Bossy Favorites of the Month I had a solid reading month, including a five-star read by one of my all-time favorite authors. Spoiler alert: that title will also appear in my Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far, a list of six books I'll post next Friday. Meanwhile, here are my six favorite reads of June. I like to post my Greedy Reading Lists on Fridays, and this one is a little early (the month doesn't end until Tuesday, after all) so that I can schedule the aforementione

This is a story about sisters coping with past trauma and resentments trying to find their way back together, with a missing-persons story in the background. The tone of the novel felt difficult for me to settle into, but I appreciated the realistically complicated elements of addiction, abuse, and neurodivergence. “True crime scratches that itch,” she says. “It gives shape to the darkness. It makes the senseless feel—if not understandable, at least real. Like I’m not crazy f

The novel's premise hooked me, and while I was eager to find out whether April and Leo's relationship would survive so many challenges, and I enjoyed the extended family storyline, I wanted to feel more emotionally invested in the high-stakes situations, secrets, and traumas. When April and Leo's house burns down in the middle of the night, they're luckily able to escape safely with their two young children. But as they reel from the loss of their home, the reader learns that

This may be my favorite Ann Patchett novel. It's a story of chosen family, a chance reunion, illuminating and poignant revelations about the past, and unexpected, reimagined relationships and treasured paths forward. In Ann Patchett's newest novel, Daphne and her husband are visiting the Met Museum when they notice an older gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne's long-lost stepfather, the second of her mother's three husbands and a beloved f

The Books I'm Reading Now It's Green Books time! I'm reading the wonderful Lex Croucher's grown-up magical school tale, The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones; I'm listening to Jessica Guerrieri's story of sisters trying to find their way back to their childhood closeness in the midst of a local woman's disappearance, Both Things Can Be True; and I'm reading Marjan Kamali's story of class, politics, and enduring friendship in Tehran and New York, The Lion Women of Tehran. What are

Great Rom-Com Reads I've been highlighting recently published romantic novels as well as those I've read in the past year, many of which are still highly in demand. If the library waitlists are feeling interminably long, you might want to check out these great novels published a little longer ago--so they'll be easier to check out. If you've read any of these titles, I'd love to hear what you think! Have you read any other rom-com or romantic novels that you loved? 01 Betting