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3 days ago

Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into

More Time-Travel Adventures I love a book that plays with time--the possibilities of trying things a different way, the second chances,...

4 days ago

Review of Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance by Paulette Jiles

Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical fiction tracks former Union soldier John Chenneville as he travels the country...

5 days ago

Review of The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass

Emma Makepeace returns with new enemies in her sights--but this time she must work undercover on a Russian oligarch's yacht without MI6...

6 days ago

Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn

In this installment of Veronica and Stoker's Victorian England mystery-solving, they enter a sinister, gothic scene--and despite spending...

7 days ago

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading to Ann Patchett's newest novel, Tom Lake; I'm reading Ava Glass's newest spy thriller, to be...

Sep 15

Six More Satisfying Novels about Revenge

More Revenge Fantasies...and Revenge Enacted Mwaa haa ha! Whether it's about righting wrongs, saving face, renegade justice, or playing...

Sep 14

Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women in an early 1800s British boarding school who fall...

Sep 13

Review of World Running Down by Al Hess

Hess's dystopian Utah relies on AI, robots, and the growing, stark split between the haves and have-nots. Trans salvager Val is just...

Sep 12

Review of Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki

Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and of...

Sep 11

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/11/23 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Edan Lepucki's science-fiction time-travel novel, Time's Mouth; I'm reading Paulette Jiles's...

Sep 8

My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

My Very Favorite Bossy Summer Reads! I had a great reading summer, so I had a tough time deciding on the six books I most loved reading...

Sep 7

Review of One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying #3) by Karen M. McManus

This third book in McManus's young-adult mystery series keeps the surprises coming, ties new twists into early events from the series,...

Sep 6

Review of Only Pretty Damned by Niall Howard

Niall Howard's debut is a noir story about the underbelly of life in a post-World-War-II circus, with a disgruntled clown, formerly a...

Sep 5

Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

I loved the aunt-niece bond, the peeks into the NYC worlds of publishing and restaurants, and the playing with time. I was irritated by...

Sep 4

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/4/23 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Emma Donoghue's newest historical fiction, Learned by Heart, set at an 1800s women's boarding...

Sep 1

August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite Bossy August reads! I had a great reading month! Here are the six books I most loved reading in the heat of August....

Aug 31

Review of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird

Isabella Bird's nonfiction account of her 1873 travels through the rugged, wondrous American West is full of her irresistible...

Aug 30

Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

I was taken with the first half of this book--a rural cult, a teen mother, a strong female protagonist in an impossible situation,...

Aug 29

Review of Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo

Fascinating, sometimes infuriating firsthand peeks at admissions procedures and priorities; ways to evaluate buyer schools and seller...

Aug 28

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, Isabelle L. Bird's narrative nonfiction set in the late...

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