Review of Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Sittenfeld's funny and sweet take on an unlikely romance sparked by a longtime SNL-type weekly skit show immediately had me hooked, never...
Apr 11, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/10/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier's newest historical fiction, The Trackers, to be published...
Apr 10, 2023
Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year
Six More Favorite Fiction Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I listed Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from...
Apr 7, 2023
Review of You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum
Samantha Markum's young adult novel is set in a small town in the Florida Keys, with plenty of teen angst, tests of friend loyalty, burst...
Apr 6, 2023
Review of Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
Poet and essayist Ross Gay explores the experiences and explorations that have offered him meaning, depth, connection, understanding, and...
Apr 5, 2023
Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo a quest to secure their...
Apr 4, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm so excited to be reading the newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4;...
Apr 3, 2023
March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite Bossy March reads! I had so many favorite reads this month, I'm saving back two from the past week for April in case I...
Mar 31, 2023
Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush Australian setting, and character development I found...
Mar 30, 2023
Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
I love a novel set in India, and the details of the sparkling promise and darker underpinnings of the city of Hrishipur were a standout...
Mar 29, 2023
Review of American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
This story within a story is playful and satirical while providing deep issues to contemplate. It's different and captivating and silly...
Mar 28, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/27/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young woman passing as a soldier in...
Mar 27, 2023
Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six More Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres, and I loved my...
Mar 24, 2023
Review of The Levee by William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger's writing is beautiful, and J.D. Jackson reads the audiobook wonderfully, but I felt impatient with the focus on...
Mar 23, 2023
Review of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful explores family bonds, broken connections, forging through pain, allowing for unconventional routes to...
Mar 22, 2023
Review of Foster by Claire Keegan
Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely, heartbreaking, and that brought...
Mar 21, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jane Harper's newest Australian-set Aaron Falk mystery, Exiles; I'm listening to a Libro.fm...
Mar 20, 2023
Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! A while back I posted about Six Four-Star...
Mar 17, 2023
Review of The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3) by Naomi Novik
The more somber tone of book three and the focus on logistics feel appropriate as the recent graduates of the Scholomance desperately...
Mar 16, 2023
Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart
Emilia Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world as they resist male...
Mar 15, 2023