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I read over 100 books a year, and a five-star read is a special one for me. Which standout books have you read this year? What made them your favorites? established of Alzheimer's disease, he considers the cases of those he has known who suffered for many years

In Johnson's book, fifteen-year-old Jennifer struggles with an eating disorder and enters a residential of Everything and This Girl Is Different. 02 A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi It's been a year since the events of 9/11, and Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who lives in the United States, I know they yearned for connections with each other, but this didn't seem to fit. will be published in August. 06 Driving by Starlight by Anat Deracine Leena and Mishie are sixteen-year-olds

In today's post I highlight six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year. past year of reading? I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.

Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives in the terminal ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend Collectively they've been around 100 years, but this just doesn't feel like enough, and they each want care nurse, the friends make a plan to create one hundred paintings, one to represent each of their years The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot explores mortality, but also friends who are like family, failings

Here are six of my favorite science fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! a strange, dark, captivating sequel (Harrow the Ninth), and one of my top favorite reads from last year (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for all my best-of reads from last year.) out Harrow the Ninth. 05 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir In one of my favorite overall reads of last year One of my reading regrets from last year is not listening to this as an audiobook.

six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year in a second Greedy Reading List. : Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite reads from last year. What are some of your favorite fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

But when Sam spots a grizzly bear swimming alongside the ferry--a bear that then shows up near their Elena chooses to see the bear as a sign of something positive, and she begins drawing the bear in with Their mother is failing, the bear is beginning to destroy their home, Elena is increasingly convinced The bear is a lumbering, drooling, stinking metaphor for the brutal truths set to implode Sam and Elena's The bear does ultimately shift everything for their family, and the story is brutal in its climax, yet

death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical He imagines a rich imaginary world full of fantastical visions, and these thoughts sustain him through

Here are six of my very favorite historical fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? always seen associated with letters, voices, and emotions--which she has always been told to ignore, for fear

The stories Immanuelle hears about her deceased mother Miriam all have one thing in common: her defiance

I posted last month about Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, but I had six more And four historical fiction books were on my overall favorites list for last year: The Last Bookshop check out all the titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my very favorite reads from the past year No other book seemed to come up in conversation as frequently last year with my fellow book lovers as After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes

Keefe Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in this particular fight, fantastically This book was published in 2014, but I finally read it this year and am so very glad. Listening to Stevenson narrate the audiobook was fantastic. These great books are listed in the order I read them this year rather than any order of preference. with White Type on Dark Covers, which is apparently the look of most of the nonfiction I read this year

Kim Liggett's The Grace Year is a Lord of the Flies-esque situation of trapped girls who devolve into This book is on my Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

Dannie is on the path to achieving her five-year goals in spectacularly efficient fashion. Serle's In Five Years totally hit the spot for me, and it also wasn’t exactly what I expected.

relaxation, adventure, and some breaks from the day-to-day schedules and pressures of the rest of the year I'm taking a short break from posting--and I hope to read some fantastic books to share with you when But not this year! published favorites to come soon, as well as a Greedy Reading List featuring my favorite books of the year I've got these books going at the moment: recently published fantasy-historical fiction, the second in

I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Sarah Rees Brennan's darkly playful dive into life as a villain in a fantasy dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her favorite fantasy Sarah Rees Brennan is also the author of the fantastic character-driven young-adult fantasy In Other And her brother disappeared fourteen years earlier. He was never found. In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried,

Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change.

The author offers a vivid account of the fear and dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained societal expectations for women, great adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fantastic in 1924 South Carolina were wonderful, and I still think about this book although I read it almost a year ago (technically, at the end of last year).

Pan decided to deliberately put herself into extremely uncomfortable social situations for a year, and She regrets her one-year plan almost instantly but feels compelled to continue her terrifying exercises We used to brainstorm book ideas for the following year and then, honestly, I would push through my own that my book club friends now patiently and kindly wade through to cast their votes for the coming year We've been happily meeting monthly for about fourteen years now, so let's just say we're all clear on

Earth ​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year I still think about this book from time to time, and I read it over a year ago. 04 The Last Child I loved including societal malaise, ignorance often overpowering facts, and longstanding patterns of power and fear Lucas Page is a fantastic character (as are Whitaker, Kehoe, Erin, and Dingo). It feels like the time of year to be stocking up on spooky books and mysteries.

