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life-and-death repercussions for a young author; the final book in Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner The Return of the Thief is the sixth and final book in Turner's Queen's Thief series (which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). The series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the charismatic

and warring kingdoms; Fugitive Telemetry, the newest book in Martha Wells's science fiction Murderbot series Was it when I reviewed books 1 through 3 of the series? decision-making and astute threat assessment; and retreats from overwhelming interactions to watch its favorite Sanctuary Moon. 03 Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall My book club heard Alice Randall speak last year at Verse

A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which is set at a magical school with Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. 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.

When characters are on the verge of revealing a key point, expect an inconvenient interruption that prevents The second in Mahurin's Serpent & Dove series is Blood & Honey, with the third book, Gods & Monsters,

editorialization about class and race, and futuristic advancements in this first book in the Skyhunter series mesmerizing cover for Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in the Skyhunter series Then I remembered that this was the first in a series and that the story would continue past the final Lu, a former artist in the video game industry, has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series

oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series Donati has also written a series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic

I love a Favorites list, and I've made a Bossy spreadsheet (ahem!) of my favorite reads of the past year by genre, so the hits are going to keep coming! If you want more favorite-mystery lists, stay tuned for round 2 of last year's Bossy favorites, coming 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?

I'll definitely read the next in this series. realizations--as well as the resolutions and the fantastic setup for the next middle-grade book in the series Story Thieves is the first in a five-book series by James Riley. Riley is also the author of the Half Upon a Time and Revenge of Magic series.

Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival I love Young's tone and the characters she's created in this series. I wish there were a third book in this series coming from Young.

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

really enjoyed Hearne's Ink & Sigil last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series which made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books. 03 Jack by Marilynne Robinson Jack, a quiet, gorgeous book from Marilynne Robinson, focuses

Here are six varied books about witches, some I might call modern witchy classics (Wicked and Circe) 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 What are the witchy books you would include as favorites? There is a lot more sexy yoga here than I could have dreamed of, plenty of romance, so very much wine

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

In this first book of Kevin Hearne's new (published last week) Ink & Sigil series, patterns and inks This title was recently listed in the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love #mystery, #fantasyscifi, #series, #LGBTQ, #fourstarbookreview

#fantasyscifi, #series, #youngadult, #russia, #fourstarbookreview

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

the audiobook version of this book--the first I've read in Castillo's thirteen-book Kate Burkholder series I wondered if it was fair of me to first dive into the story so late in the series, but in an illuminating

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 performing medical techniques by watching it), although The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon remains its favorite 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

I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival

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

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

Catherine Newman is also the author of Sandwich (one of My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads ), We All

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

This debut cozy novel showcases many of my favorite elements--magic, banter, a grumpy-sunshine hard-won Violet Thistlewaite has lots of my favorite elements: magic, a grumpy-sunshine matchup, a fresh-start I loved every bit of this book!

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

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.

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

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

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

matriarchs are split by a death and then a feud (the impetus of the bitter rift is the making of a family-favorite "Do me a favor. Take this from me." More Love for Allegra Goodman Allegra Goodman is a longtime favorite author for me. Her novel Isola   was one of my favorite reads of 2025.

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...

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.

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

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

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 .

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

(I mentioned her Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

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.

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

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 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?

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.

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