Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Day four of the rock and roll book tour. I have been having way too much fun and so far.

The key numbers?

* Biggest crowd? 250 at the Universal Sheraton kickoff lunch in Los Angeles. (Big thanks to everyone at ANCA who made that happen.)

* Fewest hours of sleep in one night? 2 and 1/2, when I got back to my hotel in San Francisco at 12:30 in the morning and was picked up 3 and 1/2 hours later -- 4:00 in the morning -- to catch a flight.

* Shirts lost by hotels? Zero.

* Socks lost by hotels? One.

* Red Bulls consumed? I have already lost count. Sorry.

* Hours on airplanes? 19.

Some new reviews has come in this week. Among them are these:


"Stirring. . .A deeply moving story of survival and enduring love." -- Carol Memmott, USA Today


"Bohjalian deftly weaves the many threads of this story back and forth, from past to present, from abuse to humanity, from devastation to redemption. His ability to add irony and wit makes the contrasting horrors even more intense. . .Staggering. . .[and] utterly riveting." -- Eugenia Zukerman, The Washington Post


"Bohjalian succeeds in depicting the horror, without sentimentalizing it. . .He has fulfilled the duty of anyone seeking to document a genocide -- he ensures that we don't look away." -- Julie Wittes Schlack, The Boston Globe


Still 18 events left on the book tour. I hope to meet many of you on the road!

All the best,

Chris B.