A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which is set at a magical school with classmates realize, which is just how El wants it--fears she might accidentally take him out before she can master El is grumbly and abrupt, not looking for friends-nor making very many--as she speaks plainly and bristles However, I am ALL IN on the series: El, Orion, the burgeoning alliances, and the twisty turns Novik has The Last Graduate, the second book in this series, is slated for publication in June 2021.

The Books I'm Reading Now Library audiobook alert: I'm listening to the twisty mystery First Lie Wins Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and success of their first solved mystery For my review of the first book in this series, The Thursday Murder Club , please check click this link

I knew immediately that I would definitely read the next in the series. of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) and The Lost Man, which I mentioned in my Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries

I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series takes place in Victorian London, and the immensely appealing Carriger has written five Parasol Protectorate series books and a short prequel, so if you're up for This book was part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #LGBTQ, #series, #fourstarbookreview

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All three books in this series held up for me in a big way. The Bear and the Nightingale is the first in the series, and The Winter of the Witch is the final book #fantasyscifi, #russia, #youngadult, #series, #fourstarbookreview

Katherine Arden finishes out the trilogy in typical mesmerizing fashion, with her usual masterful balance This book follows the other books in the series, The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower I highly recommend this series. #russia, #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #fourstarbookreview

But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

(I mentioned her Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series twentysomething Krishan has moved home to live with his mother and grandmother in the city of Colombo, Sri He begins the long journey to the war-torn area of northern Sri Lanka to pay tribute to Rani, and he's

I gave this first book in the series three stars, which for me meant it had promise but didn't knock I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview 05 We, the Drowned ​ I own this book. humorous, and it includes Vikings, seafaring adventure, “nefarious company,” a town run by women, and “a mysterious #nordic, #series, #historicalfiction What are your favorite Nordic-set or -focused books?

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm excited to the second, Harrow the Ninth. #fantasyscifi, #series, #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

This fantastic book is the first in Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series. Five books in the series have been published, and a sixth is scheduled for 2021. I love when I find a new-to-me series with multiple books already available for me to binge read. I can’t wait to read the others in this series. #mysterysuspense, #series, #historicalfiction, #london, #fourstarbookreview

I really liked Roth's Divergent, but the second book in that series fell off for me and I didn't read #fantasyscifi, #timetravel, #series, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

I very much enjoyed harking back to the childhoods of the Fetch, Row Finn, and Jonathan Tear to better I already miss my favorite characters from the series. read this ending to the trilogy before delving into the prequel because I'd read the others in the series

Henry's upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great Big Beautiful Life ; I'm listening to the first mystery in a series, The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens; and I'm reading Charlotte McConaghy's haunting and mysterious Story , Happy Place , and Book Lovers . 02 The Life We Bury ( Joe Talbert #1) by Allen Eskens In this mystery This is the first in a series of three books about Joe Talbert. 03 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Black Woods, Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother and mysterious ; and I'm reading Death at Morning House , a stand-alone young-adult mystery by the author of the Truly Devious series, Maureen Johnson. But Arthur is mysterious, and he's not who Birdie thought he was. is a stand-alone young adult novel by Maureen Johnson, who is also the author of the Truly Devious series

really enjoyed Hearne's Ink & Sigil last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series

Kills Well with Others , the newest novel in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Killers of a Certain Age series Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn The first installment of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series author of the wonderful Killers of a Certain Age , which was the first in the Killers of a Certain Age series And I loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently nine books in the series.) 02 The Antidote by Karen Russell A terrible dust storm

I didn't include some obvious options like the Harry Potter series or Roald Dahl's The Witches, nor did are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series romance of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books and the angst, emotions, and forbidden love of the Twilight series I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more There are four books in this series from Harkness, and I found the others even more magical than this

haunted by his secret; and I'm reading The Forgotten Kingdom, the second in Signe Pike's fantastic series But the white master of the plantation is Hiram's biological father, and composed young Hiram is set his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time and space. The details of life at the time are wonderful, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and so far this book is reminding me of The

stepdaughter who are dear to each other; I'm listening to Lena Dunham's newest memoir about devastating, mysterious novel courtesy of Libro.fm and Harper. 02 Famesick by Lena Dunham In her new memoir, the creator of the series Through various mysterious, excruciating, debilitating ailments, conditions, and limitations, Dunham

01 Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles . This was like a Secret Garden for grown-ups, with intertwined, mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and Can a person’s character or morality be decided in a moment, or in a series of defining moments? I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year .

band, its making, and its unmaking, through interviews with various characters that illuminate the mysterious their mesmerizing lead singer Daisy, the group's complicated interpersonal conflicts, and the band's mysterious The story has been adapted into one season of a television series.

