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They were all in the closet, with the minuscule footed pajamas and hand-knit baby hats, and every day Award-winner Redeployment , the author shares short stories about war and the jarring entry into life afterward powerful emotions, troops haunted by decisions and unforeseen dangers, painful adjustments to life after

son of Russian dissidents as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

of a close-knit network of community members) and a successful city doctor with expensive taste and very Meanwhile every visit to Daniel and his town builds up Alexis, fills her heart, teaches her about unconditional Jimenez is also the author of Life's Too Short, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone #1), and The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone #2), which I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories

My very favorite Bossy November reads! Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very But after Sciona blasts the competition at her entrance exam and is admitted, she finds that not all The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn. Main protagonist Violet Powell is being released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving

Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader I adored every bit of Jiles's story--Captain Kidd's reluctant but gentlemanly involvement and his voice Jiles also wrote Simon the Fiddler, set after the Civil War, in which Captain Kidd makes a brief appearance

For my full review of Utopia Avenue, click here. 02 The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez On The other is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly For my full review of this book, see The Happy Ever After Playlist. 03 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby Annie After a slow start, the story pace picked up, and I was really curious to follow these characters to Taylor Jenkins Reid is also the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Maybe In Another Life, After

pleasure, and saw that I was on the brink of squandering a wondrous gift, the gift of being allowed, every day, to wander this vast sensual paradise, this grand marketplace lovingly stocked with every sublime

Still, Dorothy was supposed to be in stasis for years after suffering an emotional loss. She is often exasperated and very funny. I enjoyed this very much and wished it were a full-length novel.

to bite her tongue, and she feels like the poor treatment her husband shows her may be deserved, as after life's purpose is meant to be made up of motherhood, catering to her husband's needs, and keeping house, after

Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath to care deeply about them, their roles in the wartime efforts, and their potential for various happy-ever-afters set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord And when they're forced to spend the summer together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials

Nothing Like the Movies ; and I'm listening to John Gwynne's Norse-inspired saga of life in the time after a rom-com I adored, Better Than the Movies , as well as the cute Betting on You and Happily Never After

The very end of the book quotes from a personal set of writings and for some reason this felt a little Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist. You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

After what happened on her last job, she can't afford to make mistakes. Mr.

Robin is trying to keep the household afloat after the deaths of his parents, to support his bright, And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. longest night of their lives as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every Sign me up for every bit of this! A new United States administration has been sworn in after a period of upheaval and upset.

Nothing was ever enough on Mirabilis. Every discovery made, every hour spent in someone else's sheets, every conversation and collaboration

I read Michelle Obama's wonderful book Becoming, but after my wise friend Katherine mentioned having It sounds unfairly simplistic to summarize her practices with the short, catchy phrases she builds upon While the ideas aren't complicated--which is the point of this book, after all: offering meaningful ways

best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises to look after The two had eloped just months after meeting, which led to Jacob's being disowned by his wealthy family

Upgrade presents a future version of our world in which humans are teetering closer than ever to extinction realizes that he's been infected by a virus--one designed to make him seem uninfected, then to modify his very He’s becoming stronger and smarter every day--but he’s also being hunted down for potential destruction his deceased, brilliant mother's life's work--from before she was banned from gene experimentation after

The detail with which Frances picks apart and analyzes each nuance, each look, and each word of every encounter--and the energy with which she reflects on each of these elements after the fact--was often

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's upcoming novella, The Summer War by Naomi 01 The Summer War by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik is one of my very favorite authors, and I'm excited to read her upcoming novella The Summer War , to be published September 16. The key might lie within the centuries-old war her people have waged against the summerlings--and the

There are fears and disappointments and failures every day, and, in the end, the hero dies. shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after

01 Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle Every time Daphne Bell meets a potential love interest, she receives Rebecca Serle is also the author of One Italian Summer, In Five Years, and other novels. 02 Listen for

Lily is desperate to scrape out a living after losing the family ranch and all her life dreams that went Leo would love to reconnect, but Lily is not interested in rekindling their flame after the way things When the trip involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction after all.

obsession, his injury, and his subsequent drug addiction; and her mother's tough love, how she shut down after As an adult, Gifty sinks every waking hour into her pragmatic search for scientific answers that might

