I loved the premise, in which a golden girl and barrel-racer returns home to small-town Wyoming to figure out her future. I was looking...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Molly Jong-Fast's memoir about her tumultuous relationship with her mother and other challenges,...

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't classic, light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a summer past, and they all...

Ocean Vuong's literary fiction offers unexpected bonds between characters coping with desperation, addiction, lies, hunger, and past...

Katherine Center's sweet rom-com about a video producer and her reluctant hero of a subject is set against the colorful backdrop of Key...

I was taken with the premise of conflicts and mystery in a post-colonial West African city, but I didn't feel very connected to or...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Tochi Onyebuchi's dark, broody fantasy mystery, Harmattan Season ; I'm listening to Katie...

The Robot Books It's been a long time since I've talked about science fiction and robot stories. I just love a good artificial...

The Daily Show 's Michael Kosta recounts his youth as a pro tennis player (#864 in the world), an assistant college tennis coach, then a...

Dogland explores what makes a show dog "best" and what happens behind the scenes of dog shows in this intriguing, good-natured, and...

Davies's slim, luminous, heartbreaking novel sets a story of isolation and human connection against the brutal removal of impoverished...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Tommy Tomlinson's engaging nonfiction about the Westminster Dog Show, Dogland ; I'm listening to...

My very favorite Bossy May reads! It was tough for me to narrow down my very favorite reads this month; I read so many great titles. If...

Run for the Hills is the most recent Kevin Wilson gem; his quirky characters are irresistible, and his heartwarming story is messy,...

Eowyn Ivey offers elements familiar from her other two novels--a cold, unforgiving setting; magical realism; attempts to overcome...

Walker offers an unreliable main protagonist, her dedicated new psychiatrist, increasingly inexplicable and complicated occurrences, and...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Katherine Center's newest romance, The Love Haters ; I'm reading Ocean Vuong's newest novel, The...

Spring Bossy Book Favorites On Fridays I love to post Greedy Reading Lists of my favorite books. I recently gave a talk to a wonderful...

Harpman's slim novel poses a mysterious situation without promising concrete explanations. Our main protagonist knows little about her...

She's a Lamb! offers a delusional, self-congratulatory, single-minded, relentless would-be performer and builds tension and outrageously...