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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a romantic book about aspiring musicians with intertwined pasts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/25 Edition
upcoming fantasy novel Break Wide the Sea ; I'm reading Seth Haddon's debut fiction novel Volatile Memory Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series. 02 Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory Volatile Memory is Seth Haddon's science fiction debut. 03 Culpability by Bruce Holsinger The Cassidy-Shaws
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
click here for my full review of The Rom-Commers . 05 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley Crosley's memoir In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People , she explores life after the loss of her closest friend I was intrigued by Crosley's mindset and the dark humor, devastating grief, and powerful memories she
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition
novel; I'm listening to the memoir The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman; and I'm Martin's Press, Wednesday Books, and NetGalley. 02 The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir But a memoir, read by the author? As usual, I'm in!
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
When a documentary shines a light on Margot again, Billy's longtime crush on the musician is renewed.
- Review of Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Umrigar is also the author of The Space Between Us, Bombay Time, and the memoir First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood.
- Review of I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom
also the author of White Houses , which I gave 5 Bossy stars, the heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
inhabitants in a New England cabin, North Woods; I'm listening to Henry Winkler's charming, candid memoir Press. 02 Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler I'm listening to Henry Winkler read his memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition
rom-coms with weighty issues at its core, Just for the Summer; and I'm listening to Sloane Crosley's memoir Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In Sloane Crosley's memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
When he's set up as the guide for a famous musician, he baits her line, carries her gear, and sets her
- Review of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
In doing so, he traces old memories and tracks down details from his childhood, reliving moments, piecing Maxwell wrote six novels and a memoir, Ancestors.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/4/22 Edition
, a light fiction meet cute; and I'm reading Amy Bloom's heartbreaking, thoughtful, brutally honest memoir in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading. 03 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom In her memoir In Love, the wonderful author Amy Bloom shares the story I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality, and Kate Bowler's No Cure for Being Human is another
- Review of Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson
Tommy Tomlinson was a reporter for the Charlotte Observer for over two decades and is the author of a memoir
- Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality
intertwined beauty and pain of our finite trips around the sun, you might also want to check out the memoirs I've loved on my first Greedy Reading List on the subject, Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality 01 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom Amy Bloom writes with brutal honesty about her heartbreak In her memoir In Love, author Amy Bloom shares the story of an impossible situation: the pending loss Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special.
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
For my full review of this book, check out One Last Stop . 02 The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell In Lisa Maxwell's The Last Magician , a smart master thief bends time and finds her loyalties divided in turn-of-the-century who's a genius with knives, and Harte Darrigan as a stage (and actual) magician whose loyalties are difficult I don't think it benefited me to listen to The Last Magician , the first in Maxwell's series, as an audiobook For my full review of this book, check out The Last Magician . 03 Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle A.G.
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
There's suspense, memoir, science fiction, and historical fiction here. I listened to Katie Couric's memoir Going There, in which she traces her media career from its modest Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about Or simply search "Memoir" in the Bossy search bar you can find on each page of this site.
- Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
01 Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young Young offers a brutally honest behind-the-scenes and a front-row view of the misogyny and gaslighting she experienced in the military in this powerful memoir For my full review, check out Lucy by the Sea. 04 Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora Zamora's memoir of perspective, which also serves to keep us focused on moment-by-moment sensations and concerns and makes the memoir
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads
in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental. click here to see my full review of Intermezzo . 12 Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten Ina's memoir specialty food shop in the Hamptons (and television show), Barefoot Contessa, offers a personal, charming memoir And for a bajillion other Bossy memoir reviews, check out the titles at this link .
