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duty, and a smoldering romance seen at a distance, Steelstriker wraps up the Skyhunter duology with action But if the two can possibly reunite and band together, they just might be able to gather the rest of the Strikers, and these makeshift allies could fight against the Federation, ensuring freedom for everyone Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and I wasn't sure who would prove to be the true enemy and who might reveal themselves to have been traitorous

Spoiler alert: If you're someone I give gifts to for a fall birthday or for the holidays, this roundup might Or maybe it will whet your appetite for the beautiful books that might be coming your way? I've got lots of e-reading giftees on my fall and holiday gifting list--and I already offer many of my fiction

writing the nuclear energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight they pass through sixteen sunsets and sunrises, watching familiar geographic shapes come in and out of sight

King by Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical fiction

You might also like to check out the books on some of my many past Bossy Book Gift Guides: Shhh! Which is all to say that this book feels like the right book at the right time for the ongoing and also This selection might be the perfect coffee-table perusal for the vinyl lover in your life. 06 The Only Woman features unknown and famous women who are astronauts, conductors, writers, railway workers, civil rights

plans (both successful and disastrous), and the absurdity of her intimacy with certain characters in light

Peikoff also touches on the importance of origin stories and identity, and her characters fight to trust , to show vulnerability, and to do the right--sometimes difficult--thing.

In Sloane Crosley's Cult Classic, Lola is leaving dinner with former colleagues one night in New York The story went roughly where I thought it might, but I didn't anticipate the quirky details or the unexpected If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six

Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction

compelled to take a different path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

circumstances below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her young daughter Helen--and a host of relatives who might because she was stealing loved ones' treasured possessions, breaking into homes, lying, and frequently fighting

She's got her sights set on graduating and settling down with a job and a house of her own. Then Millie is offered an unusual opportunity that might allow her to achieve her goals sooner than she'd

The danger came over for movie night and bought them a popcorn maker for Christmas. In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a young woman wears a gifted confederate flag bikini, is careless about her actions order to have something to stand for, and questions who she would be without the conflict, without a fight She breaks her own heart by doing the right thing. That my country might always expect me to audition for my life I accepted as fact...

Just look at this gorgeously mesmerizing cover for Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy

since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you only dabble in suspense, mystery, or crime fiction

this book reinforced the fact that my personal taste leans more toward character-driven historical fiction

More Books You Might Like This is Sally Gould's first book. You might also be interested in Bossy reviews of books involving medical or health elements, or in

feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight complicated set of circumstances that show the realistically plausible challenges and crossroads the couple might

and Colonies war with each other, a plague separates the haves from the have-nots, and young people fighting to find out the truth might just upend established, corrupt power structures for good. name, the west of the United States is a region called the Republic, and it frequently clashes and fights When the murder of June's brother pushes June and Day together, the two must fight to uncover the truth The bad-character/good-character split is pretty clear, with purely evil actions set against hearts of

This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman story you might expect . ...no matter how much Martine developed her own personality and desires, she didn't have a right to She was a tool, and tools don't have the right to decide how they're used. thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman story you might

to search the stars--while everyone in the area is barred from using devices whose radio frequencies might Even he had a cellphone, just no data plan because money was tight. "Really?" largely filled with noise, stimulation, information, images, and constant input, and I found the early sections If you like nonfiction books, you might like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction

Together, they have to identify and confront dark forces that might be manipulating—and destroying—the Blake Crouch writes character-driven science fiction that I love (Dark Matter is another of his that I adore a character-driven science-fiction tale. Also, time travel! This totally hit the spot.

She spent years fighting against destructive misogynistic power structures and making her way, struggling For more more more memoirs that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating

that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight conflicting paths to coping with their grief, and their complicated feelings about what life and love might

Her bitter mother has just had another baby, and her various other siblings are fighting for resources She can't help wondering if she might possibly be here to stay of if she'll be thrust back into her rough

JungHo grows older and becomes involved in the fight for independence, while Jade finds an unlikely romantic expression, and her social position as a courtesan within the culture, while following JungHo as he sets sights

Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night comedy show, and she's sworn off love. you; that had drawn some thin silk thread of empathy, person to person, in a planet-wide net--what might

He obsesses over what he might have done differently, how he might have paid more attention, how he might He repeatedly attempts to time travel to the night Amy disappeared, but the amount of time he can spend

capital city serves as an important main character here, and in Age of Vice, New Delhi's cacophony of sights As the book went on, I found myself regularly cringing over what horror might possibly come next, and

O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , in which the heir to a galaxy-wide mining fortune Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is also the author of The Undocumented Americans . 03 The Blighted Stars O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir I'm listening to The Blighted Stars as an audiobook. Megan E.

This is a nice mix for me to have going on at once: a fictional, varied look at modern feminism and race

Certain characters' emotional roller coasters and loyalties felt abhorrent in light of what I believed

I adore a character-driven science fiction tale. Also, time travel! This totally hit the spot.

So if you're in for Fiona Valpy historical fiction like I now am, you have lots of lovely reading to

Reading the right book at the right time can be magical, and I hope some of the information here might

A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's

both Ivan and Peter are repeatedly forced to consider their place in the world and what the future might their distinct voices--one machine-gun-like, one softly pensive--emphasized that while appearances might suggest that the older, responsible lawyer brother might be more steady than the just-out-of-college

the repercussions of a seemingly psychic woman's predictions of demise for her fellow passengers on a flight Flight attendant Allegra Patel loves her work--despite the sometimes-bossy passengers, their overstuffed But on today's flight, an elderly woman is causing a major disruption.

governments, and criminals thought to be unredeemable are sent back to the time of dinosaurs, presumably to fight Most of the action occurs in more modern-day timelines. such feelings, and the characters seemed secure in what felt likely to be impossibly morally fraught actions and that actively manipulating outcomes related to life and death on the scale presented in the story might If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting

I could easily have read it in one night. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? You might also be interested in the books on one of my earliest Greedy Reading Lists on the site, Six

This section was my favorite part of the book. Stevens's fictional Cold Creek Highway setting is based on the real-life "Highway of Tears" in British

Sometimes, one cannot know until retelling what was right and what was wrong. If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

I'm alternating between a fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy

adored the vivid details Randall offered about everyday life during different eras, but the fifty-two sections Through the somewhat fictionalized voice of Ziggy, a real-life key player in the storied Detroit neighborhood of Black Bottom, Randall offers short sections about fifty-two mostly real-life characters who influenced The book is structured as many sections of Ziggy's storytelling, so some of the meandering felt appropriate relatively short chapters, which necessitates hustling along from story to story, but even within each section

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian If you like stories with heart, you might want to check out other books I've reviewed as heartwarming

His golden heart and grit allow him to keep fighting through brokenness, pain, and disappointment in security; seemingly reliable sleeping conditions for a time; or the promise of outside figures who might If you're standing on a small pile of shit, fighting for your one place to stand, God almighty how you fight.

I wondered if this would be a sort of young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast, and it IS, in

slim story collection, she explores gender dynamics and defied expectations, and she considers what might be or might have been between the sexes. a retreat who faces a headstrong fellow writer; and in "So Late in the Day," a man reflects on what might You might also want to check out the short story collections listed in my Greedy Reading Lists Six Short

Bamford evaluates her ongoing search for and her innate need to find a group where she might focus her You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of memoirs  I've read.

But everything is upended when a decades-old mystery of deaths within a tight circle of Cambridge friends friends for emotional support and for sleuthing assistance, and I liked the continued focus on the tight