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- Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
All of this dramatically slowed the pacing of the story.
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You was wonderful--spare yet fully developed, often surprising,
- Review of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
This is a wonderfully paced and recounted Cold War-era true story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, The Spy and the Traitor is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue
- Review of Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You was wonderful--spare yet fully developed, often surprising,
- Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris
Harris's book is fast-paced, without a lot of page time spent setting a background or lingering on self-reflection
- Review of Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
in Sylvie's life (mixed emotions, attraction, confusion, lies, and secrets) make for jumbled-feeling pacing
- Review of Forty Autumns by Nina Willner
many moving parts and family characters are fluidly shaped into compelling reading by Willner, and the pacing
- Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
You are plagued by this nagging question: Why have I been spared?ā
- Review of the Cormoran Strike series books 1-4 by Robert Galbraith
This isn't a fast-paced series, yet I've consistently felt hooked on how the cases build--and on the Galbraith's pacing pulls you along without cheap twists, and the writing is precise and wonderful, with
- Review of Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
I found all of this extensive description fascinating, even as it slowed the pacing of the story and
- Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
Harper's writing and tone remind me of a more spare Tana French.
- Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
author posits that when grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, shifting your schedule and your pace
- Review of Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy's sparely recounted version of events is peppered with diarylike "I do remember hearing that" remarks
- Review of Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition
young brothers desperately trying to stay together and stay alive in rural Idaho; Wendy Heard's fast-paced With Nico's troublemaking and incessant challenges to the status quo serving as a catalyst for fast-paced
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/17/22 Edition
This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while
- Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year
I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing
- Review of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The book started off at a measured pace.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
Click here for my full review of The Box in the Woods. 04 Alias Emma by Ava Glass Alias Emma is a fast-paced This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents
- 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
Heartbreaker is described as " a fast-paced, tender-hearted rock ānā roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Click here for my full review of Flying Solo. 05 Alias Emma by Ava Glass Alias Emma is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents
- Six More Books about Brave Female Spies
of typos here distracting, but I really enjoyed Robuck's writing style, the details of the time, the pacing
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.
- Review of The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck
I really enjoyed Robuck's writing style, the details of the time, the pacing of the book's events, and
- Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
The writing style involves a lot of telling, which seemingly intentionally slows the pacing--and which Yet because of the pacing, I didn't necessarily feel on the edge of my seat while I read about all of And it's the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/21 Edition
When grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, treating your schedule and your pace as though it
- Review of When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Were Dragons is exquisite, the strong-woman elements are irresistible, and despite what felt like slow pacing
- Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The first half of the book felt slowly paced and was spent with Wallace in limbo, being told how many
- Review of What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
Anderson's beautifully spare writing about the brutal winter and the pressing crises of hunger, cold,
- Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition
So far it feels nicely paced, and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's
- Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies
Buckle up for this one--it's unusual and fast-paced.
- Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021
Despite some small moments that felt heavy-handed, this is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction He's specific without getting bogged down in the details, and the pacing of the book is appealingly quick
- Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo
characters sometimes seemed slow to catch on to the implications of events, but the story kept a steady pace
- Review of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
listened to this as an audiobook, and it was such a slow build, I was both eager for it to ramp up in pacing
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
I love Bardugo's pacing, dialogue, twists and turns, character development, all of it, and I gave this
- Review of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
With Nico's troublemaking and incessant challenges to the status quo serving as a catalyst for fast-paced
- Review of The Empress by Laura Martinez-Belli
think the shifting back and forth in time could have felt jumpy, but it worked well for the story's pacing
- Review of Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
The story keeps a patient pace as Captain Jim uncovers clues, uses deduction, and emphasizes loyalty
- Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II
The language and pacing is lovely, the World War II settings are exquisitely laid out, and the dialogue
- Review of How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
Zhang's detail was wonderful, but the pacing was slow--detailing Lucy and Sam's (and their parents' long-ago
- 2025 Bossy Fiction Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
A Twisty, Fast-Paced, Con-Artist Mystery 01 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Elston's first adult novel
- Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Sports Nonfiction
Surviving to Drive is the first book from a racing team principal, and Steiner promises to keep the pace
- Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
Wilson allows for confrontation, and he doesn't spare our characters a messy, somewhat unsatisfying reckoning
- Review of Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft
her character-building, her balance with the young romance, her fantastic, detailed setting, and her pacing
- Six Bossy Favorite Literary Fiction Reads from the Past Year
drug-addled decision-making, and terrible mistakes are all essential components of the novel, yet the pacing
- Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
The pacing of First Light is a little slow at first, and I would have liked to see more science-based This is Phillips's first book, and the author builds the story's pace steadily toward a crescendo.
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Wilson allows for confrontation, and he doesn't spare our characters a messy, somewhat unsatisfying reckoning
- Six More Fantasy Novels I Loved in the Past Year
I found myself yearning for the expert pacing, intrigue setup, and rich character development of my beloved
















