His wife Elisabeth fears his involvement in the resistance that plans to assassinate Hitler. into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young woman forced to grow up too quickly--a woman who for years Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year

her five-year goals in spectacularly efficient fashion. Serle's In Five Years totally hit the spot for me, and it also wasn’t exactly what I expected. For my full review of this book, see In Five Years. What were some of your favorite fiction reads this year? reading many of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape life in the United States this year

postwar San Francisco; I'm listening to The Knight and the Moth , the first in Rachel Gillig's rich fantasy the Moth , considers Sybil Delling and a group of five other foundling girls who have given up ten years So far this is a richly built fantasy world with a minor romance aspect; it's a balance I'm really liking Gaige's Heartwood offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought for years Valerie's poignant letters to her mother as she struggles to survive in the wild, and witness to 76-year-old

Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian Carey (which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi and Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman (which I've thought about reading for years For other science fiction and fantasy books I've read and reviewed, please check out the titles at this

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Tochi Onyebuchi's dark, broody fantasy mystery, Harmattan 01 Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi In Tochi Onyebuchi's newest fantasy mystery novel, main protagonist Harmattan Season is a dark, broody, mysterious fantasy story that takes place in post-colonial West I'm listening to this as an audiobook. 02 Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino Sunny Greene is a 35-year-old

Brown's debut fantasy novel offers a swirl of magical books, a makeshift team of world-savers, plenty In Gareth Brown's debut fantasy novel The Book of Doors, main protagonist Cassie Andrews works in a New Cassie's years-long hiatus sloooooowed the pace of the book too much for my taste. did set into motion an important yet brief plan for the future, and she and her companion spend those years bonding in a sweet way, but I felt like those were years that could have been filled with Cassie's gaining

The Books I'm Reading Now I guess this list is an Escape from Reality attempt, as I have three fantasy I'm listening to Ruby Dixon's sassy fantasy novel, Bull Moon Rising ; I'm reading M. L. The cover is arresting, and the sparkles and art are a nod to the novel's fantasy genre. Wang For twenty years, Sciona has single-mindedly set out to learn enough complex, intuitive, precise . 03 Voyage of the Damned by Frances White To honor Concordia's thousand years of peace between its twelve

and hope after their father's death, Intermezzo ; and I'm listening to the first in Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven fantasy series, Hell for Hire . Ivan Koubek is ten years younger, a competitive chess player, a loner, and, he has always thought, his Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron I love a playful fantasy book (see Hench and Starter Villain ), and I'm hoping Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven series is one I'll love too.

It's a fast read, and after my love of Blacktop Wasteland last year, I'm in for any of Cosby's writing In Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married to put a foot out of line, has built his landscaping company from the ground up and stayed clean for years I loved last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made

reveals her husband's Nazi enthusiasms; a young boy learns that his brother's gay identity is not to be feared The focus on the power of books is fantastic. I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book! the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies

The fantasy-science-fiction novel Moonbound spans time and splits into several stories, for me never In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years in the future, and

After the 2023 Thanksgiving Stomach Bug Debacle, I'm ready for a healthy and fun New Year's and 2024! fortune tucked away inside) turns out to also hold unexpected passengers: pregnant Nell and her four-year-old When nineteen-year-old orphan and frontier carpenter Benjamin Shreve encounters Nell, he determines to After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit. Viv has spent years hunting down creatures for bounties, wielding her sword, and doing anything ruthless

Pan decided to deliberately put herself into extremely uncomfortable social situations for a year, and She regrets her one-year plan almost instantly but feels compelled to continue her terrifying exercises in anticipation of our upcoming discussion that Pan's concept reminded us somewhat of a book we read years ago, MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend (although that book had a premise that

Murderland ; I'm also listening to the first in Antonia Hodgson's smart, charming, intricately plotted fantasy The imperious genius is desperate to preserve the peace that has reigned for twenty-four years--but forces she doesn't yet understand are tearing apart the kingdom. There is a romantic element, but this is, happily for me, a richly built fantasy and not a romantasy.

