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about small-town Ireland; I'm reading Changeless, the second in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series , Soulless (I also listed it on the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love) The series takes place in 1870s London, and as in book one, the immensely appealing, practical, fearless ‘You haven’t even picked out a new duvet set; I’m told that’s a very important milestone.” Like Changeless, above, As Good As Dead is a sequel in a series I've loved (book one is A Good Girl's

reading a second Carley Fortune novel might be a nice way to close out the summer, so I went back to her 2024 More Romantic Reads Carley Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake , Every Summer After , and

Very very happy. #alternatereality, #timetravel, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite time travel

On the other hand, wasn't that the very definition of life? Constant adaptations brought about by a series of never-ending mistakes? Exciting news for story-to-screen fans: the book is reportedly being adapted into a streaming series

a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and she's starting to wonder if she's ventured very final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery series

The very end felt a little abrupt to me, but by that time I had already become satisfied with the lead-up I received a prepublication digital edition of this book, published May 11, 2021, courtesy of Alcove

is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

The Last Bookshop in London is never sentimental but very powerful, and I was brought to tears while Madeline Martin is also the author of The Librarian Spy and various romance series.

This section was my favorite part of the book.

makes enemies of multiple fellow contestants, she struggles with the staged and manipulated nature of every while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

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?

adversity and overcoming difficulties; I'm reading This Woven Kingdom, the first in Tahereh Mafi's series father's death that he has become obsessed with centers around the striking servant girl under his very

relationship, Ann Liang's This Time It's Real; and I'm reading the third book in Tamsyn Muir's dark, eerie Locked Tomb series, Nona the Ninth. The Locked Tomb series so far is dark dark dark, with death, nefarious plotting, and gleefully gruesome For my review of the first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, check out the info at this link. Book four, Alecto the Ninth, is expected to be published early in 2024.

unintentionally negated his own vehement denial of climate change (views he aggressively spouted off that very evening to the uncomfortable gathered guests); and not very cleverly revealed thinly veiled dastardly

and The Winter of the Witch are the others, and I think Arden's stories get even stronger as the series This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all Novik is also the author of the Scholomance series: A Deadly Education , The Last Graduate , and The I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series

I'm working on a new list for this summer, but meanwhile I hope you'll enjoy some of these Bossy favorites Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 02 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Sittenfeld's

But Brody is beginning to think that the couple may be hiding a very good reason for wanting to get rid

A book that takes a very different look at unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and

I was glad when Laura began to allow herself to be vulnerable toward the end of the novel, and I very

This is very minor, but Block's occasional emphasis on certain words and infrequent, but present, perplexing

And although this title is labeled as part of the series Better Than the Movies, book 2, this one has I didn't connect the first book's beloved characters to these characters until very late in the book.

Very early on, the family setup and characters in This Is How It Always Is rang false to me, as though

for a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and some days she wonders if she's ventured very

Reading Now I'm reading A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti, my book club's first read of 2023

The novel builds to almost the very end before this mindboggling plausibility is somewhat cursorily presented

has been single for a year, since her former fianc é , an up-and-coming musician, hit it big and then very She's a mid-level video producer on the verge of a layoff--unless she accepts a job in which she documents

Eve spent very little time exploring options upon discovering her unplanned pregnancy; it was so easy

into role-playing video games and write fan fiction, to bond with a few classmates through watching favorite

novel The Secret Book Society , and I'm listening to the first in John McMahon's FBI-focused mystery series 01 Vigil by George Saunders I'm so excited to read this book--one of my most-anticipated reads of 2026

Marilynne Robinson offers another gentle yet affecting book in her Gilead series, this time about faith When we pick up with him at the start of Robinson's book, he has frequently been very drunk, often sleeping willing to enter into such a fraught--and, at the time, illegal--relationship, one that is sure to at the very If you've read the gentle, lovely Gilead, one of Robinson's other three novels in the Gilead series (

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

This book will be published April 1, 2023. 02 Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul

01 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek young-adult author, shy Helen is excited to be part of the adaptation of her work into a television series

But a series of coincidences and misunderstandings lead to her being unaware that the head physicist while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

scope of Vivian's reason for writing, but I didn't much care about this potential issue because I loved every At the very end of the book Vivian writes something wonderfully matter-of-fact to Angela regarding this Gilbert is a lovely writer who authored the very interesting nonfiction book Last American Man and the

They're fascinating and written about very different topics--race and incarceration, mental illness, I originally posted this list in October of 2020 (I've made a few changes to the text but the list of This book was published in 2014, but I finally read it this year and am so very glad. A 2020 New York Times article, "Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?"

I'm very much enjoying Lloyd's writing style and structure so far.

This is my book club's first read of 2022. 02 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese this book courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley (but I'm just now reading this fall 2021

Jennifer Givhan's mystery-thriller-horror novel Salt Bones  made it onto multiple best-of lists for 2025 mistreated cattle in a slaughterhouse; aggressive exposure of truth through environmental activism; and a series

to the fifth installment in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Veronica Speedwell Victorian-era mystery series Raybourn I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently eight books in the series, with a ninth scheduled for publication in 2024.) In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house I'm listening to this audiobook, which is wonderfully narrated, as the rest of the series has been, by

What are some of your favorite spooky or gothic reads? by misleading details or bogged down by red herrings, and that he struck what was for me a perfectly eerie

Rowling) Cormoran Strike series. What are you reading these days, bookworms? Whoever he is, the man seems very clearly to know Isla well--and he says he's messaging her from the Rowling) Cormoran Strike series. Click here for my reviews of books one through four of the Cormoran Strike series; and check out my Bossy

Titus's past is alluded to, but this is shared in a drunken moment and not delved into very deeply.

Zelda carries on a heartbreakingly candid, one-way correspondence with the author of her favorite Viking

Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books

Reading about lying and stealing makes me very stressed out, so I was biting my nails while reading Korelitz's I received a prepublication copy of this book, published May 11, 2021, courtesy of NetGalley and Celadon

At the very least it becomes clear that he will pay no dowry in order to make another match for her.

I was very close to abandoning the book. But I'm glad I stuck with it.

pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series "You haven’t even picked out a new duvet set; I’m told that’s a very important milestone.” As Good As Dead is the final book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a series I've loved, and I've been delaying reading this third and final installment due to my willful denial that the series is ending Book one in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (AGGGTM) series is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and book

She is also the author of the Rooks and Ruin and Swords and Fire series. I'm listening to The Safekeep , which was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, as an audiobook.