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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/30/24 Edition
Beth Moore's memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life ; I'm listening to Melissa Caruso's time-travel fantasy adventure
- Review of All Fours by Miranda July
believe that she is following her carefully planned route and then that at the end of her cross-country adventure
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The first in Thorne's series delivers charming, heartwarming adventure and a cast of characters I can't In Rebecca Thorne's cozy sci-fi adventure Moss'd in Space, it's sometime after the year 90,000, and Torian's
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
young man searching for his path, and his unofficial mentor, zigzagging his way through life, embracing adventure When the writer was just out of high school, she was set for a big cross-country adventure and artist's
- Is This the Perfect August Reading List?
behavior, but as she grew older, she found her voice, rode a roller coaster of personal and professional adventures brings his offbeat humor, acerbic observations, and surprising heart to recounting stories about travel, adventures
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/25 Edition
and I'm listening to the third in Rebecca Yarros's romantasy series featuring dragons, their riders, adventure
- Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
installment, A Perilous Undertaking, Victorian lepidopterist (she studies butterflies and moths) and adventurer But not everyone believes in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition
Shadowed Land , the third in Signe Pike's wonderful Scottish series of bravery, loyalty, betrayal, and adventure
- Another Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
a mess of things, loyalty and steadfastness overcome all and allow a makeshift family to heal, find adventure But not everything in his life has been luck and adventure.
- Review of Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati
historical fiction includes nods to Outlander and The Last of the Mohicans, considers the trials and adventures
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
a young child; and his undiagnosed dyslexia and its challenges, then dives into the luck, grit, and adventures
- Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift from the appealingly messy, imperfect, wonderful, adventurous
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition
01 A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains: Embracing Adventure, Nature, and Freedom by Isabella L.
- Ten Favorite Bossy Spring Reads
review, please see More Than Enough. 02 Wolvers by Taylor Brown Taylor Brown offers up a suspenseful, adventure-filled This is an outdoor adventure story that explores tensions between the preservation of nature and development to imagine a new version of herself and a future with happiness, hope, and the promise of unexpected adventure
- Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction
challenges, and how she became a middle-aged woman defying all expectations--and living a thrilling life of adventure Montana and bluefish at Montauk Point, smallmouth in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters and unforgettable adventures
- Review of The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
This story imagines a wife for Jesus, questions gender roles, and offers adventure. gender roles, reimagining a rigid faith, marriage/child/parental/educational expectations for women, adventure off the page, when the book's main character Ana is off having other experiences (and often-dangerous adventures
- Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
And Nico is handsome, charming, adoring of Lux--and he promised adventure and new-found freedom that swirls around issues of money, class, misogyny, anger, suspicion, revenge, dashed hopes, a desire for adventure
- Review of Less (Arthur Less #1) by Andrew Sean Greer
Andrew Sean Greer offers a story of enduring love, loss, chance encounters, friendship, adventure, and
- Six Historical Fiction Favorites
Longings by Sue Monk Kidd This story imagines a wife for Jesus, questions gender roles, and offers adventure exploration of gender roles, a reimagined faith, the frustrations of societal expectations for women, great adventure for Jesus occurs when the main character of Ana is off having other experiences (and often-dangerous adventures
- Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley
Riley has crafted a middle-grade fantasy book with humor, adventure, characters to root for, and heart Story Thieves has humor, adventure, characters to root for--and satisfying and intriguing intersections
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
flinching from laying bare her own regrettable, brave, stumbling, or confident decisions, trials, and adventures The Book of [Read] Books (which she affectionately calls Bob) reflects the author's hopes, dreams, adventures
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Cookbooks
gorgeous National Parks photography and fascinating National Parks history, this is perfect for the adventurer the Holidays, as well as the creator of The Vanilla Bean Blog, turns her attention to the delicious adventures
- Review of World Running Down by Al Hess
Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings, and joys of a trans
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle is a mountain adventure story that offers magical realism with
- Review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Alice Wright traveled from England in hopes of adventure in her new married life; Margery is independent
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition
