published April 1; I'm reading detective Paul Holes's nonfiction book Unmasked, about his career solving cold This book will be published April 1, 2023. 02 Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul I want to tell you about a lifetime solving these cold cases, from Laci Peterson to Jaycee Dugard to Paul Holes, the detective who found the Golden State Killer, comes a nonfiction work about tracking cold

Blue Hour, I missed the very clear note "A Novel" on the cover while downloading the audiobook in a rush

reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other titles with cold settings ), and climate change and shifting weather patterns , preserved seeds for the future--if they can trust each other long enough to work together for the good

(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 Now Sybil is in her late 70s, she's set in her ways, she's sometimes out of step and old-fashioned, often the main protagonist, despite the novel's title, yet he is central to the story in that his presence pushes collection, we meet imperfect characters, often fortysomething women, in moments large and small that push

The character-driven post-WWII story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail and a gutsy female wreak havoc on the Soviet Union, she joins the Night Witches, an all-female regiment of night bombers pushing I thought the character-driven post-WWII story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about tough

closed-in forests, and the traps and dangers of the winter and the wild that I could almost feel the cold

Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back

Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush When Bill, a good-hearted coal merchant, discovers something shocking while making his regular delivery The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines western landscapes Val passes through, gritty San Francisco, and the powerful cliffside ocean as well as lush As Good As Dead is the final book in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, a series I've loved, and I've been

But when Eugene rushes into the house, bloody and alone, Mia realizes something terrible has happened heartbreaking to be privy to their insecurities and fears as well as their soaring hopes--and their crushing

wreak havoc on the Soviet Union, she joins the Night Witches, an all-female regiment of night bombers pushing I thought this character-driven post-WWII story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about the desperate young Alva likely had with appearances and others’ opinions in order to grasp and keep hold Fowler also wrote A Good Neighborhood . hopeful mindset of a young woman forced to grow up too quickly--a woman who for years feels she must push

Dolly Parton, Songteller, Dolly's behind-the-scenes peeks at her inspirations, influences, approach, pushing on the real story of a family escaping through Eastern Europe at the cruel end of World War II; and Cold For my full review, check out The Last Green Valley. 06 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long I In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal For my full review, check out Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves.

ignorance of minotaurs and of sex in general, she's pledged to pair with him, and she enters into a rushed granted--it could be dangerous enough that those in power might want to silence the two of them for good

The strong, gruff Hanni has a heart of gold; young Ettie is idealistic and grows to be tough as nails We used to brainstorm book ideas for the following year and then, honestly, I would push through my own

(The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones & the Six, mentioned below.) You’ve taken a big, black, bold line and you’ve made it a little bit gray. might possibly get tiresome, but Reid skillfully builds the story, the complex relationships, and the pushes He's almost 40, he works at a law firm, and he's given up his old dreams. But when an old friend calls, he's faced with the classic "getting the band back together" temptation

They make self-destructive decisions but ultimately settle into more settled futures while holding their And steady Bonnie seems to be throwing away her future as a boxer--and pushing down her deep feelings Bonnie, Avery, and Lucky come together and push each other away throughout the story.

She often felt that they all lived such separate lives that any one of them could be a murderer or a god Janet's only ally is her eccentric old Aunt Lila, who is herself powerless and in danger of being thrust character, with its dead orchard stretching into the distance; whipping, unrelenting wind; and dark, cold

Daniella Mestyanek Young grew up the daughter of high-ranking members of The Children of God cult in While in the cult, Daniella was physically, emotionally, and sexually abused, while being told these acts reflected God's love. Maggie O'Farrell is also the author of Hamnet, I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death, The Vanishing An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head-

front of him, along with a series of outlandish events, together lead to Fred's being accidentally folded

her husband has died in the fighting overseas, and she and her baby Aileen live with her husband's cold

But the nonbeliever is in a bind, because without God, who forgives? Valerie's poignant letters to her mother as she struggles to survive in the wild, and witness to 76-year-old More by Amity Gaige Amity Gaige is also the author of O My Darling , The Folded World , Schroder , and

Author Ash Davidson lays out secrets, money woes, an old flame, a domineering sister, foolish relatives , dangerous and backbreaking work, brushes with disaster, the stress of straddling ecological responsibility The setting is lush and captivating and feels like its own character. I mentioned Damnation Spring along with Tokyo Ever After and Good Girl, Bad Blood in the Greedy Reading

The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make my full review, please see When We Were the Kennedys. 04 Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Twelve-year-old For my full review, please see Dear Edward. 05 The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati The Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of For my full review, please see The Gilded Hour. 06 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Briar works his way into a temporary maintenance job at the school and soon realizes that his old friend has become one of the most feared, powerful, cold students on campus. Mere and Frankie have been circling each other for years, often bristling, brewing resentment, and holding

her constantly, Sonia is still adjusting to the quiet of college, only having one housemate, and the cold

Wilf, whose memories of past events come rushing back. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather be an other bird than just the same old thing."

Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, All Our Yesterdays; and I'm listening to Kirsten Bakis's gothic novel set on a cold So when a reclusive, wealthy man invites Charles to spend the winter of 1918 on his remote, cold private

roommate who won't let Cash forget that his father is an elected representative and powerful enough to crush Zentner teeters on the edge of too-good-to-be-true and too-sweet-to-stand, yet he never steps over the I loved Cash's innocent first crush, his burgeoning love for poetry, and his bonding with his showstopper I hold every memory of him like a match I let burn down to the end, singeing my fingers until it hurts too much to hold.

Quine is found brutally murdered, and Strike must rush to determine what has happened and who was behind delve into various twist and turns and to slowly develop the characters and their relationships without rushing or jumping into things in an unlikely rush. 04 Lethal White by Robert Galbraith At the start of Lethal

account of a powerful, controversial, self-taught surgeon providing birth control and abortions in pre-Gilded Jennifer Wright The subtitle of Jennifer Wright's nonfiction book is The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old skills, carefully crafted aura, rise, fall--and rise and fall again--of the titular immigrant in pre-Gilded

explores her shock, grief, then growth after the end of her marriage, which she tells in her signature bold

visions for a year now, and she believes they're linked to the curse that the community believes has its hold But when Eugene rushes into the house, bloody and alone, Mia realizes something terrible has happened

were childhood neighbors and friends, on the verge of young love, then devastated, bound together, and pushed

friends dramatically diverge in their life goals--marriage for one, activism for the other--and life pushes

She always imagined that she'd write a book of her own, and she imagined opening a bookshop in her old to Shut Up and Read courtesy of Amistad and Libro.fm. 02 Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise When she was old enough, Sarah ran from an emotionally cold childhood in Michigan to the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland

Take those elements along with the open marriage that pushes the family off balance in the first place

I can't stop thinking about this book and the mirror it holds to a reader, forcing an uncomfortable examination explores her shock, grief, then growth after the end of her marriage, which she tells in her signature bold her constantly, Sonia is still adjusting to the quiet of college, only having one housemate, and the cold The full roster of knights--and the women who hold important roles in the tale--are all misfits who don't

Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush everyday brutality, corruption, and the general neglect of people and possessions and reveals imperfect goodness one brother makes justifications for his actions and feels no remorse, while the other brother feels crushed

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 Please click here for my full review of The Light We Carry. 05 Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold I want to tell you about a lifetime solving these cold cases, from Laci Peterson to Jaycee Dugard to Holes tracks for the reader the somewhat circuitous route he took in beginning to look into cold cases

And if Del wakes up, he's going to be as shocked as the sponsors that the rest of the Newmans are pushing I feel like I'm in good hands when I read them, and I'm in for all of her books. Jennifer Niven Jennifer Niven is also the author of All the Bright Places, a young adult novel I adored, Holding

Frances and Bobbi fall in socially with a somewhat famous photographer Melissa (Bobbi has a crush on Rooney's exacting descriptions of characters' speech, emotions, and actions pushed into tedium and uncomfortably

Check out my Bossy reviews of his novels Rednecks, Wingwalkers, The Gods of Howl Mountain, and Fallen my full review of this book please see The Calamity Club. 03 London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded into the pressures, pain, and hope within extreme isolation, the power of external forces, and the push stepmother--who is shown to actually be a strong, determined, clever widow stuck in an era where men hold

A light coating of death dusts any scene you care to observe in the bush....

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 She grew up in a cold, strict British boarding school in the early 1800s. illness without crediting the likely powerful influence of her worries about her orphaned state, her cold

In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal 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 For my full review, check out Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves. You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read

were childhood neighbors and friends, on the verge of young love, then devastated, bound together, and pushed

scriptwriter and mom who starts a relationship with a bona fide movie star; and I'm reading Kate Manning's Gilded handsome movie star Leo Vance shows up--and upends everything Nora thought she knew about love. 03 Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning Kate Manning's Gilded Mountain (to be published November 1) is set in 1900s

She grew up in a cold, strict British boarding school in the early 1800s. illness without crediting the likely powerful influence of her worries about her orphaned state, her cold

01 London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden

case of mistaken identity, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife; and I'm reading Eoghan Walls's novel told a man who's Fred's doppelganger and a series of outlandish events lead to Fred's being accidentally folded Field Notes from an Extinction by Eoghan Walls Eoghan Wells's Field Notes from an Extinction is a novel told

her constantly, Sonia is still adjusting to the quiet of college, only having one housemate, and the cold