It's fair to say that January somehow both lasted ten years and got away from me. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? In the nine essays and short stories that make up Festival Days, the fantastic Jo Ann Beard explores

children, past secrets, friendship, romantic relationships, and previously unknown blood relatives near Sybil Van Antwerp has written letters her whole life--letters to dear friends and family, letters of

Years later, Rachel runs into someone from her past, which spurs her to think back to the events and relationships that shaped her during her college years. As I learned that year in Shandon Street, there is nothing that my personality or my humour thrives on

Katie Vaughn has been single for a year, since her former fianc é , an up-and-coming musician, hit it

is Alexandra Andrews's first book, and so far the mystery's twists and turns are fantastic. Cut to years later, when Toni, making a name for herself in the Philadelphia indie music scene, tries

She was comfortable among the baboons her parents spent years studying, and she was fascinated by the Yet the necessary vigilance required to survive in the bush was so ingrained, years later she instinctively Elephants trundled through camp, tearing down trees and structures; a nearby buffalo herd always carried For years Roberts said affectionately and with confidence that Botswana was "home," but factors eventually Her parents' primatology research is touched upon and is fascinating (my husband got to hear about this

After multiple misdiagnoses and increasing discomfort and fear, she was ultimately diagnosed with Crohn's the future with hope. 02 The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Hannah has just celebrated her one-year information; and the only lawyer Hannah knows to turn to for help is her ex-fiancé, who she left at the altar years McManus Last year, in One of Us Is Lying, the Bayview four cut through the destructive gossip app taking This year, gossip problems and power plays are back, in the form of forced Truth or Dare.

And Princess Gisela of the Alpenwald, a dear friend of Alice's, goes missing just after Veronica shares evolution of Stoker and Veronica's own relationship in this book is understated yet beautifully poignant; I teared

novel First Time for Everything, Danny Scudd has spent five years trying to make good on his dreams. Revelations by Mary Sharratt I've been reading Mary Sharratt's Revelations over the course of this "school year Margery sets off on an ambitious pilgrimage across Europe and the Near East, sharing Julian's papers

Jennifer Niven Del and Dinah Newman, along with their sons Guy and Shep, have been mainstays on the TV for years

I enjoyed Wilson's performances in Happy Endings years ago, but when I began listening to the audiobook with Real Housewives, the Kardashians, and other reality television and the lessons she learns from years experiences in television were interesting, and her account of coping with the loss of her mother and her fears

Geraldine Brooks is also the author of books I've loved like Horse, Year of Wonders, and other novels

Ninety-one-year-old Gretel Fernsby is living out her days in a posh flat in London.

sheltered youth, his growing realizations that he was different than most people he knew, his shame and fear I listened to this as an audiobook, and I adored hearing Thomas's voice take me through his essays. for January, Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon) in my first Greedy Reading List of the year

McCracken is a fantastic writer who highlights odd, strangely beautiful elements in small moments. Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy “His heart felt dangerously full, for the first time in years here is, as always, exquisite, and within these 14 stories, he turns his attention to characters who yearn

The gossip site run by the deceased student made him detested and feared. This is an absorbing young adult mystery; I listened to it as an audiobook and really liked hearing each One of Us Is Next is the second book in the series, published last year.

After so many years, they have reads on each other's personalities and preferences in many ways, but

He also wrote Hour of the Witch  and Skeletons at the Feast  (a WWII-set book that I read about 15 years

Alouette herself yearns for creative freedom, but as a woman with no standing, she is not allowed to Wreck picks up with the same family two years later at home, and life is just as unruly, complicated

If you've read any of these titles, I'd love to hear what you think! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? past former limitations of medical solutions sometimes create a difficult dynamic: pursuing additional years A fifteen-year-old Indigenous Masquisit girl Anequs finds a dragon egg, and when it hatches, she befriends

and tackling another; striving to hold on to culture while navigating unfamiliar pitfalls; and the fears Pachinko is a sweeping generational story of hardship, sacrifice, and fifty years of Korean-Japanese by criminals' financially ruinous scams against undocumented workers; the family members experience years of constant fears of deportation; and then they must face the shocking potential reality of deportation immigrants and a reality that is more brutal and uncertain than the children and their parents may have feared

"This is the fear they live with now. They want to fear the wolves because they don’t want to fear each other.” Inti has hardened her heart in the years since she was a child, but she begins opening up because of

Phoebe arrives at the decadent Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, wearing a green dress and heels I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!

these cold cases, from Laci Peterson to Jaycee Dugard to the Pittsburgh homicides to, yes, my twenty-year-long preliminary circumstances, the aftermaths, and the various movements of potential suspects over months and years Nonfiction Reads--and stay tuned for my upcoming list of Six Nonfiction Bossy Favorites from the Past Year

place and time of the story, vividly building the constant undercurrent of tension, the twinges of fear I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!