Sea, Julia Spence-Ash's historical fiction novel about a young girl straddling two lives during and after Maddalena is sent to the Pietà after scandal threatens to ruin her family's reputation in a last-ditch dark circus enters the scene, with a ringmaster ruling his crew with dark powers--and someone who's after

It is a strange thing, after all, to be able to return to a moment, when it can hardly be said to have

after. This book was one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads . After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and Marnie, a playful copy editor who prefers solitude after her own divorce, fall into a companionable rhythm I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache

The Five-Star Bossy Favorites Someone asked me a while back if I ever give five-star ratings to the books Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and After an encounter with a fortune-cookie message and a flock of ravens who seem to be following her, shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after

Now I Rise , Lada is tough as nails but faulted, and we see her forge her identity more fully through every It's a little dark, consistently fascinating, sometimes funny, and very satisfying. and Storm , The Darkness emerges with a destructive and dangerous plan to crush everything Alina has ever The Cruel Prince , Jude and her sister are sent to live with the enemy in the High Court of Faerie after

novel I Who Have Never Known Men , forty women (one is a young girl, our main protagonist) live year after My friend Amy suggested that I read this one, and Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange

The mother is also intent on controlling every nuance of every conversational exchange, and she is outrageously Later we find out frustratingly that Margot has been pilfering money and could have bought sustenance after The police threaten Margot with juvie after a break-in if she doesn't help provide answers, then the And the reveal toward the end of layers of tragedy felt far-fetched; how was the very existence hidden

shapes what could have been a treacly story about old friends reliving the past and coming back together after It's a minor thing, but in any case, it was impossible to imagine that the very-much-set-in-their-ways

second installment in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Alex is as brave, scowling, and unapologetic as ever Danger and darkness lurk around every corner for grumpy, powerful El and her classmates. In The Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, an allied force of students faces the aftermath the weight of the world on their shoulders--and it really does seem to be up to them to save everyone after I tried to get my oldest to read Gregor the Overlander with me after the glorious Harry Potter Era and

and Sunny by Kiran Desai Sonia is living away from her Indian family studying writing in Vermont, and after

In Nicole Galland's historical fiction tale Boy , Alexander "Sander" Cooke is a famed, sought-after "

My very favorite Bossy September reads! The reveal of the true story behind the abductions, cruelties, and murders seemed far-fetched (every Emiko Jean is also the author of the great young adult stories Tokyo Ever After  and Tokyo Dreaming   irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo discovers her strength, drive, creativity, and vulnerability after

The book is built from letters Bird wrote to her sister (with some key notes added after the fact), which I kept thinking what a delight Bird must have been, showing up after doggedly riding her trusty horse

The first part of the story felt a little slow for me, but I'm so very glad I stuck with this beautiful also the author of Thirteen Ways of Looking, Let the Great World Spin, and other books. 02 The Light After Abriel’s book traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after For my full review, please see The Light After the War. 03 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd This of Longings. 04 Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland The backdrop for the story of a few summer

David's new British friend's aunt--one of the friends in the group who had two of their number killed after

fiction story of John Collan, a ten-year-old who transforms from peasant to claimant to the throne after

Francisco of the near future, a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned kitchen after

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and playacts and explores his tough-guy tendencies; and Joyce is more self-assured and independent than ever

when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival this year with the fact that Win was able to come after After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood The experience jogs a buried recollection: a wizard was present at the hospital after her mother's accident

Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief, and the impossible-seeming prospect of going on after His newest novel, The Celebrants, centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the assemble, no questions asked--for affection, support, and the sharing of sentiments typically reserved for after

: Westminster, and then to their inevitable goodbye as Striker retires and heads home to his owners after

Their perspective of coming upon the devastation immediately after Sherman's March through Atlanta was

baby before its birth, she reels from grief and stumbles into a terrible understanding of how to go on after After her loss, she yearns for a similar exchange of information in which she owns a stack of cards explaining incredible pain and explores the intense healing both in writing this book and in having another child after

And everyone seems to be forgetting that Jenna Chen ever existed. fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite Reads of Summer  the year I read it.

My very favorite books from August! What a fantastic Bossy reading month! yourself on the line for other people, the bravery of falling in love, and the importance of treasuring every longest night of their lives as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every Sign me up for every bit of this! After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes

After the World Falls Apart I have a fascination with postapocalyptic (set in a time after a disaster no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. Then Hig gets an indication that he is not alone and that there is life out there after all. Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after