heartbreaking emotional barriers, and reluctant vulnerability to build characters that I cared about, funny

I'm eager to find out if, as I hope, she's offering a straight-talking, funny, compassionate missive

(her repeated mentions of "hairy buttholes" were jarring although these seemed intended to serve as funny

This is an adorable fake-dating-in-paradise setup with funny dialogue, a wonderfully imperfect main protagonist

[It's] a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to

01 Betting on You by Lynn Painter Lynn Painter delivers funny, charming banter and an opposites-attract Painter delivers charming and funny banter, emotional growth, deep friendship, plausible missteps that Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love  is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. The premise sounded like a slam dunk for me, and the reality of the book was a funny, poignant, banter-filled Win and Harriet's interactions, when they do begin communicating, are lovely and sweet and funny and forbidden attraction and heartwarming vulnerability, with steamy scenes, will-they/won't-they tensions, funny

developer associated with their own retirement community is murdered, and other deaths follow, this sharp, funny

02 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler Touching, honest, raw, funny No Cure for Being Human is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and Kate Bowler is so wise and You This But Me: A True (As Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb This is an irresistible tribute to Kalb's funny This is a heartwarming, funny, poignant, sassy tribute to a life fully lived and to a determination love

developer associated with their own retirement community is murdered, and other deaths follow, this funny

Starts Over by Linda Holmes Evvie Drake Starts Over , by the author of Flying Solo , is sweet, with funny Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over  is sweet and funny and lovely. Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. I ate it up in a single day.

Click here for my full review of Baby X. 04 Betting on You by Lynn Painter Lynn Painter delivers funny Painter delivers charming and funny banter, emotional growth, deep friendship, plausible missteps that story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic, funny

tone of the first title in Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series gives way to heartwarming, sometimes funny

This is a funny, light, self-deprecating peek into Kaling's single motherhood, dabbling in Hinduism, 1 hour 22 minutes if you're listening) series of essays with Kaling at her witty, self-deprecating, funny

The banter between Bri and Jacob is funny and adorable, their attraction is sometimes steamy, the supporting Ann Liang I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically funny Ann Liang's funny dialogue, characters' various interpersonal challenges and victories, and messy family This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly.

Funny or sad. Guys like it funny, with lots of gore and a grin on your face when you get to the end.

Temeraire series of nine fantastic books about dragons, their riders, their friendships, and their wryly funny

The dialogue is exceptional in how real it feels--funny, heartbreaking, and sometimes realistically meandering We All Want Impossible Things is heartbreaking and wonderfully strange, funny and full of love, and a

Garg offers an honest, funny account of overcoming sobering challenges and determining your own destiny

I listened to Henry Winkler read his irresistibly candid, funny, and poignant memoir.

He comes across to observers as dry, but he is exceptional at identifying funny talent and shaping casts

This was a satisfying, often funny, romantic book that hit all the right notes for me. The Soulmate Equation is often funny, and the best-friendship between Jess and Fizzy (Felicity) is one In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star But Henry strikes the perfect tone for this wonderfully sweet, funny, friendship-based, romantic story Told in alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny

I really liked Fredrik Backman's gentle, funny, lovely novel A Man Called Ove .

01 My Friends by Fredrik Backman I really liked Fredrik Backman's gentle, funny, lovely novel A Man Called

James's debut novel is poignant, funny, heartbreaking, often surprising, an d heartwarming. James crafts a tender, funny story with zing about a secretly trans high school teacher in a small town

Now I'm reading Let’s Not Do That Again, Grant Ginder’s upcoming (to be published tomorrow) bitingly funny novel about politics and family; I'm listening to Seth Rogen’s funny, silly memoir Yearbook; and I'm Seth Rogen Last week I mentioned my memoir love (again) and how I've recently been drawn to memoirs by funny

the summer: a practically perfect rom-com; the immersive memoir you didn't know you needed; weird, funny Please click here for my full review of Cher: The Memoir. 03 Weird, Funny, Wonderful Nonfiction: The

With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a The acknowledgments section of this book is so funny, generous, specific, thanks-filled, and lovely,

She wrapped some of my favorite elements in funny banter, poignant (non-swooning) romance, and enough This funny, poignant, powerful connection is one of my favorite aspects of the novel.

