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  • Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/11/23 Edition

    Ursa's own son Ray is shown some favoritism but is kept in the dark about his mother's ability.

  • A Bossy Holiday Break

    :D Wishing you and yours very happy holidays—and great reading!

  • Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

    Here are some of my favorite books on this theme. Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every deed a consequence, and in every love and every sorrow truth--or nothing at all.” emotionally invested in Nora's story although I appreciated the implications of her experiences and was very Very very happy.

  • Review of Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin

    Doctors and Friends was written before the Covid-19 pandemic and published in the fall of 2021. It's possible very little in the book was changed in light of real-world events, but, and maybe this is unreasonable, but I very much wished that Martin's pre-Covid-19 version of events had been purely technological advancements that allowed for the scientists' and government's responses in the novel, and I'd very

  • Review of Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

    This book is listed in my Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

  • Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

    This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites, Her, waiting on the street in Paris while he visits his favorite bookstore but she's too sickly to climb

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/3/22 Edition

    Elizabeth McCracken; I'm reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the first in Becky Chambers's Monk and Robot series The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite Chambers is also the author of the Wayfarers series; click here to read my review of The Long Way to

  • Review of Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci

    culinary origins; his experiences starring in the food-focused movies Big Night and Julie and Julia; and varied Listening to the author read his favorite recipes rather than reading them myself didn't leave me with

  • Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies

    I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books offers that very thing. I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Nightingale is Kristin Hannah's very I would have been in favor of having the romantic element being tied up without the Eve aspect, or having

  • Review of A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

    Meanwhile, Sera realizes that a very old spell exists that could restore her powers. More from Sangu Mandanna Sangu Mandanna is also the author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

  • The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year

    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. What mystery/suspense reads have been your favorites lately? These were all so good and so different--they were my favorites from 2019, in the general order of when

  • Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating

    Do you have any favorite reads set in Australia? 01 Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural Can a person’s character or morality be decided in a moment, or in a series of defining moments?

  • Review of When These Mountains Burn by David Joy

    Every choice he makes is to further his chances of snatching the next fix. This book made my Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

  • Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories I Loved

    Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every deed a consequence, and in every love and every sorrow truth--or nothing at all.” emotionally invested in Nora's story although I appreciated the implications of her experiences and was very Very very happy.

  • Review of The Best of Me by David Sedaris

    The section of limericks centered around dogs and their rude behavior wasn't my favorite, but I sometimes

  • Review of The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

    thoughtful and self-effacing, curious, sensitive, and I reveled in his explorations of his own glorious favoritism

  • Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI

    01 The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells You can click the links here to find my full Bossy reviews It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful. Click here for my glowing reviews of the first three books in this series and click here for my reviews The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human , and I enjoyed them both.

  • Review of One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

    The character of Charlie was so very cocky at the start of the book, I found him somewhat irritating One Golden Summer features characters Percy (Persephone) and Sam (Charlie's brother) from Every Summer Love for Author Carley Fortune Carley Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake  and Every Summer

  • Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories

    are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series Which witchy books are your favorites? 01 The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. There is a lot more sexy yoga here than I could have dreamed of, plenty of romance, so very much wine I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more There are four books in this series from Harkness, and I found the others even more magical than this

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/13/23 Edition

    Along with number rituals and frequent mental images of scenes from her favorite children's book, tracking

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition

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

  • Review of Beach Read by Emily Henry

    The very early scene-setting didn't feel as authentic to me as the rest of the book. afterward, she says "...that [old] January probably would've slathered herself in glitter, put on her favorite The sections of this light fiction book that are about writing light fiction felt very true and real.

  • Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    The Time-Travel Books What are your favorite time-travel books? Very very happy.

  • Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

    Maisie is one of my favorite characters, but she struggles with her self-esteem and seems open to verbal

  • Six Fascinating Books Set in Maine

    A Varied List of Maine Books I was recently visiting my old stomping grounds in Maine for a whirlwind Sometimes I did wish for more of a Maine presence in these reads, but I hereby present to you A Varied The list includes: literary fiction that's part of an interconnected series; a romantic story about starting historical fiction about a midwife that's based on a real historical figure; the first in a mystery series era when this was not the norm, and the details of her care for new mothers and babies was one of my favorite

  • Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into

    Do you have any favorite books that involve time travel? In despair about having had a rotten holiday and realizing that future holidays at her favorite place

  • Six More Books about Brave Female Spies

    Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books

  • Review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    grating aw-shucks quality that was important to the character's development, and while she shed this in favor fascinating dynamics of Evelyn's romantic and professional relationships, which were without question my favorite

  • Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

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

  • Six Short Story Collections to Wow You

    Do you have any favorite short story collections I should read? They were all in the closet, with the minuscule footed pajamas and hand-knit baby hats, and every day

  • Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

    The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite

  • Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

    Here are some of my favorite books on this theme. Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every deed a consequence, and in every love and every sorrow truth--or nothing at all.” emotionally invested in Nora's story although I appreciated the implications of her experiences and was very Very very happy.

  • Review of Endling by Maria Reva

    Set in 2022 Ukraine as war begins to break out, this oddball, zigzagging story explores broad themes It's 2022, and roving, passionate scientist Yeva is only dating in the Ukrainian marriage industry to This was not the kidnappers' intention, but in yet another turn, an oddball series of heroes emerge,

  • Review of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

    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

  • Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/31/26 Edition

    The sudden death of a man who's Fred's doppelganger and a series of outlandish events lead to Fred's This is very sweet so far, and it's heavily reliant upon the suspension of disbelief so that all of the

  • Review of Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

    Avery, the oldest, ten years sober, is a married lawyer (her wife is her former therapist, eek) making Bonnie, Avery, and Lucky come together and push each other away throughout the story. I stayed very nervous while the three survivors made destructive decisions that seemed destined to cause

  • Review of A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry

    must also face his innate hatred for his counterpart Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very Escape of Uriah Heep , The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door , Heartless , and The Shadow Histories series

  • Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina

    Do you have any favorite books set where you live? I loved every bit of this story. IA series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series

  • Review of The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan

    "If you must look back, try to find the beauty and the benefit in every cruelty done to you. Some of my absolute favorite aspects of the book were the various characters the Martels encounter, characters

  • Review of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

    In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose When the authorities require too much time and evidence to take control, the varied women he's left in rich early-1900s San Francisco setting, the focus on the arts, the strong women characters, and the varied

  • Review of The Searcher by Tana French

    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, plus the stand-alone

  • Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm currently listening to the second, Harrow the The third book, Nona the Ninth, was published in fall 2022. 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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition

    O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , in which the heir to a galaxy-wide mining fortune Sarah Manguso is also the author of Very Cold People . 02 Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicenzio Catalina O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir O'Keefe is also the author of the The Protectorate series and The Scorched Continent series.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/28/22 Edition

    connection on a cruise to Alaska; and I'm listening to Nora Roberts's first book in The Dragon Heart Legacy series recommendations so that I could beef up my Dragons shelf on Goodreads and put together a post of my favorite , several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series.

  • Review of The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

    My book club read this refreshing twist on one of my favorite historical fiction book topics, World War

  • Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI

    It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful. The sequel, Devil in the Device, is set for publication in August 2021. 03 Machinehood by S.B. The sequel is set for publication in September 2021. The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human, and I liked them both.

  • Review of Kin by Tayari Jones

    Jones throws every issue imaginable at her two main protagonists, best friends living in the Deep South Her mother-in-law is very involved in Niecy's "finishing"; she is controlling, and she places extreme

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