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This month my favorite reads were a missing-person camp story in two timelines; literary fiction set in Belfast during The Troubles; literary fiction about two brothers coping with the death of their father A frantic search takes place, and as the locals look for Barbara, various Van Lear secrets come to light An elderly woman is causing a major disruption on an airline flight. by Naomi Novik Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional

and lots of sweetness; The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first in Becky Chambers's science fiction , Fast the Wolves, Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction about a wolf and a gritty young woman's In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Black Woods, Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother brought her to the house has disappeared, and Morning House has a gruesome history that's coming to light

The Hero of This Book straddles the line between fiction and memoir, as the book feels like a deeply The freedom one fictional man grants you is immeasurable. The blurred line between fact and fiction allows the true heart of the book, a daughter's wonder, grief

In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama's book about facing adversity 01 The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama I read Michelle Obama's wonderful So I decided to listen to The Light We Carry and was instantly sure audiobook was the right format for She has been forced to hide in plain sight in order to evade those who would eliminate her family forever healing power of art--and realizes that trusting Micah with her complicated feelings and true self might

The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is a historical fiction art-focused mystery told in two timelines I found the story immensely satisfying. ...I realized I too had seen terrible sights, lived through awful husband and wife writing team of Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos) offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction This was immensely satisfying historical fiction. You can click here for lists of more historical fiction novels and historical fiction mysteries I've

The Robot Books It's been a long time since I've talked about science fiction and robot stories. And you can find Bossy science-fiction favorites at this link . Have you read any of these books? 01 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers Chambers's science fiction In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet , the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope.

A couple of these are historical fiction mysteries, one was jointly written by two authors, one was set 01 A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske The first book in Marske's duology is full of A Marvellous Light starts with a devastating ending (the demise of a character, caused by nefarious magicians I was completely hooked by A Marvellous Light, and I tried to slow down my reading to make it last. For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner Faulkner's

captivated by explorations of what make up a meaningful life (or death, or both) and by stories, true or fictionalized you're intrigued by facing the intertwined beauty and pain of our finite trips around the sun, you might Click here for my full review of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me. 05 The Light of the World by Elizabeth In The Light of the World, Elizabeth Alexander writes gorgeously about Ficre Ghebreyesus, the husband You can find my full review of The Light of the World here. 06 The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

heights of fame as the pop duo The Griffin Sisters--featured in Rolling Stone , performing on Saturday Night If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading

grief, loss, family conflicts, strangers' bonds, and sticky moral dilemmas related to a speculative-fiction allows those who are grieving or coping with tragedy to soften their emotions and emerge better able to function After a canceled flight, a carload of people head on a cross-country journey to the "poppy fields," as

Queens of London is fascinating historical fiction that explores the gritty underbelly of post-World This is immensely readable historical fiction. almost distractingly cleanly and without loose ends, with happy endings for favored characters on the right Heather Webb is also the author of Strangers in the Night, The Next Ship Home, and other novels.

This month my favorite reads were a historical-fiction fantasy set during the Spanish Inquisition; an adventure-fantasy inspired by a Chinese legend; literary fiction tracing life in a British boarding I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or I would light the fire. I would heat up this whole room. of Nottingham, things get complicated for both Mariel and Clem in this sassy, fun, queer historical fiction

This historical fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave Nora thought of the Bill of Rights, which she saw in its case every day. You can find more Bossy historical fiction reviews at this link .

dual-timeline historical fiction, based on actual events, shines in its vivid settings, richly imagined The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era If you're interested in Great Depression-era historical fiction like I am, you might also like the books

Front the Following Sea (a title that I admit I keep misremembering) by Leah Angstman and Cold the Night 01 Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman In Out Front the Following Sea, upcoming historical fiction this book--which comes out tomorrow--courtesy of NetGalley and Regal House Publishing. 02 Cold the Night , Fast the Wolves by Meg Long In Meg Long's debut young adult novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Festival Days is not light reading: "Cheri" delves into the last days of a woman who is terminally ill

Life and AI Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Lostetter Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a I really liked this, but I was surprised by how light it felt on fantasy elements. be or might have been between the sexes. up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

In the first in Leckie's Imperial Radch science fiction trilogy, Breq is AI trapped in a human soldier's extensive page time, while the action at hand takes only a moment. Science Fiction Reads I've Loved Check out the titles at this link (or search on the blog) for lists of science fiction reads I've loved, or for individual titles or aspects ( ragtag space crew, anyone that you might like too.

