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  • Six More of My Favorite Literary Fiction Reads of the Year

    What are some of your favorite literary fiction reads? Her cruel, controlling father is high up in the school board, so while he lords over her this "favor"

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

    My very favorite Bossy June reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in on her messy, sometimes fantastical, often poignant search

  • One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    Favorite Bossy Historical Fiction Reads of the Year I loved reading so many historical fiction books last year, this is my fourth list of favorites in that genre. You can find the first list of my historical fiction favorites here , and you'll find Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the past year here . What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

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

    My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? captivating story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic

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

    My very favorite Bossy April reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one. I listened to Funny Story as an audiobook (narrated by the fantastic Julia Whelan). Click here for my full review of Family Family. 04 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Brown's debut fantasy

  • Six Historical Fiction Favorites

    Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the Do you have any historical fiction favorite reads that I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read societal expectations for women, great adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fantastic

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

    My very favorite Bossy March reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

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

    My very favorite Bossy February reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite

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

    My very favorite Bossy December reads! the six books I most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary Western; a fantasy story with war at the forefront and fantasy in the background; a collection of three short stories by series; and a cozy fantasy story--and love letter to coffee. I really liked this, but I was surprised by how light it felt on fantasy elements.

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

    My very favorite Bossy January reads! dragon school, Indigenous peoples, constricting rules, and the possibility of upending tradition in favor And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I love books about dragons (check out some of my favorites).

  • Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    Six Great Bossy Fantasy Reads I knew I was reading some gooood science fiction and fantasy, but didn't and one of fantasy alone. You can find last year's version of this list here: Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year You can find my recent-ish two lists of favorite science fiction and fantasy reads from the past year What are some of your favorite fantasy reads?

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

    My very favorite Bossy November reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, as an audiobook, which was narrated by the fantastic Lameece Issaq and Amin El Gamal She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust

  • Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023

    These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. (I've already read our November and December books and they're listed here as favorites!) For some of my favorite book club reads from the past, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year, Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021, and My Six Favorite Book Club Books of Have you had any favorite book club reads this year?

  • Six Backlist Summer Favorites

    The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorites from a summer extended family--including a stolid patriarch and matriarch, a free-spirited daughter, a spunky and fantastic Cosby This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk.

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

    My very favorite Bossy October reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

  • Review of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying #1) by Ilona Andrews

    At once a book within a book and a real-life dive into a fantasy story, the novel offers adventure and Maggie has long leaned on rereading her favorite fantasy series for comfort and security.

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

    My very favorite Bossy September reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets, heartbreak, and motivations; are treated to more fantastic My favorite element of the Veronica Speedwell series is the character development, and A Treacherous

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

    My very favorite Bossy August reads! I had a great reading month! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter This was my favorite read of the month! while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite That book introduced the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen.

  • Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites

    Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Favorites What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? Kate Quinn is also the author of the fantastic titles The Rose Code, The Diamond Eye, and The Alice

  • Review of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

    I love a story that flips a traditional setup, and Long Live Evil  is my most recent favorite in the dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite fantasy series. Sarah Rees Brennan is also the author of the fantastic character-driven young-adult fantasy In Other

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

    My very favorite Bossy July reads! Here are the books I most loved reading in the heat of July! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

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

    My very favorite Bossy June reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? The everyday-person/famous-person love is a favorite trope of mine, and Norman adds emotional complexities

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads

    My very favorite reads this year! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading year, in late spring I posted My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far. (Three books from that list made it to my final Favorites list here.) What were some of your favorite reads of the year? Let's do some Bossy book talking!

