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Jun 5

Review of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Just for the Summer is another Jimenez story with wonderful banter and a romantic connection that's anchored in and shaped by incredibly...

Jun 4

Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley

Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...

Jun 3

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Other Valley, Scott Alexander Howard's literary speculative fiction about the implications of...

May 31

May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. If you've read any of these titles, I'd...

May 30

Review of Love, Lists and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz

Sarah Grunder Ruiz serves up an irresistible rom-com with great banter and with interesting and difficult, complex issues of loss, grief,...

May 29

Review of Betting on You by Lynn Painter

Lynn Painter delivers funny, charming banter and an opposites-attract tension in this heartwarming rom-com about divorce, trust, blended...

May 28

Review of The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak's The Island of Missing Trees explores past Turkish-Greek conflicts in a small island community while illustrating the...

May 27

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/28/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amor Towles's collection of short stories and a novella, Table for Two; I'm listening to Sarah...

May 24

Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West

Do you enjoy a character-driven Western? I appreciate an unflinching reflection of the atrocities visited upon the indigenous peoples of...

May 23

Review of The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion by Barbara Brown Taylor

Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the candid, thought-provoking, wise...

May 22

Review of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

This captivating story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic, funny banter;...

May 21

Review of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women of various social classes in San...

May 20

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/21/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Taylor Brown's newest historical novel, Rednecks, which centers around the riveting battles and...

May 17

Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into

Do you love reading memoirs like I do? I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or...

May 16

Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

ICYMI: A death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical scenes in this...

May 15

Review of Sleeping Giants by Rene Denfeld

I was taken with the main characters of the past storyline here: a young boy at a children's home and his unlikely best friend. When his...

May 14

Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

Only If You're Lucky centers around a group of South Carolina college students who don't truly know each other--and the unpleasant...

May 13

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kaliana Bradley's witty time-travel story The Ministry of Time; I'm listening to Only If You're...

May 10

Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

My very favorite Bossy reads so far this year! My Greedy Reading Lists are usually made up of six books, but I've had a wonderful start...

May 9

Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

This gorgeously written set of fifty-two love letters to nature encourage reflection and urge the reader to pause to honor even the less...

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