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- My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
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 The Body: A Guide for Occupants is made up of fascinating, funny, odd, and often unexpected information This is a heartwarming, funny, poignant, sassy tribute to a life fully lived and to a determination love I laughed out loud multiple times; Kal is funny without trying too hard, and his tone is accessible even
- Review of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
The best-friendship was lovely, the dialogue was often sweet and funny, and the attraction was sweet
- Review of No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler
Touching, honest, raw, funny, and full of gritty reflections about life and faith, this was a read that No Cure for Being Human is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and Kate Bowler is so wise and
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
I loved Painter's extremely funny, sweet Better Than the Movies and its believable young characters
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
friends while she's home coping--even though I know caregivers have to create well-earned breaks; and his funny She was gracious, funny, unassuming, and a pure delight to listen to.
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Sittenfeld's funny and sweet take on an unlikely romance sparked by a longtime SNL-type weekly skit show Romantic Comedy offers lots of funny, funny dialogue that delighted me.
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
full review, check out Open Book. 05 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl Grohl is funny His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition
This is an adorable fake-dating-in-paradise setup with funny dialogue, a wonderfully imperfect main protagonist
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
time-twisting mystery, buoyed by the characters' complex relationships; This Time It's Real, Ann Liang's funny 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
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny.
- Review of An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
meaning are delights: she is wise but unassuming, knowledgeable yet open to new experiences, and often funny She's wise but unassuming, knowledgeable and open to new experiences, funny and self-deprecating.
- Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom
The characters in White Houses are funny, heartbreaking, and feel alive.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/24/22 Edition
The Body: A Guide for Occupants is made up of fascinating, funny, odd, and often unexpected information This is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and so wise and wonderful.
- Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year
Holmes In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny Told in alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny time-jump premise McQuiston's characters explore loyalty, love, connection, and heartbreak in poignant, funny
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
review of The Excitements. 04 Good Material by Dolly Alderton Alderton's literary fiction rom-com is a funny Being with Jen list as well as a list of reasons why he's glad their relationship is over--tracing the funny
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/21 Edition
fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Funny The third book is titled The Worst of All Possible Worlds. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott
- Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved in the Past Year
I listened to Henry Winkler read his irresistibly candid, funny, and poignant memoir. audiobook and highly recommend immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she shares calm, wise, funny
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly. apart, but in the decades to come, when one of them feels adrift and lost, they come together in sassy, funny The banter between Bri and Jacob is funny and adorable, their attraction is sometimes steamy, the supporting
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
friends while she's home coping--even though I know caregivers have to create well-earned breaks; and his funny She was gracious, funny, unassuming, and a pure delight to listen to.
- Review of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Henry strikes the perfect tone for this wonderfully sweet, funny, friendship-based, romantic story that But Henry strikes the perfect tone for this wonderfully sweet, funny, friendship-based, romantic story
- Review of I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Yet McCurdy is witty, often funny, and candid.
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This was fascinating, sometimes funny, thoughtful, and lovely. The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it. Holmes In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/29/23 Edition
group may have grown apart, but when one of them feels adrift and lost, they come together in sassy, funny
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Click here for my full review of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott Elliott's book for young readers offers a boy-crazy, truly funny main protagonist in Haylah It's also truly funny, and I can't wait to read the next book. Click here for my full review of Pretty Funny for a Girl. 04 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the
- Review of The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4) by Maureen Johnson
The Box in the Woods is another smart, funny, intriguing young adult mystery from Maureen Johnson.
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
For my full review, please check out Awake . 04 The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai Desai's Sunny is a journalist in New York City, eager to escape his overbearing family home in India. I listened to the 688-page The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny as a 25.5-hour audiobook.
- Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman
We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and
- Review of Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
This short book packs delightfully odd, satisfying, and sometimes laugh-out-loud-funny moments. to See Here is a short book but it packs delightfully odd, satisfying, and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
review of Unsinkable. 05 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny
- Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
Funny, how truth changes in the telling. How a person becomes a myth, how a myth becomes a hero.
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I laughed out loud multiple times; Kal is funny without trying too hard, and his tone is accessible even Sunny Shelton shapes an oral history of two music idols, tracing their family lives, youthful experiences Reporter Sunny's connection to the two performers and their past was intriguing, and I very much enjoyed
- Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
audiobook and highly recommend immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she shares calm, wise, funny
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition
But McCurdy is witty, often funny, and candid. 03 The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy In Adam Hamdy's
- Review of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
Don't Tell Anybody is at times funny with a tragic undertone, as in the recounting of the song Lucinda
- Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
Grisha are being cruelly exploited for their powers by the ruthless Shu queen, and the horrifically evil Darkling Rule of Wolves was more evenly split between different characters--and especially as related to The Darkling
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
The story is funny, sometimes grotesque, at other times sweet, and full of surprises.
- Six Past Book Club Bossy Favorites
Didn't Want to Come by Jessica Pan Pan is wonderfully honest, appealingly thoughtful, and often so so funny
- Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros
But there's some funny dialogue here that made me laugh, and Yarros allows the characters to be less
- Review of I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman
offers a nice dose of feminism, realistically fraught mother-daughter interactions, and laugh-out-loud funny offers a nice dose of feminism, realistically fraught mother-daughter interactions, and laugh-out-loud funny
- Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder
unsympathetic, aggressive, and misled character, her brother Nick is unfailingly loyal, vulnerable, smart, funny
- Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
time-jump premise McQuiston's characters explore loyalty, love, connection, and heartbreak in poignant, funny
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a
- Review of Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The banter between Bri and Jacob is funny and adorable, their attraction is sometimes steamy, the supporting
- More 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
Science Buff 06 Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach Mary Roach is smart, curious, funny
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The Best of Me, a funny David Sedaris collection with plenty of heart; Beautiful World, Where Are You full review, check out Mary Jane. 06 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl Grohl is funny His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,
- Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
imagined current encounters with her mom, refusing to allow her many vivid memories of her formidable, funny
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
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.
- Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry
Win and Harriet's interactions, when they do begin communicating, are lovely and sweet and funny and
- Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
Martha Wells's Murderbot series (this is the first full-length book in the set) starts off strong: it's funny Later in the book, the gems that make this series so unexpectedly poignant and funny and delightful shine everyone to throw the mess into the recycler) before important guests arrive on the ship, which was so funny
















































