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  • Six Short Books that Pack a Punch

    " aspect of that interview becomes clear; and ultimately, issues of memory, parenthood, technology, art -year-old mentor Thomas (who is also his best friend Max's father) to write what will likely be the art

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition

    Lex Croucher is also the author of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love . 03 Blue Sisters By Coco Mellors The Blue

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/26 Edition

    She spends her days viewing holograms of artwork (the book references actual works of art) and designating

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd The Final Act of Juliette Lloyd  is a historical fiction art-focused In 1938, runaway heiress and aspiring artist Juliette Willoughby gives up her inheritance (and dark family modern-day timeline follows Caroline and Patrick through twists and turns, through the ins and outs of the art fake marriage, comeuppances for the greedy bad guys, our main protagonists' falling deeply in love, art But the young man, a self-taught artist, is counting on Bob and an unorthodox approach to figuring out

  • Review of Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven

    chapters of the book, but her older years (in which she seems lost, without her younger passion for art

  • Review of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

    In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

  • Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

    As the book progresses, Cyrus seeks meaning in art, in a close, sometimes-sexual friendship, and in the For me, the book really took off and intrigued me once Cyrus traveled to New York to visit an artist

  • Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

    the Outer Banks" of North Carolina and is finishing her freshman year in college at a small liberal arts

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/16/24 Edition

    little town, he's tediously searching for a stolen painting when he stumbles across a string of unsolved art

  • Review of Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

    Dave's scholarship benefactors are a couple flush with family money, interested in the arts and matter-of-fact

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the novel Liars , Sarah Manguso's exploration of art, marriage, Their inspiration and passion seem to complement each other's hopes and dreams in a web of artistic creativity

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical In 1938, runaway heiress and aspiring artist Juliette Willoughby gives up her inheritance for love, then

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

  • Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

    Speedwell teams up with her natural-history and mystery-solving partner Stoker to try to prove that local art in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists

  • Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    For my full review, check out The Vaster Wilds. 02 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Lex Croucher's It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials, it doesn't take long for them to realize that Art The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the For my full review, please see Gwen & Art Are Not in Love. 03 To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Michigan and mysterious circumstances to the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she now lives as an artist When a piece of her art wins a competition, it garners unwelcome attention and publicity that might reveal elements, plus a bad guy who's easy to detest, the overcoming of trauma, a deep love story, a passion for art

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/4/24 Edition

    01 How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The cover art and title of How to Read a Book gave me the impression

  • Review of The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    Oceanography of the Moon reads like a romance, with superlative moments, emotional encounters with art This book felt somewhat like a romance, as characters swoon, repeatedly cry over art and music, feel

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/25/24 Edition

    He seeks meaning in art, in a close, sometimes-sexual friendship, and in the idea of trying to craft

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition

    oneself. 03 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Trackers, wonderfully detailed historical fiction set during the Great Depression that centers around art the Bone, the first in Alexandra Bracken's young adult fantasy series of the same name, which offers Arthurian The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/14/23 Edition

    course of a year: a selective private university, a large public flagship university, and a liberal arts

  • Review of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

    Meanwhile Jenna is artistic and average, and her desperate wish is to be Jessica. Even Jenna's art--which is her escape and her gift--drives her crazy, and she destroys her self portrait

  • Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding

    fair-skinned boy is sent to the mainland in an effort to better his circumstances and so that he may take art

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition

    01 Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon's paranormal, interspecies-romance Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the Royal Artifactual Guild, become an underground adventurer, find artifacts, and secure her own future The cover is arresting, and the sparkles and art are a nod to the novel's fantasy genre.

  • Review of Burst by Mary Otis

    Viva sees Charlotte as self-obsessed and unreliable, while Charlotte imagines herself an artsy, nonconformist Viva dances and thrives in the rigid, exacting, unforgiving yet artistically expressive environment, largely eschews drinking, and she takes the jobs she must in order to sustain her dancing lessons and art-focused

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition

    When Lily explores poetry as part of a school project, she finds the healing power of art--and realizes

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/10/23 Edition

    In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly shady, and certainly When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val follows her--and uncovers long-buried

  • Shhh! Coffee Table Bossy Book Gift Ideas

    Land. 05 1000 Record Covers by Michael Ochs This book is a few years old, but the collection of cover art from albums from the 1960s through 1990s highlights an often-overlooked art form perfect for music lovers

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition

    Speedwell teams up with her natural-history and mystery-solving partner Stoker to try to prove that local art in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition

    But Murderbot isn't working as it should, despite ART's best attempts at repairing it and the Preservation

  • Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year

    fake marriage, comeuppances for the greedy bad guys, our main protagonists' falling deeply in love, art For my full review--and for a link to my rave Bossy review of Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love (

  • Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality

    In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory, art her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry Throughout the book, characters, often middle-aged women, consider art, expression, love, respect, friendship

  • Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti

    and Chakrabarti's writing--about New York's bustle, small-town Indian life, the power of music and art

  • Review of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

    from their pharmaceutical giant Purdue--while making lavish donations of their opioid profits through art

  • Six Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/17/22 Edition

    Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into science, art, and race as it

  • Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells

    Plus, ART is back! Oh, ART! But there's enough room for ART to show its awe-inspiring battle readiness and its tender side too--and

  • Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/12/22 Edition

    In Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac, a woodworker and a con artist and street performer In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends

  • Ten Favorite Bossy Spring Reads

    Michigan and mysterious circumstances to the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she now lives as an artist When a piece of her art wins a competition, it garners unwelcome attention and publicity that might reveal elements, plus a bad guy who's easy to detest, the overcoming of trauma, a deep love story, a passion for art

  • Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year

    Zeke is an artist, also a loner, and he's fascinating to Frankie. They come up with an original enigmatic phrase and add attention-getting artwork, then spread mysterious In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    fifteenth century England, offering unapologetic ambition, genius manipulation, revenge plots, dark arts

  • Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    stories in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Martha Jackson dive into the art story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into fascinating, complicated aspects of science, art

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition

    I'm mesmerized by this gorgeous cover art. three volatile young people--bored photographer Veronica; her best friend, mischievous performance art

  • July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Lex Croucher is also the author of the wonderful Not for the Faint of Heart and Gwen & Art Are Not in

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/4/22 Edition

    I'm listening to The Personal Librarian, historical fiction with race and art at the heart of it, set Morgan's vast collection of valuable manuscripts and artwork.

  • Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

    Schlitz's novel, inspired by her grandmother's journal, explores art, faith, challenge, transformation

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