Patrick Ryan's literary fiction traces decades of the messy, poignant lives of two families shaped by In Patrick Ryan's literary fiction title Buckeye , which begins before World War II and spans to the general relief turns to fear when she learns that her husband, serving out of harm's way on a cargo ship, might How they managed to stumble into some of the right steps, after taking all the wrong ones? For more family stories you might like, please check out the Bossy reviews at this link .

If you're interested in this book, you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set Elizabeth Crook is also the author of The Which Way Tree; The Night Journal; Monday, Monday; and other

admission book, The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber; I'm reading Olivia Hawker's newest historical fiction Earth; and I'm listening to The Great Transition, Nick Fuller Googins's postapocalyptic climate-change fiction the Earth by Olivia Hawker I love Olivia Hawker's books (see links below), and her newest historical fiction Olivia Hawker is also the author of The Fire and the Ore and The Ragged Edge of Night, and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: two historical fiction stories, gothic magical realism, science fiction, a character-driven mystery, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica 01 October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker Hawker's newest historical fiction gives a wonderfully evocative Olivia Hawker's newest historical fiction is set in Depression-era Kentucky. Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

In Daisy Jones & the Six , Reid offers a fictionalized account (written as fictional interviews) of the I thought the interview format might possibly get tiresome, but Reid skillfully builds the story, the

Six More Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads This is the third of three contemporary fiction lists I've recent-past reading for my favorite reads of the past year--you can find my first list of contemporary fiction find out about my overall favorite reads from last year, or you can read about past Bossy contemporary fiction What are some of your favorite contemporary fiction reads, whether from the past year or beyond? If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success Opal considers reconciling with Nev for a set of reunion performances, truths from the past come to light If you like fiction about music, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

intrigued by the post-World War II repercussions on small-town Minnesota and by the dark secrets coming to light share of prejudice and poor treatment (I felt as though their unruffled receipt of much of this abuse might And even Brody and his family have secrets that would destroy them if they came to light.

special FBI unit solving complex mysteries; and I'm listening to memoirist Jennette McCurdy's debut fiction Vernice headed to Spelman College, befriending powerful young women, fighting inequality, and finding but I had to find out how McCurdy's command of narrative nonfiction storytelling would translate into fiction

by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish fighting In the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of Nagamatsu Nagamatsu's science fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague. Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to--someone who is light years This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

Bossy Favorites of the Month Here are my six favorite reads of September, with a strong literary fiction In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully For my full review, please check out The Fraud . 04 Buckeye by Patrick Ryan Patrick Ryan's literary fiction In Patrick Ryan's literary fiction title Buckeye , which begins before World War II and spans to the full review, please check out Buckeye . 05 What We Can Know by Ian McEwan Ian McEwan's new literary fiction

hanged and then beheaded, with her disembodied head placed upon a spike as a warning to others who might She might gain additional context by sending and replying promptly to key emails, but Alison experiences More Historical Fiction Favorites This is Jennifer N. Brown's first novel. For more historical fiction Bossy favorites, please check out the Greedy Reading Lists and titles here

Read on for what I loved reading in March: The Night Ship, historical fiction set in two timelines featuring magical realism; Hello Beautiful, contemporary fiction about a family that breaks and finds its way Weyward, a multi-timeline witchy story; August Kitko and the Mechas from Space, wonderfully wacky science fiction 01 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Kidd's dual-timeline historical fiction, based on actual events, shines The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines

