June - 2024

Jun 28

A Bossy Summer Break

I hope you're having a wonderful summer, bookworms! I'm going to take an unprecedented Bossy break to spend time with family, but I hope...

Jun 28

June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite Bossy June reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. If you've read any of these titles, I'd...

Jun 27

Review of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

ICYMI: Daniel Mason's atmospheric, mysterious, languorous story is of a shy piano tuner's trip to Burma to get the piano of an eccentric...

Jun 26

Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

This love story about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance romance...

Jun 25

Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Katherine Center offers a writing-focused story in which forced proximity, past secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of...

Jun 24

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/24/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Glassmaker, the newest historical fiction from Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring); I'm...

Jun 21

Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

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...

Jun 20

Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

ICYMI: Towles's closed-door tale of a Russian aristocrat under house arrest in a grand Moscow hotel manages to be at times playful,...

Jun 19

Review of Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

ICYMI: The post-Depression-era city of New York is such a powerful presence in this story, it feels like a main character. I was taken by...

Jun 18

Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

Grant's thriller is set in the wilds of Idaho, with a wilderness expert of a main character who has fought to trust others and be...

Jun 17

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/17/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now First of all, I obviously only read books with tall, blocky title fonts now. I'm reading Sandwich, the...

Jun 14

Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II

Tales of Brave World War II Women Other titles I considered listing here were the Bossy five-star read All the Light We Cannot See; The...

Jun 13

Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery to this steamy interspecies romance that has lots of heart and kept...

Jun 12

Review of Rednecks by Taylor Brown

In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly...

Jun 11

Review of Wellness by Nathan Hill

Flawed main characters Jack and Elizabeth try to find their way back to an emotional connection in this literary fiction work. Wellness...

Jun 10

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/10/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Goddess of Warsaw, Lisa Barr's dual-timeline historical fiction set in 1943 Warsaw and 2005 Los...

Jun 7

Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing

Musicians' Must-Read Memoirs I'm a biiiig memoir fan, and I love behind-the-scenes peeks. These six memoirs from musicians offer stories...

Jun 6

Review of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

The Other Valley is literary fiction with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which is a different timeline of the same...

Jun 5

Review of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Just for the Summer is another Jimenez story with wonderful banter and a romantic connection that's anchored in and shaped by incredibly...

Jun 4

Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley

Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...

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