In One Last Stop , twenty-three-year-old August keeps to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after her recent move to New York. setting, Dolph Saunders as a kindly magical mobster, Viola as a lesbian tough girl (with a heart of gold And it isn't just that being in her teen body again shocks her, or that seeing her high school crush

And all of this seems to be pushing Robin farther away. of becoming engaged to her boyfriend, handsome police officer Ryan Murphy, and Cormoran still hasn't told I loved being back in the dysfunctional fold with grumpy Cormoran.

We've got the strong, gruff Hanni with a heart of gold; young Ettie, who is idealistic and grows to be

life and--particularly if we are split or generally dislike a title--talking about a book, and for a good The strong, gruff Hanni has a heart of gold; young Ettie is idealistic and grows to be tough as nails

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier's newest historical fiction 01 The Trackers by Charles Frazier In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical Matthew Perry, former star of Friends, recounts his longtime, daily struggle with addiction, multiple brushes

The characters of Wavy and Kellen (an ex-con with a heart of gold!) will captivate you.

that her pursuer succumbs to death early on, and that she is evading new dangers but has no need of pushing Her life in the wild consists of scrabbling for sustenance and carving out shelter; floating deadly cold

loved, a great enemies-to-(not-quite)-lovers setup, a strong young female protagonist with a heart of gold When Ursa was a child she was horribly abused by her father, and while she feels that she's pushed beyond A precious few in the story have the ability, and the power can be used for good (reminiscing, reliving

For my full review of this book, see Where the Forest Meets the Stars. 02 Darling Rose Gold ​ What a In Darling Rose Gold, she offers readers a story involving Münchausen syndrome by proxy, lies, betrayals For my full review, see Darling Rose Gold. 03 When We Were Vikings ​ Zelda is in her twenties and lives

opens up friendship, competition, and a new path forward through a recreational tennis league, new and old friends, a supportive brother, and an old crush. club for years but hasn't played since she was a young woman--when her early love for the game was crushed A run-in with her old school crush Sam, her daughter's move from home, and stress and uncertainty at

Kingsolver offers an epic story of a faulted, unlikely hero in danger of being crushed by exceptionally life; the extended family includes Demon's best friend, his surrogate grandparents, an aunt he has a crush I love that their optimistic views of him persist and seem to push through into his consciousness in Demon's story arc reaches from the legendary conditions of his birth through brushes with death and destruction If you're standing on a small pile of shit, fighting for your one place to stand, God almighty how you

believers" are pitted against dark, feared forces, turning what the village collectively believes to be good But the writing was ethereal and practically brought a chill to my skin as I read about the snow and cold My book club was not unanimously sold on this book, to the point that I'm tempted to include it in a collecting the debts owed to her family, earning her the reputation of being able to spin silver into gold Yee's Epic Crush of Genie Lo and its sequels, Alexandra Christo's To Kill a Kingdom series, and Marissa

mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately named, as one of their own, yet hold the main protagonist, despite the novel's title, yet he is central to the story in that his presence pushes reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting into the pressures, pain, and hope within extreme isolation, the power of external forces, and the push

that if you plan to survive in the Arctic, you must choose one of two paths: emulate the bear...by holding Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily life in the unforgiving, brutal cold "Terrible beasts, universally reviled, until you find a good one. This is a good one. If you like books set in the unforgiving cold, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire .

In One Last Stop, twenty-three-year-old August keeps to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after her recent move to New York. setting, Dolph Saunders as a kindly magical mobster, Viola as a lesbian tough girl (with a heart of gold And it isn't just that being in her teen body again shocks her, or that seeing her high school crush

In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era western landscapes Val passes through, gritty San Francisco, and the powerful cliffside ocean as well as lush

They love each other, but they are able to stay married only because they push down the memories of tragedies Her intense push to achieve is accompanied by doubt, periods of low self-esteem, and feelings of unworthiness (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting , preserved seeds for the future--if they can trust each other long enough to work together for the good into the pressures, pain, and hope within extreme isolation, the power of external forces, and the push

fellow journeyers who betray, bond, or simply disappear; hours and days of desperate thirst and hunger; brushes Zamora keeps us in his nine-year-old perspective, which also serves to keep us focused on moment-by-moment Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness

The story is told in two timelines. among cultures in a mid-nineteenth century community in the Arctic Circle, immersing the reader in a cold I was fascinated by Pylväinen's explorations of how the old ways and new ways pushed against each other For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings in Moscow ,  a book I really liked, and Rules of Civility ,  which I was even more taken with--the old

The Second-Chance Stories I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity in-between state that is not life and not death, in the form of a library that exists outside of time and holds buoyed or hindered by a feeling of déjà vu , and occasionally she feels compelled to take another path, rush The characters' feelings of anger, crushing grief, and hope feel real in both realities she's created

The World That We Knew features the strong, gruff Hanni with a heart of gold; young Ettie, who is idealistic Who Save Us by Jenna Blum Most of us are drawn to this time period thinking it was a war of absolute good I had trouble with the convenience of the ending, but the story was so darn good, the weight of the ending

The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush Australian setting, and But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and his old friend Raco, and they can't stop asking questions of the fractured group of Kim's friends and Harper often sets her stories in an Australian bush setting, and her somewhat spare writing style complements

for white, but his past--about which he is guileless--threatens to destroy his future due to others' rash then plunges headfirst into the various heartbreaking consequences of mainland strangers' decisions, cold

He has a precious old girl of a dog, a fascination with (and healthy fear of) coyotes, a love of reading For my full review of When These Mountains Burn, click here. 02 Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown For my full review, check out The Gods of Howl Mountain. 03 When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash I loved Click here for my full review of When Ghosts Come Home. 04 The Caretaker by Ron Rash Ron Rash's Appalachian-set I loved the glimpses of rural life and of the specific place and time that Rash crafts so well.

