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- Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, This book is also part of the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. #race, #historicalfiction, #siblings, #fourstarbookreview
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/20 Edition
Light fiction, historical fiction mystery, and celebrity memoir. I recently offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism if that feels down your
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/21 Edition
If you like books with wintry settings, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six small-town mystery with beautifully imperfect characters bringing it all to life; and a woman-powered historical
- Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.
- Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris
If you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great
- Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
If you like to read memoirs, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality , and Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite.
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
one of McCracken's short story collections, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, in the Greedy Reading List Six You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition
1619 Project into a full-length nonfiction book putting enslaved people at the center of our nation's history If you like short stories, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times Magazine, an array of contributors reframe the history I'm listening to this book, which is rich with history--including that of Black music and appropriation
- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/18/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wingwalkers, an upcoming historical fiction novel (to be published In Taylor Brown's upcoming historical fiction novel Wingwalkers (to be published tomorrow), a former list that looks wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/28/24 Edition
01 Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles In Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles offers six short stories The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance
- Review of The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
In The Briar Club , Kate Quinn turns her considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling This historical fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave You can find more Bossy historical fiction reviews at this link .
- Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
If you like memoirs, you might try the books on some of these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/5/22 Edition
Fortune's debut, Every Summer After, a story about mistakes, lost love, and new beginnings, told over six If you like short stories, you might also want to check out the stories on the Greedy Reading List Six Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. 03 And Then She
- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the other's history If you like books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories
- Review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
The Personal Librarian is historical fiction about the real-life figure of Belle da Costa Greene, J.P The Personal Librarian is Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's historical fiction based on Morgan, including immensely valuable works essential to understanding the history of the written word
- Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
like young adult books, you might be interested in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading Lists Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series and Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books.
- Review of Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave
- Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
If you like light fiction, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
novel, The Celebrants, centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
(The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) This book made the Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. #historicalfiction, #london, #fourstarbookreview
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads
post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading run, in late spring I posted Six (If you're following along, five out of six of My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer did make it onto The Rachel Incident. 04 Chenneville by Paulette Jiles Jiles's newest stark, beautiful, heartbreaking historical I got full-body chills when I saw that Paulette Jiles had a new historical fiction novel coming out. You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge and Six
- Review of Forty Autumns by Nina Willner
For historical fiction about female spies, you might want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Books
- Review of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White
Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon on the part of Martha Wells's Murderbot (check out my rave review in Six You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien
- Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
If you like the sound of this book, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Romantic
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Bossy Favorites of the Month Please enjoy this roundup of my six favorite reads of February--three medieval-set fantasy stories I loved; a messy family story of feuding and forgiveness; historical fiction about strong The power of books and of friendship ultimately triumph in Martin's historical fiction .
- Review of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
Maxwell wrote six novels and a memoir, Ancestors.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/24/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Last Green Valley, World War II-set historical fiction by Mark Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from Kate's book Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart
This Depression-era-set historical fiction story tracks characters in intensely difficult situations a tale of intense hardship, bad luck, and rough circumstances in a difficult period of our nation's history
- Review of Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
Marshall's debut historical fiction centers around women's searches for body autonomy in three timelines In this historical fiction, Marshall explores the goings-on at 1960s unwed mothers' homes in Canada--
- Review of Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
If you like light fiction, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn
loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical
- Review of The Stolen Heir (Stolen Heir #1) by Holly Black
Black's The Queen of Nothing; I mentioned the great Folk of the Air trilogy in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of Slow Burn Summer by Josie Silver
Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/22/23 Edition
If you're interested in this one, you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Musicians But she woke up in a stranger's body six months ago and has lived in it ever since.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/25 Edition
out a favorite book of mine, Madeline Miller's Circe , which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition
If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You. 02 Looking for Jane by Heather
- Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
If you like light fiction stories, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order. Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's historical fiction mystery, based on real-life double agents duo that is both broken up by and bound together by tragedy; Quantum Girl Theory, Erin Kate Ryan's historical Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I'm coming in early with my six favorite (and varied!) You might also be interested in the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants Click here for my full review of Big Swiss. 04 Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall Marshall's debut historical In this historical fiction, Marshall explores the goings-on at 1960s unwed mothers' homes in Canada--
- Review of News of the World by Paulette Jiles
This is character-driven historical fiction at its best. This is character-driven historical fiction at its best. I loved loved loved it. #historicalfiction, #civilwar, #southern, #fivestarbookreview, #newsoftheworld
- Review of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
interested in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.
- Review of Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Six Captivating Nordic Stories. #nordic, #historicalfiction, #witches, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
memoirs Garlic and Sapphires and Tender at the Bone were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/28/25 Edition
Pattee's novel, which is set during a devastating earthquake, Tilt ; I'm reading Chris Bohjalian's newest historical Northwest in the next 50 years, and that it would be one of the biggest natural disasters in North American history inspiration for this novel. 02 The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian In Chris Bohjalian's newest historical
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories.
- Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow
- Review of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Some of the story felt tedious, as with the ongoing saga of securing a water source and the extensive history


















































