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01 Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein Nineteen-year-old Avery Abrams was set to be the next big gymnastics For the next few years she dabbled in college, she partied, she drifted, she dated a professional football The premise of Dear Emmie Blue made me wonder if the story would feel too far-fetched. For my full review, please see Dear Emmie Blue . She decides that she's in--for a fantastic wardrobe, incredibly awkward moments, scripted romance, and

The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. For my full review, please see When We Were the Kennedys. 04 Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano Twelve-year-old She also says "Everyone needs to hear that other person's voice saying, 'I believe in you.

The first book in Mahurin's young adult fantasy trilogy was unabashedly dramatic and angsty, and I was

Time It's Real by Ann Liang In Ann Liang's light fiction rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Her city is under attack, and leaders want her to serve as a weapon against the forces aiming to tear But the books in the series also offer fantastically bratty episodes on the parts of various characters

Thirty-two-year-old Fern Brookbanks has pinned most of her romantic dreams on Will Baxter--despite the A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family Now she's coping with a tragedy--and guess who shows up to meet Fern, nine years late? Then Florence's beloved father dies, and she returns to her hometown for the first time in many years So this year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to

indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling , and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock. 01 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib In There's Always This Year , Hanif Abdurraqib, author of A Little Last year's Bossy sports-book gift roundup included Joe Posnanski's Why We Love Baseball .

feminism and LGBTQ love; a Maine-set mystery solved by retired CIA operatives; an epic historical fiction fantasy And Princess Gisela of the Alpenwald, a dear friend of Alice's, goes missing just after Veronica shares evolution of Stoker and Veronica's own relationship in this book is understated yet beautifully poignant; I teared

This short novel explores an alternate-history, near-future, post-war San Francisco in which robots come In a San Francisco of the near future, a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned The robots suffer from prejudice and bear the brunt of fear-mongering from much of society. Without fear of ruin, each of them wouldn't so fully embrace their roles and abilities, bond as deeply

Now I'm reading The Glassmaker, the newest historical fiction from Tracy Chevalier (Girl with a Pearl Earring ); I'm reading Bear, the newest literary fiction from Julia Phillips (Disappearing Earth); and I'm listening Tracy Chevalier is the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and nine other novels. 02 Bear by Julia Phillips But when Sam spots a bear swimming alongside the ferry--a bear that then shows up near their home--she , NFL tight end Derek Pender, and Nora were college sweethearts, and Nora abruptly broke things off years

My very favorite reads this year! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading year, in late spring I posted My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far. I read so many fantastic books this year, I was considering another 29 titles for this Bossy Best of What were some of your favorite reads of the year? Let's do some Bossy book talking!

I looooooved the wonderful dark humor and unexpected details in A Deadly Education and the fantastic El continues to be a fantastically grumpy, powerful, whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character with her dark magic--more powerful than any of her classmates realize, which is just how El wanted it--feared She hasn't exactly ingratiated herself to many people at school the past few years. Novik also wrote the fantastic Spinning Silver and Uprooted, both of which appear on the Greedy Reading

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. are the stars of the popular paranormal television show Intangible, and for multiple seasons they've yearned Years later, Rachel runs into someone from her past, which spurs her to think back to the events and relationships that shaped her during her college years. Practical, tough sixteen-year-old Bridget arrives in 1877 Dodge City without a penny to her name or enough

This slim, intriguing book packs a punch, featuring revenge fantasies mixed with magical realism.

his daring wife; I’m reading Steelstriker, the second and final book in Marie Lu's science fiction-fantasy

series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets, heartbreak, and motivations; are treated to more fantastic man who has vanished happens to be Stoker's former expedition partner, who he punched on the street a year

traditional views of unplanned, young pregnancy through the view of a main protagonist who refuses to fear Her precocious ten-year-old kids secretly reach out to family for help--but even India doesn't realize more capable of complex thought and carrying out elaborate plans (and holding secrets) than most ten-year-olds misnomers (for example, when Jack is told about forebears, he exclaims nonsensically, "I want four bears from difficult choices resulting from a surprise pregnancy, India refuses to feel regret, shame, or fear

