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Bo Burnette has been writing and publishing books for more than a decade—which is long enough to know better and, apparently, not long enough to stop.

His newest book, Chronically Online is a funny, tender look at love, friendship, ambition, and the increasingly complicated business of being a person on the internet. Bo is drawn to flawed people, carefully curated lives, and the moment the version of ourselves we present to the world collides with the truth.

His previous work traverses genres, from the World War II biography Denver and the Doolittle Raid to the short story Finding Viola and the medieval adventure trilogy The Reinhold Chronicles. He has never been especially interested in staying in one lane—only in finding the next story wort ...more

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	Finding Viola: A Short Story 3.46 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiery Arrow (The Reinhold Chronicles #1) 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Denver and the Doolittle Raid: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary World War II Hero by Bowen D. Burnette, Bo Burnette (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lighthouse Thief by Bo Burnette (Goodreads Author), Josiah Dooley (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Realms Beyond (The Reinhold Chronicles #2) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three Thrones (The Reinhold Chronicles, #3) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronically Online: a novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Some stories end rather suddenly, leaving hardly a trace of having ever happened at all. Others lumber on, casting loose threads and unanswered questions even as they resolve others. Arliss soon saw that her story fell into the second group: her tale still had many threads to tie up and many questions to be answered.” … Continue reading the reinhold chronicles (bo’s version) → Read more of this blog post »

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
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“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
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“I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.”
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