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extended family--including a stolid patriarch and matriarch, a free-spirited daughter, a spunky and fantastic Cosby This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk. of You by Anne Egseth Luna has a unique and lovely voice and is an irresistibly odd bird of a twelve-year-old simultaneously wanted to scoop up Luna and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years She has a unique and lovely voice and is an irresistibly odd bird of a twelve-year-old girl.

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos twists through betrayal, love, lots and lots of art, loss, fear of These richly built elements form a backdrop to two women's linked journeys, separated by 300 years. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this book!

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical thriller with fantastic details of the time that focuses on the character of a twenty-four-year-old, faithful Puritan wife trying to escape her violent Mary up in its grasp as those around her swarm and snarl, eager to condemn her to death for imagined, feared Bohjalian is also the author of a fantastic book about World War II, Skeletons at the Feast, the difficult

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 romantic read! 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. I loved this.

listening to How to End a Love Story, a story by Yulin Kuang about two young adults whose paths cross years Five years later, the crown reappears--spurring more mystery and questions than answers. Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye, The Huntress, The Rose Code, and The Helen hasn't seen Grant Shepard in thirteen years--not since they were bound by the horrific events surrounding

I'd love to hear what you thought! Which other books should I add to my to-read robot book list? SecUnit is a fantastic main character; it's grumpily and charmingly obsessed with keeping its people But Andra soon realizes she wasn't sleeping for 100 years. She was asleep for 1,000. Years later Rose is a world-renowned physicist working to unlock the secrets of the hand and the curious , yet Neuvel allows their spoken-only participation in the book to express their growth, hopes, and fears

this timeline, Tom Metcalfe, one of our main protagonists, is an academic fascinated by the past (the years around us, Tom, our academic protagonist says: I prefer teaching the post-2015 period...when waves of fantastical I’d like to shout down through a hole in the ceiling of time and advise the people of a hundred years ago: If you want your secrets kept, whisper them into the ear of your dearest, most trusted friend. Such liberty and abandon, such fearful defiance.

In 1840 in London, young Arthur lives near the sewage-filled River Thames, desperate to escape poverty In 2014 Turkey, ten-year-old Narin is living near the Tigris and is affected by a disorder that will I'd love to hear your bossy thoughts about this book.

Eason is also the author of the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series.

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

I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book! Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and

multigenerational family story told through two timelines; the final book in a darkly playful young adult fantasy series; a quirky, campy mystery and revenge fantasy; and a young adult thriller with outlandish circumstances and yearnings for intimacy that feel real. Duchess is a thirteen-year-old girl trying to keep her family together. Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard Heard's young adult thriller was a lightning-fast read, and there's a yearning

might also want to check out the books on my spring Greedy Reading List Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year It's Real by Ann Liang I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 .

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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,

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

In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor , which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year the year I read it and which I also listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling

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

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.

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).

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

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!

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

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

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

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