Six Great Bossy Fantasy Reads I knew I was reading some gooood science fiction and fantasy, but didn't You can find my recent-ish two lists of favorite science fiction and fantasy reads from the past year here: Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I've Loved in the Past Year And you can click here for other science fiction The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines

I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books (all but one are fiction) offers that very thing I also have another list of titles in this category, and all of the titles on that list but one are fiction I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? regiment of night bombers. In Elizabeth Wein's young adult historical fiction novel, it's 1943, and a British spy plane has crashed

February is the shortest month, but I squeezed in some great reading: compelling historical fiction based fast-paced WWII-set mystery for young readers that came out of a writing collaboration; and historical fiction disjointed-feeling set of complex situations into a tragically beautiful intertwined novel that shines a light II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction The Rose Code . 06 Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction

wishing for more exploration into the human condition as contrasted with the carefully scripted robot functioning , or more self-reflection to shine a light on humans' desires and fallibility, or some thread of deeper You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien

You might also like the books on my past Greedy Reading Lists Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads and 02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned The story begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late one night. But she knows that last night was real. Somehow she's reliving yesterday again.

These were my six favorite reads of January--an intriguing memoir, a five-star literary fiction wonder please see Strangers . 02 This Is Happiness by Niall Williams This is gorgeous Niall Williams literary fiction , please check out this link . 04 Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Charlotte Wood's literary fiction The main protagonist (who is not named) in Charlotte Wood's literary fiction Stone Yard Devotional  is is dead, and Violet Thistlewaite is determined to shed her identity as the Thornwitch, Shadowfade's right-hand

series, has cover art that to me evokes fantasy, but the series is actually captivating historical fiction This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph , Mortal In Ruin and Rising , The Darkness is ruling Ravka, and the light and power meant to weaken him seem far Johansen Exiled Princess Kelsea is trying to reclaim the crown her mother squandered away, while also fighting

which is set during a devastating earthquake, Tilt ; I'm reading Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer. for this novel. 02 The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian In Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction Her husband has been away fighting for the Confederacy since soon after they were married, and Libby

female assassins; I'm reading Karen Russell's recently published, intriguing magical-realism historical fiction It was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction books in the series.) 02 The Antidote by Karen Russell A terrible dust storm is raging through the fictional

Killers of a Certain Age was darkly funny, action-packed, feminist, and friend-focused. , spry, deadly answers to those who have broken moral codes--and who have our protagonists in their sights It was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and Somebody has to put the chessboard to rights, pick up the wrecked pieces and set it back at the start Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

DeLozier's debut novel is richly detailed historical fiction set in fourteenth-century Avignon. In Elizabeth DeLozier's historical fiction Eleanore of Avignon , it's 1347, and the titular character More Books You Might Like I listened to Eleanore of Avignon  as a library audiobook via Libby.

In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era complicated between Val and Eve and John, Eve and John themselves, and regarding the couple's circumspect right-hand-man I love a Great Depression-set story, and in Frazier's literary fiction The Trackers, he immerses us in If you're interested in Great Depression-era historical fiction like I am, you might also like the books

ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story The Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series, Where the Light written a series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic historical fiction

And in 2019 Boston, Alice is trying to break out of her shell at college, and a one-night stand feels You can check out my review of book 3, A Conjuring of Light , here .) 04 Silver Elite by Dani Francis I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Camelot will be secure from would-be usurpers, and the kingdom will be inspired again by bravery and might important roles in the tale--are all misfits who don't inspire great confidence, but collectively, they fight

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Paula McLain's newest historical fiction told in two timelines, 01 Skylark by Paula McLain Paula McLain's Skylark is a historical fiction story set in Paris and told is dead, and Violet Thistlewaite is determined to shed her identity as the Thornwitch, Shadowfade's right-hand

visitors through issues and opportunities with technology, suggest community resources for those who might Anyway, I wanted new, fresh ideas for titles in that vein that I might like. Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian For other science fiction and fantasy books I've read and reviewed, please check out the titles at this

The Other Valley is literary fiction with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore,