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

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.

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.

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

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.

listed in my Greedy Reading List Six More Time-Travel Stories to Explore , but included as one of my favorite

The cover of this novel is gorgeous; the seaside setting is a favorite of mine, the ocean voyage is a

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

What are your favorite witchy stories? Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness) within a tiny, very Through a series of unexpected events, Lucky St.

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.

Peter Heller is an absolute favorite author of mine. His writing is just gorgeous and I'm in for every word.

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.

Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads list.

I love a time-travel book (see lists of some of my favorites, linked below). In A.G. Ultimately, very little of Lost in Time takes place in this distant past.

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series. For my full review, check out Gideon the Ninth, and you can also find my review of the second in this series I haven't yet read the third book in this series, Nona the Ninth, or the fourth, Alecto the Ninth. 03 a casual mention around the neck of another character across the world in another time; and we see varied NASA contact, Molly, who sends her audio messages (and occasionally forwards along episodes of Romy's favorite

I've been listening to two great, very different books and reading a third. I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

Young adult is one of my favorite genres to read for fun and to edit. What are your favorite young adult books that make you delight in feeling all the feelings? Johnson also wrote the wonderful books The Theory of Everything and This Girl Is Different. 02 A Very Goodbye Days is so very very sad and so very very funny. I would have been in favor of having the romantic element being tied up without the Eve aspect, or having

Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite

―Booklist, starred review #youngadult, #mystery 06 The Inheritance Games ​ Avery is in high school, and Hawthorne has set out riddles and puzzles Avery must solve before coming into the money that could save This is the first in the Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, who also wrote The Naturals series. #youngadult, #mystery, #series Any young adult mysteries you've enjoyed lately?

Barnes's eerie science fiction novel Ghost Station; and I'm listening to Emily Henry's newest delightful Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

What are your favorite witchy stories? Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. The Last Graduate is the second book in the Schlomance series. The Golden Enclaves, the third book in the series, is expected to be published in 2022. 04 The Year of The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

When Jax, a social worker, receives a series of frantic missed calls from her sister Lexie, she assumes I took issue with Gram's unapologetic and outrageous favoritism toward Lexie, which could have possibly Lexie was the excellent swimmer and student and musician and had lots of friends and was their parents’ favorite , Grandma’s favorite, and family friend Ryan’s favorite (all despite her mental illness/schizophrenia

Do you have any favorite cold-setting books? There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and Disappearing Earth is a story that is as much about the varied cast of characters, the closed-off, remote The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months

Jessica Knoll is also the author of Luckiest Girl Alive , The Favorite Sister , and American Girl .

The Guide is a literary thriller by one of my favorite authors, in which Jack (from Heller's book The I was also unclear in the very last scene of the book about the seeming surprise of a character's reaction

Brooks's newest book, Horse, and I realized that I haven't posted a Bossy review of another Brooks favorite

What are your favorite witchy stories? Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. The Last Graduate is the second book in the Scholomance series. The Golden Enclaves, the third book in the series, was published in fall 2022. 04 The Year of the Witching The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

, hope and forgiveness, being true to oneself and growing up, and of course love. ...we should grab every while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

despite the fact that the number of unresolved homicides were growing exponentially across the country every Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads--and stay tuned for my upcoming list of Six Nonfiction Bossy Favorites

The everyday-person/famous-person love is a favorite trope of mine, and Norman adds emotional complexities

French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute favorite of hers), Faithful Place, The Trespasser, Broken Harbor, and The Secret Place (which I haven't yet read), plus this stand-alone book and another, The Searcher (publication October 2020).

Jacob de Zoet make appearances, and the links to other books felt cozy, like I was coming home to more very This book made the Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

book made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books.

Elliott In this young adult novel (ages 12 to 16) that's one of my current reads--and published by 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. 03 Subpar Parks: You can also buy posters and postcards of your favorites--in our laundry room we have a poster of a grumpy My local favorite is Park Road Books, and their smarty staff can get you the books you want--or recommend

Do you have any favorite short story collections I should read? We get to know something about life in contemporary Britain through the varied interconnected friendships here for my full review of Festival Days. 03 You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead Shipstead's varied 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

Photographic History by Ken Burns Our America is a collection of some of treasured filmmaker Ken Burns's favorite range of experiences from our 200 years of American history. 03 The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World by Lonely Planet The Travel Book is a 2021 stunner from Lonely Planet, and this Since then I've also watched him in the movie Meru and in the TV series Edge of the Unknown.

The first part felt a little slow, but I'm so very very glad I stuck with it. structured into 1,001 (this sounds overwhelming, but the book doesn't feel that way) short segments in varied Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young What's some of your favorite historical fiction? Any favorites I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read list?

Alternative Arthurian legends twist through this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked reading Silver in the Bone, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very The book ends on a cliffhanger, setting up book two, which will hopefully be published in 2024 and which

More More Memoirs You can find other memoirs I've read and reviewed, including multiple lists of my favorites

We read aloud Barbara Robinson's 1971 holiday classic every Christmas season around here, and I love it every single time. is a favorite moment in the story.

Do you have any favorite books that involve revenge? I loved this book and am eagerly awaiting another in this series from Walschots. Anna is a hench. Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't loved his gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite

Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite

The Five-Star Bossy Favorites Someone asked me a while back if I ever give five-star ratings to the books These are my six five-star Bossy reads so far in 2022. What made them your favorites? Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and

With the exception of Sawbones, each of these books was published in 2022. The inclusion of the viewer and the science focus reminds me of a different but favorite book gift of Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Sydnee McElroy and Justin McElroy This is a 2020

written by chefs and by people who are obsessed with food, and the books listed here are some of my favorites and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl Garlic and Sapphires may be my favorite Then the layers of crisp and sweet and soft intermingle, a series of surprises. Confidential thirteen years ago, well before I spent endless evenings happily watching multiple television series Reichl includes her own photographs and some of her favorite recipes, which together make the book feel

best-friendship between Jess and Fizzy (Felicity) is one of the funniest aspects and was one of my favorite My favorite book to date by this writing team is the lovely Autoboyography.

era when this was not the norm, and the details of her care for new mothers and babies was one of my favorite

Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite

learned to run the Hamptons store Barefoot Contessa--necessitating extended time apart from Jeffrey and a very Samantha Harvey Samantha Harvey's novel Orbital is garnering attention as the winner of the Booker Prize 2024