Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict among cultures in a mid-nineteenth century community in the Arctic Circle,...

The Whalebone Theatre begins with offbeat children's performances on a lazy, decadent English estate in the 1920s and builds to the...

Six Great Bossy Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! If you've read any of these, I'd...

Lex Croucher's queer medieval rom-com--the author's debut young-adult novel--is an absolute gem; it's full of excellent banter and lots...

Six More Bossy Favorite Reads I've been posting lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by genre; for my all-around favorites,...

In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange story full of extraterrestrial observations of humans and their behavior that...

I loved each of the story's two timelines--following a stewardess on board The Titanic as well as a British spy working with the WWII...

My very favorite Bossy January reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a beautiful, poignant nonfiction book...

ICYMI: This is an irresistible story and set of characters, but with fascinating depth. The issues Reid explores are enormous and are...

Six More Four-Star Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres to read, and I recently posted...

Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series featuring established characters, their...

Lauren Groff's beautiful and brutal novel The Vaster Wilds follows a young servant girl running from the Jamestown colony's disease and...

Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman in a steampunk 1800s Nordic...

LaValle mixes a Western setting with strong feminist messages, magical realism, haunting elements, and the terrifying, freeing truth in...

Marske's quirky, funny, richly imagined magical world, complex character-building, relationship exploration, and storytelling continues...

Lisa See offers a vivid peek at the lives of women in 15th century China, complete with a fascinating female-doctor element that kept me...

My very favorite reads of 2023! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading run, in late spring I posted...

First: this amazing cover. Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. I loved it and I can't...

My very favorite Bossy December reads! I hope every Bossy reader who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas this week! I scheduled a little...

I liked Divine Rivals and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised that the book's fantasy...