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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;...

Aug 2

July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite Bossy July reads! I did a lot of traveling and some great reading last month, but I didn't do a lot of reviewing. My...

Aug 1

Review of Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles

Amor Towles revisits a character from the wonderful Rules of Civility and also offers multiple New York-set tales. Towles's evocative...

Jul 31

Review of Grey Dog by Elliott Gish

Grey Dog begins as an immersive historical fiction story of a young teacher with a shocking past in 1900s rural England, but it becomes a...

Jul 30

Review of In Memoriam by Alice Winn

Alice Winn's account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young men set against each other in the trenches serves as...

Jul 29

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/29/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Villain Edit, a contemporary romance novel about a dating-focused reality TV show by Laurie...

Jul 26

Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading

Some Lighter Fiction Favorites What I love about a romantic, rom-com, lighter fiction read is that real, weighty issues can be raised...

Jul 25

Review of The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

Lisa Barr's World War II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second act...

Jul 24

Review of Sandwich by Catherine Newman

Sandwich is another case of beautifully wrought complications and mutual adoration from Catherine Newman, with unapologetically...

Jul 23

Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Whitaker offers several interconnected storylines, and while each one individually appealed to me, I felt a growing lack of connection to...

Jul 22

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading All the Colors of the Dark, the newest novel by Chris Whitaker (We Begin at the End); I'm listening...

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