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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/4/22 Edition
The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/30/22 Edition
reading A Rip Through Time, the first in Kelley Armstrong's time-travel historical fiction mystery series working-class Glasgow family and young gay love; and Tokyo Dreaming, the second in Emiko Jean's young adult series A Rip Through Time #1) by Kelley Armstrong In the first book of Kelley Armstrong's Rip Through Time series 02 Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart In the second novel from the author of Shuggie Bain, which won the 2020
- Review of Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
The mother is also intent on controlling every nuance of every conversational exchange, and she is outrageously And the reveal toward the end of layers of tragedy felt far-fetched; how was the very existence hidden
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/8/24 Edition
Lady Tan's Circle of Women is my first book club read of 2024, and wow, does this one start off with
- Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The last quarter of the book involved some transformation, action, and surprises, and the ending is very
- Review of The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Bennett also wrote a very different book, The Vanishing Half, which I found powerful and fascinating.
- Review of Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
The songs are all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands
- Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year
This book was published in 2014, but I finally read it this year and am so very glad. I found them all fascinating and very different from each other.
- Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Her second book, Anywhere You Run, is scheduled for publication in October 2022.
- Review of Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3) by Rebecca Yarros
In the third book in the series, the significant romantasy elements take a back seat to quests for knowledge Violet's chronic illness and accommodations, which were introduced and highlighted in book one of the series “I’m jealous of the armor that holds you when I can’t, the sheets on your bed that caress your skin every This installment of the series offered less page time to the dramaaaatic elements, but there's no denying that this series is romantasy--and for me, the romantasy pieces are the least intriguing elements.
- Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
The greatest threat of all to [American Indians'] identity, and to the very idea of a nomadic hunter
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
Lockwood notes that she is not a Christian but is very much “of” the church because of her upbringing This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you
- Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
Elaborate mythology swirls around the mysterious author of the blockbuster fantasy series The Falling self-esteem--and when she was starting out, she naively signed away most of her rights to the millions the series She's months late delivering the newest installment of the series, and her publisher and fans are losing This is a zany romp, as Libby's determination to push on to an ending for her series combines with her lack of commanding details around the mission she has set out on to cause upheaval at every turn.
- Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
It may very well feel like oversimplifying for those familiar with mental illness to watch the character emotionally invested in Nora's story although I appreciated the implications of her experiences and was very
- Review of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
this as an audiobook, and it was such a slow build, I was both eager for it to ramp up in pacing and very I was on the verge of becoming impatient, but Waters masterfully draws out the sinister threads of the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/25 Edition
different names bestowed upon a baby boy; I'm reading the first in Dani Francis's dystopian romance series None of the paths are too easy or perfect, but each offers varied satisfaction and challenge in the form This is the first in a series. 03 The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr In a seaside Irish town in the
- Review of Untamed by Glennon Doyle
In often very short essays, she explores living genuinely despite others' criticisms; giving herself
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
I'd love to hear: What are your favorite memoirs? 01 Here For It by R.
- Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth
Can a person’s character or morality be decided in a moment, or in a series of defining moments? Dust Off the Bones is Howarth's upcoming sequel to Only Killers and Thieves, due out in summer 2021.
- Review of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
*Spoiler* This may not be an enormous spoiler, since Gordievsky would not have lived (or at the very
- Review of Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter
It seemed especially off-putting somehow that Miles (who as a male had no markings) was so very interested
- Review of How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
stories of the youth and origins of the siblings' recently deceased parents--their beloved mother and very
- Review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
The tone of the book feels very earnest, and we spend a significant amount of time in Greene's thoughts
- Review of I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt... by W. Lee Warren
provide honest reflections about their work's meaning in their lives, although the tones of the books are very
- Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik
but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series Check out my reviews of Lessons One and Two in the Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last
- Review of Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and The story has been adapted into one season of a television series.
- Review of 142 Ostriches by April Davila
It was very stressful!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/8/25 Edition
; I'm also listening to the first in Antonia Hodgson's smart, charming, intricately plotted fantasy series , The Raven Scholar ; and I'm listening to the first in Devney Perry's romantasy series, Shield of Sparrows And after a series of unlikely, unfortunate events, bookworm Neema becomes one of them--the least threatening competition become ever heightened, characters must forge previously unthinkable loyalties and use every
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/21 Edition
It's the last day of high school, and nemeses Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have battled bitterly for every The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins In Rachel Hawkins's mystery The Wife Upstairs, set for January 5, 2021 Today Tonight Tomorrow, my book club's first title of the year, and I do like the idea easing into 2021
- Review of Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
allegiance to a personality-over-substance faith leader reminded me of Godshot, although the tone is very
- Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Side note: I'd like for this story to also become a movie, thank you very much.
- Review of Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Orbital recently won the 2024 Booker Prize. I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/21 Edition
This book will be published March 9, 2021. I received a prepublication copy of this book, which will be out March 9, 2021, courtesy of Houghton
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/21 Edition
Welga Ramirez is an elite bodyguard, former special forces, and on the verge of retirement. This book will be published March 2, 2021. I received a prepublication copy of this book, scheduled for publication March 2, 2021, courtesy of Henry
- Review of No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
This section of the book is presented in very short snippets that are often comments, jokes, questions
- Review of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn. Wang is also the author of The Sword of Kaigen and the YA fantasy series The Volta Academy Chronicles
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/12/25 Edition
with family drama and dating again, Definitely Better Now ; and I'm listening to Jacqueline Harpman's eerie It feels like every messy part of her life is about to converge in a destructive collision. Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now It's the first Bossy list of 2022! In this first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/20 Edition
Henderson's witchy tale is taking its main protagonist to a very dark place so far, and I'm not sure
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition
The books' tones are very different, but the dark side of stardom is present in both novels. 03 Sorry
- Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In 2020, we meet Mirella and Vincent (characters from The Glass Hotel).
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
The songs are all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands
- Review of Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
It felt as though for much of the story, every character was teetering on the edge of destruction, and This was my book club's first read of 2022. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?
- Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
of the boys Orenstein interviewed who had had such conversations said the talks had been somewhat or very
- Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
also offers a few links to his Silent Patient characters, including an oddly specific reference at the very
- Review of The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman
Book two of the series sees our septuagenarian characters each trekking their own paths while working I laughed while listening to this one; Osman's series has me hooked. More about This Series Richard Osman is an author and also a producer and television presenter. The Thursday Murder Club is a five-book series, and there's a film based on the first book. For my review of the first book in this series, The Thursday Murder Club , please check click this link
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition
I'm listening to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's series Every Osage was a potential target--and many of those who risked investigating the deaths were killed Chakraborty I'm listening to the first wonderful installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series
- Review of Fragments of Light by Michele Phoenix
This book is generally very well received, so my bossy desire for more character development and motivation
- Review of A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Sometimes the trudge toward disaster makes me a very nervous reader.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition
Ken, who was Japanese American in a family that had lived the United States for generations, favored I received an electronic prepublication edition of this book, to be published September 27, 2022, courtesy


















