Kingfisher novel, the fantasy story and retelling of the Grimm Brothers' Goose Girl , A Sorceress Comes Naomi Novik is the author of richly wrought fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted Novik has also written the Temeraire series of nine fantastic books about dragons, their riders, their

In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried, Chelsey Calhoun is shocked by the reappearance of Ellie Black, a young girl who's been missing for two years Chelsey is especially invested in the case because her own sister Lydia went missing years earlier--before review of James . 05 Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Thorpe's irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo is a 19-year-old community college student having an affair with her married professor.

Reading Now I'm reading Lynn Painter's rom-com Betting on You; I'm listening to Gareth Brown's debut fantasy Betting on You (Betting on You #1) by Lynn Painter In Lynn Painter's rom-com Betting on You, seventeen-year-old Number, and other books I haven't yet read. 02 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown In Gareth Brown's debut fantasy One of these customers is a kind older man she's become dear friends with. Her precocious ten-year-old kids secretly reach out to family for help--but even India doesn't realize

the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies Why do we keep going for thirty years after our bodies can no longer reproduce? Do you think nature meant for those years to be useless? No, of course not. The former nurse is coping with loneliness--but then she begins hearing voices like her grandmother once The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying.

art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines; I'm reading The Tainted Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction Fifty years later, two Cambridge students (who are falling in love) on the hunt for dissertation topics fiction-feeling story, a Sherlock Holmes and Watson-type investigatory relationship, and fascinating otherworldly fantasy

story; and I'm reading Lisa Wingate's Oklahoma story told in two timelines 90 years apart, Shelterwood Several years after saying goodbye, Anna is struggling to pay for her father's cancer treatment and has More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year , Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year , Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years in the future, and young Ariel lives with his brother in

her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's father disappeared twenty years Mad is quickly developing revenge fantasies involving her father, but a cross-country road trip in close He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully Wilson speak at the library foundation's annual fundraising event Verse & Vino, and my book club loved hearing

Anglish conquerers' constricting rules about its raising and training; and I'm listening to a cozy fantasy Then fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon egg, and when it hatches, she befriends and bonds with the Viv spent years hunting down creatures for bounties, wielding her sword, and doing anything needed to But in this cozy fantasy story, Viv has discovered the wonder of coffee and has determined to make a

Gaige's Heartwood  offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought for years Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads  , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated. Moth , considers Sybil Delling ("Six") and a group of five other foundling girls who have given up ten years But the shrouded girls, who have bonded over the years like family, begin to disappear, and Sybil doubts

stagecoach (with a fortune inside) holds unexpected passengers including pregnant Nell and her four-year-old When nineteen-year-old Benjamin Shreve encounters Nell, he determines to shepherd Nell and Tot to safety Chakraborty I'm listening to the first wonderful installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy , and smart, with wonderful banter, a gruff and independent, saucy main protagonist in Amina, and a fantastic

The first book in Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy, The Bear and the Nightingale is a Russia-set Pitting "true believers" against dark, feared forces turns what the village believes to be good and pure

Elaborate mythology swirls around the mysterious author of the blockbuster fantasy series The Falling Goldhero, and fans dream up fantastical stories about the writer and his life. I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!

The Revenge Fantasies...and Revenge Enacted Whether it's about righting wrongs, saving face, renegade For my full review of this book, check out Hench. 02 Razorblade Tears by S.A. the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying. Echo Wife. 06 The Harpy by Megan Hunter This slim, intriguing book packs a punch, featuring revenge fantasies

If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures June has been seeing and hearing visions for a year now, and she believes they're linked to the curse She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust

The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one. I listened to Funny Story as an audiobook (narrated by the fantastic Julia Whelan). We track back through time to witness Wren's younger years, then farther back to understand Wren's mother's Her precocious ten-year-old kids secretly reach out to family for help--but even India doesn't realize Click here for my full review of Family Family. 04 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown Brown's debut fantasy

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Nocturne, Alyssa Wees's fantasy novel about a prima ballerina in 01 Nocturne by Alyssa Wees In Alyssa Wees's slim (it's 240 pages) fantasy novel Nocturne, set in the As the Depression rages, orphaned Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing is a professor and podcaster, and she has left firmly in the past the events of her boarding school years and Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. 03 All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham A year