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She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental.

fiction, two historical fiction mysteries (one with magical elements at its heart), a fictionalized memoir Truth. 05 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken McCracken straddles the line between novel and memoir The Hero of This Book straddles the line between fiction and memoir, as the letter feels deeply like The Hero of This Book is one way in which the author refuses to allow her many vivid memories of her

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,

story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to resolve her memory

It's January 1889, and Veronica and her natural historian beau Stoker are working on a memorial exhibition

Rory Docherty has returned to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time

01 Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon It's the last day of high school, and nemeses Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have battled bitterly for every title, position, honor, and moment of recognition during their high school career. They wake up today texting their usual taunts and challenges. But today will be different: this is the day they'll find out which of them has earned the desired title of class valedictorian. For the unfortunate one, the only hope of regaining glory would be to win the elaborate seniors' game of Howl, a challenging competition that spans the city of Seattle. And if Neil and Rowan look like they're teamed up for the game, it's only because they each intend to use their teammate to get into a winning position--and then take them down. But spending time working together for once allows Rowan and Neil to see sides of the other person that aren't so infuriating and off-putting after all. It sounds crazy, but in a way, they almost seem like the perfect match. Rachel Lynn Solomon's young adult novel Today Tonight Tomorrow feels like a smart, sweet read to start the new year. (For my review, see Today Tonight Tomorrow.) 02 The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins In Rachel Hawkins's mystery The Wife Upstairs, set for January 5, 2021 publication, the main players and their histories aren't what they seem. Jane is a young woman who is new to Birmingham, Alabama. She's seemingly trustworthy and nonthreatening, the perfect dog-walker for upscale Mountain Brook families. And if, while she's taking care of their beloved pets, Jane slips a few small valuables into her pockets, to sell for cash or just because she can, no one is likely to ever be the wiser. But Jane--who's taken on this new name and is desperate to leave her dark past behind her--has wormed her way into the idyllic community in the aftermath of a tragedy. Two of the neighborhood's cherished young wives, longtime best friends, died months earlier in a boating accident. When Jane places herself in the path of one of the widowers and he shows interest in her, she can't believe her luck. This could be a better new beginning than even she could have manipulated into reality. But is Jane doing the scheming, or is something more sinister going on? I received a prepublication copy of this book from St. Martin's Press and NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review. (For my review, see The Wife Upstairs.) 03 Here For It by R. Eric Thomas In Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America, R. Eric Thomas, the creator of Elle's sassy and smart "Eric Reads the News" column, shares his thoughts, experiences, and reflections about life and the world around us with honesty and humor. In essays that are sometimes heartbreaking, often inspiring, and that frequently make me laugh out loud, Thomas explores his sheltered youth, his growing realizations that he was different than most people he knew, his shame and fear about living as his authentic self, and his meandering path toward his current life circumstances, in which he is living as he once only dreamed: he is joyfully challenged professionally, he is unapologetically his own unique self, he is exploring his complicated relationship with religion, and he deeply loves and is loved by his (pastor) husband. My friend Katherine recommended this book to me last spring and I'm finally getting around to reading it--I'm actually listening to it as an audiobook, and I adore hearing Thomas's voice take me through his essays. This is refreshing and so playful yet thoughtful, I love it so far. (I finished! For my full review, see Here For It.) What are you reading to start the new year? I've just started Today Tonight Tomorrow, my book club's first title of the year, and I do like the idea easing into 2021 with a young adult nemeses-fall-in-love premise. The Wife Upstairs has been aging nicely in my Kindle for months, until my realization that its publication date was fast approaching. It's a fast and engaging read so far, which also feels just right for these gray days of winter. And I'm listening to R. Eric Thomas read his audiobook, which I highly recommend. His voice and delivery are fabulous. What are you reading at the start of this new year? I just picked up an armful of library holds, and along with the stack of books I received as holiday gifts, I am now in possession of all the books. I hope this weekend holds some cozy reading time with books you love.

For my full review, please check out The Everlasting . 05 This American Woman : A One-in-a-Million Memoir Her memoir is candid, poignant, funny, and always entertaining. I laughed out loud repeatedly while I was reading this charming memoir by this strong, funny woman. For more memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory

hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the red door and visions of the past are real memories

She's built years of happy memories in their low-key beach house rental. For my full review, check out The Goddess of Warsaw . 06 In Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's account Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. In Memoriam is beautiful, frequently painful, and offers a layered, complicated version of happy ever I listened to In Memoriam  as an audiobook. For my full review, please see In Memoriam .

