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  • 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 To read other Bossy fiction and nonfiction reviews on the site of books that address issues of race,

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

    the aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. Walsh I loved each of the historical fiction story's two timelines--following a stewardess on board The

  • Review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

    Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming But this is a solid historical fiction story that I loved.

  • Review of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

    This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses audiobook, which I did), and it focused on quirky friends, family loyalty, and looooove, all in a light fiction If you're in the mood for more light fiction, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism.

  • Six Backlist Summer Favorites

    For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians here. 05 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned

  • Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

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

    I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a fun nonfiction book. check out Silver Elite . 06 O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker O Caledonia  is a modern classic, literary fiction

  • Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

    Shark Heart was surprisingly poignant speculative fiction.

  • Review of The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan

    life-and-death period in the life of an ethnically German family at the end of World War II in this historical fiction Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from Mark Sullivan also wrote Beneath a Scarlet Sky, another historical fiction book based upon a real person

  • Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

    I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building that set a dark, rich scene for the action

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

    In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful emerges as unlikely from the boozy, smart but lazy, bitter character, remains in place within this fan-fiction

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

    interested in this book, you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/25/22 Edition

    The cover and title gave me the impression that this was a light fiction book, but the topic and tone But Paris is even more concerned that because of the publicity, the fiction of her current life that

  • Review of The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction, The Ex Talk, incorporates a love of public radio, will-they If you like romantic, sometimes racy light fiction that offers character backstory, witty banter, and Vacation, Christina Lauren's Soulmate Equation, or the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction

  • Review of The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

    offers faulted protagonists and a fascinating, complicated set of factors in her World War II historical fiction Her historical fiction story hooked me. If a person pleads ignorance or credits terrible actions to the power of fear, can such acts ever be

  • Review of Good Material by Dolly Alderton

    Alderton's literary fiction rom-com is a funny, poignant, and sometimes frustrating deep dive into the

  • Review of The Beauty of Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper

    Another doctor's memoir that came to mind as I read this book (a memoir that connects faith and science

  • Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out

    Heartwarming books and quirky fiction were two types of stories that suited me then and still hit the If you're looking for more great fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy conditional loyalty, and he allows characters to craft chosen relationships into a beloved pod that functions

  • Review of Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman

    This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly.

  • Review of Homecoming by Kate Morton

    Morton's newest historical fiction involves two timelines, a decades-old tragedy, and a modern-day descendant's and a formidable figure, but due to her grave illness and her unconscious state, she is only seen in action

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition

    book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series; and I'm reading Flying Solo, Linda Holmes's light fiction Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction

  • Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks

    ICYMI: Geraldine Brooks crafts a historical fiction story of 1666, a year in which disease, fear, and

  • Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh

    Unsinkable is historical fiction by Jenni L. Walsh that's set in two timelines.

  • Review of Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison

    Harrison's nameless (fictional) narrator is coping with multiple miscarriages, fertility treatments,

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition

    read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction

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

    If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes

  • Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

    Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/29/22 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical fiction 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The

  • Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia

    A book that kept coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William

  • Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

    up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

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

    characters--as well as a romantic story that tackled weighty issues (my favorite kind), and a historical fiction Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

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

    illustrating the interconnectedness of grief, love, community, and nature in this heartwarming literary fiction The ending section is lovely, with heartwarming promise, hope, resolution, and a fig-tree-related revelation Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the

  • Review of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    with emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Shhh! Kid and Teen Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    This cookbook offers doable and fun science experiments and interesting facts to train a budding young

  • My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

    interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 Wrong Place, Wrong In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish

  • Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart

    The female characters are often strong, and there's often lush historical fiction detail.

  • Shhh! Nonfiction and Hobby Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    Part memoir, part travelogue, and part science writing, A Most Remarkable Creature is a book that feels

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition

    Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction

  • Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

    The Invention of Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes It's uncomfortable, disturbing, and infuriating to read historical fiction about the actual horrors that Mermaid Chair, and The Book of Longings, which made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction

  • Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

    Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures, and the fiction

  • Review of Vigil by George Saunders

    in full bluster talks himself around difficult issues and out of uncomfortable feelings around his actions which apparently comes directly from God, seems to shrug shoulders about responsibility for self, for actions This feels like a shocking blanket absolution for anyone taking actions that are harmful to individuals I included Lincoln in the Bardo  in the Greedy Reading List   Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/8/24 Edition

    Emily Habeck's odd and sweet novel Shark Heart: A Love Story; I'm reading Heather Webb's historical fiction

  • The Bossy Five-Star Reads So Far This Year

    01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

  • Review of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

    The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success If you like fiction about music, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition

    debut novel, a space opera, Some Desperate Glory; and I'm listening to Evil Eye, Etaf Rum's newest fiction

  • Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads

    This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. please see Dear Edward. 05 The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati shapes a historical fiction I loved digging into this 750-page historical fiction wonder.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/11/24 Edition

    Morris's historical fiction novel, set in 11th century Scotland with events surrounding the imagined

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