- Review of Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
In this memoir, Ford shares how she navigated an unforgiving childhood and complicated relationships In her memoir Somebody's Daughter, Ford explores her complicated relationship with her mother, her endless I read Ford's memoir Somebody's Daughter around the same time I read the memoir Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, and as I was beginning to read Brandi Carlile's memoir Broken Horses. These three memoirs have commonalities I didn't expect--though they offer varied voices and tones--and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/1/22 Edition
Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez; and I'm listening to Mean Baby, Selma Blair's memoir prepublication copy of this book courtesy of HarperCollins Children's Books and NetGalley. 03 Mean Baby: A Memoir In her memoir, Blair takes the reader through her childhood, where she is steadily called Mean Baby--
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/17/22 Edition
memoir, Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James; the love-story-in-reverse 01 Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James Kendra James was the first African-American In Admissions, James offers a memoir that is partly a social critique, partly a recounting of absurdities
- Review of A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
He was mentally already checked out of town in favor of his amazing future as a musician and his college
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/25 Edition
Nathaniel Ian Miller is also the author of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven . 02 The Nickel Boys by Colson
- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
interested in books that explore mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/28/22 Edition
recent mystery about the disappearances of young women and seeking justice; I'm listening to Kal Penn's memoir Stone to be produced as a limited television series. 02 You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn I'm in for memoirs , and lately I've been drawn to memoirs by funny people in particular. But Penn pulls his memoir into another gear when he adds the fascinating layer of accidental political
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
When We Were the Kennedys is a memoir about grieving deeply, leaning on family and community in a crisis I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/20/22 Edition
Southern mystery that also explores issues of race and power; and I'm listening to Molly Shannon's memoir A Memoir by Molly Shannon Should I begin this review by admitting that I kind of, sort of followed Molly Her memoir focuses largely on her younger years, but also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/25 Edition
also the author of White Houses , which I gave 5 Bossy stars, the heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/24 Edition
listening to the quirky Japanese story We'll Prescribe You a Cat ; and I'm listening to Patrick Bringley's memoir
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
favorite reads were a playful, poignant novel set during the week leading up to an ill-fated wedding; the memoir of this book, please see The Wedding People . 02 Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten Ina's memoir specialty food shop in the Hamptons (and television show), Barefoot Contessa, offers a personal, charming memoir
- Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp
Katie Vaughn has been single for a year, since her former fianc é , an up-and-coming musician, hit it
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/27/22 Edition
love, and shifts in time; and I'm also listening to Mary Laura Philpott's Bomb Shelter, her second memoir Stories to Explore. 03 Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott In her new memoir Philpott is also the author of the memoir I Miss You When I Blink.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition
publication tomorrow); and an upcoming book club book for me, Solito, which is poet Javier Zamora's memoir received a prepublication edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley and Atria Books. 03 Solito: A Memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition
from Olivia Hawker; I'm listening to I'm Glad My Mom Died, the memoir from actress Jennette McCurdy about I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy I wasn't familiar with McCurdy when I began listening to her memoir
- Review of The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion by Barbara Brown Taylor
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, Learning to Walk in the Dark, and Leaving Church: A Memoir
- Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne
Haunted by the past and threatened in the present, Gretel shapes the novel with disturbing memories from Gretel's unwanted bond with the young boy downstairs brings memories flooding back from her own childhood
- Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
My own memories receded and the book memories became the real memories, far more than the outside, far
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/4/22 Edition
tomorrow) bitingly funny novel about politics and family; I'm listening to Seth Rogen’s funny, silly memoir courtesy of NetGalley and Henry Holt & Company. 02 Yearbook by Seth Rogen Last week I mentioned my memoir love (again) and how I've recently been drawn to memoirs by funny people (as with Kal Penn's You Can't
- Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year
When a documentary shines a light on Margot again, Billy's longtime crush on the musician is renewed.
- Review of The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
His mother died when he was young, and he has no memory of her. Ta-Nehisi Coates also wrote the memoir Between the World and Me.
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
When a documentary shines a light on Margot again, Billy's longtime crush on the musician is renewed.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition
Stanley Tucci is also the author of cookbooks and the memoir Taste: My Life Through Food . 03 The Charm
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
For my full review, check out Maame. 02 Solito by Javier Zamora Zamora's memoir of his grueling journey perspective, which also serves to keep us focused on moment-by-moment sensations and concerns and makes the memoir Newman's lets the reader into Edi and Ash's rabbit warren of private jokes and moments and memories,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/21/22 Edition
Where the Forest Meets the Stars, a book I loved; and my book club's next read, Beautiful Country: A Memoir (to be published March 22) courtesy of NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing. 03 Beautiful Country: A Memoir In her memoir Beautiful Country, Wang shares the small joys she discovered as a little girl in New York
- Six Backlist Summer Favorites
The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians
- Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads from the Past Year
Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the It asks us to consider who sets and shapes our shared national memory and what and who gets left out.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Stanley Tucci's memoir Taste: My Life Through Food; I'm reading 01 Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci I've been on an ongoing audiobook memoir kick, and Stanley In this memoir, the charming, food-obsessed cookbook author and actor shares the stories behind his Italian-American
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
For my full review of this book, check out One Last Stop. 02 The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell In Lisa Maxwell's The Last Magician, a smart master thief bends time and finds her loyalties divided in turn-of-the-century who's a genius with knives, and Harte Darrigan as a stage (and actual) magician whose loyalties are difficult I don't think it benefited me to listen to The Last Magician, the first in Maxwell's series, as an audiobook For my full review of this book, check out The Last Magician. 03 Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle A.G.
















































