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01 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler Touching, honest, raw, funny Her father has a prominent position in the government, and the family has plenty of love and laughter

More Bamford and Other Memoirs Maria Bamford is also the author of Weakness Is the Brand , Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome , Ask Me About My New God , You Are (A Comedy) Special , and other works.

took shape in the 1970s and 1980s and grew up to terrorize the Pacific Northwest--and, in some cases, other Murderland focuses on Ted Bundy and other serial killers of his era (for example, the I-5 Killer, the [Bind, Torture, Kill] murderer in Wichita --some of whom grew up in polluted areas of the country other heavy metals and toxic waste would become remorseless, insatiable murderers and why so many millions of others

trauma, she realizes that Ellie's hiding something--and she may be putting her own life and the lives of others have been, and who else was there--all of which could have helped police get to the bottom of multiple other and Tokyo Dreaming and Tokyo Forever , as well as Mika in Real Life , Empress for All Seasons , and other

ridiculousness rather than a devotion worth striving for, and Violet and Xaden's blind dedication to each other On a more minor note, t he tendency of Violet and Xaden to call each other "Love" feels like a middle-aged And for Bossy reviews of other books about dragons, you can click here .

David Nicholls's characters, some of whom are strangers to each other, meander through the English countryside after her own divorce, fall into a companionable rhythm and, to their surprise, begin to seek out each other's I was riveted, reading as Michael and Marnie began to recognize the wonder in each other and delve beneath

They love each other, but they are able to stay married only because they push down the memories of tragedies offers up faulted, broken, hopeful, impulsive characters who are at times wondrously stoic, and at other

Wilder's rom-com takes us behind the scenes of a hit teen TV show whose lead characters once liked each other in real life but now can't stand each other. Maybe she was just as confused as he was about what they were to each other: unsure what she wanted, the popular paranormal television show Intangible, and for multiple seasons they've yearned for each other But in real life, Shane and Lilah detest each other.

The two are constantly at odds with each other, and each has erected emotional armor around a devastating When one main character becomes a war correspondent and the other comes to the front, they create a deep Rebecca Ross has also written two other series, Elements of Cadence and The Queen's Rising, as well as

early book of hers didn't offer the candid, thought-provoking, wise voice I've loved in some of her other BBT so illuminating, so candid, so thought-provoking, and so fully presented in her own voice in her other also the author of An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

She finds herself shocking others and herself with her frank speech, her rejection of societal norms for women, and her moments of cruelty when others show vulnerability. You might also like my Bossy reviews of other historical fiction books set in the 1900s .

diversity can so easily divide good people into hostile groups that do not want to understand each other When a few members of a group contributed far more than the others--or, more powerfully, when a few contributed (Others might put forward different factors as key to this.) find within The Righteous Mind  reasons to feel more compassion and understanding toward those on the other

barely) dead aunt, her adored guardian Jasmine, and the spell required to do so would have done in any other Sera's former mentor is wreaking havoc, grasping at ever-increasing power, and frightening other witches

future would end with her locked in chains in a casket, an essential, dark end intended to benefit others Phillips is also the author of The Need , a National Book Award nominee, The Beautiful Bureaucrat , and other For Bossy reviews of other books about robots and artificial intelligence, please check out the posts

If You're Lucky centers around a group of South Carolina college students who don't truly know each other ignorant dudes; the girls seem silly and flighty much of the time; and no one seems to really know each other details and small moments that felt necessary to build the story (the characters' exchanges with each other

And now their destinies seem to be circling each other, although Desai doesn't assure the reader that For other books about India, you might try these titles .

The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal mind, the atmospheric setting and the tone of the story places it firmly in good company among the other at the end of the 19th century, Only Killers and Thieves centers around one family’s conflicts with others and with each other. , foolish choices end in bloodshed, one brother makes justifications and feels no remorse while the other

In the second installment of the series, retired CIA agents build stronger bonds with each other in rural But unbeknownst to the other citizens in Purity, Maine, the town has drawn multiple  former intelligence

another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile, you can find other solidly in love with Christina Lauren's and Emily Henry's books, and I haven't yet read everything by the other What other lighter fiction authors or stories do you love? Yet the authors clearly care deeply about their characters, the characters care deeply about each other Click here for my reviews of Lauren's The Unhoneymooners , In a Holidaze , Love and Other Words , The

Various characters aren't who they seem, sometimes impersonating others, which makes it difficult to For my full review of this book--and for links to my reviews of other fantasy books--please see Voyage I love Caruso's writing style, her character-building, and the way the characters relate to each other I predict that I'll be reading all of Caruso's other books as well. For Bossy reviews of many other books that play with time--this is one of my favorite elements--you can

Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions I was fascinated by Pylväinen's explorations of how the old ways and new ways pushed against each other

All along they've also been keeping significant secrets from each other (while understanding things thought to be secrets about the other). Wray is a pen name for Chrissie Manby, author of Three Days in Florence and forty other romance novels

alley in a gritty artists' area of 1990s Chicago, and they're immediately and powerfully drawn to each other But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves.

became set on deadly revenge against the white men bent on destroying buffalo and the Blackfeet and other Stephen Graham Jones is also the author of The Only Good Indians , I Was a Teenage Slasher , and many other

no one but her adoptive uncle is aware that she can, dangerously and inconsistently, incite--forcing others intimacy didn't induce cringing on my part in its odd specificity or skewed power dynamic (as some other

Have you read other novels with a TV, movie, or other media backdrop? in real life but now can't stand each other. the popular paranormal television show Intangible , and for multiple seasons they've yearned for each other But in real life, Shane and Lilah detest each other. ) and by her attempts to give each his due while simultaneously dating and honestly considering the others

Which other books should I add to my second-chance book list? Some lives are notable, others comfortable, and still others are full of pain. and occasionally she feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other not seem as though she is grieving him--fortunately, this is made easier by how real he seems in this other

Walder explores her own glowing pride in doing her job well and protecting others from danger. Co-author Jessica Anya Blau is also the author of Mary Jane , Shopgirls , and other books. 02 The Huntress Elizabeth Wein is also the author of many other novels, including additional novels in the Code Name Kristin Hannah is also the author of many other novels, including The Women . 05 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Oh, aaaand Yael has the power to skinshift so that she looks exactly like other people.

