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- Review of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
share short mottoes or snippets of "go get 'em" attitudes that feel like bumper-sticker guidance, and others
- Review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls #1) by Hank Green
Green, who wrote The Fault in Our Stars, An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down, and other
- Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!
- Review of Less Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer
We could invent a time machine, my Walloon, and go back and never choose each other.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
Untamed, here sharing lessons she's learned about being true to herself, loving herself and caring for others She also wrote the polarizing Eat, Pray, Love, which like many other readers, I had mixed feelings about
- Review of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
DiAngelo spells it all out (or at least as much as she can in one book; she has written other titles Have you read or are you reading this or other books on race and anti-racism that you recommend for a
- Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
As always, there are references to other parts of the David Mitchell universe, such as: Horology! Marinus and Jacob de Zoet make appearances, and the links to other books felt cozy, like I was coming
- Review of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan Ian McEwan is also the author of Atonement , On Chesil Beach , Saturday , Amsterdam , and other
- Review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
After Hitler's invasion of Russia and the Ukraine, Mila, along with so many others, enlists to fight
- Review of The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Permanent holes have been created in families, and the loss of men has left medical and other support life as truthfully and joyfully as possible, fighting against unjust systems, and offering grace to others
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/5/22 Edition
Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you can search this site for other
- Review of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
oral history of two music idols, tracing their family lives, youthful experiences, how they met each other
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Unlike other witches whose powers peak during certain series, Clara's powers as an Ever span all of the
- Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
Bunnies' behavior (and even their allowed body movements), and the women's bonds and rivalries with each other
- Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
She tampers with evidence, facilitates others' criminal activity by concealing the truth, and lies--at
- Review of Wild Life by Keena Roberts
She was comfortable among the baboons her parents spent years studying, and she was fascinated by the other place in the world, her responsibility to humans and animals, and how she might better the lives of others
- Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
Diving into this book cemented my feelings that the other was just too dramaaaaaatic for my taste.
- Review of When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Old friends resurface, pulling Anna out of herself, and when other young girls go missing, the pull of
- Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley
They both love books, and they keep running into each other, both in class and at the library where Owen's
- Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
would do anything to be free of the chokehold of his addiction, which he feels is more severe than most others
- Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
well as Splendors and Glooms, a Gothic mystery about puppeteers that was a Newbery Honor book, among others
- Review of Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
parties, staying in lavish homes owned by detestable people, and adolescently and emotionally reacting to others
- Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
sexual activity and intimacy and related matters, including pleasure, consent, asserting limits, hearing others Three other books she mentioned look especially promising to me: Talk to Me First; Sex, Teens, and Everything
- Review of Beneath the Keep by Erika Johansen
Keep, to be published 2/2/21, is a prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (three other children and adults; vulnerable people used as slaves for sex; brutal fighting to the death; and various other
- It's Bossy Bookworm's First Birthday!
spending some of your precious time on this site, commenting to me here or otherwise about these and other
- Review of Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu
But seeking to uncover the identity of those trying to destroy the game--and figuring out the other elements
- Review of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle
Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you can search this site for other
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/4/22 Edition
For more about Kate Quinn’s The Huntress (and five other historical fiction books I loved), check out
- Review of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
It's not always clear if Eleanor has telekinetic abilities, if she is noticing events others aren't tuned
- Six Books about Brave Female Spies
Because I'm nothing if not greedy, other nonfiction books in this genre on my to-read list that I'm particularly She explores her own glowing pride in doing her job well and protecting others from danger. Oh, aaaand Yael has the power to skinshift so that she looks exactly like other people.
- Review of The Project by Courtney Summers
Summers is also the author of Sadie, Some Girls Are, This Is Not a Test, and other young adult books.
- Review of Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu
In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other
- The Bossy Five-Star Reads So Far This Year
every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and unforeseen connections to each other complementary pair since their chance meeting in childhood--and they're also (sometimes) full of love for each other
- Review of Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
I kept thinking about it while I was doing other things, and I just wanted to get back to Edward to find for meaning, and by his sometimes clumsy attempts but ultimately beautiful success at connecting with others Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others
- Review of The Witch Elm by Tana French
Others seemed to take a sensitive look at their places within the world but became embroiled in ugly
- Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
I haven't read any of her other three books. #mysterysuspense, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of The Guide by Peter Heller
The Guide, the main protagonist Jack is as linked to the natural world as are the characters in his other
- Review of The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
This book follows the other books in the series, The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower
- Review of What You Wish For by Katherine Center
Have you read other books by Center? How do you think this one compares?
- Review of Open Book by Jessica Simpson
extensive emotional manipulation, his elaborate interview accounts of his sexual escapades with her and others
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/28/22 Edition
I haven't read the others in this series, but I'm confident Lescroart is going to orient me properly
- Review of Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
I loved how Gardner took Frankie and the others investigating the situation through realistically zigzagging
- Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year
Walder explores her own glowing pride in doing her job well and protecting others from danger—even when own situation and showed herself to be wonderfully faulted, and she also delved into the details of others extensive emotional manipulation, his elaborate interview accounts of his sexual escapades with her and others
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/8/21 Edition
detail with which Frances picks apart and analyzes each nuance, each look, and each word she notices in others
- Review of Beach Read by Emily Henry
Henry has four other books, but I haven't read any of her others yet.
- Review of A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
I can’t wait to read the others in this series.
- Review of the Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The other books in the trilogy are just as excellent, The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch
- Review of The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
There are links to other Mitchell books and characters if you're paying attention, but the book can stand
- Review of Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells
Have you read this or others in the Murderbot series? Are you as taken with this series as I am?
- Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Cookbooks
Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other

















































