Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Power author Naomi Alderman's newest novel, The Future, to be published tomorrow; I'm listening...
Nov 6, 2023
Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality
The Life-and-Death Books I've Loved Who's with me in having an obsession with reading about facing mortality? Does it stem from being in...
Nov 3, 2023
Review of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing oneself--with fascinating...
Nov 2, 2023
Review of Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
ICYMI: Morton masterfully weaves together timelines, threads of family history, and long-held secrets now revealed, while her main...
Nov 1, 2023
Review of Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler
Winkler is candid, charming, self-deprecating, and delighted by life and his experiences. I loved listening to him read the audiobook of...
Oct 31, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Daniel Mason's novel tracking generations of inhabitants in a New England cabin, North Woods; I'm...
Oct 30, 2023
October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite Bossy October reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: two historical fiction stories, gothic...
Oct 27, 2023
Review of The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
June struggles with the complicated implications of her family's curse of hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the...
Oct 26, 2023
Review of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E. Harrow, with imperfect characters, a noble, messy quest, layers of...
Oct 25, 2023
Review of American Girl by Wendy Walker
This is another whodunit winner from Wendy Walker: a character-driven mystery with a neurodivergent main protagonist, small-town...
Oct 24, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest novel by Adrienne Young, time-traveling magical realism based in small-town North...
Oct 23, 2023
Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
More book club love! My book club has been meeting for 17 years; we're all from a moms' group we joined when our kids were tiny and I'm...
Oct 20, 2023
Review of Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
In Evil Eye, Etaf Rum (author of A Woman Is No Man) considers a small-town North Carolina artist, mother, and wife struggling with the...
Oct 19, 2023
Review of October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker
Hawker's newest historical fiction gives a wonderfully evocative peek into a gritty period, as her main protagonist escapes a bad...
Oct 18, 2023
Review of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
ICYMI: Morton offers a strong historical fiction mystery, with assumed identities, dual timelines, twists and turns, and a richly wrought...
Oct 17, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the newest suspenseful mystery by Wendy Walker, scheduled for publication tomorrow, American Girl;...
Oct 16, 2023
Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina
North Carolina Love! I love reading novels with Southern, Appalachian, and specifically North Carolina settings. Here are six I've loved...
Oct 13, 2023
Review of The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins
Emi, Kristina, and Larch are a family that survived the immense destruction of the climate crisis, but secrets, danger, and a double life...
Oct 12, 2023
Review of The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber
"Success here means knowing how the system works and who pays what and why. It is about figuring out what is worth paying extra for--and...
Oct 11, 2023
Review of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni
"Does a prestigious college make you successful? Or do you do that for yourself?" But for every person whose contentment and fulfillment...
Oct 10, 2023