I read half but didn't finish this second in the Monsters of Verity series. This is the second in Schwab's Monsters of Verity series; the first is This Savage Song, which I gave #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #didnotfinish

emotional underpinnings, Say You'll Remember Me ; and I'm reading Olivia Waite's slim science fiction-mystery , the first in a series, Murder by Memory . . 03 Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite In Olivia Waite's slim science-fiction mystery In this outer-space-set mystery, Dorothy must figure out who's behind the destruction and how to save

In the third book in the series, the significant romantasy elements take a back seat to quests for knowledge But the mysteries surrounding the power of their enemies, her own dragon, and the future of her beloved Violet's chronic illness and accommodations, which were introduced and highlighted in book one of the series This installment of the series offered less page time to the dramaaaatic elements, but there's no denying that this series is romantasy--and for me, the romantasy pieces are the least intriguing elements.

For my full review--I rated this mystery 4 stars--please check out this link . Other mysteries you might want to gift: Richard Osman's charming Thursday Murder Club series , Steve Kill for Me, Kill for You , or the most recent in Tess Gerritsen's retired-spies-in-Maine Martini Club series elite training, magical abilities, and complex conflicts between classes in the first in this dystopian series This is the first in a series and I'm really looking forward to reading the next installment.

setting in 19th-century Scotland; I'm reading Kate Atkinson's most recent Jackson Brodie mystery, Death This is the sixth installment in Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, but it can be read as a stand-alone Leigh Bardugo is also the author of Ninth House , Hell Bent , the King of Scars series ( Rule of Wolves is book two), the Six of Crows series, the Shadow and Bone series ( which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series ) and The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and

lightfiction, #heartwarming 02 Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel ​ Boy oh boy, this fifth book in the series is so very good so far. #robots, #fantasyscifi, #series, #uniquePOV 03 The House in the Cerulean Sea ​ I like to listen to fantasy Management sends lonely, steady, pushed-around Linus, a case worker for magical children in orphanages, to a mysterious Linus is expected to report back with details about what Arthur Parnassus, the mysterious master on site

A series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn The fifth book in the Veronica Speedwell series I listened to this as an audiobook, which is wonderfully narrated, as the rest of the series has been I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of (There are currently eight books in the series, with a ninth scheduled for publication in 2024.)

Beneath the Keep, to be published 2/2/21, is a prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (three other books are in the series, The Queen of the Tearling, The Invasion of the Tearling, and The Some of the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace, and also the Fetch Maura; Brenna and Arlen; Aislynn and Liam); these bonds are similarly key in the final book of the series Throughout the series there is a dark undercurrent that serves as either a motivator for warped debauchery

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Keep, which is set for publication next week, is a prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (there are three other books in the series, the fantastic Queen of the Tearling as well as The Invasion I'm curious to see if the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are He has written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series, and the mystery with some darkness and depth.

one was slow going in the middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series This fifth book in Martha Wells's Murderbot series (this is the first full-length book in the set) starts Later in the book, the gems that make this series so unexpectedly poignant and funny and delightful shine #robots, #fantasyscifi, #series, #offbeat, #uniquePOV, #LGBTQ, #threestarbookreview

excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in the Skyhunter series When a mysterious prisoner from the front arrives who could be friend or foe, our main protagonist Talin Lu has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy Flora's brother as well as their childhood friend, the laird's son, are both serving in the military,

listening to A Steeping of Blood , the second in Hafsah Faizal's supernatural fantasy Blood and Tea series of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) by Hafsah Faizal The first installment in Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series offered intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady For my review of the first book in this series, please see A Tempest of Tea .

end of her marriage, Strangers ; I'm listening to Listen for the Lie author Ashley Elston's upcoming mystery Anatomy of an Alibi ; and I'm listening to Jennifer Givhan's mystery-thriller-horror story featuring courtesy of NetGalley and Random House. 02 Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston I loved Ashley Elston's mystery one of my Bossy Fiction Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List ; and it was on my recent list of Four-Star Mysteries novel Salt Bones made it onto multiple best-of lists for 2025, and I've been in a mystery-reading mood

The first installment of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series was a fun, darkly funny, feminist If Raybourn keeps writing this series, I'll read every last installment. author of the wonderful   Killers of a Certain Age , which was the first in the Killers of a Certain Age series And I loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently nine books in the series.)

