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began in early elementary school--in order to feel calm and settled, and she explores the confusing combination

support group that helps superheroes' significant others protect themselves and cope with the entire complicated

In book two of the series, Breen Siobhan Kelly is coming into her own. Circumstances lead to Breen's best friend coming along (and finding his own love with the strapping Brian

may be no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come One is that an order might issue from the palace, a command unto the people saying “It is thus.” There's a character in common between the two books; this person appears at the end of The Boy on the

When Ari and kind, quiet sportscaster Russell close down the company's holiday party, they joke about exes together in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s light fiction story, Russell and Ari realize they have more in common fiction can take on weighty issues with grace and care, here, Solomon addresses mental illness, the complications

holding a straight razor and covered in blood, and her celebrity husband Jimmy Peralta, a 68-year-old comedian who's been making a recent comeback--is dead in the bathtub with a cut across his femoral artery. enough to know that because of the inevitable publicity, the fiction of her current life--a peaceful, comfortable Paris being taken away in handcuffs, she knows that dark forces from her past will almost certainly come As a woman once reminded her a long time ago, the common denominator in all the terrible things that

How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a romantic story about coming into your own and being

of marriage, and her blue-tinged skin collectively draw the wrath and disgust of some in her small community Childhood friends Sam Masur and Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary Reunited in college, Sam and Sadie come together to try to create a masterpiece: a video game unlike any that has come before.

figure out how she wanted to live the rest of her days. "...why does everything need to be so dang complicated , the longtime band leader and music director for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as well as the composer The journey around the country, in comparison, takes up far less space in Jaouad's memoir although it

Moments of casual comfortableness bring the characters together and are at the root of their connection

Unexpected Spy. 02 The Huntress by Kate Quinn The character-driven post-WWII story was wonderful, with compelling Quinn's character-driven post-World War II story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about Is she laying groundwork for her release, or spinning webs more complicated than her captors imagine? And while the second section wasn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale but the “end of movie”-type closure for both felt too convenient, and even a little dismissive of the complexities

When Ari and kind, quiet sportscaster Russell close down the company's holiday party, they joke about exes together in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s light fiction story, Russell and Ari realize they have more in common

Maybe compassion and empathy are just squishy emotions. Illusions created by our mirror neurons. But does it really matter where they come from? They make us human. focused on physical and mental efficiency, he feels more like a fascinating machine to be admired than a complex He expresses complex, messy feelings early in the book, and he recognizes an echo of this toward the

In the book, Belle makes elaborate, often complicated efforts to disguise her family’s background.

of marriage, and her blue-tinged skin collectively draw the wrath and disgust of some in her small community

She only occasionally appears on the show, but she comes on occasionally to yodel (her grandparents came She shares her ongoing, active commitment to personal and emotional growth, bettering the world, being

I want you to notice that your feelings are complicated by cultural factors that are, let's face it,

"Everything is outside everyone’s comfort zone.” every memento from every man in her life, who constantly questions whether she has it in her to remain committed

They come together to create a masterpiece, a video game unlike any that has come before.

She finds comfort in watching episodes of her local children's show, and she impulsively writes a letter her to consider a DNA-based, data-driven dating program--and she receives an unheard-of 98 percent compatible Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. She's coming off a bad breakup. He's ten years younger than she is. Everything is complicated.

also the author of the heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, Away, Lucky Us, Come

The astute, clear-eyed, heartbroken Bloom addresses complex issues surrounding assisted suicide, including tuned for that upcoming review, ICYMI), as well as other books I haven't yet read: Away, Lucky Us, Come

I found myself yearning for more from this meet cute, but I loved the New York City details--complete

Bloom is also the author of White Houses, Away, Lucky Us, Come to Me: Stories, and A Blind Man Can See

I was completely hooked by A Marvellous Light, and I tried to slow down my reading to make it last. Patrick Radden Keefe is a master of compelling, important nonfiction. Separately they're formidable, but together, they build a collective power that is the community's only

England by Stacey Halls, A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell #1) by Ashley Weaver, and And By Fire within a day, major but mysterious supernatural undercurrents, important characteristic revelations, and complicated the editor here); the book held my curiosity, and I gladly gave up trying to unpack the characters’ complicated Veronica finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of circumstances, complete with intrigue, a traveling

Littlejohn is coping with the challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what seems like an Atlanta company when Morris examines racial issues and when she allows Ellice to wrest control of her increasingly complicated

The title comes from Green's podcast of the same name, in which he rated "facets of the human condition

coping with the challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what increasingly seems like an Atlanta company

drifted, she dated a professional football player, but she didn't find peace and wasn't able to truly come With lots of gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing upended so that Cassie will be forced to alter her plans and careful schedule and figure out how to come Although I saw some of the big plot events coming in Things You Save in a Fire, Center makes the journey You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances

nor does she understand the multiple allusions Evelyn makes regarding her certainty that Monique will come

They're making insistent suggestions about what she should do with her life, and Nessa realizes they're coming Separately they're formidable, but together, they build a collective power that is the community's only

I was completely hooked by A Marvellous Light, and I tried to slow down my reading to make it last. and some aspects felt tantalizingly unresolved, so I was relieved to find out that another book is coming

trusted to tell Evelyn's story, nor does she understand allusions Evelyn makes to how Monique will come I'm completely hooked so far.

He feels unshakably compelled to travel west to find out if the mammoth animals he's heard described but his ill-fated journey is full of misplaced hope, then mistakes and regret, but over all of it, a compulsion It's compelling, and Bess's faith in her faulted father is heart-wrenching. This was a slow build and a beautiful story, satisfying and often sweet, complete with young love. mining magnate of a father; the layers of smart dialogue; the undercurrent of fear beneath the soothing comfort

When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its

decision-makers in the FDA (and provided multiple lucrative jobs at Purdue to those who offered favors to the company while in the government); threatened political influencers in order to protect the company's profits Patrick Radden Keefe is a master of compelling, important nonfiction.

When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its

check out these titles and Bossy reviews. 01 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Bennett explores the complicated implications of perception as reality when it comes to race and its meaning. The book explores the complicated implications of perception as reality when it comes to race and its Cosby This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk. Blacktop Wasteland took a little while to get going for me, but just shy of halfway through, the setup is complete

The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle is another book from the wonderful Peachtree Publishing Company

Juhea Kim's looping story of Korea, courtesans, pickpockets, and the powerful figures complicating and shaping all of their lives involves love triangles, superstition, heartbreak, and a complicated, shifting

Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare.

Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare.

responsibility to other beings, undertaking noble missions, bravely exploring new worlds, or finding common His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to The stories are steeped in death and in coming to terms with mortality while fighting for answers. She's gifted when it comes to computers, but she's been driven by desperate circumstances to become a You may be able to see much of this one coming, but the action-packed fight for justice coupled with

I found some of the final portion of the book's unraveling of who could be trusted, what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing of the rest

(he's the small-town mayor, a graceful bed and breakfast host, and part of a close-knit network of community She's coming off a bad breakup. He's ten years younger than she is. Everything is complicated.

he's the small-town mayor, a graceful bed and breakfast host, and part of the close-knit network of community She's coming off an emotionally abusive breakup. He's ten years younger than she is.

For my full review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes by Chanel Miller Miller is a beautiful, powerful writer with clear and sophisticated arguments and a compelling

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza dug into complex, loaded topics the way I was hoping Therese Anne Fowler

In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's young adult Skyhunter duology, Lu offered complex motivations