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- Review of Dead Beat (Ninth House #3) by Leigh Bardugo
You crashed through each other's lives and hoped for grace in the final tally of the damage. and Hell Bent, as well as The Familiar, the Shadow and Bone series, the King of Scars duology, and other
- Review of Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang
is a college student who travels to Taiwan to study in an intensive language program along with many other arrangements and suffer through unreliable plumbing and cramped quarters as they begin to turn on each other
- Review of The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
first book (with an all-star cast of Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, David Tennent, and others (They reserve their room as "Jigsaw Club" to discourage others' interest and interruption.) But when a slick local developer associated with their own retirement community is murdered, and other And you can find Bossy reviews of many other mysteries here .
- Bossy June Anticipation
I'd love to hear if you plan to read any of these, or if other upcoming books have grabbed your attention
- Review of Woodworking by Emily St. James
zing about a secretly trans high school teacher in a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other develop a friendship that ultimately goes deeper than the One Big Thing they have in common, and soon others Other Titles You Might Like Woodworking is Emily St. James's first novel.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/13/26 Edition
Check out these other Bossy reviews of books about books and books that deal with grief . 02 The Keeper You might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other Tana French novels . 03 This Story Might Save One friend poses a highly specific situation and asks the other to imagine how they would escape it.
- Review of O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
separate lives that any one of them could be a murderer or a god come down to earth and not one of the others family could be said to be paralyzed by societal norms if their imaginations weren't so lacking; no other More Gothic Tales For Bossy reviews of other Gothic stories, please check out the titles at this link
- Review of The Last Hour Between Worlds (Echo Archives #1) by Melissa Caruso
I may not have followed all of the echoes in time, creatures convincingly impersonating other creatures different from earlier versions, creatures lose their memories over and over, and people impersonate other But 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
- Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
She's moved so many times in her life, by now she realizes no one's going to bother understanding her Other fake-dating rom-coms include The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren and a Bossy favorite, The Bodyguard
- Review of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
They are not allowed to touch each other but may speak, and to bond and pass the time, they share stories But what awaits them on the other side of the bunker doors? appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information as they search for others
- Review of Heart the Lover by Lily King
I've loved the other three books I've read by Lily King, but I didn't connect with the Heart the Lover characters and didn't believe in their decades-old deep ties to each other. They are housemates with each other and with another student named Ivan, and together they form a charming But Jordan is more entranced by Yash, who acts oddly around other women but seems to be his naturally
- Six Bossy Favorite Science Fiction Reads from the Past Year
I love a ragtag crew on a quest (you can check out other titles with this theme that I've reviewed here 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 Land of Milk and Honey, The Great Transition, and The Light Pirate are three other climate-change novels
- Review of The Colony by Annika Norlin
They each had something that benefited the others. They find peace and loyalty together, and part of what they first shape for each other is safety and -asking questions, becoming curious, then getting drunk and speaking frankly and critically--do the other
- Review of This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
The friends are lovingly dedicated to each other, but their sobbing, dramatic dependence on each other , and long, tear-filled toasts to each other all came off as somewhat over the top to me.
- Review of Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Neither is presented as more desirable than the other; both existences for our characters are complicated *Note that other readers have strongly suggested reading The Singer's Gun and The Glass Hotel before Mandel is also the author of Sea of Tranquility, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel, The Singer's Gun, and other
- Review of The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff
present-day storyline Leo and April realize (along with the reader) how little they really knew about each other's They slowly creep toward each other again, but in light of the many life-changing events of recent days
- Review of Famesick by Lena Dunham
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- Review of Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin
He spends his days working at a charity shop, a benevolent recipient of others' unwanted items, sometimes friends' bonds grow deeper, and new avenues open up for each of them because of their support for each other
- Review of The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian
But I love Chris Bohjalian and many of his other books, so I'll happily read his next novel. also the author of books such as The Jackal's Mistress, Hour of the Witch, Skeletons at the Feast, and others
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year
And you can find Bossy reviews of many other mysteries here . (They reserve their room as "Jigsaw Club" to discourage others' interest and interruption.) But when a slick local developer associated with their own retirement community is murdered, and other For my full review, please click this link . 05 Kills Well with Others (Killers of a Certain Age #2) For my full review, please see Kills Well with Others .
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
But when three women, all strangers to each other, are invited to the reclusive, three-times-widowed by reading about a bunch of destructive men subjugating women--sometimes seemingly on a whim and at other dramatic death and the promise of solidarity for the women who move forward in their lives with each other's Unbeknownst to others, she and Kier have gone through a forbidden process to become tethered, so that played out and to see the heart behind their foibles, struggles, and attempts to support and love each other
- Review of We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.” Sometimes simply the act of giving in to care for another creature is the catalyst for change; in other Ishida in some cases overlaps names of cats, workers at the clinic, and others--causing protagonists
- Review of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
and emotional abandonment like those Burden recounts causes turmoil and a broken heart regardless of other Could one person simply decide it was over, without the other person realizing they had been on shaky But as she works through her personal trauma, she moves past others' legacies to retrace the stages of More More More Memoirs You can find other memoirs I've read and reviewed, including multiple lists of
- Review of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
If everyone looked the other way, then everybody was in on it. If he looked the other way, he was as implicated as the rest. For other titles that center around race, please check out the books at this link .
