My very favorite Bossy June reads! First, would someone please explain how it's possibly the last day of June? This seems unlikely and...

Claudia Cravens's story of a young brothel worker in late nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who...

Beyond That, the Sea is a lovely character-driven historical fiction story about complicated relationships, found family, growing up, and...

The fun first book in Tricia Levenseller's trilogy about a teenage female pirate captain sets up a long game toward obtaining a key...

The Books I'm Reading Now You may have noticed a little Bossy hiatus last week. I was on a big, fun family trip to the UK, exploring...

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

Gracia's young adult debut digs into teenaged June's messy, sometimes disastrous, and ultimately heartwarming teen exploration of...

Charm City Rocks is sweet, interesting, and layered. I loved this story about relationships, complications, famous/everyday person...

Hoffman's novel is about facing dark realities, entering uncharted territory, leaning on music as a solace, and welcoming new beginnings....

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Maddalena and the Dark, Julia Fine's upcoming novel about young friends and musicians in 1700s...

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready to go by the pool, on the porch, at...

The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her own heritage, flexes her newfound...

I loved the premise and start of this zany story in which a statistics geek braves his high school reunion, only to be mistaken for a...

Jimenez's rom-com frequently had me laughing, made me tear up a little, and kept me hooked on the fake-dating, will-they-won't-they...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, about an America in which those in the...

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the books I most loved reading in May: Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, Lucinda...

Rowley brings humor to this heartwarming--but never cloying--exploration of friendship, connection, messy relationships, heartbreak, and...