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Everyone assumes she killed Savvy, and Lucy can't escape the suspicions and resentment surrounding the mysterious Click here for my full review of The Excitements. 04 Good Material by Dolly Alderton Alderton's literary I listened to Good Material as an audiobook. Please click here for my full review of Good Material. 05 The Women by Kristin Hannah Hannah offers a as a nurse serving soldiers in combat.

Rebecca Ross has also written two other series, Elements of Cadence and The Queen's Rising, as well as

bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie , cruel power were disturbing, and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie There's another book planned for this series; I hope the tides of power have turned in Bethel in book

themes about society's reliance on attention and outside stimulation; a gritty modern-day, small-town mystery

was a twentysomething writer in New York City when she began having odd symptoms, terrible pain, and mysterious

A series of events leads from disaster to recovery, to connection and secrets, to a surprising set of

Shannon Bowring's debut novel The Road to Dalton ; I'm reading the first in Sebastian de Castell's series

I can't wait for what I hope is the inevitable movie or series version of this book!

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

I feel like mysteries, light fiction, memoirs, and fantasy are working well for me--plus historical fiction

The backdrop for Kat and Heath's tumultuous mutual obsession was a series of destructive forces trying

White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers series I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy. When cool Leo reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material for his The next book in this series is Pretty Rude for a Girl. Elliott is also the author of the Owl Diaries series and over twenty picture books.

My very favorite books from May! Alexandra Andrews's twisty-turny mystery about a reclusive author and the ambitious assistant she takes Fisher is candid, funny, charmingly offbeat, and she's mastered the art of honest self-examination. factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war between Languoreth's husband and his allies and Lailoken's master I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and this book reminded me of The Mists of

can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted her specifically, and feels as though solving the mystery Tucci is irresistibly playful, confident yet humble; mesmerized by excellent food prepared simply and served Hamptons store Barefoot Contessa--necessitating extended time apart from Jeffrey and, eventually, a very

The first in the Legends & Lattes series is a cozy fantasy story about new beginnings, the transformative

Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy Legend series Are we at the point where we can discuss my love for Naomi Novik's nine-book Temeraire talking-dragon series role as the sleazy lawyer with a heart in the show Breaking Bad, or from his lead role in a spinoff series Check out my review of her book Skyhunter, and look for my upcoming review of the second in that series

Side note: I’d love a spinoff in the form of an alternate reality series in which they have adventures

too-obvious drivers of complications (the young, flirtatious French patient in the therapist's office who serves made famous by a well-known author that is directly referenced within the text), so there isn't much mystery

But short stories in the hands of talented authors can serve as glimpses into small moments that change She builds her characters with vivid detail, and she serves up the brutal truth alongside vulnerability MacArthur is also the author of the mystery Heart Spring Mountain. With masterful storytelling, King builds a world within each short story that feels immediate, sometimes

This category also includes the Hunger Games series, the Insurgent series, Station Eleven, The 5th Wave They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. you're going to also want to read Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, which is a standalone book in the same series But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction

When his best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises A series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web for all involved--and the situation just begs for justice to be served to those blinded by selfish desire

She is also the author of the Rooks and Ruin and Swords and Fire series.

Australian author McConaghy is also the author of Once There Were Wolves as well as The Chronicles of Kaya series , The Cure series, and the series Strangers of Paragor.

Reading Lists you might like featuring a number of young adult books: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series You can search to find alllll of my young adult posts on this site--some are part of a series, others that remains true to the late 1980s setting into which Johnson so skillfully place the reader. 02 A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi In A Very Large Expanse of Sea , it's been a year since the events Goodbye Days is so very very sad and so very very funny.

happy to spend time with Gen and Attolia again in this sixth and final book of Turner's Queen's Thief series Return of the Thief is the sixth and final book in Turner's fantastic Queen's Thief series. Turner's series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the I listed the Queen's Thief series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series,

My very favorite Bossy December reads! Spoiler: a dragon appears at the very end of the book, laying the groundwork for more dragon page time It's a young adult book, with lots of love and attraction but very little steaminess (none explicit), Inside, the mysterious Nakagyō Kokoro Clinic for the Soul prescribes medicine to those looking for support

And I'm listening to The Blood of the Old Kings , the first in Sung-Il Kim's fantasy series in which

present, and future in this post-apocalyptic story about a pandemic (which has been made into a limited series My smarty friend Laura recently told me that Station Eleven has been adapted into a limited HBO series

The beginning of the book moves quite slowly, which is fitting for the decadent, ongoing series of lavish

Six More Four-Star Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres Two other historical fiction books made it onto My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads: Demon Copperhead and That there would be two lines, heading in very different directions... researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval mystic who long served Looking for Jane is a story of women living in three timelines who are linked through decades by a mysterious

Elizabeth McCracken; I'm reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the first in Becky Chambers's Monk and Robot series Chambers is also the author of the Wayfarers series; click here to read my review of The Long Way to

But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking Between Worlds. 03 In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy between the characters--I'd rather watch interpersonal intimacies unfold than be thrust into scenes serving Click here for my full review of In a Holidaze. 04 One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle Rebecca Serle's

My very favorite reads this year! and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated equipment, and a mysterious The Last Bookshop in London is never sentimental but very powerful, and I was brought to tears while The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series Katherine Arden finishes out the trilogy in typical mesmerizing fashion, with her usual masterful balance romance of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books and the angst, emotions, and forbidden love of the Twilight series I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more There are four books in this series from Harkness, and I found the others even more magical than this

In this first book of Donati's Wilderness series, it's 1792 and Elizabeth Middleton has traveled with ruse to get her to New York--and he then planned to push her into considering marriage in order to serve

My very favorite reads this year! But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking If you like character-driven suspense and mystery books, you might also like John Hart's (grittier) books The music is all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands But then her daring best friend (who writes sexy romance novels!)

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jessica Knoll's novel inspired by real-life events surrounding a serial Young Women is inspired by real-life events--specifically, a sorority targeted by the first "celebrity serial In 1978 Tallahassee, Florida, the serial deaths in the Pacific Northwest couldn't feel farther from the tempted to defy her mother by not following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series

I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Divine Rivals, the first in Rebecca Ross's Letters of Enchantment series

But a series of coincidences and misunderstandings lead to her being unaware that the head physicist

My Very Favorite Bossy Summer Reads! Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late protecting tourists from the wild animals who live in the park, stopping drunken fights at campgrounds, and serving

a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery

But Liz, who is often embedded with the baseball team to gather footage and social media material, isn't 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. But for me, the story didn't support these romantic, sexy fantasies--I remained somewhat irritated by

Al Hess is also the author of Yours Celestially, Key Lime Sky, and the series Hep Cats of Boise.

For my review of the first book in this series, please see An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about either book in this series?

This category also includes the Hunger Games series, the Insurgent series, Station Eleven, The 5th Wave They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. you're going to also want to read Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, which is a standalone book in the same series But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction

When are They going to make this into a television series, hmmm?

Napolitano takes the reader through a series of disastrous events and through sometimes unconventional

my review, see Today Tonight Tomorrow.) 02 The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins In Rachel Hawkins's mystery

Harding meanwhile offers a quickly unraveling series of events on the island as government officials