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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/27/22 Edition

    lesbian love, and shifts in time; and I'm also listening to Mary Laura Philpott's Bomb Shelter, her second might like to search the site for other books in this vein, or check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/17/22 Edition

    books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Second-Chance

  • Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating

    Howarth explores questions such as: Can people really change? Toward the end of Only Killers and Thieves , we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution , and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories of the past creep in relentlessly.

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

    also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

  • Review of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

    Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

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

    For my full review, please check out Head Cases . 04 The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart island feel like a grayscale, murky pause in the book's action and a potentially heartbreakng tease of a second chance. You can read my full review here: The Second Death of Locke . 05 This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/28/22 Edition

    also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

  • Review of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

    When she lived her next life, she lived slightly differently, and her decisions shifted moments and changed I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones

    Joseph Bridgeman took his little sister to the fair, and he only looked away for a second. If you like books that play with time, you may like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/6/22 Edition

    also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

  • Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

    books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Second-Chance

  • Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth

    Howarth explores questions such as: Can people really change? Toward the end of Only Killers and Thieves, we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution , and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories of the past creep in relentlessly.

  • Review of One Day in December by Josie Silver

    Silver offers a story with a missed-chances premise in which romance, drama, and an unwavering hope in One Day in December offers a missed-chances setup with enormous repercussions. Josie Silver also wrote an irresistible second-chances premise in her book The Two Lives of Lydia Hill

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm listening to Life After Life, Kate Atkinson's lovely book about second chances (and third, and more) at life; and I'm diving into A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam's recent 01 Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo Rule of Wolves is the second and final book in Bardugo's young adult

  • Six More Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year

    but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change explores imperfect parenting, compounding mistakes by clinging to fear or regret, and against-the-odds second chances.

  • Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

    There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

  • Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West

    Toward the end we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    Gillian McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep connections, and an unusual route to uncovering the truth. Can she shift the future by changing the past?

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

    Great Bossy Literary Fiction Reads I read so many read literary fiction books last year, this is my second Tell Me Everything  digs into secrets and lies, revenge, forgiveness, resignation, heartbreak, second chances, abuse, and addiction.

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

    For my full review of this book, check out Will They or Won't They. 02 The Second Ending by Michelle The Second Ending was fun and full of heart. Prudence Childs was a prodigy. The Second Ending is about self-discovery, facing dark truths, taking a terrifying leap out of the safety For my full review, check out The Second Ending. 03 Happy Place by Emily Henry Six longtime friends gather Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    in her ways, she's sometimes out of step and old-fashioned, often grumpy--and she's facing immense changes offers messy, imperfect characters in often difficult situations, and they find their way through having changed He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully decades into an engrossing, complicated family story of forbidden love, secrets, impending death, and second chances, against a backdrop of everyday minutiae.

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

    Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances. alternating chapters focused on a chilling crime that feels connected to the Elise-Wade situation, and this second Please click here for my full review of Lucky Red. 05 Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo In the second

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    Gillian McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep connections, and an unusual route to uncovering the truth. Can she shift the future by changing the past?

  • Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    I am alllll in on this series and can't wait for the second installment. Edan Lepucki Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and of love. Trans salvager Val is just trying to get by--but an unexpected connection changes everything.

  • Review of Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis

    , but that didn't diminish my joy in the least at their banter and how their relationship grows and changes Close to Happy, described as "a laugh-out-loud funny yet heart-breaking novel about first love and second chances, with a satisfying mystery at its heart."

  • Review of The Change by Kristen Miller

    The Change explores the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying The second, creation. In Kristen Miller's novel The Change, set in Mattauk, Long Island, three women cope with various challenges surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes

  • Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    speaking harsh truths before she stops to think seem destined to lead her to misstep and thwart her own chances She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions or to consider her choices and do things differently The following morning, she gets yet another chance at reliving her first day. If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads

    enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances. Gillian McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep connections, and an unusual route to uncovering the truth. When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she

  • Review of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

    Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women and the varied representation of classes and circumstances, so I was willing to go wherever Quinn and Chang

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

    She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions, or to consider her choices and do things differently If so, you might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Click here for my full review of See You Yesterday. 04 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change explores surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. In his second novel, Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart offers the story of a working-class Glasgow family and

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

    Tell Me Everything  digs into secrets and lies, revenge, forgiveness, resignation, heartbreak, second chances, abuse, and addiction.

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

    Trans salvager Val is just trying to get by--but an unexpected connection changes everything. Edan Lepucki Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and of love. , Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted and changed

  • Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating

    Howarth explores questions such as: Can people really change? Toward the end of Only Killers and Thieves, we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution , and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories of the past creep in relentlessly.

  • Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp

    in December  and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing as a structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    you're intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid

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

    If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change

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

    Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing as a structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

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

    If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every

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

    I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life In this second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology, Nikolai, Zoya,

  • Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music

    Could he really be getting a second chance at stardom?

  • Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

    There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

  • Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire

    There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

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

    April flees, heading out on the road with few expectations, aside from changing the trajectory of her I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West

    Toward the end we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed

  • Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music

    Could he really be getting a second chance at stardom?

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads

    Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants. shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance

  • Review of The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

    The List of Tiings That Will Not Change is a perfect shallow dive into a wonderfully imperfect character

  • Review of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

    Austin Channing Brown's book is slim (185 pages), but I wore out my highlighter as I marked lines and

  • Review of Light Changes Everything by Nancy E. Turner

    In Light Changes Everything, I loved the early twentieth century Arizona Territory setting and details

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