Love Experiment, a spinoff of The Soulmate Equation, which I loved; I'm reading the upcoming Western mystery and I'm listening to A Perilous Undertaking, the second in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries. Raybourn I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries.

I loved this first installment of Young's two-book series, which features pirates, a brave young heroine Fable, the first in a planned two-book series, offers pirates, a little forbidden romance, a handful

(Jennings has also authored a series of Junior Genius Guides to U.S. presidents, the human body, dinosaurs Rowling I'm just finishing the Harry Potter series for the third time (I read it once on my own before found I've been resisting reading this year's Troubled Blood, the newest book in the Cormoran Strike mystery series that Rowling writes under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. In our house, recipes for semi-beginner cooks need to balance independent tasks and confidence-boosting

Greatest Hits ; I'm listening to Miranda July's All Fours ; and I'm reading Christina Lynch's bighearted mystery Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. Music . 02 All Fours by Miranda July Miranda July offers an unexpected midlife journey, in which a semi-famous So far this is a cute--at times a little too cute for my taste--mystery that seems sure to be headed

I'm listening to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's series But one by one, the Osage began to be killed under mysterious circumstances. Edgar Hoover turning to a former Texas Ranger, Tom White, to head up the group trying to figure out the mystery Chakraborty I'm listening to the first wonderful installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final,

Very very happy. Serle's In Five Years totally hit the spot for me, and it also wasn’t exactly what I expected.

Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger The first in the author's young adult steampunk Finishing School series I loved the first book in Gail Carriger's five-book (plus a prequel short) Parasol Protectorate series Power , Vengeful , and the wonderful Invisible Life of Addie LaRue , as well as the Shades of Magic series (The first two books in that series are A Darker Shade of Magic  and A Gathering of Shadows , each of This is the first in a series and I'm really looking forward to reading the next installment.

Strout is truly a marvel in the way she crafts full, complicated lives through sharing small moments. I loved every bit of this. Oh, Olive! In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and especially on memories of moments that shaped her life’s direction, her attitude, her viewpoint—and those of the people close to her. Because this is the character of Olive from Olive Kitteridge, these are not saccharine snippets of wisdom from an warm, cozy grandmother. The moments are sometimes sour, sometimes regretful, sometimes heartbreaking, but often lovely in their rough honesty. I could spend days reading about her introspection and her gruff and straightforward ways. Through Olive and other connected characters in Crosby, Maine, we see secrets, pain, and disappointments laid bare—and we also often get to witness true joy emerge during guileless and unexpected connections with others, although thankfully Strout doesn’t make any of it too easy or perfect. I love that Olive, in what seems to be a combination of unintentional and intentional acts, alienates anyone relying on interactions built around small talk or any discussion of the weather. Yet she is strong enough to cut to the heart of tough situations and to sit within the pain of them--alone or with others--without shying away. I worried that a book revisiting Olive might feel indulgent or unnecessary, but this is a deep look at aging, intimacy, love, disappointment, renewed hope, betrayal, and redemption. Strout is truly a marvel in the way she crafts full, complicated lives through sharing small moments. I just love it all! I received an advanced copy of this book from Random House through NetGalley. Any Bossy thoughts about this book? If you've read this one, what did you think? I'd suggest reading Strout's Olive Kitteridge for context before picking up this book, but I liked this one even more. She's also the author of Anything Is Possible, My Name Is Lucy Barton, The Burgess Boys, and Amy and Isabelle--a book I've had on my to-read list since stumbling upon it in a bookstore when it was first published in 1998, forgetting the title, remembering that it was two women's names, and then a few years ago realizing that this was it. Time to get to that one, I think! This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year.

upon a real-life figure; I'm listening to the third installment in Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying series McManus I'm listening to this third installment in Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying series. Over the course of the past two books, the Bayview Four solved mysteries and established that they were unexpected comes to town, our sleuths realize that not everyone is who they say they are; that old mysteries The first two books in the One Of Us Is Lying series are One of Us Is Lying and One of Us Is Next.

#timetravel, #mystery, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview 02 Here and Now and Then ​ Kin Stewart was Very very happy. Serle's In Five Years totally hit the spot for me, and it also wasn’t exactly what I expected. When she finds a mysterious book her father had acquired, it shows January unlikely possibilities about She disappears from her family and leaves behind a tragic mystery, while in her forays through new worlds

of a close-knit network of community members) and a successful city doctor with expensive taste and very alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny, sometimes sexy

Here are just six of my favorite reads--some of which cross genres into mystery, science fiction (time aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction series Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, but Maisie Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You . The beginning of the book moves quite slowly, which is fitting for the decadent, ongoing series of lavish