Thirty-two-year-old Fern Brookbanks has pinned most of her romantic dreams on Will Baxter--despite the A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family To complicate matters, guess who shows up to meet Fern, nine years late--and who has also contracted

I will, after all, happily read stories about talking dragons, or fantastical worlds, or time travel,

Francis's dystopian novel, Wren Darlington is a Mod who has lived under the radar for her twentysomething years

Twenty years later, Chloe has more good days than bad. But Penn pulls his memoir into another gear when he adds the fascinating layer of accidental political San Francisco DA Wes Farrell helped send Paul Riley to prison years ago when Riley was convicted of the

Then Noah walks in as a new hire; he's a few years older--her brother's age--and infamous for once burned

debut novel, Thistlefoot, a fairy tale informed by Jewish folklore; and I'm reading The One Hundred Years the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. 03 The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives in the terminal ward In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend Collectively they've been around 100 years, but it doesn't feel like enough, and they each want to leave

indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year round.) 01 The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney This year we watched (twice) the riveting of the band members as they convened to piece together songs for their first live concert in several years We also watched and loved McCartney 3, 2, 1 this year, and I was fascinated by the discussions between race and class, Burns offers a selection of photos highlighting a range of experiences from our 200 years

indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year Gaiman Author Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by Norse mythology while imagining his novels' many fantastical Beard Award-winning quarterly kids' cooking magazine ChopChop, which I am also giving as a gift this year I'm Bossy about buying and merchandising fiction for my kids during the year, as in: "Here is a tableau

But stress and the constant fear of illness and tragedy—any misfortune that would draw attention to the When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared one of them might, the family's security Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year

only their fragile bodies but the work of lifetimes--as well as the characters' hope for the world in years

Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year

I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? Yael, a tough young woman who escaped from a concentration camp, has been training as a spy for years

I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Some of the wrap-up details near the very end felt a little bit unsatisfying, but resolving them cleanly But two years ago on their vacation, something BIG happened. Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List I feared I'd get turned around in time by listening to the book rather than reading it, but narrator

Solomon's young adult novel Today Tonight Tomorrow feels like a smart, sweet read to start the new year I'm finally getting around to reading it--I'm actually listening to it as an audiobook, and I adore hearing What are you reading to start the new year? I've just started Today Tonight Tomorrow, my book club's first title of the year, and I do like the idea What are you reading at the start of this new year?

offers an honest, funny account of overcoming sobering challenges and determining her own destiny after years

Many years ago, everybody here would wake early because there was much to do and only so many hours in

in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading Lists Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series and Six Fantastic

might also like the books I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year (last year). I'd love to hear: What are your favorite memoirs? 01 Here For It by R. Pan decided to deliberately put herself into extremely uncomfortable social situations for a year, and She regrets her one-year plan almost instantly but feels compelled to continue her terrifying exercises

Eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu reveled in his uniqueness. But several years later, just a few hours after Hua was at his party, Ken was killed in a carjacking. Over the course of many years, the author sorted through his feelings and memories, cherishing a folder He says in Stay True's acknowledgments, "I've been writing this for over twenty years."

In Rules of Civility, 25-year-old Katey is in a Greenwich Village jazz bar in post-Depression New York

, please see Things in Jars. 03 A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn This fantastic A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the long-ago mystery.

The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance

But he yearns to see more of the world, and after he journeys to Reykjavik to study at the university The Nickel Academy is based on a real-life reform school that abused boys for 111 years.

collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six favorite nonfiction reads  the year James Woodworking explores interconnected transgender characters' experiences, fears, challenges, and

we find that our main protagonist Mal has been having a secret, fulfilling relationship with him for years