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

    My very favorite Bossy May reads! and living as your true self; and Silver in the Bone, the first in Alexandra Bracken's young adult fantasy And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? It's Real by Ann Liang I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically the Bone by Alexandra Bracken Alternative Arthurian legends twist through this first in a young adult fantasy

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

    My very favorite Bossy April reads! Sittenfeld's focus on skit comedy and an unlikely romance that I adored, Romantic Comedy (this was my favorite And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? For my full review, check out Exiles. 02 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld This was my favorite read

  • Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Bossy Favorite Light Fiction Reads from Last Year I love spending Fridays highlighting books I've (Stay tuned for another list to come of six more favorites!) For more Bossy lighter fiction favorites, you might want to check out the books on these Greedy Reading Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads too. What are some of your favorite lighter fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

  • Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    Some of my very favorite reads of the year...so far! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

  • Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

    Six Favorite Memoir Reads The Bossy memoir love continues! I've been posting roundups of my favorite reads from last year by genre. You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year. I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite memoir reads. Did you read any favorite memoirs last year or have you read any new favorites this year?

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

    My very favorite Bossy March reads! I had so many favorite reads this month, I'm saving back two from the past week for April in case I need And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? For my full review, check out The Night Ship. 02 Foster by Claire Keegan This was my favorite read of

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/27/26 Edition

    Dead; and I'm listening to Ilona Andrews's novel about a superfan who wakes up in the world of her favorite fantasy series--danger, wonder, and all, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying #1) by Ilona Andrews Maggie has long leaned on rereading her favorite fantasy series for comfort and security.

  • Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year

    Six Favorite Fiction Reads I recently posted about Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six (And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) Here are six of my favorite fiction reads from last year--with more lists to come. the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying.

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

    My very favorite Bossy February reads! I'm coming in early with my six favorite (and varied!) And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? my full review of Looking for Jane. 05 We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman This was my favorite

  • Six More of My Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Bossy Favorite Light Fiction Reads from Last Year I love spending Fridays highlighting books I've (You can check out my roundup list Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, which I For more romantic reads and lighter fiction Bossy favorites, you might want to check out the books on Bossy favorites, check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads too. What are some of your favorite romantic fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

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

    My very favorite December reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a book that plays with time, a book that plays with This feels like the most representative mix of Bossy Favorite Genres ever! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Lost in Time by A.G. I love a time-travel book (see lists of some of my favorites, linked below). In A.G.

  • Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Bossy Favorite Nonfiction Reads Fridays are for highlighting books I've loved! I've been posting about favorite reads from lots of genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Memoir Reads Last Year You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute favorite What are some of your favorite nonfiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

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

    My very favorite Bossy January reads! Anyway, here are my six favorite (and varied!) reads of the first month of 2023. I've had a fantastic reading month. If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

  • Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out

    Bossy Backlist Favorites I read many of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape our lives fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Backlist Summer Favorites

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

    My very favorite November reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding trilogy that began The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite

  • My Six Favorite Book Club Books of 2022

    These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. For my favorite book club reads from the past, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Book Club Books

  • My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2022..So Far! I love a favorites list--check out my favorites lists, posted at the end of each month and year and sometimes The end of April seemed like a great time to take stock in a Greedy Reading List of my favorites so far John Mandel, and Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett), so stay tuned for more Bossy Favorites lists! Reads of the Month February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads

  • Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    01 Recursion by Blake Crouch Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake

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

    My very favorite October reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

  • My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books

    ICYMI: Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2020! I love an end-of-year, best-of, favorite books list, and I loved putting together my very first year-end A year later, I stand by all of these titles as favorites! This book made the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. This title was also listed in My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

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

    My very favorite September reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include stories; one nonfiction book I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

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

    My very favorite books from August! What a fantastic Bossy reading month! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, all of which I rated 4.5 stars. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

  • Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor.

  • Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads I'm having so much fun spending Fridays highlighting books I've loved I've also been posting about favorite reads from lots of genres that I've loved reading in the past year : Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Memoir Reads Last Year You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite What are some of your favorite lighter fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

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

    My very favorite books from July! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two memoirs, two historical fiction titles, a science And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Kate Quinn is a master of historical fiction and is the author of the fantastic titles The Huntress,

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

    My very favorite books from June! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying.

  • Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six More Favorite Fiction Reads I listed Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year in this Greedy In today's post I highlight six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year. I read and loved so many books in the past year, I can't resist more more more roundups of my favorites Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far

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