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The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young , Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy getting used to, but they add to the feel that you're sitting next to Odenkirk and he's filling your ear Fifteen-year-old Republic citizen June has been groomed her whole life for a military position of leadership Fifteen-year-old Day was born in a slum and is the Republic's most-wanted criminal.

James Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to--someone who is light years She's on her own out there, and as lonely as any human could imagine being--that is, until she hears prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (there are three other books in the series, the fantastic my love for Hart's book The Last Child in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven

01 Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy Twenty-year-old Violet was hoping to live out a studious, satisfyingly quiet future in the Scribe Quadrant Years later, Rachel runs into an acquaintance from her past, which spurs her to think back to the events and relationships that shaped her during her college years.

This Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light fiction/rom-com, mystery, fantasy, contemporary In One Last Stop, twenty-three-year-old August keeps to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and This was one of my favorite reads of the year last year. This book appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong but I had trouble locking into the story's tone, which wavers into extended dark, vindictive revenge fantasies

And Paolini reportedly worked on this epic story for nine years. Hopes=high. everything. 02 Head Over Heels Just listen to this premise from Hannah Orenstein's latest book: nineteen-year-old For the next few years she dabbles in college, she parties, she drifts, she dates a professional football holds and due dates have dictated another interesting mix of books for my current reading life with a fantasy I feel like mysteries, light fiction, memoirs, and fantasy are working well for me--plus historical fiction

Cosby This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk. of You by Anne Egseth Luna has a unique and lovely voice and is an irresistibly odd bird of a twelve-year-old I read this book years ago and still think of it fondly. I just loved This Is All He Asks of You. simultaneously wanted to scoop up Luna and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years She has a unique and lovely voice and is an irresistibly odd bird of a twelve-year-old girl.

racial injustice, police corruption, political concerns, faith, and religious conflicts that threaten to tear She is also the author of The Khorasan Archives fantasy series (The Bloodprint is the first book in the

Blanchet's young adult fantasy Neath Trilogy--and her debut novel--to be published next week. The former nurse is coping with loneliness--but then she begins hearing voices like her grandmother once Blanchet In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend has disappeared,

stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra; Rachel Griffin's young adult fantasy often leaps over it. 02 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy shocked to identify the victim as Rachael Schwartz, a fun-loving, mischievous free spirit she had babysat years

I love looking back over my year to highlight my very favorite reads. What were some of your favorite reads of the year? Let's do some Bossy book talking! Rocky's family has been vacationing in Cape Cod for twenty years. She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental. Oddly, her brother Bear, beloved by all who knew him, disappeared fourteen years earlier.

The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Years earlier, Remy failed to protect her young charge, and now she's determined to locate the grown-up

Weir provides Grace with unexpected company, fascinating collaboration, fantastic interpersonal relationships Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

The details of everyday life are fantastic, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?

In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series, about a war college for dragon Twenty-year-old Violet was hoping to live out a studious, satisfyingly quiet future in the Scribe Quadrant

Chakraborty's Daevabad fantasy trilogy, The City of Brass ; and I'm reading Olivia Hawker's upcoming

Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year , and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. 01 Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman I loved this young So Cy leaves his ten-year-old daughter Bess with his sister, Bess's short-tempered aunt, although he expects to be away on his irrational, foolish travels for two years. (Two years!)

young lady staring unflinchingly at the reader from the striking cover of Adrienne Young's young adult fantasy She's had to rely on her survival skills to make it these long four years, and if she can find her father She's in--for a fantastic wardrobe, incredibly awkward moments, scripted romance, and a beautiful Malibu I haven't read a young adult fantasy book lately, and Fable is getting great reviews (Reese Witherspoon

The Gothic Undercurrents It's the perfect time of year to read some spooky, dark, gothic tales. Impossibly, the centuries-old figure bears a shocking resemblance to Elsie. Purcell takes us through the disturbing events surrounding one family living two hundred years apart by Allison Saft I adored the romantic setup and seemingly ill-fated attraction in Saft's young adult fantasy-mystery But the great young adult fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist

Schwab's historical fiction-fantasy story about vampires linked together through centuries.

But each of these series is complete, so if you haven't read them yet, you won't have to wait years for White's And I Darken, the first book in her Conquerer's Saga series, has cover art that to me evokes fantasy This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal relationship growth. 04 The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black The Folk of the Air is a young adult fantasy These six books were published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces

Which standout books have you read this year? The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. For my full review, please see When We Were the Kennedys. 04 Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Twelve-year-old

She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work. Oddly, her brother Bear, beloved by all who knew him, disappeared fourteen years earlier. The split between the largely blue-collar area and the privileged Van Lear family is shown to be stark The Van Lears' story draws in many of those who orbit around them; it's full of tragedy upon tragedy, I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!

