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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition

    Cosby's Southern small-town murder mystery, All the Sinners Bleed; and I'm reading The Night Tiger author Cosby is also the author of Razorblade Tears, a book I listed on my Greedy Reading List Six Satisfying Bao, a detective set on uncovering the mystery of the woman's identity and death, has long been fascinated Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition

    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 in the American West. 02 Killers 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 Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final,

  • Ten Bossy Spring Favorites

    There's a book of short stories; one nonfiction book; a memoir; an atmospheric, mysterious novel; historical that's full of surprises; and a historical fiction mystery. You  and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved . Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. Famous Last Words  is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister.

  • Review of Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

    But Arthur is mysterious, and he's not who Birdie thought he was. Ivey is also the author of To the Bright Edge of the World , which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in  the Heat of Summer , and The Snow Child , which I included in the list Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/25 Edition

    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. like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading List Six So far this is a cute--at times a little too cute for my taste--mystery that seems sure to be headed

  • Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

    VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo Then a mysterious power begins calling to her. Through a series of unexpected events, she is offered a mysterious job at a publishing company...but If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

  • Review of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

    book that Michelle's inner workings will not be revealed to Helen or to the reader, and they remain a mystery Bossy reviews of lighter fiction or rom-com books I've loved, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six More of my Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My

  • Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

    Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/6/25 Edition

    AI, starships, and revenge, Ancillary Justice ; and I'm listening to Maureen Johnson's young adult mystery But everything is upended when a decades-old mystery seems to be the cause of a new friend's aunt's disappearance Maureen Johnson is the author of the six-book Truly Devious young adult mystery series: Truly Devious

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition

    Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman I recently started watching "The Last Movie Stars," a six-part the Newman's Own brand. 03 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You.

  • Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love

    #mystery, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview 02 My Lady Jane: The Lady Janies Series ​ I'd had

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are the six books I most loved reading in the heat of August. of romantic, funny, steamy light fiction; the next wonderful installments in two historical fiction mystery Asuka must find the real culprit before accusations surrounding the mystery destroy her. Yume Kitasei offers plot and mystery, but this is primarily a wonderfully character-driven story--with The mystery was interesting, with salacious elements, and everyone was a potential suspect.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition

    narrative nonfiction set in the late nineteenth century West; I'm reading Kate Morton's dual-timeline mystery You might also be interested in the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West. 02 Homecoming Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of coming home.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series by Robert Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

  • My Favorite Science Fiction Reads of the Year

    You might also like the Greedy Reading lists of past years' Bossy favorites: Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into Six More Science Fiction Favorites In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with

  • Review of The Future by Naomi Alderman

    A mysterious app on her phone seems to have all of the answers she needs--but Lai isn't sure what the I mentioned Naomi Alderman's novel The Power in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Dystopian and You might also want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fascinating Dystopian

  • Review of Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair

    She shares that because of the gloomy mystery of years of suffering, her multiple sclerosis diagnosis lays bare her experiences with depression and her attempted suicides after heartbreaks; her long-term, mysterious Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore 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

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    realism, science fiction, a character-driven mystery, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Victorian mysteries. Novels and Six More Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels. She's been cobbling together enough to get by, but when a mysterious draw to the spooky Starling House In A Murderous Relation, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house of debauchery

  • Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner

    Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery. like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/18/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines mystery trilogy Blake Crouch's Upgrade here , my review of his novel Recursion (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six The slim book traces a single day in the lives of six astronauts orbiting the earth at seventeen thousand

  • Review of The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

    The only thing that isn't a lie is her mysterious ability to instinctually, instantaneously heal others I listed Amina in the Greedy Reading List Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are my six favorites, although I had to deliberate a little bit before settling on this list. This mystery hit the spot for me. Reads  , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year , Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved , Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads , or these other nonfiction books I've reviewed . 06 The Knight book in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil Delling ("Six

  • Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle

    In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens If you like Westerns, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and  Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines; I'm reading The Tainted Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction mystery by Robert The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , Ellery Lloyd offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction mystery You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

