August - 2024

Aug 30

August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite Bossy August reads! Welcome to the last gasp of summer---and the final Bossy summer book reviews. I hereby present to...

Aug 29

Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake marriage, comeuppances for the...

Aug 28

Review of Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout examines the range of characters from her many books and their intersecting stories, their imperfections, and their...

Aug 27

Review of Moonbound by Robin Sloan

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never quite gelling into a coherent tale I...

Aug 26

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Christina Lauren's newest fake-marriage, tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm...

Aug 23

Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out

Memoir Love! In case you haven’t noticed yet, I have a major thing for memoirs, and I especially love listening to an author read their...

Aug 22

Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart...

Aug 21

Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal

The first installment in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming...

Aug 20

Review of The Blighted Stars (Devoured Worlds #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

Megan E. O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict, shifting loyalties,...

Aug 19

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the novel Liars , Sarah Manguso's exploration of art, marriage, and power; I'm reading Catalina ,...

Aug 16

Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

You Had Me at "Time Travel" I love a time-travel story in any genre, and this Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light...

Aug 15

Review of Bear by Julia Phillips

The author of Disappearing Earth offers a story of bleak prospects, poverty and illness, a sister bond with fault lines ready to crack...

Aug 14

Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

Ready or Not is a light take on unplanned pregnancy. It felt so easy for Eve to plan to enter into single parenthood despite the many...

Aug 13

Review of The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

The Final Act of Juliette Lloyd is a historical fiction art-focused mystery told in two timelines. I found the story immensely...

Aug 12

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/12/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the first in Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series, A Tempest of Tea , in which our main...

Aug 9

Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies

Lighter Fiction Set in Show Biz I love a peek behind the scenes, and each of the novels here provides a fictionalized version of a movie...

Aug 8

Review of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson

Wilson overcame tough childhood circumstances before setting her sights on becoming a performer, and her memoir celebrates her...

Aug 7

Review of You Are Here by David Nicholls

David Nicholls's characters, some of whom are strangers to each other, meander through the English countryside on a days-long jaunt--and...

Aug 6

Review of The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore

Laurie Devore's novel goes behind the scenes of a reality dating show, complete with sordid details, manipulation, and manufactured...

Aug 5

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby, an art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines;...

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