There aren't gray areas for the reader to explore where he's concerned; revenge fantasies are the logical

with its horrifically varied nefarious activity and dark dealings, and the long-ago world of William Tear imagined nationwide hubbub (a la "baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy

I'd love to hear what you thought! This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. are the stars of the popular paranormal television show Intangible, and for multiple seasons they've yearned I smiled a lot, I teared up, and I loved this perfect summer read! That book introduced the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen.

I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically funny dialogue In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about

If Fortunate , Ariadne O'Neill and her three crewmates are exploring a planetary system many light years This fits the dilemma that faces the crew near the close of the book, yet I found it unsatisfying. I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!

indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year Brother s is seventy-year-old Alex Van Halen's tribute and love letter to his younger brother ("Edward I'm surely dating myself by sharing that I won tickets off the radio to see R.E.M. almost thirty years In my yearly roundup of listening patterns, R.E.M. remained in my top five bands this year. 06 Heartbreak Sheffield draws on his years of covering Taylor's music, from her youthful, teenaged musical explorations

For one year when they're young adults, the sisters reach mindboggling heights of fame as the pop duo Twenty years later, Zoe is a housewife and Cassie is a recluse who hasn't spoken to her sister at all her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's father disappeared twenty years She's focused on extending her one year of sobriety--a fact that she doesn't share easily with others after year as prisoners in an underground cage.

beautifully heartfelt Acknowledgments mention that the essence of his story remained intact through years and "a million" versions (including a fantasy version--which I'm intrigued by--as well as one set in England and other versions geared toward adult audiences) before he landed on a young adult approach

The Civil War is looming, and Junie is a sixteen-year-old who has spent her whole life enslaved on an She fears that Minnie's death is her fault, and when Minnie asks her to complete three mysterious, questionable-feeling shying away from the often hopeless lack of autonomy, lack of power, and lack of say-so and constant fear also explores the complicated Violet-Junie dynamic, in which Junie is Violet's only company for many years

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey 01 Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo I have a rising high school Selingo takes readers behind the scenes of three college admissions offices during the course of a year He lays bare some of the mysteries of college admissions--aiming to offer some sanity to those of us geared Charlotte is faced with an unexpected client: Lady Ingram, the wife of Charlotte's dear friend and benefactor

Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists; here are just a few: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year I'd love to hear what you thought! about the real life of a freed black man—with the details of his life imagined and elaborated on in fantastic well as Chenneville . 02 Fallen Land by Taylor Brown Taylor Brown's debut novel is set in the final year Callum, an Irish horse thief, fled to America an orphan at fifteen years old.

Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. She fought to get off the godforsaken island where she'd been stuck for years after her father abandoned Namesake was fantastic--although I didn't completely buy the wrap-up at the end regarding Saint and his purported motivations for his prior actions--years of abandonment, people!

Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites of the year a couple of years ago, and they're so solid that I thought I'd repost again. I'd love to hear about your favorite mystery reads! Phillips ​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year Lucas Page is a fantastic character (as are Whitaker, Kehoe, Erin, and Dingo).

Now I'm listening to literary fiction with a story within a story that's been on my to-read list for years Hernan Diaz Hernan Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Trust has been on my to-read list for multiple years She settles into the peaceful patterns of nature and camping near where her grandmother once lived. outside world, all of which threaten to destroy the isolated colony they've evolved into over a period of years

Should you let a 17-year-old drive this enormously important process--which can largely determine the While noting that "...colleges collectively spend something like $1 billion each year to hire...consultants then spend a whole lot more to chase the applicants down," Lieber notes hopefully that "after several years of reporting, I have real hope that the schools are slowly hearing the growing cry for more demonstrative ; exploring parents' feelings that commonly accompany the college choosing and funding process (fear,

