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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Other Titles You Might Like Woodworking is Emily St. James's first novel. You might also want to check out Bossy reviews of a few more books with transgender characters and protagonists

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

He used Olive's unfortunately too-tight bridesmaid's dress as fodder for jokes during his wedding toast His various early actions that felt critical toward Olive also didn't feel resolved. I adore the will they/won't they fall in love tension, and lately I've really enjoyed lighter fiction

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

"For family you must fight like a tiger," Misha once told him. You might also like some of the other books with Indian settings I've reviewed on this Bossy site.

We find out early on that she faces the impending loss of her sight, that she is somewhat estranged from The Correspondent was the right book at the right time for me.

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

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

I thought reading a second Carley Fortune novel might be a nice way to close out the summer, so I went You might also like my Bossy reviews of these romantic novels .

But deciphering the nebulous ingredients required to enact it might just be impossible. You might also want to check out more cozy stories  I've reviewed.

is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function

The fractured nature of the fight in The Golden Enclaves meant that I didn't get to spend extended page Who might be allies for her, if anyone?

desperate widowed swordswoman, and a street-smart young man searching for his disappeared friend just might swordswoman willing to make deep sacrifices to ally with the fated, powerful, dangerous dragon who might May finds herself willing to surgically alter her facial features for a sum that might keep her family

More Books You Might Like If you're interested in long books, check out this short list of Bossy favorites For other books about India, you might try these titles .

She emerged from spending years with her head down, fighting to survive, to realize that she needed to Maybe it's okay to not have the answers right now." States, visiting many of the people--until then, strangers--who had written to her during her cancer fight

If you like books about magic, here are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy Reid is a straitlaced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong. I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more When Zeus, fearful of what she might be capable of, banishes her to a deserted island, Circe perfects

and intersections with money, friendship, and knowledge, and, in the words of Samuel Beckett, how we might , temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions.” to rules such as "no lying" will win a person friends; and when and why to help others or to do the "right With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a The acknowledgments section of this book is so funny, generous, specific, thanks-filled, and lovely,

the song Lucinda sold when she was young, without an agent or lawyer and without an understanding of rights If you're interested in this title, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Musicians

When Martha and Zhen connect, the collision might just change everything...for everyone in the world. The behavior of three key tech billionaires might seem like the symptom of all the biggest world problems You might also want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fascinating Dystopian

also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike Saturday Night Live years, her writing and collaboration Shannon is so enthusiastic, full of wonder about the world, and unfailingly optimistic (with a slight For more more MORE memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists

If you like to read memoirs, you might like to check out some of my  Bossy memoir reviews , or some of She obsesses over trying to track down the robber, can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted Renkl's beautiful, striking observations range from a New Year's Day sighting of a crow and her exploration If you're interested in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading writing the nuclear energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight

In Young's story, loosely set in the world of her Fable series, strong young Bryn fights for her own It might be an understatement to say that she has mixed emotions about returning, but Henrik has plans

middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series is perfect science-fiction else) strengthened loyalties, there is more of Wells's fantastically understated robot banter, there's action

It feels unfair to compare Cloud Cuckoo Land to Doerr's beloved and quite different book All the Light

determining her own destiny after years of struggles and constant worries about being a burden on those who might More memoir love For more memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy

behind his Italian-American culinary origins; his experiences starring in the food-focused movies Big Night For more memoirs you might like, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles have especially resonated with me since I read

her family, left Cullen--she's left behind everything she knows in a desperate attempt to make things right She questions whether she's doing the right thing, meanwhile various complications--including the discovery If you love books set in Ireland, you might try Patrick Radden Keefe's powerful nonfiction Say Anything

In the middle of the night on a New York City street, April and her friend Andy stumble across something Are they neutral, are they sinister, or might they be here to save humanity? The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes

When a local young woman goes missing, Chloe fights her rising panic. sure what she's seen or what to make of it, staggering through her days, unsure whether it's day or night

So he's not stealing, right? It's completely fine. Everything is going to be fine. You can't copyright a plot anyway, right? RIGHT? readers down the uncomfortable path of a protagonist who steals, feels terrible guilt, rationalizes his actions I wonder how that story might compare to this one?

Some other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might like featuring young adult books: Six Royally focused on settling responsibility (and while Carver is being vilified), this felt like something that might His book In the Wild Light, a book about best friends set in Appalachia, will be published in August.

Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian (Saturday Night Live), and writer, shares essays and If you like memoirs, you might try the books on some of these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating

experienced emotions the way other kids did, and when she grew older, while acting out, lying, stealing, and fighting because she was stealing loved ones' treasured possessions, breaking into homes, lying, and frequently fighting fascinated by the author's in-depth explorations of her motivations, triggers, abilities, needs, and fight

considers the ease with which she could enter a casual romantic entanglement--while she desperately fights for justice regarding another woman's stolen right to make choices about her love and her life path pulled out of the story by its telling--stop-and-go pacing, jarringly petty arguments and perceived slights

is dead, and Violet Thistlewaite is determined to shed her identity as the Thornwitch, Shadowfade's right-hand

Ninth, the sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, is a complex, fascinating, gruesome story full of action and shifts in reality as well as endless bad language, wicked barbs, and dark-as-night humor. because she’s bored or whatever, and you sort of have this maybe-flirting maybe-not thing going on, right

You might see Lila and Joe's budding love coming from a mile off (his early, eager interest in her came If you like reading mysteries, you might enjoy some of my Bossy reviews of other mystery novels .

I already offer many of my fiction and nonfiction book recommendations through this blog. Green's observations are fun, often oddball, and sometimes poignant, with short sections that are easily For example, in the Falling Out of History section, he sets the scene for the concept of forgotten songs

of the wrap-up details near the very end felt a little bit unsatisfying, but resolving them cleanly might Wendy Walker has written multiple other books, including All Is Not Forgotten and Emma in the Night.

faulted, privileged few are terrifying in their elaborate, exclusive plans, which exclude all but a fraction

And what is the course of action that best serves this understanding? our culture's never-give-up mentality and many loved ones' resulting feeling that it's their duty to fight If you're interested in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading

Irish-born Claire Keegan's newest collection, her stories explore gender dynamics, expectations, and what might be or might have been between the sexes. at a retreat who faces a headstrong fellow writer; and in So Late in the Day, a man reflects on what might

The last time Kembral and Rika came into contact, Kembral thought they might be building something real I was repeatedly left wondering who was who, much less what their motivations, pasts, and realities might