  • July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    included several books from some of my very favorite authors: the next in a great historical fiction mystery lakeside summertime romance; a 1980s-set astronaut story with feminism and LGBTQ love; a Maine-set mystery Deanna Raybourn While Veronica and Stoker stay close to home while entering into danger and solving the mysteries sometimes running over) the local police chief to try to find a missing teen and untangle past unsolved mysteries In book two of the Martini Club, the mystery at hand--a missing teen--draws in local citizens as well

  • Review of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

    like to check out some of my Bossy memoir reviews , or some of my Greedy Reading Lists of favorites: 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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition

    If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality. In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with

  • Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

    You might also be interested in the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories

  • Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

    ICYMI: When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving a mysterious multiple homicide I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Leigh Bardugo's interconnected Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/25 Edition

    during the Dust Bowl, The Antidote ; and I'm listening to Gillian McAllister's newest twisty, smart mystery Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries 03 Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister Famous Last Words is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian the author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time , a book I loved and not only listed in my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst

    Nonfiction I've Loved If you love nonfiction books, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year , Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved , Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads , or these other nonfiction books I've

  • February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by But the mystery takes a back seat in the book to Maisie's explorations of human motivations, her interest Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

    making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master s The Huntress (and five other historical fiction books I loved), check out the Greedy Reading List Six Or check out the books I listed on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Books about Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

  • Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

    Ava's inexperience is essential to her storyline, and her limited perspective creates a mystery regarding You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies, and Six More Great Books about Brave Female Spies.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition

    , Adam Hamdy's twisty mystery about interconnected characters. Hawker is also the author of The Ragged Edge of Night, which I mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books Hawker also wrote One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series of mysterious

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition

    Then a mysterious power begins calling to her. If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You. 02 Looking for Jane by Heather Looking for Jane is a story of three timelines linked through decades by a mysterious letter and enormously

  • Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition

    A mysterious app on her phone seems to have all of the answers she needs--but Lai isn't sure what the I mentioned Naomi Alderman's novel The Power in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Dystopian and read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery through unexpected attractions and the uncovering of weighty secrets, the group works to unravel the mysterious

  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: time travel, historical fiction, a mother's newest gorgeousness, a dystopian gem, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Victorian mystery Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels, Six More Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic past, and Raybourn offers a number of explanations for some of the previous book's alluded-to personal mysteries You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge and Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/25/23 Edition

    listening to the fifth installment in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Veronica Speedwell Victorian-era mystery included the wonderful Ron Rash short story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay in my Greedy Reading List Six Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries characters, and dialogue that makes me laugh out loud--all set against the backdrop of a Victorian-age mystery In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house

  • Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    You might also like the books on my past Greedy Reading Lists Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads and Six If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time  plays with time, and I love books that play If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You  and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .

  • One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    You can find the first list of my historical fiction favorites here , and you'll find Six More of My books about World War II and women spies, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II  and Six Books about Brave Female Spies . by Katherine Arden Katherine Arden, the author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious

  • My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

    I had a great reading summer, so I had a tough time deciding on the six books I most loved reading during You might also want to check out the books on my spring Greedy Reading List Six of My Favorite Reads Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition

    witty time-travel story The Ministry of Time; I'm listening to Only If You're Lucky, Stacy Willingham's mystery Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many civil servants offered a mysterious Lucy is wild, mischievous, mysterious--and she has an extra room in her rambunctious house for the summer I mentioned Rene Denfeld's book The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/28/22 Edition

    lives in two eras and forced to choose; and I'm reading The Box in the Woods, a stand-alone young adult mystery If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you time travel. 03 The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson The Box in the Woods is another young adult mystery Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships

  • Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

    read memoirs, you might be interested in the titles on my various memoir-focused Greedy Reading Lists: 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

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light you might like to check the site for other books in this vein, or check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore.

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    that breaks and finds its way back together again; I Have Some Questions for You, a boarding-school mystery Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. It's about our societal obsession with tragedies and mysterious murders, and the tendency of bystanders

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a wonderful story about a grumpy female Gothic-feeling multi-timeline work of literary fiction; magical realism and time travel; and a captivating mystery Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final, review, check out Some Desperate Glory. 06 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what

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