When she flees to remote California, her ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures

young woman figuring out her place in the world, Mary Jane; and Dave Grohl's irresistible music-mania memoir Whether Sedaris is reliving specific, offbeat memories and mining them for poignancy and also laughs, I listened to Dave Grohl's memoir, in which he tracks his youth in Springfield, Virginia; through his

story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to resolve her memory

hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the red door and visions of the past are real memories

heart the very same--through their unspeakable loss, desire for revenge, search for meaning, haunting memories

Isabelle can't stop searching for her son, but she begins to wonder if she's an unreliable source of memories

her experiences through her childlike point of view, which allows for a painfully pure set of painful memories

Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories

When she flees to remote California, her ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures

reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny, raw, thoughtful memoir Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special. scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories

determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

I included an immersive memoir (check out my endless Greedy Reading Lists of memoirs for more in this In doing so, he traces old memories and tracks down details from his childhood, reliving moments, piecing I listened to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile, and I can't imagine feeling the full emotions

referred to in the book's title, there is a captivating, dark, in-between world of floating, nebulous memories

Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. I listened to In Memoriam  as an audiobook. For my full review, please see In Memoriam . 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. And for a bajillion other Bossy memoir reviews, check out the titles at this link .

her parents' accounts hold merit, and begins to wonder with horror whether she can trust even her own memories

His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

Reading memoirs centered around cancer is not always a go for me, but this book was special. scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories full review, check out Our Woman in Moscow. 08 You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn ​Penn's thoughtful memoir Penn pulls his memoir into another gear when he adds the fascinating layer of accidental political activism

It asks us to consider who sets and shapes our shared national memory and what and who gets left out.

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

Songteller includes previously unpublished photos, behind-the-scenes stories and memories. 05 The Bird

Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. In Memoriam is beautiful, frequently painful, and offers a layered, complicated version of happy ever I listened to In Memoriam  as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and especially on memories

With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them

With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them

second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories

by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare yet fully developed memoir Newman's lets the reader into Edi and Ash's rabbit warren of private jokes and moments and memories,

01 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner In her memoir Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner takes unflinching I listened to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile, and I can't imagine feeling the full emotions Whether Sedaris is reliving specific, offbeat memories and mining them for poignancy and also laughs,

And memory is not strictly mortal in its nature, either.

her parents' accounts hold merit; and begins to wonder with horror whether she can trust even her own memories

Cavanagh's twisty revenge mystery, Kill for Me, Kill for You ; and I'm listening to Maria Bamford's candid memoir , Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere . I don't love the title, but I'm hooked on the story. 03 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of memoirs I've read.

listening to The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman; and I'm listening to author Arundhati Roy's memoir sabotage. 02 Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The author of The God of Small Things shares a memoir For more Bossy reviews of memoirs please check out the titles at this link . 03 The Man Who Died Twice

If you like to read memoirs like I do, you might be interested in the Greedy Reading Lists here: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing 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 Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

set in glamorous Capri by Katy Hays, Saltwater ; I'm listening to standup comedian Youngmi Mayer's memoir , I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying ; and for my book club I'm listening to Patric Gagne's memoir, Sociopath Hays is also the author of The Cloisters . 02 I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer standup comedian and podcast host, and she is intrigued by dark humor, aiming to inject it into her memoir I'm listening to I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying as an audiobook. 03 Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne

The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Her wonderful food-focused memoirs Garlic and Sapphires  and Tender at the Bone  were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite , and you can find my review of Save Me the Plums , her memoir about heading up Gourmet magazine, here .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading 01 Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher In the first of Cher's two-part memoir, she traces some of her So far the memoir feels focused on more of an account of what occurred, with emotional confusion and

century rural Scotland, Clear ; and I'm reading comedian and former pro tennis player Michael Kosta's memoir Tommy Tomlinson was a reporter for the Charlotte Observer for over two decades and is the author of a memoir Michael Kosta I didn't know anything about Michael Kosta when I began reading this book, but I love memoirs

opening up after heartbreak by David Nicholls; and I'm listening to Australian actress Rebel Wilson's memoir I'm listening to You Are Here as an audiobook. 03 Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson I love to read a memoir --if you haven't yet, you might want to check out the many stand-alone memoir reviews and memoir-focused A friend recommended actress Rebel Wilson's memoir Rebel Rising , and I'm listening to the Australian's