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- Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
Clancy's first novel, The Second Home, was published last year, when the author was 52.
- Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II
Abriel has said that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change floods of food, fashion, and joy; the evolutions of their careers; and each of their attempts to find a second
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition
invents an alternate identity of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet Women; I'm reading Less Is Lost, the second
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/17/24 Edition
But when she gets the chance to rework a script by the famous screenwriter Charlie Yates, she bends over help with their dad, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring, career-building, life-changing Only, the last thing Charlie Yates wants is someone changing his (terrible) script.
- Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
important underlying plot lines remained oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I listened to the audiobook of the second in Thomas's Lady Sherlock series (read wonderfully by Kate The True Love Experiment. 06 A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) by Deanna Raybourn This second
- Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read
Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change Her brother is jealous and cruel; her uncle has become bitter and petty since his fortunes have changed Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria Victoria's life changes dramatically.
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence important underlying plot lines remained oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second
- Review of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm excited to the second, Harrow the Ninth.
- Review of Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan
Although she wasn't trying to change her status from introvert to extrovert, she did want to open up I loved it and I'd read another book by her in a second. Any Bossy thoughts on this book?
- Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series.
- Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
then it is over and the knaffea is just a pleasant memory—like a lovely dream that you forget a few seconds too rigid) but also for how to become more aware of issues surrounding local eating and how to effect change Famous Author Mom's whirlwind. 06 Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl Here's the second So this second listing is actually evidence of my restraint.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/5/22 Edition
03 And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgeman #1) by Nick Jones Joseph Bridgeman only looked away for a second
- Six Books about Brave Female Spies
And while the second section isn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale list. 05 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin This is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second Graudin also wrote The Walled City. 06 The Alice Network by Kate Quinn In this second book on the list
- Review of Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu
moments, a noble quest, a reluctant heroine, and complications that upend everything just in time for the second
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
created the horrific system of oppression, control, torture, and death—even with a promise of potential change Power by Naomi Alderman It follows that there are two ways for the nature and use of human power to change When the people change, the palace cannot hold. This is the second M.R. Carey book on this list, but I couldn't help myself.
- Review of Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I
- Review of Namesake by Adrienne Young
Namesake is the second and, sadly, final book in Young's duology about the wonderfully strong, ruthless
- Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous people--is due for some changes Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. There's crossing, double-crossing, a wonderfully savvy and knowledgeable second-in-command, nefarious
- Review of In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid
- Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction
Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage by Jon Finkel (2024) Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed figures—baseball immortal Pete Rose—and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second
- Review of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Tokyo Ever After is listed as Tokyo Ever After #1, with the second book in the series, Tokyo Dreaming
- Review of The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
This second book in Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy follows Vasya's continued adventures and challenges
- Review of Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Lu
Check out my review of her book Skyhunter, and look for my upcoming review of the second in that series
- Review of Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
It looks as though Vanderah has a second book set for publication in spring 2021, The Light Through the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/14/22 Edition
Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin #2) by Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner's recent mystery One Step Too Far is the second
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
here for my full review of True Biz. 04 A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2) by Freya Marske The second A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding trilogy that began
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/5/21 Edition
The Kingdoms is her second book. 02 Warcross by Marie Lu Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic
- Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
01 A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding trilogy that began
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
schemes--some ill-fated--and begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change But grandiose plans don't always go off as planned, and making any change in a society so entrenched Idris and Mazna are brought together by tragedy and build their life together upon secrets, and the second There are tragic lies and lies of omission, mistakes, missed chances, and moments that drastically change
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
loved reading during the past month, in the order in which I read them: Namesake is Adrienne Young's second woman, Fable; A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, one of my two favorite reads of the month: Hank Green's second 01 Namesake by Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and, sadly, final book in Young's duology about
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/13/22 Edition
The second and final book in Marske's duology, A Restless Truth, is scheduled for publication in November
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/14/21 Edition
twisty mystery in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second
- Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
None was even a close second.
- Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants. Is this a second book by Becky Chambers on one short Greedy Reading List? Yes, yes, it is.
- Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts
I'm in for the second book in this series, fall 2021's The Becoming, but I thought that the series was
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
But it's truly unlike anything I have ever read, and the second section, which is an enormous departure her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift that changed
- Review of The Course of All Treasons: An Elizabethan Spy Mystery by Suzanne M. Wolfe
This is the second in Wolfe's Elizabethan Spy Mystery series; the first was A Murder by Any Name.
- Review of Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil #2) by Kevin Hearne
In Kevin Hearne's latest book, the second and final installment in his Ink & Sigil duology, we catch
- Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
One of Us Is Next is the second book in the series, published last year.
- Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
The second and third books in this series are published; I seem to often start series and have to wait
- Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
cult life, the daring attempt to escape it, the haven found in books, and, ultimately, Mia's peaceful second
- Review of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
This is the second in Schwab's first series for adults, Villains.
- Review of Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo
The second number is the percentage of institutional aid spent on non-need-based aid.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition
Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for more stressful and Emma's mother shows up, will the potentially serious feelings between them stand a chance
- Review of The Unwilling by John Hart
He's written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series, and the
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred civilization buckles to the destructive power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes The shadow of real-life global warming and weather changes add to the power of the story, and the touch Details of Bono's activism make up much of the second half of the book.
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I am alllll in on this series and can't wait for the second installment. head with a twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
Vengeance Road is the first book in Bowman's Vengeance Road duology; Retribution Rails is the second. Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt and The Star Garden, neither of which I've read yet, as well as Light Changes This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the second
- Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
to parents with lead-poisoned kids, they tell you that the biggest thing is that the kids' behavior changes father--as well as her seemingly fervent and earnest wish that she had killed him when she had the chance


















