But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other. They would make better allies than enemies, and as they agree to cover for each other amid sword-fighting Croucher is also the author of Infamous, Reputation, Trouble, the upcoming Not for the Faint of Heart, and other

poet and essayist Ross Gay's Inciting Joy, he aims to explore the joy in our interactions with each other Inciting Joy is about various ways of caring for each other and the human connections that make up a penetrating when he digs into specifics of his own particular experiences, rather than his immersion in other media or others' writings. (Side note: I would love a separate list of the many musical, poetic, prose, comedic, and other works

25,000 men fighting the Confederacy just a half century earlier—would soon have more Klansmen than any other Police officers, judges, lawyers, and other community leaders who were part of the white supremacist hate group looked out for each other, and they seemed impervious to inconveniences like the law or justice You can click here to find other books I've read and reviewed that explore issues of race and politics or social justice as well as other fascinating nonfiction titles.

A former CIA operative retires to small-town Maine--along with other former agents--to live out a quiet Unbeknownst to the other citizens in Purity, Maine, the town has drawn multiple former intelligence agents Tess Gerritsen is the author of the 13-book Rizzoli and Isles mystery series as well as many other books

Winn's account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young men set against each other boarding school; now that they're close to the end of their schooling, they are playful, treasuring each other's

You can find some of my many other lists of favorite nonfiction and memoir roundups here: Six of My Favorite Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore And you can click here for other She builds her book around pivotal encounters with others or aims to answer questions that have been You can click here to find other books I've read and reviewed that explore issues of race and politics or social justice as well as other fascinating nonfiction titles.

book, and soon a rumpled Scottish man, Drummond Fox, appears, with knowledge of The Book of Doors and other magic, alternate realities, the various books' powers, and by the characters intersecting with each other If you like the sound of this book, you may want to check out other Bossy reviews of time-travel books

provides more of SecUnit's emotional coping with PTSD than action, and I missed the faster pacing of other (I didn't feel as connected to the human team here as in other Murderbot books--and I always miss Mensah it difficult for me to dive in, and the extended parenthetical sections (a structure familiar from other

through a crisis and needs to know they are loved more than they love themselves, they can call upon the others The friends love each other, even if they sometimes don't like each other for a bit. When they're entrenched in their own lives or have drifted away from the others, they may question the pressure of societal expectations, marital complexities, illness, reinvention, frustration with each other

opportunity for a new start. ...she has found that the only way to understand the world as something other Some characters are able to see apparitions, while others are not, and by the end of the book, Mason spinster twins coping with wartime struggles; to a panther who takes refuge in the house; in addition to others

lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other New Science of Animal Communication by Arik Kershenbaum Animals are constantly communicating to each other howling of wolves, chittering of birds, and whooping of chimpanzees is clearly communicating something to other But scientists have long wondered what signals and messages animals are sending to each other, and what's here shares his original research into what he has observed that animals are communicating to each other

Some other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might like featuring a number of young adult books You can search to find alllll of my young adult posts on this site--some are part of a series, others When Violet and Theodore encounter each other, they find that they can finally let down their guards, showing each other the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of themselves. But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other.

showtimes, she banks financially and emotionally upon achieving them, and meanwhile we can see how shocked others More about Meredith Hambrock Meredith Hambrock's debut novel was Other People's Secrets .

Some try to help, while others have nefarious intent. Have you read other climate-change books that have captivated you?

lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let the others But Happiness Falls is primarily a story about a family finally understanding each other and going to Love You Are Here by David Nicholls David Nicholls's characters, some of whom are strangers to each other They're from other times in history.

Others are more light, with happy endings you might see coming from a mile away--and won't mind predicting Have you read any other rom-com or romantic novels that you loved? resolution was based on a communication fail--a setup I usually detest, because: just talk to each other , and you might like to check out its spot on Six More Great Light Fiction Stories , plus the five other Clem has only noble intentions of helping others, and she doesn't differentiate between those on the

was more taken with the writing voice than the story being told, and the writing made me want to read other Groff is also the author of The Vaster Wilds, Florida, Matrix, Arcadia, The Monsters of Templeton, and other

But the story and pacing became bogged down by others' motivations, and I was left wanting more page Much of the page time is spent on what were for me like plodding explorations of others' motivations

They're polar opposites, and they drive each other crazy. Wrong Number, and other books I haven't yet read.

Maine, like other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey Jess and Storey are considering the worth of their own lives--and keeping enormous secrets from each other

They're from other times in history. To read about other books I've reviewed that play with time, please check out this link.

Jennifer Wright is also the author of Killer Fashion: Poisonous Petticoats, Strangulating Scarves, and Other Stories of History's Deadliest Women, It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History, and other