have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the Royal Artifactual Guild, become an underground adventurer
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads
This is adventure-heavy, sometimes tender, and always intriguing. I loved it. The Everlasting is filled with rich adventure; twisty jaunts through time; tragedy and loss; dark turns allowing herself to face the past, addressing difficult issues in the present, and allowing for surprising adventures
- Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
review of Table for Two . 04 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang Quinn and Chang share an adventure formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift from the appealingly messy, imperfect, wonderful, adventurous
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/11/23 Edition
and The Color of Lightning. 03 World Running Down by Al Hess Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures
- Shhh! Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens 01 Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide by Cecily Wong “Eating I mentioned another title (The World's Most Adventurous Kid) from the Atlas Obscura series last year Roach is also the author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary
- Review of A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske
In A Restless Truth, the character of Maud Blyth (Robin's sister, introduced in book one) expects adventure
- Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
like the perfect time to cozy up with a science fiction story with fantastic characters and some space adventure Two of these share one of my favorite setups (a ragtag crew with heart has adventures in space; The Long the characters--with a backdrop of space travel and otherworldly creatures--than on exploration or adventure
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition
In the second installment, A Perilous Undertaking, Victorian lepidopterist and adventurer Veronica Speedwell But not everyone believes in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
, extensive butterfly knowledge, and fascinating references to Veronica's past worldwide adventures—all alongside a dark and brooding and heavily tattooed adventurer and naturalist who becomes a loyal friend She’s itching for (and finds) adventure, knowledge, and more than a loveless, practical marriage match
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/27/23 Edition
She's desperate for adventure and freedom.
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
a mess of things, loyalty and steadfastness overcome all and allow a makeshift family to heal, find adventure But not everything in his life has been luck and adventure.
- Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman
irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she broke from rigid medieval gender roles in favor of adventure
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/30/23 Edition
It's full of adventure, unexpected heroes, scenes that make us laugh, gross-out moments, and heart.
- Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
Thistlefoot is a strange, epic, often dark adventure tale with roots in Jewish folklore, and puppets
- Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
Paradise Problem . 06 Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher Croucher's young adult queer medieval adventure The banter, the adventure, the medieval setting--yes yes yes.
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Long Live Evil . 04 James by Percival Everett Percival Everett's James is a fascinating retelling of Adventures In James , Percival Everett's retelling of the Mark Twain novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , we hear
- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
Young's two-book series, which features pirates, a brave young heroine, a little romance, and lots of adventure place in society, and atmospheric descriptions of imagined twisted seaside towns, deserted islands, and adventurous
- Six More Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
Through the vividly recounted adventures in this lively narrative nonfiction, Bird shares her many discoveries makes mistakes but whose perseverance and loyalty lead her to an unorthodox life full of friends and adventure
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
In A Restless Truth, the irresistible character of Maud Blyth expects plenty of adventure when she agrees
- Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into
More Time-Travel Adventures I love a book that plays with time--the possibilities of trying things a I love Rachel Lynn Solomon's stories, and I loved this story of Barrett and Miles and youthful adventure
- Review of A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
, butterfly expertise, and fascinating references to her past worldwide adventures—all alongside a dark and brooding and heavily tattooed adventurer and naturalist who becomes a loyal friend.
- Review of The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal, and an Carey's The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
I thought this was great: an adventure story of a teenaged girl fleeing from Georgia to California during
- Review of The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
I'm willing to accompany Bill Bryson anywhere he wants to take me, and an adventure through body systems
- Review of Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
wonderfully entertaining and endearing, showcasing McConaughey's frequently zany encounters, lust for adventure He's a big believer in venturing forth, making mistakes, reflecting on them, and venturing forth again But McConaughey's voice pulled me into his frequently zany encounters, lust for adventure, and sometimes
















































