

Six Past Book Club Bossy Favorites
Book club love! My OG book club has been together in some form for almost twenty years, meeting monthly to talk about life and--particularly if we are split or generally dislike a title--talking about a book, and for a good while I've been lucky enough to (surprise!) be the Bossy Final Decider of the books on our annual book list. I ask for book suggestions from my fellow book clubbers, add my own ideas, make sure early reviews look solid enough for us, establish when an intr
Jul 24


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


My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022
Book club love! These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. We also read Betty, We Are Not Like Them, All Her Little...
Nov 18, 2022


Review of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
I was intrigued by the peeks into various cults and groups that inspire fanatical loyalty, but wished for more answers, more exploration,...
Sep 1, 2022


Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
All Her Little Secrets shines when Ellice Littlejohn wrests control of her increasingly dangerous circumstances and when racial issues...
Jun 23, 2022


Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and I didn't want her reflections and...
Mar 23, 2022


Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021
Book club love! My book club has been together in some form for thirteen years, and for a good while I've been (surprise!) the Bossy...
Jan 7, 2022


Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year
01 Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Oh, Olive! In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and...
Jan 15, 2021


Review of Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
This story was so much more than I expected. Napolitano created an irresistible and true-feeling character in Edward. I loved this book....
Oct 19, 2019