Lists: Six 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 for Summer Reading Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any other romantic comedy or are the stars of the popular paranormal television show Intangible , and for multiple seasons they've yearned

Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; Maas I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while. of several of its beloved young people, and a fresh tragedy that brings the pain, grief, and loss of years

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm currently reading three fantasy titles: one young adult novel to be published It's been years since the tragedy, and Emery is home on the island of Saiorse, running her family's business

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

During the annual, chaotic community fair preceding this holidays, which this year is a rainy business Ten years later, we join the voyeuristic public and the insider news bursts in exploring what really happened years earlier. But in the ensuing years, Camilla can't stop obsessing over the unusual aspects of the siege: the violence Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

It's a revenge fantasy, but the issues at the heart of the story are real and weighty and important. about her fury at what many of her fellow female students have to put up with from young men who won't hear I imagined that the alligator angle might make for a campy revenge fantasy. And it is revenge fantasy. The author builds a framework in Deadly Waters of brutalized women's fear and anger, establishes the

fourstarbookreview 02 My Lady Jane: The Lady Janies Series ​ I'd had My Lady Jane on my to-read list for a couple of years fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball fantasy This is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter.

In Dear Girls, she writes affectionately about her family, and those parts resonate. And I do love hearing the stories of women in comedy.

One year later, they find themselves sitting in a fluorescent-lit classroom in their seaside town with He is, as always, wearing a corny, optimistic motto on his T-shirt. But they soon realize that Mr. Anabin is capable of powerful magic, that he knows where the teens have been trapped for the past year At almost 650 pages long, there's enough page time for Link to build various realities, tear them down I received a prepublication edition of this book (which was published this time last year, oops!)

excited to read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery

If you're familiar with actor Seth Rogen (Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Steve won't be surprised by the breadth and depth of drug-related and porn-related stories he includes in Yearbook This is a collection of essays and recollections that comes from Rogen's heart, and Yearbook feels like Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year

the only home she's ever known in order to save her genetic brother, she realizes that the revenge fantasies

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley's upcoming literary fantasy; Empire facts and indications that the opioids they distributed (to the tune of billions of dollars in profit a year

Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I've been thinking through my favorite books of the year for an upcoming year-end Greedy Reading List I'll be posting--and I'm always thankful for books and reading Which standout books have you read this year? What made them your favorites? This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. For my full review, please see When We Were the Kennedys. 04 Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Twelve-year-old

The diary's author is a Lutheran pastor who met and was witness to the fantastical, frightening, brutal Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year last year Still, Dorothy was supposed to be in stasis for years after suffering an emotional loss.

young lady staring unflinchingly at the reader from the striking cover of Adrienne Young's young adult fantasy She's had to rely on her survival skills to make it through the past four long years, and if she can

This Woven Kingdom is the first in Tahereh Mafi's fantasy trilogy of the same name.

indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling Phoebe arrives at the decadent Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, wearing a green dress and heels 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).

White's And I Darken, the first book in her Conquerer's Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal relationship growth. 04 The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black The Folk of the Air is a young adult fantasy These six books were published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces But each of these series are complete, so if you haven't read them yet, you don't have to wait years

newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. Annis lives with her mother on a Carolina rice plantation in the years before the Civil War, and when enslaver--the man who raped her mother and sired Annis--turns his lascivious attention to her, she fears In order to see the story through, I kept reminding myself that I was bearing witness to a fictional I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book! Feel free to comment and let me know!

01 The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller Fifty-year-old Elle is in her happy place--the house where make: stick with her contentment and comfortable current life and husband--or fulfill the dreams and fantasy : the evangelical church she grew up in and the inspiration and judgment she experienced there; her yearning

Fifty-year-old Elle is in her happy place--the house where she's spent a whole life of summers. , comfortable current life, the husband she loves, and her kids--or upset everything to explore the fantasy Characters are often lying, feeling betrayed, or actively in fear. (I loved my husband; I idolized my sister) seemed like shortcuts that avoided providing what I was yearning One tiny detail with no bearing on anything significant that nevertheless kept jumping out at me: almost

Just look at this gorgeously mesmerizing cover for Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy I've been putting Marie Lu's books into my son's hands for years, but I have never read a single one.

during Pandemic Times, one of the genres I find myself gravitating toward listening to is young adult fantasy I think the pacing and the fantastical worlds lend themselves well to audiobook form. Klune shows that we can be held back by fear of what we don't understand, or by a fear of either recognizing what we want or a fear of pursuing a need for our general happiness. story because of the tone and setup of the city and office for Linus, but Henning's narration didn't bear

I think you should know that going in, because it’s not the only fantastic thing, but it is one of the fantastic things in Elan Mastai's All Our Wrong Todays . Please click here for my full review of Life After Life . 05 In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 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.