Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
I listened to this audiobook and highly recommend immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she shares calm, wise, funny, or...
Jan 17, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame, Meg Long's upcoming (to be published tomorrow!) novel; I'm...
Jan 16, 2023
Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
Six Four-Star Bossy Mystery Reads Doesn't the cold winter feel like the perfect time to cozy up with a mystery that hooks you with its...
Jan 13, 2023
Review of Less Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer
As with book one in the Arthur Less series, I was pleasantly surprised by the heart and vulnerability beneath the absurdities and funny...
Jan 12, 2023
Review of Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
This fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time for me:...
Jan 11, 2023
Review of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Keegan's slim book may seem cozy and quiet at first, but she beautifully illuminates tiny moments alongside momentous decisions and...
Jan 10, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama's book about facing adversity and overcoming difficulties;...
Jan 9, 2023
Review of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Kingsolver offers an epic story of a faulted, unlikely hero in danger of being crushed by exceptionally difficult circumstances. His...
Jan 6, 2023
Review of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
The past timeline explores creativity, love, betrayal, and unexpected loops of consequence--which are echoed hauntingly in the present...
Jan 5, 2023
Review of Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
In Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro offers characters and consequences that connect through time and in unexpected ways. The loss and...
Jan 4, 2023
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now To start off the year, I'm listening to Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan's slim novel about small-town...
Jan 3, 2023
My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads
My very favorite reads this year! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading year, in late spring I...
Jan 2, 2023
December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite December reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a book that plays with time, a book that plays with...
Dec 30, 2022
Review of Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
I was hooked on the gritty details of mining camp life, particularly as contrasted with the excesses in the mine owners' mansion. The...
Dec 29, 2022
Review of Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Thoughtful, self-deprecating, earnest, and honest, Surrender is a captivating peek into the four decades (and counting) of U2. Bono...
Dec 28, 2022
Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization buckles to the power of weather...
Dec 27, 2022
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti, my book club's first read of 2023; I'm...
Dec 26, 2022
Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas
The Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas I tend to give nonfiction books for holiday gifts. I'm not sure if it's because it feels easier to hone in...
Dec 23, 2022
Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
I was intrigued by the issues raised in Blackwater Falls--police corruption, racial conflict, religious fervor and faith, secret...
Dec 22, 2022
Six Books I Want, Bossy Holiday 2022 Edition
The Bossy Wish List Sometimes it's tough to buy books for a greedy reader like the one writing this post. What have they already read,...
Dec 21, 2022