Time Travel

Dec 15, 2022

Review of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

A.G. Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred, but the necessity of doing...

Sep 15, 2022

Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones

Much of the book involves thwarted attempts to unravel the past by a main protagonist who has been emotionally destroyed by trauma and...

Sep 6, 2022

Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

Straub offers a wonderful story that plays with time, explores sentimental moments, offers do-overs, and sweeps the reader into a...

Aug 18, 2022

Review of The Becoming (The Dragon Heart Legacy #2) by Nora Roberts

The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as Bree becomes more powerful,...

Jun 29, 2022

Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

McQuiston's love letter to New York offers charming song references, LGBTQ love, steamy scenes, character growth--and an irresistible...

May 26, 2022

Review of One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother at her same age, inspiring...

May 24, 2022

Review of See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time and is centered around...

May 4, 2022

Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

In this nested story that spans centuries, Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the...

Mar 11, 2022

Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

The Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the...

Sep 21, 2021

Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate...

Sep 8, 2021

Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

ICYMI: In Matt Haig's How to Stop Time, main protagonist Tom Hazard lives for centuries but is not allowed to fall in love. When he...

Jul 22, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm...

May 10, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/10/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates's novel about slavery, with magical realism that offers a...

Mar 4, 2021

Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken, showing her that she's capable of...

Mar 3, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/21 Edition

What I'm Reading Now Here's what I've got going at the moment: a dark, intriguing story of interconnectedness between unusual characters;...

Dec 23, 2020

Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. Twentysomething Mae is spending the...

Dec 21, 2020

Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Addie grapples with what it means to only be able to whisper in the world rather than shout. What is the value of a life that must be...

Dec 2, 2020

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition

01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in...

Oct 30, 2020

Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You

I love an intersection of historical fiction and mystery, two genres I love. Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements.

Sep 9, 2020

Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson

Robots, time travel, teen angst, and this gorgeous cover. Yes to all of this. I didn't anticipate the great twists Johnson provides.

Bossy Bookworm

Posts by Category

Post Archive

Join The Bossy Bookworm mailing list!

Bossy Bookworm

Posts by Category

​Post Archive

Join The Bossy Bookworm mailing list!

Post Archive