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- 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 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 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 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
- 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 Celebrants by Steven Rowley
If you're intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy
- 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 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 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
- 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 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
- 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 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 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
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.
- 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
- Review of Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Miller surprised me with the delicately balanced tone she was able to strike, of passionate belief in right
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/25/22 Edition
JungHo grows older and becomes involved in the fight for independence, while Jade finds an unlikely romantic
- Review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim
magic, roots in East Asian folklore, and siblings who have grown apart--and whose enormous ordeal just might
- Review of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls #2) by Hank Green
It features the fantastic characters from book one, and the plot picks up with a new version of the fight
- Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
She sets the scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge feelings about her past, present, and future build and shift until reaching a crescendo that requires action
- Review of Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
is personal to Bohjalian himself, The Sandcastle Girls, as well as the popular books Midwives, The Flight
- Review of How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez
And worrying about Max's safety as he fights the bad guys could be its own full-time job.
- Review of You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn
For more more MORE memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists
- Review of the Cormoran Strike series books 1-4 by Robert Galbraith
Which meant there were lots of people who might want Quine to stay quiet. You might guess that Strike and Robin--now Strike's equal business partner and an indispensable member
- Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year
You can see where one of the storylines is going before the character involved understands it, and it might wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right
- Review of Trust No One (Devlin and Falco #1) by Debra Webb
Webb provides multiple mysteriously missing persons, mixed motivations, naive characters who might be If you like mysteries, you might also want to look at the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries
- Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
You might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read
- Review of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
research equipment and heading to Greenland to track the last Arctic terns in the world, during what might
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/12/22 Edition
If you like books like this, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy
- Review of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Madeline Miller's Circe (which I gave five stars) or Song of Achilles (which I gave four stars), you might
- Review of One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin #2) by Lisa Gardner
Frankie joins the group's annual search of a remote area where Tim might have ended up.
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
There are lovely moments of humor interspersed with the action and lots of (literally) flowery language If you like books about witches, you might like some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully
- Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
I didn't really buy into Sherri having deep feelings for either of the men in her sights.
- Review of Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn
But her first night on campus, she witnesses the magical attack of a mythical creature on a student-- Bree spends much of the book researching and wondering, and I preferred when she was taking action.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/17/22 Edition
If you enjoy reading books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists
- Review of Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
But then new girl Betty moves to town and begins to push people around, cruelly setting her sights on
















































