Interview with a Character: Elizabeth “Libby” Shaw

by Elise Cooper   Interview with Elizabeth “Libby” Shaw from Katharine Ashe’s The Prince Elise Cooper: You are pretty single-minded about achieving your goal to become a doctor even though the social norms emphasized women lacked the physical and moral nature to...

Interview with a Character: Geo Shaw

by Elise Cooper   We will discuss with Geo Shaw, from Jennifer Hillier‘s JAR OF HEARTS, how she endured abuse, her best friends’ murder, going to prison, and the scorn of the community. EC:  Do you think people can reinvent their life—did you? Geo Shaw: I’m...

For Kristopher

Kristopher Zgorski is one of the recipients of the 2018 Raven Award and the proprietor of BOLO Books. I first met Kristopher Zgorski when he reviewed a client’s book years ago. When I read that review I knew immediately that Kristopher was a true book advocate. His...

Best Books of 2018

I am an incredibly lucky reader in many ways, not least of which is that I get to read some books before they’re released. Some of the ones I’ve read that will be out in 2018 have blown my proverbial socks off, all the way to the moon twice around it and back again. I...