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My very favorite books from March! Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and various early road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very few and consistently stereotypical roles. Reporter Sunny's connection to the two performers and their past was intriguing, and I very much enjoyed

conflicts to consider at the story's close: duty, corrupt power, the suffering of the common people, regret after Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath to care deeply about them, their roles in the wartime efforts, and their potential for various happy-ever-afters is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a summer past, and they all stand the test of time. In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story of a few summer months in the life of an extended family--including

rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy never even wielded a scalpel He'll learn more from Sister Margarite--who he's falling for--than he ever hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and

In Lauren Goff's The Vaster Wilds, a servant girl has fled her colonial household in the brutal aftermath Or is someone really after her? But the side hustle is more complicated than Millie ever imagined--and the students under her watch in

01 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator able to answer this enormous question, but the robot wonders if the matter is really so complicated after

hasn't told anyone that her ADHD impulsiveness led her to pack up and leave her barrel-racing career after Emmy's reinvigorated, independent new outlook--and I acknowledge that a rugged ranch setting might very minor point, but it felt both condescending and potentially (creepily) fatherly to me within their very

​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after

fascinating novel Disappearing Earth  in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer I received a prepublication edition of this title, which was published earlier this summer, courtesy

but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all

ICYMI: When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving a mysterious multiple homicide

As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for Things continue to go awry for Emmett and Billy as they meet hiccup after hiccup in their plan, and they

to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after

I mentioned The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time.

Three decades after her Highfield days, Lou receives a surprising phone call.

combat, wisdom, and other elements of Viking legends to anyone she encounters; and she models her life after The characters, the story arc that isn’t too easy but leaves you in a promising place after all, and in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred years to remember her after she walks out the door, the next day, and every day afterward. This title was also listed in My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

a hole if you lose them- the same way a painting or a photograph will leave its shadows on the wall after Through the very different but interconnected storylines and the varied, complicated set of characters

I didn't connect the first book's beloved characters to these characters until very late in the book. author of a rom-com I adored, Better Than the Movies , the cute Betting on You  and also Happily Never After

Because I love the series so very much, I have separate posts for Martha Wells's Murderbot series, set After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any I love that the crew of the Wayfarer feels like a close-knit group of summer camp counselors somehow,

about overcoming thwarted emotional connection and forging new ways of coming together through and after

Immaculate Conception explores art and inspiration; how trauma shapes us; the fraught prospect of altering But the company's business is in cutting-edge technology tied to brain-altering treatments related to

They were all in the closet, with the minuscule footed pajamas and hand-knit baby hats, and every day Klay's National Book Award winner Redeployment, the author shares short stories about war and life afterward powerful emotions, troops haunted by decisions and unforeseen dangers, painful adjustments to life after

player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance romance perfect for light summer I've been reading more rom-coms lately--which always seems like a good idea during the summer--and my

After Hitler's invasion of Russia and the Ukraine, Mila, along with so many others, enlists to fight Surmounting challenge after challenge, Mila ultimately becomes a sniper trainer and a lethal hunter of Her estranged husband is improbably ever-present, and he felt too easy to detest, but he serves his purpose

boys for over a century, shares a tale of racial injustice, abuse and horrors, terrible fear, and the very we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every

Barnes's eerie science fiction novel Ghost Station; and I'm listening to Emily Henry's newest delightful But could their shared pain lead to a friendship after all?

Atkinson is also the author of Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After Life, Human

have felt over the top, but as usual, I was putty in Taylor Jenkins Reid's hands, ready to embrace every

infuriating, as they not only do terrible things but consistently twist the knife by bragging or threatening after

moment of simple winter joy leads to renewed hope that they may be able to share their love with a child after I really liked this story and I still think about this book, years after reading it. This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all

But when unexpected events lead her to leave the only home she's ever known in order to save her genetic her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force Kyr to reexamine all that she's ever Eye by Etaf Rum Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history teacher after

And while an attempt to understand the underpinnings of these conflicts feels more timely than ever, After all, who can identify reason anymore?

clearly has dangerous knowledge of Nightlight and the troublesome goings-on that occurred in his life after irrational setting: Why would the kids be made to shower with carefully hoarded rainwater and immediately afterward And the repeated use of I instead of me is a copyediting-level issue, but it stopped me every time I Could he realistically have the emotional ability that we're told he possesses immediately after his

Susan Conley's novel Landslide offers a portrait of a family in a remote fishing village in Maine after While facing what feels like disaster after disaster, Jill struggles to give her boys what they need-

aimed to help her sleep during this difficult time induces an incredible side effect: when she sleeps after

I devoured this in a rainy afternoon. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled. premise in which a famous person dates a not-famous person: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan and Very

Fight for Justice, and in Red Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after Crying in H Mart is beautiful, painful, and evocative. 06 Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean Emiko Jean's The irresistible premise of Tokyo Ever After: a heretofore-unknown princess finds herself and searches Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday Tokyo Ever After is about identity, expectations, truth, challenges, betrayal, loyalty, and self-discovery

a fantasy story, Long Live Evil ; I'm reading Liz Moore's newest mystery, set in a 1975 Adirondack summer . 02 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore In August 1975, a teenage girl disappears from her Adironack summer

Danger and darkness lurk around every corner for grumpy, powerful El and her classmates. Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, the unlikely allied force of students faces the aftermath

To the Bright Edge of the World in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six years teaching creative writing in the American

repercussions of doing so; The Guide, a new book by one of my favorite authors, Peter Heller, which picks up after the events of his book The River as main character Jack serves as a fishing guide at an elite but eerie One Man's Fight for Justice, and in it, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after After Browder escaped Russia, he became determined to bring to justice those in the Putin regime who After suffering a great loss in The River, he's eager to lose himself in nature and meet the needs of

The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling

After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any Asuka is very intelligent and capable, but she was chosen for the once-in-history journey as an alternate tell Arthur that she's been dreaming of the decrepit, rambling house for years, and that she has some eerie that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after

My very favorite Bossy March reads! After five decades, it feels surprising that the hectic schedule and method by which the show's sketches Waitress  out of town with her best friend, so: worth it) and gets grounded, she suddenly has to spend afternoons Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever pay what and then spend a whole lot more to chase the applicants down," Lieber notes hopefully that "after

After long months of mystery and suffering and tests that went nowhere, she finally received a diagnosis difficulties due to cancer, treatment, and side effects, a bone marrow transplant, and dedicated caregiving after

I will, after all, happily read stories about talking dragons, or fantastical worlds, or time travel,

better suited on paper than in reality, but who is William to say what a relationship should feel like, after It's not clear whether he and Julia can go on--or if her family will ever be the same.