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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/18/23 Edition
Enchantment series, about a magical wardrobe through which letters can be sent--and rival journalists who might Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a
- Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
Those who seem without hope fight and claw for a chance, while those who seem to have it all fall to
- Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
wonderfully loyal and nonmagical roommate Mercy, and hapless secret society outcast Tripp) that just might
- Review of Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine
Then Maddalena hatches a plan in which each of them might help the other achieve her ambitious dream.
- Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction
books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other new-to-you titles that might number-one sport include well-known tales and lore as well as hidden gems that even football's biggest fans might
- Review of The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
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- Review of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
returns to the childhood home where terrifying events exploded and led to her family's middle-of-the-night Maggie struggles to establish what is and was real and what might be imagined, tries to piece together
- Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins
You might like the books I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
- Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
handy parasol, her unshakable nerve, some savviness, and the armor of the latest fashions in order to fight
- Review of The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
This was the type of book I could’ve stayed up all night reading. I was totally hooked. This was the type of book I could’ve stayed up all night reading. I was totally hooked. The ending sections glossed over some major issues: consorting with the gruesomely brutal enemy; the
- Review of Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
The framework of building the book around forty songs means some sections are shorter, some longer, but If you enjoy musicians' memoirs about the making of their music and their lives, you might like the books
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
For more memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating But it's truly unlike anything I have ever read, and the second section, which is an enormous departure in tone from section one, brought me repeatedly to tears. make me feel like the worst type of voyeur—that the details of the affair at the center of this story might London, shuffling it from apartment to apartment where it holds a place of honor and has for twenty-eight
- Review of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher
If you like nonfiction books, you might also like the books I list on my Greedy Reading List Six Compelling
- Review of Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
I love diving into his vulnerabilities surrounding grief, change, pain, and the fight for freedom from
- Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
review her Book of Regrets and plunge into alternate lives to see if a different set of circumstances might fit--and might save Nora from ending it all. bravery and discovery or commitment, or by emphasizing the ups and downs of any life--in one life she might If you like books that play with time and alternate realities, you might also like the books on the Greedy
- Review of Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
JungHo grows older and becomes involved in the fight for independence, while Jade finds an unlikely romantic expression, and her social position as a courtesan within the culture, while following JungHo as he sets sights
- Review of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Hannah-Jones aims to better shape how we recognize and address our country's past wrongs and how we might
- Review of The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
Young builds a story of traveling through time and of shimmers of other realities that might have been
- Review of Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
constricting-and-controlled scenario is orchestrated by an evasive, sinister, and, I felt, annoying man (every Sunday night
- Review of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
Heard's young adult thriller was a lightning-fast read, and there's a yearning for connection between This was a lightning-fast read for me, and while the young people's circumstances build to be almost
- Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
But before they can put together the pieces and determine who might have wanted to get them all together If you like this book, you might also like the young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly
- Review of Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
capital city serves as an important main character here, and in Age of Vice, New Delhi's cacophony of sights As the book went on, I found myself regularly cringing over what horror might possibly come next, and
- Review of Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
But having a listening ear in Dean, who is completely separate from Evvie's "before" life, means she might
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
If you like memoirs, you might like the books I list on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs farewell to her family but is also meaningful for anyone considering the way they live and how they might
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/8/23 Edition
A mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late at night peers out the window to see him--he is
- Review of Jack by Marilynne Robinson
illegal--relationship, one that is sure to at the very least cause a significant rift in her family, might on--makes him seem like an unlikely candidate for practical, goal-focused Della to set her romantic sights If we were the only ones left after the world ended, and we made the rules, they really might work just
- Review of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
Emily and Chess were childhood friends and were once as close as sisters--sisters who fight and snarkily
- Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition
But her first night on campus, she witnesses the magical attack of a mythical creature on a student--
- Review of The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4) by Maureen Johnson
(And Nate might even be writing again, if his irritating young superfan camper Lucas has anything to
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/23/23 Edition
The small plane is missing its black box, the pilot's flight bag--and the tenth passenger.
- Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
meets, yet I recognize that people of course have individual reactions to such a state of grief and might
- Review of The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
If you're intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy
- Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
If you like memoirs, you might want to also check out these Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists: Six of the book, in which case I might have been tempted to abandon it. I found the sections about a day in the life of Bourdain's kitchen and a day in the life of a three-star I really fell for Bourdain watching him in action on television--witnessing his bristly manner and his to live vicariously through the details of her experience but also come away with simple steps they might
- Review of Circe by Madeline Miller
When Zeus, fearful of what she might be capable of, banishes her to a deserted island, Circe perfects
- Review of The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
For more collections of essays, you might check out my glowing Bossy reviews of This Is the Story of
- Review of Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells
overwhelming interactions to watch its favorite show, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon (although I might There are sections of sometimes tedious-feeling logistics, but the pacing of Fugitive Telemetry kept
- Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
to grad school, he went to therapy, and he began to let go of the guilt surrounding the idea that he might
- Review of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs
- Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
And Anequs is just the fearless catalyst who might be able to shift it all. If you're interested in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading If you like this book, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Great
- Review of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America by Timothy Egan
Indiana—a state that had lost 25,000 men fighting the Confederacy just a half century earlier—would soon life was built upon a lie, and his years of unchecked abhorrent, violent, narcissistic, horrifying actions
- Review of You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
The book is made up of many short sections, and much of Smith's exploration is focused on the way in For memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Musicians
- Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
When we do things differently, and very often we do, I remind myself that it is rarely a matter of right
- Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
members of the community begin to recognize the witch hunters as more devilish creatures than anyone they might If you like witchy books, you might also like Chris Bohjalian's witch hunt-focused Hour of the Witch
- Review of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan
It was the right book at the right time for me.
- Review of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
It's action-packed but character driven. his family, and some old, bad-news acquaintances show up with a promising, straightforward job that might a little while to get going for me, but just shy of halfway through, the setup is complete and the action It's action-packed but character driven. He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.
- Review of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Come and Get It is the story of an RA and the consequences of her actions related to privacy and safety She's got her sights set on graduating and settling down with a job and a house of her own. a moment during one of her many opportunities to do so and considered the way in which the scenario might
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/23 Edition
Victoria) await, she'll need her parasol, her unshakable nerve, and the latest fashions in order to fight
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
With the girls wondering what might have been and initially bemoaning Lara's lack of ambition, Lara is
















