Maybe they don’t hear him. Maybe they do. Just as his survival depends on hiding his tears until it’s safe to drop them, maybe theirs depends on I haven't read Oliver Twist in many years, yet Fagin has remained ingrained in my head as a selfish,

In Seattle, Tina Cannon is trying to figure out what happened to her dear friend Ruth, who disappeared When she hears about the horrifying events in Tallahassee, she becomes convinced that what happened to 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 Reads of Summer  the year I read it

to have going on at once: a fictional, varied look at modern feminism and race in Britain; a revenge fantasy

I'm listening to Funny Story as an audiobook (narrated by the fantastic Julia Whelan) courtesy of Libro.fm Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series

trying to find her way and keep her emotional walls up, while Clem's openheartedness seems determined to tear The rest of the gang is fantastically spunky, tough, kind, and loyal--with nonbinary representation and

Light Pirate, pregnant Frida and her husband and stepsons prepare for another catastrophic hurricane bearing For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

man who has vanished happens to be Stoker's former expedition partner, who he punched on the street a year irritating to the rest of my book club years ago, but I couldn't help my love. Jiles's Chenneville, titular character John Chenneville is a former Union soldier who has spent the year secretive nature of her desire and single close relationship--which ends in heartbreak, followed by years of prolonged angst, yearning, and continual disappointment.

He's a fantastic character I loved. This great book by C.A. I thought this was wonderful. 02 The Grace Year by Kim Liggett It feels like freedom, but we know it's The Grace Year is the type of book I could’ve stayed up all night reading. also want to read Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, which is a standalone book in the same series, is fantastic

backdrop for Kat and Heath's tumultuous mutual obsession was a series of destructive forces trying to tear Ten years later, we join the voyeuristic public and the insider news bursts in exploring what really happened years earlier. , sweat, and tears, and the appealingly messy second-chance attempts at being true to themselves and

large and small that push them to determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear In her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Phillips Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year I also listed Disappearing Earth in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year. With the passing of the years, however, those memories become distant and malleable, and we shape them Ivey's fantastical elements are inspired by Native American folklore and stories, and they work well

Crows, Margaret Renkl's meditation on the nature witnessed in her backyard through the course of a year ; and I'm reading Baby X, Kira Peikoff's near-future-set story of the power of holding and using others Lisa Jewell is also the author of The Family Upstairs. 02 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl's beautiful, striking observations range from a New Year's Day sighting of a crow and her exploration of crows' senses of community and cleverness, which she hopes set a tone for the year to come; to a

indies that keep us swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling Joshua Foer I've included multiple gorgeous Atlas Obscura titles on my Bossy Gift Lists in the past few years From dung beetles to a 44,000-year-old shrub; from the incredibly strong, tiny peacock mantis shrimp

Last year, in McManus's great young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying, the Bayview Four cut through the This year, gossip problems and power plays are back, in the form of forced Truth or Dare. McManus offers a little of everything in a fantastic mix of teamwork, a health scare, sibling tensions

If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? That book introduced the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen. The happy ending made me tear up and also made me want to cheer. Curious Beginning and seven more Veronica Speedwell books (plus one scheduled for publication next year

In the fall of our female narrator's senior year in college, she becomes friends with Sam and Yash, two the past, present, and future are equally real) and presentism (only the present moment exists) has bearing There is a jump forward in time that made me immediately feel less connected to the characters and the years that the name was the same as a character in another King novel, Writers & Lovers , published five years

She notes that there is a 37% chance of a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest in the next 50 years He also wrote Hour of the Witch  and Skeletons at the Feast  (a WWII-set book that I read about 15 years positive company for Garrett, who tends to be morose--particularly after the tragic death of their dear friend years earlier.

“Forty years ago, Constance Halliday set us on this road and created her squad of Sphinxes. It's kill or be killed, and the seasoned women have to use their years of niche expertise, optimistic The fantastic blend of feminist sass and clever problem-solving is as evident in this book as it is in