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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/19/26 Edition

    And she's really distracted by the handsome, grumpy alchemist who's renting Violet the space for her

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

    about race, gender, and power; Weyward, a multi-timeline witchy story; August Kitko and the Mechas from Space Click here for my full review of Foster. 03 August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White White's first Starmetal Symphony installment offers deadly deep-space robots, showcases the power of music, After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any Click here for my full review of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. 04 I Have Some Questions for

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

    two historical fiction mystery series featuring irresistible heroines; a girl-power science-fiction space Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei I loved the futuristic space-mission In Yume Kitasei's science fiction thriller The Deep Sky, a mission to deep space is disrupted by an explosion With the collapse of Earth's environment imminent, eighty trained elite young people venture into space I do generally love a book set on a ship barreling through space, and I loved The Deep Sky.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition

    Bracken, also scheduled for publication April 4; and I'm reading the first in Adrian Tchaikovsky's space In the first book of Tchaikovsky's space opera trilogy, the last humans once left Earth for the stars

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/26/26 Edition

    other, are invited to the reclusive, three-times-widowed Lady Duxbury's home for tea, they discover a space

  • Review of Funny Story by Emily Henry

    Desperate and devastated, she reluctantly moves into a spare room in the apartment of an acquaintance He has extra space because he was just dumped by his live-in girlfriend Petra.

  • Shhh! Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas

    to the Night Sky, 2nd Edition, which also offers photos, maps, key facts about black holes and other space Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson Here's some more star-related book love for the space-obsessed To explore space is to keep the door open to that future." , offbeat curiosity, vast knowledge, and a fascination with "what ifs" (What if you vomited in your space another great gift idea) feels like a great bet for keeping curious young people engaged with science and space

  • Review of Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir

    last necromancer of the Ninth House, wakes disoriented and without her full powers on the Emperor's space Trapped in the eerie space station with three grumpy, unwilling teachers trying to prepare her for the coming for you, and then you both die and she turns up ages later in the broiling heat on a sacred space

  • Review of Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

    Great swaths of her life were white space to her husband.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition

    Yet even more concerning than her situation is the spaceship HMS Fairweather 's current state. In this outer-space-set mystery, Dorothy must figure out who's behind the destruction and how to save

  • Review of The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

    Kazantzakis has continued to live in London with her distracted botanist father Kostas, who has little brain space

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

    about a traveling librarian in 1930s Appalachia; a luminous story of astronauts on the International Space 05 Orbital by Samantha Harvey The luminous novel Orbital tracks six astronauts in the International Space The story within the space station is emotionally full but quiet plot-wise in contrast to the workings

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads

    01 Orbital by Samantha Harvey The luminous novel Orbital tracks six astronauts in the International Space The story within the space station is emotionally full but quiet plot-wise in contrast to the workings You might also like these books set in space . 02 In Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's account of the Adina is born on Earth just as Voyager 1 launches into space. He has extra space because he was just dumped by his live-in girlfriend Petra.

  • Review of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

    into a tragically beautiful intertwined novel that shines a light on weighty issues at three points in space

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/18/24 Edition

    Micaiah Johnson is also the author of The Space Between Worlds, a book I loved. 02 The Women by Kristin But I've been frustrated by what feels like odd pacing, soap-opera elements, outlandish events, or too-easy

  • Six Bossy Favorite Science Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Yet even more concerning than her situation is the spaceship HMS Fairweather's current state. In this outer-space-set mystery, Dorothy must figure out who's behind the destruction and how to save Volatile Memory #1) by Seth Haddon Seth Haddon's slim science fiction debut offers action and a risky space

  • Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

    would keep the baby despite the many challenges and unknowns (lack of money, single parenthood, lack of space

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/18/24 Edition

    exercises, engages with each other, and attends to the minutiae of an extended stay in small quarters in space

  • Review of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

    park provides rollercoaster-induced euthanasia to dying children; hotels become elaborately designed spaces The space also offers those in it a tantalizing chance to look back on pivotal moments from their life are able to see the previously unknown perspectives of those who loved them, and those occupying this space

  • Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

    faced with increasingly complicated life challenges as they try to balance their careers with making space

  • Six Books I Want, Bossy Holiday 2022 Edition

    Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings Just look at this gorgeous cover and listen to this excellent space-opera the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space Other books I've loved with ragtag space crews include Activation Degradation, The Long Way to a Small

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/26/22 Edition

    last necromancer of the Ninth House, wakes disoriented and without her full powers on the Emperor's space Trapped in the eerie space station with three grumpy, unwilling teachers trying to prepare her for the

  • Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    01 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (Salvagers #1) by Alex White The first in Alex White's Salvagers space A Big Ship is a space heist book with lots of action, strong female characters driving the plot, and the Universe. 06 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Andy Weir offers the fascinating story of a desperate space He seems to be in space and isn't sure what has happened, and not only does he not remember his own name

  • Review of Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

    Adina is born on Earth just as Voyager 1 launches into space.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/3/25 Edition

    , and free of shame and self-doubt in order to create a more appropriately prominent and autonomous space

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/5/24 Edition

    01 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Adina is born on Earth just as Voyager 1 launches into space.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/21/24 Edition

    loner Ada Kazantzakis lives in London with her distracted botanist father Kostas, who has little brain space

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

    Lostetter's standalone science fiction about AI, a space crew, friendship, and bravery. Wells's Murderbot books centered around a grumpy, skeptical AI, as well as a wonderful ragtag, loyal space

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/24/24 Edition

    , they're faced with one challenge after another as they try to balance their careers with making space

  • My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--set against a fascinating backdrop of space she's adjusting to life on board, the crew gets a lucrative opportunity: to tunnel wormholes through space The book feels much more focused on the characters--with a backdrop of space travel and otherworldly click here. 04 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Andy Weir offers the fascinating story of a desperate space The present-day story alternates with peeks back in time to life before this space mission, which show

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/15/23 Edition

    Divya's space opera, Meru. What are you reading these days, bookworms?

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

    Small, Angry Planet, the first in Becky Chambers's science fiction series about a big-hearted, ragtag space Chambers Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space she's adjusting to life on board, the crew gets a lucrative opportunity: to tunnel wormholes through space The book feels much more focused on the characters--with a backdrop of space travel and otherworldly This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while

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

    O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict The tone of The Blighted Stars  is a somewhat dark and horrifying space adventure, with moments of sweetness

  • Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    Divya Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence! adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor on her spaceship She's on her own out there in space, and as lonely as any human could imagine being. Romy is on her own in space, haunted by the events that led to her solo venture.

  • Review of Honor by Thrity Umrigar

    Umrigar confronts in Honor are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing Yet I found myself repeatedly pulled out of the story by its telling--stop-and-go pacing, jarringly petty Umrigar is also the author of The Space Between Us, Bombay Time, and the memoir First Darling of the

  • Six More Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success, into a tragically beautiful intertwined novel that shines a light on weighty issues at three points in space The pace of the story is swift, and Holsinger keeps the reader uncomfortable as the story draws to a

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

    ways it sometimes fails, and its captivating capabilities and wonders; Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir's space-focused click here. 05 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Andy Weir offers the fascinating story of a desperate space The present-day story alternates with peeks back in time to life before this space mission, which show problem-solving, particularly scientific experimentation and high-stakes trial and error, and while it slowed the pace

  • Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the Desperate and devastated, she reluctantly moves into a spare room in the apartment of an acquaintance He has extra space because he was just dumped by his live-in girlfriend Petra. elements, but the novel is far more than that; the story is complex and strange and interesting, with a pace Adina is born on Earth just as Voyager 1 launches into space.

  • Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into

    Click here for my full review of See You Yesterday. 02 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Johnson For my full review of this book, please see The Space Between Worlds. 03 In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

  • Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

    appealingly oddball tale explores the specter of newly engaged Lola's past loves and lusts while playing with space

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

    other, are invited to the reclusive, three-times-widowed Lady Duxbury's home for tea, they discover a space The pacing sloooowed during this section, but I was invested.

  • Review of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

    consecutive days spent wandering and observing the weather and the wild; the work necessary to carve out a space

  • More 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List

    snowflakes, from permafrost to the history of yoga, and from magnificent maps of animal migrations to space

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

    Desperate and devastated, she reluctantly moves into a spare room in the apartment of an acquaintance He has extra space because he was just dumped by his live-in girlfriend Petra. The story's pacing felt quite slow and the tone extremely dark and hushed for the majority of the book

  • Review of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    What else is slipping through the spaces that I don't see?

  • Bossy Historical Fiction Favorites of the Summer

    with all relationships, things get complicated; here, the stakes are higher and the ability to create space

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

    with all relationships, things get complicated; here, the stakes are higher and the ability to create space

  • Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller

    “I needed a book written by someone who exists in that foggy space between the common cold and terminal potential sibling resentment, unusual parent-child dynamics (related to body autonomy and personal space

  • Six Long Contemporary Novels to Sink Into

    And far in the future, Konstance is in a vault on the spaceship Argos , destined for a distant planet in Cloud Cuckoo Land  (which is the name of the book-within-a-book) connect these characters across space

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

    And Violet is really distracted by the handsome, grumpy alchemist who's renting her the space for her

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