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Grohl is funny, self-deprecating, and irresistibly tender-hearted as he recounts his musical influences His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,

He may come across to observers as dry, but he is exceptional at identifying funny talent and shaping

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Abby Jimenez knows how to layer difficult situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and her main protagonists must confront and overcome past and present difficulties in order to banter their way through the story and build a sweet life together. I was hooked on the chemistry and fascinated by the significant, heartbreaking obstacles and how they might possibly be addressed to allow for love. Larissa made a split-second decision one night after a concert, when she was shoeless and in need of a ride home: she chose joking, fun-time-guy Mike to drive her, and they quickly started to date. Then she became friends with his far-more-serious best friend, Chris, a pharmacist who is kind, thoughtful, and more quiet. That fateful night, Chris had come across as more aloof--but he had been grieving the loss of his mother and his complicated feelings around it. Now Mike is binge drinking and hiding it from Larissa, and Chris's many attempts to help Mike patch things up with Larissa only serve to layer Chris's thoughtfulness over Mike's personality, fooling Larissa into finding depth and caring in Mike that doesn't exist. Larissa and Chris feel more and more connected to each other, but because they'd never hurt Mike, they have to remain just friends. Jimenez inevitably offers great banter and fantastic premises, and she incorporates real-world issues, which add depth. Early in this story she had already explored money troubles, death and grief, identity theft and financial repercussions, and more. I wasn't sure I was up for reading about the extensive money troubles--this stresses me out--but Jimenez manages realistically complicated scenarios with grace and impressive nuance, including this particular sticky situation, hooking me completely. I did at times very much feel as though Chris was going too far, taking measures Larissa wasn't asking him to take and playing the role of Savior Male above all else. Yet his actions were undeniably sweet and came from a place of caring help rather than control. Larissa did in fact need and appreciate the help, and Chris couched it all as partnership and selflessness. The sweetness between Chris and Larissa is irresistible, and Jimenez takes what feels like an impossibility of a future and ekes out a story and a love that manages to move forward--despite messy, complex, potentially heartbreaking repercussions. I listened to The Night We Met courtesy of Harper Wave and Libro.fm . More Books to Check Out You might also want to check out these other Bossy reviews of books by Abby Jimenez or other rom-coms I've loved .

But at long last, the funny and tantalizing tension reemerges, spurred along by Lord Templeton-Vane's

Here are my favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny 01 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler Touching, honest, raw, funny No Cure for Being Human is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and Kate Bowler is so wise and This is a heartwarming, funny, poignant, sassy tribute to a life fully lived and to a determination love The Body: A Guide for Occupants is made up of fascinating, funny, odd, and often unexpected information

This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly.

Hartman; and I'm listening to Harrow the Ninth, the second in Tamsyn Muir's very dark, strange, sometimes funny We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and

Jen's perspective comes in late in the book and adds layers of information and context to the funny,

The story's dialogue is cutting and funny.

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is fun, funny, and smart, and I was hooked on the lightning-fast banter

This was fascinating, sometimes funny, thoughtful, and lovely. The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it.

This is an irresistible tribute to Kalb's funny, opinionated, fiercely loving grandmother--a granddaughter's This is a heartwarming, funny, poignant, sassy tribute to a life fully lived and to a determination love

Beautyland is strange, poignant, and funny.

Beyond by Henry Winkler I'm listening to Henry Winkler read his memoir, which is irresistibly candid, funny

book putting enslaved people at the center of our nation's history; and Part of Your World, romantic, funny This is romantic, often funny, sometimes sexy, poignant, and it includes touches of magical realism.

The characters in Autoboyography are thoughtful and young and funny and defiant but good, and they make Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. I ate it up in a single day.

Espach Espach layers complex emotional challenges like suicidal thoughts, grief, and loneliness with funny Espach writes a playful, poignant, often funny novel while anchoring the characters in complex emotions

This is fun, funny, and smart, with wonderful banter, a gruff and independent, saucy main protagonist