In 2022, Heron, Maggie's father, has just received terrible news about his health, and he works to come Meanwhile, Sera realizes there is a very old spell that could restore her powers. Sangu Mandanna is also the author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches .

because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite

Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some I'm so very glad I stuck this one out so I could see these characters through and witness their journeys

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My knowledge of Egypt is limited, but my interest was sparked by one of my favorite childhood reads,

the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six favorite

And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very reason I root for us to survive--because we sometimes hard-fought expressions of their vulnerabilities were poignant and powerful, and this was my favorite taken with Rooney's sometimes discomforting book Normal People last year--and was all in for the TV series

My knowledge of Egypt is limited but my interest was sparked by one of my favorite childhood reads, The

with time, Wrong Place Wrong Time; I'm reading Antarctica, a collection of short stories by one of my favorite McAllister Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time (like some of my favorite

Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother and mysterious man in the Alaskan wilderness by a favorite reading Death at Morning House , a stand-alone young-adult mystery by the author of the Truly Devious series is a stand-alone young adult novel by Maureen Johnson, who is also the author of the Truly Devious series

One of my favorites, Saskia Maarleveld , is the narrator. book, The Whitechapel Full Moon Society , set in Victorian London, is slated for publication in August 2026

What are your favorite time-travel books?   Very very happy.

Kills Well with Others , the newest novel in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Killers of a Certain Age series Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn The first installment of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series And I loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently nine books in the series.) 02 The Antidote by Karen Russell A terrible dust storm listed in my Greedy Reading List Six More Time-Travel Stories to Explore , but included as one of my favorite

The Unhoneymooners is fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina Lauren book. I listened to The Unhoneymooners and it was fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina

upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great Big Beautiful Life ; I'm listening to the first mystery in a series Henry's Beach Read  was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading This is the first in a series of three books about Joe Talbert. 03 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

"I'm in love with my favorite author," she says. She realizes that altering his life path and writing is a very real danger, yet she continues to insert Another book with a character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently

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In the third book in the irresistible Veronica Speedwell series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets In the third installment of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series, set in 1888 London, Veronica is interesting and unfolds at an engaging pace, but it's not the primary focus of the book--or the series My favorite element of the Veronica Speedwell series is the character development, and A Treacherous I adore this series. Raybourn can do no wrong! Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

Early on, the television series The Last Movie Stars interviews children from Newman's first marriage questioning whether I was interested in investing time in listening to his story and whether there would be very If you love memoirs, you might like some of the books on my many Bossy lists of favorites: Six Illuminating

This is my favorite kind of lighter-tone contemporary fiction.

often-unforgiving conditions, the authors' worldbuilding--and the books listed here are a few of my absolute favorites Because I love the series so very much, I have separate posts for Martha Wells's Murderbot series, set I also really enjoyed White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series NASA contact, Molly, who sends her audio messages (and occasionally forwards along episodes of Romy's favorite

My favorite writing often turns expectations on their heads, and In Show Don't Tell , Sittenfeld draws

Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott from my favorite I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy. Possible Worlds. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott In her novel for young readers from my favorite The next book in this series is Pretty Rude for a Girl. Elliott is also the author of the Owl Diaries series and over twenty picture books.

Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites I'd love to hear about your favorite mystery reads! radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books (In the Woods, The Likeness--this is my favorite was a series until after the fact, it stands so well on its own. Panowich also wrote Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley, the next two books in this series.

I'm reading The Foursome, the newest historical fiction from a favorite author of mine, Christina Baker

Here are six of my favorite fiction works that have to do with rock and roll, writing songs, performing This book was listed in the Greedy Reading Lists My Favorite Six Summer Reads of 2020 and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right.

The found-family element is a favorite of mine, and the makeshift nature of Caffall's imagined future

Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction These are some of my light fiction favorites, and they're also perfect for summer reading. I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile reviews of Lauren's The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words, The Soulmate Equation (a favorite ), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem). 05 Beach Read by Emily Henry Is

My Oxford Year is my favorite kind of romance; Whelan uses a light-fiction structure to take on seriously

adult mystery from Maureen Johnson that features smart, determined Stevie Bell from the Truly Devious series When I was posting on my Instagram page about some of my favorite books that play with time, a fellow Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's newest book, Nine Liars, which also features Stevie Bell, is scheduled for publication December 27, 2022

Here are six of my favorite mystery and suspense reads of last year--with another list to come! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite mystery reads? This allows for the cooperative problem-solving that I adore in the rest of the series. And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. I was so happy to realize this is the first in a planned series. Sign me up for every bit of this!

Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated families, grief, unconventional relationships is unconventional, and various players involved struggle to let go of societal expectations in favor

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very

Annie Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my  Bossy Favorite

Shipstead's varied stories range from funny with an edge to darkly haunting. The tones of each captivating story vary wildly, whether lighthearted with an edge or tragic and dark Maggie Shipstead is also the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite

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

In 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia; her husband, Molly's stepfather, suffered physical and mental is powerful, particularly when she considers her present-day unwillingness to take in her alcoholic, very

coping with the grief of having lost her mom and navigating romance using the inspiration of her mom's favorite coping with the grief of having lost her mom and navigating romance using the inspiration of her mom's favorite

The black twin returns to the girls' hometown and shakes things up by bringing her very dark-skinned This book is also part of the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

of Stuart Turton's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle are fascinating: Evelyn Hardcastle will die every But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. But being able to track every detail and how it fit wasn't required (I kept reminding myself that I was . 03 A Curious Beginning ​ This fantastic book is the first in Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series What are your favorite historical fiction mysteries?

into her perceived reality and actively participates within it in order to calm her down; he buys her favorite

For my full review of this book, see When We Were Vikings. 04 Nothing to See Here I was very glad to Very very happy. What were some of your favorite fiction reads this year? you're looking for more great fiction, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the

I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons (mentioned in the Greedy Reading

Black Woods, Blue Sky is a cold-setting story--one of my favorites--in which the unforgiving weather,

With her savvy smarts and big heart, she was one of my favorite characters.

what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very This book made my Greedy Reading List of My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I've been thinking through my favorite books of the year for an What made them your favorites? 01 The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell This book! Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series

Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting So far this is very romaaaantic and dramaaatic with a significant amount of page time spent on Feyre's as an audiobook, and it's such a slow build, I'm both eager for it to ramp up in pacing while also very So far, The Survivors is shaping up to be my favorite Harper book yet.

coincidental sudden death of Bernard, a man who's Fred's doppelgänger, right in front of him, along with a series But a revelation about Bernard's past very much affects Fred's present, and Fred's situation becomes This is very sweet--at times it felt too cloyingly sweet for me.