- Review of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
When a magical heir is killed--and while the passengers scramble to make sense of it, other deaths follow Various characters aren't who they seem, sometimes impersonating others, which makes it difficult to If you're interested in other Bossy reviews of fantasy mysteries I've enjoyed, check out the titles at
- 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other have multiple bird lovers on my gift list--and if you look through past Bossy gift lists you'll find other You can find my full review here , and you can find other five-star Bossy reviews here . Things) in a past gift list, and it's a title my teens have loved, along with Movies (And Other Things ) and Hip-Hop (And Other Things) , which are all big hits around here.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/12/25 Edition
coworkers, but she's focused on extending her one year of sobriety--an experience she doesn't share with others They are not allowed to touch each other but may speak, and they share stories of their past lives, bicker But what awaits them on the other side of the bunker doors? appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information as they search for others
- Review of Five by Ilona Bannister
Each of the protagonists is far from perfect; selfishness, chance, missteps, and other circumstances Check out these other Bossy mystery reviews and lists!
- Review of The Knave and the Moon (Stonewater Kingdom #2) by Rachel Gillig
continues the underlying, mystic and dark drownings, divinations, and cryptic powers of Sybil--and now of others The Knave and Sybil cannot deny their draw to each other, and each is wonderfully relentless and formidable
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Review of Platform Decay (Murderbot #8) by Martha Wells
While I understand the need to branch out to other characters and storylines, I couldn't help wishing You might also like these other titles that include robots, humans and alien life, and AI.
- Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
They haven't seen each other since. When the two realize that their feelings for each other never fizzled, one thing leads to another (drunken increasingly complicated life challenges as they try to balance their careers with making space for each other It is possible that professional football players are this involved in each other's lives, in exploring each other's passions and dreams, and in creating outlandishly precious celebrations of such.
- Review of The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
Evil forces are in play, and Vina and Simran are discovering their fates, whether with or without each other Stories Tasha Suri is also the author of T he Burning Kingdoms trilogy, The Books of Ambha duology, and other
- Review of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
I was recently talking with a friend about this novel and other books with characters in limbo at the George Saunders is also the author of Tenth of December , A Swim in the Pond in the Rain , Fox 8 , and other
- Review of Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar
drama of worrying, excruciating periods of waiting, and irrational searches and spiritual bargains, or other women's reconciliation with each of their estranged parents, and, eventually, their cleaving to each other For Bossy reviews of other stories that involve missing persons, please click here .
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
romantic, and the characters' relationship felt bristly and as though they really weren't suited for each other Painter spends significant page time on what is essentially the idea that one character or the other is too gorgeous to believe and to one character's realization that the other character is too tantalizing Multiple other small moments in the book felt similarly dubious and therefore drew me out of the story Wrong Number , and other books.
- Review of Country People by Daniel Mason
are straight, the novel leads to a heartwarming conclusion in which certain fates are accepted and other More from Daniel Mason Daniel Mason is also the author of other wonderful books like The Winter Soldier
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition
became set on deadly revenge against the white men bent on destroying buffalo and the Blackfeet and other Jones is also the author of The Only Good Indians , I Was a Teenage Slasher , and many other books. After one disastrous encounter and one magical, extended date, the two are falling for each other.
- Review of Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang
with past trauma, and living in the present all become too complicated to parse as one being or the other For other Bossy reviews of books about memory, please check out the titles at this link .
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/21/26 Edition
is a college student who travels to Taiwan to study in an intensive language program along with many other arrangements and suffer through unreliable plumbing and cramped quarters as they begin to turn on each other
- Six Book Recommendations from Smarty Librarians
few titles or authors you've read and disliked ; preferred setting (domestic or foreign); and a few other Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian For other science fiction and fantasy books I've read and reviewed, please check out the titles at this
- Review of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
We can see that Natalie believes she is as flawless as her painstakingly curated posts would have others For other stories that play with time, check out the lists and titles here.
- Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Catholic church and the king struggle against each other for power, and wealthy citizens attempt to back the correct power-hungry, corrupt, prominent figure who will wrest control from the other. of good versus evil, for impossible displays of purity, and relentlessly pursues the implications of others historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or as twisty as some other
- Review of My Friends by Fredrik Backman
upon a clumsy, heartwarming, lovely coming-together of opposites: unexpected friends who need each other significant difficulties and loss, and while she is naïve in many ways, she is necessarily jaded in others More Stories about Best Friends You might want to check out these other Bossy reviews of stories about
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/1/25 Edition
Young wife Becky Jenkins is fearlessly unconcerned with others' opinions. Cal is unable to serve in the war due to congenital factors causing one leg to be shorter than the other hardware store and is bewildered about how to live a life worth living, feeling helplessly buoyed along by others
- Review of This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
what turned out to be a slam-dunk premise: One friend poses a highly specific situation and asks the other It becomes clear that Benny and Joy have in the past had feelings for each other; that Xander has secretly
- Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/13/25 Edition
school board) and Lula Dean (determined to rid public libraries of "inappropriate" books) against each other jackets of her wholesome books on LGBTQ+ novels, romances, literary classics, Judy Blume books, and other personal library seems destined to come to light--just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other
- Review of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
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.
- Review of The Blighted Stars (Devoured Worlds #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe
Now they must rely on each other to survive--and together they stumble upon a widespread plot with corruption People can print into preferred forms or take on a new "print," so that impersonating others is possible members of the opposition, they must fall back on speech patterns, habits, or tics to identify each other















