strings question the participation of "short stringers" in delicate jobs; some couples break up, or rush

setting, Dolph Saunders as a kindly magical mobster, Viola as a lesbian tough girl (with a heart of gold

rom-com involves a ship full of potential romance and heartbreak, a destination wedding, childhood crushes but she moves from a broken engagement to what is probably an ill-advised attempt to shift a youthful crush The Shippers offers up one of my favorite premises, in which old friends realize that their love is more

over blood ties; reveals chilling, ambitious, ruthless plans for creating a horde of vampires; and pushes the story that comes into play in various forms is a revised understanding of the Other (vampires), pushing

the residential River Valley School for the Deaf are trying to get through finals, maintain teenage crushes that also explores the importance society places on language; past and present political and social pushes

Cold setting for a cold winter read? Check! The bulk of the Maine setting is established by the cold and by the mentions of the Kennebec River flowing of this book, you might also want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold

But when Eugene rushes into the house, bloody and alone, Mia realizes something terrible has happened

of a thing for dragon books, especially gruff talking dragons who reluctantly reveal their hearts of gold

Gentleman in Moscow, a book I really liked, and Rules of Civility, which I was even more taken with--the old vividly remembers the loss of her beloved father when she was young and who adored Samson--who has always pushed plan, and Patrick steps in to try to support them--but he also has other concerns: Greg seems to have cold

Gold glitter rains down on the congregation during the low-tech church services (no one looks up to see

ICYMI: I first posted this Greedy Reading List as a list of cold-setting books to read by a wintry fire The rural Siberian settings are exquisitely wrought, with stark, rugged, lush landscapes serving as the In what is now a famously ill-fated turn of events, the ship Endurance became trapped in the ice and crushed What are some of your favorite cold-setting books? Do you like reading cold-setting books in the summer?

Check out my Bossy reviews of his novels Rednecks, Wingwalkers, The Gods of Howl Mountain, and Fallen This is a feel-good romance celebrating books while its main protagonist reels with grief. into the pressures, pain, and hope within extreme isolation, the power of external forces, and the push When she was old enough, Sarah ran from an emotionally cold childhood in Michigan and mysterious circumstances in Ireland, and Hurtubise doesn't skimp on building an evocative setting on blustery cliffs and in lush

Eowyn Ivey offers elements familiar from her other two novels--a cold, unforgiving setting; magical realism Black Woods, Blue Sky is a cold-setting story--one of my favorites--in which the unforgiving weather,

01 The Best of Me by David Sedaris This collection of previously published Sedaris works is a gold mine I hadn't read (or listened to) a good number of these selections, and I was repeatedly surprised and He relates with starry-eyed enthusiasm his brushes with countless musicians he admires and his collaborations

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Armageddon was a fire in the harbor, a box delivered on a cold Sadie's one vice is writing scathing, no-holds-barred email drafts. Cold setting for a cold winter read? Check! of this book, you might also want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold

think it's for the same reason I'm captivated by wartime stories: the books are about characters being pushed For my full review, check out Machinehood. 04 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long I was hooked In the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of In Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Long offers an intriguing story of brutal conditions, determined I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

by Barbara Kingsolver Kingsolver offers an epic story of a faulted, unlikely hero in danger of being crushed In Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You, songwriter, singer, and musician Lucinda Williams shares Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You was wonderful--spare yet fully developed, often surprising, But when Eugene rushes into the house, bloody and alone, Mia realizes something terrible has happened big issues of race, loss, anger, lies and betrayal, and underneath it all, the constant, stressful push

These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites of the year a A Tana French mystery is usually a good bet for me, and I plowed through The Witch Elm to find out what The rural Siberian settings are exquisitely wrought, with stark, rugged, lush landscapes serving as the John Hart has also written many other books, including The Unwilling, The Hush, which is the second in

magnificent museum, who wander and take it all in or search for specific works of art, who greedily rush

feels caught between existences, and the book pulls to a powerful but understated end in which this push strings question the participation of "short stringers" in delicate jobs; some couples break up, or rush the plot, and various characters' belief in their own judicious use of technology and science to play God

Madame Restell is compelling nonfiction about an ambitious feminist in pre-Gilded Age New York and her The subtitle of Jennifer Wright's nonfiction book is The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's skills, carefully crafted aura, rise, fall--and rise and fall again--of the titular immigrant in pre-Gilded

contemporary fiction; a rom-com with a historical fiction element; a story about music and sisters told collection, we meet imperfect characters, often fortysomething women, in moments large and small that push (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting , preserved seeds for the future--if they can trust each other long enough to work together for the good into the pressures, pain, and hope within extreme isolation, the power of external forces, and the push

If you like books set in the unforgiving cold, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire. 03 These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant But Finch is starting to push back, increasingly unsatisfied with their solitary lifestyle.

Then Briar works their way into a temporary maintenance job at the school and soon realizes that their old friend (now called Bastian) has become one of the most feared, powerful, cold students on campus.

before humans understood what lay above the clouds, the realm of sky and stars was inhabited only by gods National Geographic. 02 The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth by Elizabeth Rush Elizabeth Rush relates the details of the journey, from spying her first glacier to the long, monotonous Rush is also the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore 03 Beautiful Experiments: An How can such a small fish hold on to the memory of the snaking path of a maze for three months?

connected to them, After Annie; I'm listening to Nikki Erlick's story about each person in the world being told strings question the participation of "short stringers" in delicate jobs; some couples break up, or rush