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- Six Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres , and just as I do every year, I loved my historical fiction reads in 2023. Two historical fiction books made it onto My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads: Demon Copperhead and Chenneville I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? You can click here for other historical fiction books (and lists of favorites) I've reviewed on Bossy
- Review of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers #1) by Alex White
The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers series I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy. White is also the author of Alien: The Cold Forge and Every Mountain Made Low.
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Mysteries I Loved in the Past Year
Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Mystery Reads If you want more favorite-mystery lists, check out round 1 of last year's Bossy favorites. You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year What are some of your favorite mystery reads? affords her a certain power, and she is also the Alpha female of her husband's pack, which affords her a very
- A Short Bossy Break
I've been rom-comming it up, and you can find lots of my favorite romantic reads on the blog--with a list of recently published favorites to come soon, as well as a Greedy Reading List featuring my favorite these books going at the moment: recently published fantasy-historical fiction, the second in a mystery series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/3/21 Edition
It seems his livelihood may be on the verge of obsoleteness as the heavily harvested woods dwindle, and all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank you very Holly Jackson's third book in this series, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month, and I can't wait
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/24/21 Edition
I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival
- Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
Here are six of my favorite science fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for all my best-of reads from last year.) I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads? The third book in this series, Nona the Ninth, was published in 2022, with the fourth book, Alecto the Ninth, to follow in fall 2023.
- Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal for this young adult mystery, the first in a series In this first book in the One of Us Is Lying series, McManus takes us through each of the suspects' experiences One of Us Is Next is the second book in the series, published last year. young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, which is part of an in-progress series
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now
lightfiction, #heartwarming 02 Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel Boy oh boy, this fifth book in the series is so very good so far. SecUnit is obsessed with keeping his people safe (and has a new favorite show)! #robots, #fantasyscifi, #series, #uniquePOV 03 The House in the Cerulean Sea I like to listen to fantasy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/24/25 Edition
01 In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adult books select, inept individuals), she attempts to save her autistic teenaged son, who, through an unlikely series I received a prepublication audiobook edition of this spring 2025 title courtesy of Libro.fm and Penguin
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Science and Nature Books
also check my past Bossy gift idea lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Books about Music Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Novels for Everyone on Your List 2023 Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas 2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Kid and Teen Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays 2020 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! original research into what he has observed that animals are communicating to each other through their varied
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/26/22 Edition
by Rachel Hartman; and I'm listening to Harrow the Ninth, the second in Tamsyn Muir's very dark, strange irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she broke from rigid medieval gender roles in favor Gideon the Ninth was also mentioned in my Greedy Reading List Six More Postapocalyptic and Dystopian Favorites The third book in the series, Nona the Ninth, was published in 2022, with the fourth book, Alecto the Ninth, to follow in fall 2023.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's upcoming novella, The Summer War by Naomi 01 The Summer War by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik is one of my very favorite authors, and I'm excited to read Novik has also written the Temeraire series of nine fantastic books about dragons, their riders, their Kingfisher/Vernon is a prolific author who has published many standalone novels as well as multiple series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
(I mentioned her Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
- Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
Six More Bossy Favorite Reads So far in 2024 I've been posting Friday Greedy Reading Lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by genre; for my all-around favorites of last year, you can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads. I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite reads, whether you loved them last year or more
- Six More Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
Six More Four-Star Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres Two other historical fiction books made it onto My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads: Demon Copperhead and I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? You can click here for other historical fiction books (and lists of favorites) I've reviewed on Bossy That there would be two lines, heading in very different directions...
- Review of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson
I loved Pippa and Ravi, and I'll definitely read the three other books planned for the series. I'll definitely read the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Girl (and the two additional books planned for the series
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Novels for Everyone on Your List
to check my past Bossy gift idea lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music 2023 Bossy Book Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas 2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very
- Review of Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
Hamptons store Barefoot Contessa--necessitating extended time apart from Jeffrey and, eventually, a very If you enjoy memoirs, you can find Bossy reviews of my favorites here . And check out some of my favorite foodie memoirs here .
- Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Sports Nonfiction
Sports Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas Here are the 2023 sports books that I'm most excited to give as gifts Don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens 2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! team principal Guenther Steiner--who you'll know of if you and yours have been hooked on the Netflix series
- Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp
Bossy Romantic Favorites The heat of August feels like a perfect time to dive into recently published romantic stories, and these have been six of my favorites this year. Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any The voicing of her Queens-native love interest didn't ring true to me, and while he was very nice, I has been single for a year, since her former fianc é , an up-and-coming musician, hit it big and then very
- Review of Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road #1) by Rachel Hartman
irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval gender roles in favor Rachel Hartman is also the author of the Seraphina series. The second book in the Tess of the Road series, In the Serpent's Wake, was published last month.
- Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books
Young adult is one of my favorite genres to read for fun and to edit. What are your favorite young adult books, or books that made you delight in feeling all the feelings that remains true to the late 1980s setting into which Johnson so skillfully place the reader. 02 A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi In A Very Large Expanse of Sea , it's been a year since the events Goodbye Days is so very very sad and so very very funny.
- Review of The Course of All Treasons: An Elizabethan Spy Mystery by Suzanne M. Wolfe
I'm eagerly awaiting the third book in the series. This is the second in Wolfe's Elizabethan Spy Mystery series; the first was A Murder by Any Name.
- Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
#fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #robots, #postapocalypticdystopian, #timetravel, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Beneath the Keep by Erika Johansen
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 --side note, that nickname always reminds me of the very off-topic movie Mean Girls) are star players Maura; Brenna and Arlen; Aislynn and Liam); these bonds are similarly key in the final book of the series
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six More Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite posted last month about Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, but I had six more favorites And four historical fiction books were on my overall favorites list for last year: The Last Bookshop You might want to check out all the titles on My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my very favorite I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Books about Media, Movies, and Music
Movie, Media, and Music Book Gift Ideas Here are the 2023 books about television, movies, and music that Don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites 2020 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday Shhh! More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens 2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh!
- Six More Science Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! posted about Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and here are six more of my favorite I've posted roundups of favorites each Friday in 2023--check them out! And you can click here for My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads. I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads?
- Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres Here are six of my very favorite historical fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? I'm so very glad I stuck this one out so I could see these characters through and witness their journeys
- Review of The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik is one of my very favorite authors, and The Summer War is her recently published novella. I don't read very many novellas, and regarding Novik and her rich world-building, charming supporting Novik has also written the Temeraire series of nine fantastic books about dragons, their riders, their
- Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab
Schwab's Shades of Magic series. magic; Holland, White London royalty Lila loves to hate; Rhys, Kell's prince and brother; and one of my favorites The series is adult fantasy but would be appropriate for a young adult reader--if not averse to Lila's The first two books in the Shades of Magic series are A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows The first book in that series is Vicious and the most recent is Vengeful, with a third not yet published
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. This is one of my all-time favorite books. But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite post-apocalyptic A New Wilderness, published in August 2020, looks like a great dystopian novel too.
- Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World
Science and Nature Book Gift Ideas I spend most of my reading time on fiction titles, but my favorite And don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites My favorite bookstore is my local independent bookstore here in Charlotte, Park Road Books. For a committed science lover, this title could very well do the trick. 04 Brave the Wild River: The Bossy Book Gift Lists in the past, you know that bird books (including others by this author) are a favorite
- Review of Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
The strongest bonds between characters aren't those within the nuclear family, and this was one of my favorite is a supportive and relaxed dad, in contrast to Sibyl, the mother of the Samuelson clan, who isn't very Viewing the family's story through different members' points of view allowed for rich context through varied We zigzag to spend page time with intriguing side characters (Yvette, with whom Phil has a very brief
- Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
I love a Favorites list, and now that I've got a spreadsheet (ahem!) of my favorite reads of the past year by genre, the hits are going to keep coming! This list highlights six more of my very favorite mystery reads of last year (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) What are some of your favorite mystery titles or mystery genres?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/4/23 Edition
Donoghue So far, Learned by Heart is giving me major Little Princess vibes...that was one of my absolute favorite Donoghue is also the author of Room, The Pull of the Stars (which I loooved; it was one of My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books), and other books. McManus I'm listening to this third installment in Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying series. established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites
- Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
I knew immediately that I would definitely read the next in the series.
- Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six Great Bossy Nonfiction Reads I promise that this is the last roundup list of 2023 favorites, which seems appropriate now that we have entered the month of May, 2024, ahem. You can find some of my many other lists of favorite nonfiction and memoir roundups here: Six of My Favorite What are some of your recent favorite nonfiction or memoir reads? Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very In the first installment in Osman's mystery series, four septuagenarians meet each week to discuss unsolved Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age is another series about older protagonists who use their wits
- Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Kimi Cunningham Grant's newest thriller, The Nature of Disappearing, Emlyn is a wilderness guide who very I love a book set in the wild (Peter Heller's novels The River and The Guide come to mind as favorites
- Review of The Wedding People by Alison Espach
Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with
- Review of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
Because Jessica's body is usurped so quickly in the story, we don't get a chance until the very end to And I love Ann Liang's writing and her books--I'll read every one. Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You
Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements, as in a recent favorite read I reviewed But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. An Unexpected Peril, An Impossible Impostor, and the upcoming eighth title (to be published in early 2023 dangerous set of circumstances, complete with intrigue, a traveling show (why is this always such a favorite 04 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton “There are very few certainties in this world, Mr.
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
These Bossy favorites from a summer past stand the test of time. And soon I'll post another set of Bossy romantic favorites, this time titles that were published this also like the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six 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 Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute favorite of hers), Faithful Place, The Trespasser, Broken Harbor, and The Secret Place, plus the stand-alone In this first book in the One of Us Is Lying series, McManus takes us through each of the suspects in
- Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year, and Six Historical Fiction
- Review of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, When I read a collection of short stories, I inevitably develop favorites, and while reading Buried Deep "After Hours" allowed me to delve back into Novik's Scholomance series, which I adored. Novik has also written a series of nine fantastic books about dragons, the Temeraire series. I've read seven of the nine installments, and I'm dreading reaching the end of the series.
- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
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
- Review of This American Woman: A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg
shelter and tired of overstaying her welcome and never having security, she was returning home and on the verge At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride, and I was memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists of my favorites

















































