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But after giving up the pro circuit, then working as an assistant tennis coach at the University of Michigan

skilled surfer Nina Riva--the daughter of legendary crooner Mick Riva--is about to throw her end-of-summer Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music, as well as the books The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, After

book as a favorite of his when we talked about reading and books on his Maybe I'm Amazed podcast last summer Decades after the events in question, our narrator continues to feel anguish about the role he may have

Three years after his death, she traveled to a remote Australian island--where she had once considered

And Princess Gisela of the Alpenwald, a dear friend of Alice's, goes missing just after Veronica shares

considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very At times, it feels a little as though Quinn is ticking every social justice box possible, but I didn't Nora thought of the Bill of Rights, which she saw in its case every day.

Her  husband has been away fighting for the Confederacy since soon after they were married, and Libby

My very favorite Bossy December reads! I hope every Bossy reader who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas this week! After the 2023 Thanksgiving Stomach Bug Debacle, I'm ready for a healthy and fun New Year's and 2024! After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit.

But for every person whose contentment and fulfillment come from faithfully executing a predetermined A senior in high school is, after all, entering into a jumping-off point for their lives, rather than ideas, to give your brain a vigorous workout and your soul a thorough investigation, to realize how very

a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and she's starting to wonder if she's ventured very far from her beginnings after all. Lord Hawthorn swore he was finished with magic for good after his twin sisters died.

Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise tension along with some sexy romantic interludes, and everything about this book wonderfully suited my summer I loved this one for a summer read! Single mom Jess is a data analyst. Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief, and the impossible-seeming prospect of going on after Meanwhile every visit to Daniel and his town builds up Alexis, fills her heart, teaches her about unconditional

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 that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after 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

fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real, read it in one rainy afternoon Greedy 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.

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become And there's an interesting boy she keeps running into, regardless of which paths and options she alters

Rwanda and through six other African countries—with her tough, hustling older sister Claire—during and after In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences

I thought about this one long after I finished it. Disturbing and a mind churner. Howarth has a sequel, Dust Off the Bones, scheduled for publication early this summer. 04 Doc by Mary and its many dangers; suffers grave wounds; and saves each other's skin countless times--including after Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader Not all of the members of my book club felt as strongly about this one as I did, but I adored every bit

to bite her tongue, and she feels like the poor treatment her husband shows her may be deserved, as after parents saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever

Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After

I’m the worst dream America ever had.” that he was called Good Stab by his family and friends, appears mysteriously in the congregation week after

and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of Nothing is too easy here, nor is it ever melodramatic in Napolitano’s hands. I loved this book. of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones 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 infiltrates the group, pretending to be interested in pledging--but the stakes are higher than she ever was reading Legendborn, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very I found Bree's main love interest Nick a little overbearing after a time.

The trip lasts seven weeks and involves challenge after challenge. Zamora takes us through what often feels like his literal step-by-step journey, without summarizing or

She can't have a home or a job because a landlord or employer would have no recollection of her after in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred years to remember her after she walks out the door, the next day, and every day afterward.

Bookworms, I hope your summer is full of fun, relaxation, adventure, and some breaks from the day-to-day I sometimes like to dig into a big nonfiction read during the summer, when I feel like time stretches

More from Jennifer Weiner Weiner is also the author of the novels Good in Bed,   That Summer,   Good Summer , The Summer Place , and more.

In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after the loss of her closest friend

In Memoriam is beautiful, frequently painful, and offers a layered, complicated version of happy ever after.

milling around talking at each other and preparing for their presentations are insufferable hacks, but after

Main protagonist Violet Powell is being released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving

family and friends, her discovery of her own strength, and the midlife renaissance she experienced after

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.

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

In Run for the Hills , Mad and her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully

But after his younger sister Lizzie evades her grandmother's attempts to bring her from England to the When Lizzie finds a secret notebook of her mother's, she becomes more determined than ever to solve the

Centuries after her death, spindly, awkward historian Owen Mallory unearths her story--and becomes inexorably

Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2022..So Far! shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and various early road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after

unintentionally negated his own vehement denial of climate change (views he aggressively spouted off that very evening to the uncomfortable gathered guests); and not very cleverly revealed thinly veiled dastardly interest in the mysterious, lost corona is part of his overall fascination with the decades before and after , to prevent destruction of further information, the world's digital file backups ("everything that ever After tragedies and disappointments, the novel ultimately shifts to forgiveness, practical adjustments

After all, she hasn't sacrificed, obsessed, planned, spent all her money on voice lessons, and humiliated

Meanwhile Frida gives birth to a child, Wanda, who she names after the storm, and who has a special gift to society that is possible, but few could have imagined the unraveling of society that takes place after

At age 15, after years of excruciating systematic suffering, Young escaped to Texas, enrolled in school After various naïve missteps during her entry into a more typical American life, she graduated and gravitated

01 In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adult books The majority of the speakers are insufferable hacks, but after Sandra's death, it becomes clear that divorced and feeling adrift...except that now she is positioned to live into her true self better than she ever

The shadowy, eerie tone of the first title in Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series gives way to heartwarming to disappear, and Sybil doubts for the first time whether their collective purpose is holy and noble after The eerie, shadowy tone set up at the beginning felt like a far more gentle version of Tamsyn Muir's

This book made it onto the recent Greedy Reading List Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction His writing is just gorgeous and I'm in for every word. This was a wonderful summer read for me and I loved it.

by Miranda Cowley Heller Fifty-year-old Elle is in her happy place--the house where she's spent her summers obsession, his injury, and his subsequent drug addiction; her mother's tough love, how she shut down after

Criollo in Oaxaca; Cosme in New York and soon Los Angeles; and Atla in New York. 02 Half Baked Harvest Every for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals by Tieghan Gerard In her newest cookbook, Half Baked Harvest Every and corresponding Instagram account and author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Chicken and Dumplings; Fettuccine with White Ragú; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies; and Strawberry Summer

This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having Annie was created to please her owner, Doug, in every way.

Painter is the author of another rom-com I adored, Better Than the Movies, as well as Happily Never After

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't classic, light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a summer past, and they all stand the test of time. In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add For classic light fiction and rom-com titles that are also great for summer reading, check out these before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story of a few summer

"After Hours" allowed me to delve back into Novik's Scholomance series, which I adored.

Their perspective of coming upon the devastation immediately after Sherman's March through Atlanta was Weller's Wilderness is set several decades after the Civil War, but the story pivots on Abel Truman's It is a strange thing, after all, to be able to return to a moment, when it can hardly be said to have 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