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  • My Favorite Science Fiction Reads of the Year

    My Favorite Sci-Fi Reads I love how science fiction stretches the way I think about what's possible, Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into Six More Science Fiction Favorites Did you read any other science fiction novels in the past year (or otherwise) that you loved?

  • Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    Science Fiction Faves I've been giving book talks lately about stories I've loved and upcoming titles I'm excited about, and I've seen some eyes-glazing-over reactions when I gush about science fiction I love character-driven science fiction stories. Which other books should I add to my science fiction to-read list? Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope.

  • Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    More Science Fiction Faves I love character-driven science fiction stories. You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into Which other books should I add to my science fiction to-read list? fiction debut. In Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers

  • Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues You can click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. What are some of your favorite science fiction reads? fiction novel. In Yume Kitasei's science fiction thriller The Deep Sky, a mission to deep space is disrupted by an explosion

  • 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 (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and here are six more of my favorite science fiction reads from the past year. You can click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads?

  • Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    Six Great Bossy Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! You can click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads? moments with those lost to us) or evil (creating a whirlwind of negative feeling that shapes others' actions

  • Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Science Fiction Reads I realize I just said this last week regarding mysteries , but really, doesn't the cold winter also feel like the perfect time to cozy up with a science fiction Here are six of my favorite science fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads? Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope.

  • Review of Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite

    The playful tone and clever main protagonist in Olivia Waite's science-fiction novella make for an appealing In Olivia Waite's slim science-fiction mystery, Dorothy wakes up...in a body that's not her own. The tone of this novella (it's 112 pages) is playful--it reminded me somewhat of Becky Chambers's science fiction --and it also addresses poignant, relevant aspects of the human condition while giving the ( For more of my Bossy science-fiction favorites, check out the titles at this link .

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

    The proposed exploration of the intersection of science and religion within The Luminous Web was an irresistible Understandably, because the interplay between science and religion is complex, centuries old, and ongoing , the author doesn't assert earth-shattering revelations that resolve the challenges of reconciling science

  • Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Science and Nature Books

    Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas I love giving nonfiction book gifts about interesting elements of science and nature to many of my gift recipients, and these types of books can often be read a little Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Shhh! Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas   Shhh! famous ornithologist John James Audubon in this combination of biography/memoir, art, history, and science

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition

    Reading Now I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading an upcoming science-fiction I received a prepublication edition of this science fiction title courtesy of St. You can find Bossy reviews of other science fiction novels here . 03 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis

  • Review of Moonbound by Robin Sloan

    The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years in the future, and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Stephen Graham Jones's historical fiction-horror story, The romance with heavy emotional underpinnings, Say You'll Remember Me ; and I'm reading Olivia Waite's slim science fiction-mystery, the first in a series, Murder by Memory . The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements. Happy-Ever-After Playlist . 03 Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite In Olivia Waite's slim science-fiction

  • Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World

    Science and Nature Book Gift Ideas I spend most of my reading time on fiction titles, but my favorite book titles to give as gifts are those about science and nature. Here are the new science and nature books--published at the end of last year or during this calendar Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas Shhh! For a committed science lover, this title could very well do the trick. 04 Brave the Wild River: The

  • Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

  • Review of The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

    all-woman crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the character-driven storyline in Kitasei's science fiction novel. In Yume Kitasei's science fiction thriller The Deep Sky, a mission to deep space is disrupted by an explosion Alien Life and AI, Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels, and Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/18/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Micaiah Johnson's science-fiction novel Those Beyond the Wall; I'm listening to Kristin Hannah's historical fiction about women who served in the Vietnam War, The Women ; and I'm listening to Dolly Alderton's contemporary literary fiction about a stand-up comedian's breakup I received a prepublication digital edition of this science fiction title courtesy of NetGalley and Random

  • Six of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    Six Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads I loved so many historical fiction books last year. Here are just six of my favorite reads--some of which cross genres into mystery, science fiction (time travel), fantasy (legends) and literary fiction. Please stay tuned for more lists of Bossy historical fiction favorites! What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

  • Shhh! Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas

    The Science and Nature Gift Ideas I'll be sharing some Bossy book gift ideas on Fridays leading up to I have a lot of people on my gift list who love science and nature, and these are the science and nature The inclusion of the viewer and the science focus reminds me of a different but favorite book gift of Another accessible science book I love and one I've given as a gift is Bill Bryson's The Body: A Guide 2 answers more bizarre questions from readers, using the latest research and developments in science

  • Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space

    Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Have you read any of these books? Lostetter Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

  • Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    Six Great Bossy Fantasy Reads I knew I was reading some gooood science fiction and fantasy, but didn't You can find my recent-ish two lists of favorite science fiction and fantasy reads from the past year here: Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I've Loved in the Past Year And you can click here for other science fiction The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition

    tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm listening to Moonbound , Robin Sloan's fantasy-science-fiction 01 The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West Reads of the Past Year , Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year , Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories . 02 Moonbound by Robin Sloan In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/7/23 Edition

    Victorian England mystery series, A Treacherous Curse; and I'm reading The Deep Sky, Yume Kitasei's recent science fiction thriller about a deep space expedition and a mysterious disaster. Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction author of the wonderful Killers of a Certain Age. 03 The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei In Yume Kitasei's science fiction thriller The Deep Sky, a mission to deep space is disrupted by an explosion that shakes the

  • Review of The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

    I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I

  • Review of Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter

    Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action

  • Review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

    Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope.

  • Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

    The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Meg Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, a science fiction novel about Sena, a tough Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves offered high-stakes action, intrigue, shifting alliances, a powerful

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    a time-travel story in any genre, and this Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light fiction /rom-com, mystery, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and science fiction. In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding This book appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/11/22 Edition

    I'm sooooo very excited to be reading each of these books: Blake Crouch's upcoming science fiction, Upgrade ; Gabrielle Zevin's upcoming science fiction Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow; and Kelly Barnhill's speculative fiction, When Women Were Dragons.

  • Review of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

    My favorite science fiction novels examine the Big Issues: What makes us people?

  • Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason

    In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together to Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have

  • Review of Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin

    I was intrigued by the book's premise, and I loved the science facts Enid spouted off at times, but in

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    fiction series about a big-hearted, ragtag space crew's adventures; Festival Days, Jo Ann Beard's fascinating fiction about a wolf and a gritty young woman's desperate journey across a frozen planet. In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from

  • Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year

    Six Favorite Fiction Reads I recently posted about Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year , and Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year. Here are six of my favorite fiction reads from last year--with more lists to come. I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far

  • Review of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long

    I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish In Meg Long's debut, the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition

    Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines; I'm reading The Tainted Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction mystery Lloyd In The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , Ellery Lloyd offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and you can find other Bossy light fiction reviews here .

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/7/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's recently published science fiction How High the virus begins pass like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction work How High We Go in the Dark highlights various interpersonal connections spanning centuries

  • Review of Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson

    I wasn't as drawn in by Scales's extended thoughts and reflections as I was by the action and dialogue The end sections where events are clicking along, alliances are shifting and changing, and dramatic justice I received a prepublication digital edition of this science fiction title courtesy of NetGalley and Random

  • Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish fighting wolf Iska, and their desperate journey across In the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of out Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves. 05 How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Nagamatsu's science fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague. This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

  • Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads I'm having so much fun spending Fridays highlighting books I've loved Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite What are some of your favorite lighter fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

  • Review of Sleeping Giants by Rene Denfeld

    Side note: I've read and reviewed another book called Sleeping Giants; that one was a science fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anatomy: A Love Story, a gothic young adult historical fiction tragicomedy that touches on saying goodbye and finding new hope; and Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, the first science fiction mystery in a series by K. Eason's science fiction mystery, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, band together to solve the mystery

  • Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six More Favorite Fiction Reads I listed Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year in this Greedy In today's post I highlight six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year. Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/6/22 Edition

    Lostetter's standalone science fiction about AI, a space crew, friendship, and bravery. Lostetter Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/21/21 Edition

    Appalachian-set novel Betty with my book club, Xiran Jay Zhao's young adult blend of Chinese history and science fiction in Iron Widow, and Susan Conley's slim, powerful novel Landslide, about a modern Maine family club's first read of 2022. 02 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story that's fascinating me so far.

  • Review of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

    Nagamatsu's science fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague. As the virus passes like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction work How High We Go in the Dark highlights interpersonal connections spanning centuries--and

  • 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 Last Year in this Greedy Reading List, then I highlighted six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year in a second Greedy Reading List. Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My What are some of your favorite fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/2/22 Edition

    This one is difficult to summarize so far, but in this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time England who has an odd experience in the forest with inexplicable futuristic visions and sounds, a science fiction writer from two centuries later, our current day, who writes about an almost identical personal

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/5/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Natasha Pulley's The Kingdoms, which involves historical fiction and time travel; I'm listening to Marie Lu's young adult science fiction book Warcross, the first in Natasha Pulley is also the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, another historical fiction story with science fiction elements.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/21 Edition

    Reading Now I'm listening to Stanley Tucci's memoir Taste: My Life Through Food; I'm reading Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Cookbook and The Tucci Table. 02 A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White In Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers series, a group

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