful) marketing campaign...
Belzhar – Some brief thoughts (not a review)
From The Booking Desk: I don’t typically talk about books in advance of their release month. First, there are too many books to read for the blog, so I rarely get a chance to read something well in advance. Secondly, there really isn’t much point in me talking about...
