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  • Review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

    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 More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    What are your favorite witchy stories? Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the dark humor and unexpected details, and the exchanges between El and Orion (and El and everyone) were fantastic Grown-Ups Will Love. 06 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy

  • Review of A Far-Flung Life by M. L. Stedman

    living off the land, reimagined family dynamics, characters who show depth and growth (including my favorite

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/15/24 Edition

    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

  • 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 established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites

  • Review of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

    you might like to check out some of my Bossy memoir reviews , or some of my Greedy Reading Lists of favorites Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite

  • Review of Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite

    For more of my Bossy science-fiction favorites, check out the titles at this link .

  • Review of Famesick by Lena Dunham

    Like You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of other celebrity memoirs or these lists of favorite

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/29/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming book by a favorite author, Katherine Arden, The Warm 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

  • Review of Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune

    This wasn't my favorite element.

  • 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. They have a fantastic selection of titles, offer spot-on recommendations, and can order almost anything Bossy Book Gift Lists in the past, you know that bird books (including others by this author) are a favorite

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    genre, and this Greedy Reading List offers a little of everything: light fiction/rom-com, mystery, fantasy The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and This was one of my favorite reads of the year last year.

  • Review of Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

    This is my favorite read of the spring so far.

  • Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan

    Claire Keegan is one of my favorite writers; in these three stories, she builds layered situations--and Keegan is one of my favorite authors, and I'm in for all of her books.

  • Review of Care and Feeding: A Memoir by Laurie Woolever

    Bossy Foodie Memoir Favorites You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

    The Moonstruck references were fantastic. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

  • Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn

    banter and sexual tension and match-up of will and intellect between Stoker and Veronica that are my favorite It wasn't my favorite of the series mysteries thus far, but I enjoyed the dark, gothic feel of twisting

  • Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth

    Elaborate mythology swirls around the mysterious author of the blockbuster fantasy series The Falling Goldhero, and fans dream up fantastical stories about the writer and his life.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition

    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

  • Review of Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir

    But Harrow the Ninth also offers fantastically bratty episodes on the parts of various characters; frenzies Gideon the Ninth was also mentioned in my Greedy Reading List Six More Postapocalyptic and Dystopian Favorites

  • 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?

  • Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

    In what's possibly my favorite book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional This was quite possibly my favorite Cormoran Strike novel so far.

  • Review of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

    For other Bossy historical fiction favorites, please check out the reviews and Greedy Reading Lists linked

  • Review of Heartwood by Amity Gaige

    Amity Gaige's Appalachian Trail-set novel offers several of my favorite elements: a Maine setting, a

  • Six Riveting Backlist Reads

    The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a 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.

  • Review of Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez

    More Abby Jimenez love Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer   (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms

  • Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

    This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Her, waiting on the street in Paris while he visits his favorite bookstore but she's too sickly to climb Kate Bowler's book No Cure for Being Human is a five-star, all-time favorite read of mine.

  • Review of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

    This isn't my absolute favorite Mason book, and I didn't connect to the characters as I did in The Winter

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/26/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm currently reading three fantasy titles: one young adult novel to be published 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

  • Review of Fallen Land by Taylor Brown

    The debut novel from one of my favorite authors tracks a horse thief and an orphan who bond and find

  • Review of Playground by Richard Powers

    More Literary Fiction Favorites Richard Powers is also the author of The Overstory , Bewilderment , and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/9/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Tochi Onyebuchi's dark, broody fantasy mystery, Harmattan 01 Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi In Tochi Onyebuchi's newest fantasy mystery novel, main protagonist Harmattan Season is a dark, broody, mysterious fantasy story that takes place in post-colonial West

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition

    Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy Paper & Blood is a quirky, lighthearted fantasy with entertaining pop culture references, copious Scottish which made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite

  • Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction

    2024) Don't forget to check my past Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling shocking lengths the drug lord and his biggest rival were willing to go to in order to control their favorite

  • Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love

    #mystery, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview 02 My Lady Jane: The Lady Janies Series ​ I'd had fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball fantasy This is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview 03 Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview Any new-to-you or longtime favorite oddball

  • Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading

    Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction These are some of my light fiction favorites, and they're also perfect for summer reading. I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile reviews of Lauren's The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words, The Soulmate Equation (a favorite ), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem). 05 Beach Read by Emily Henry Is

  • Review of Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott

    In her novel for young readers--from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

  • Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

    One of my favorite elements is how Finlay, a mom of two very young children, is absolutely irresistible Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series

  • Review of You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate

    Like You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of other celebrity memoirs or these lists of favorite

  • Review of My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

    the Lady Janies trilogy is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball fantasy This is funny, and smart, with clever asides, wonderful character development, and fantastic banter. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike

    The details of everyday life are fantastic, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?

  • Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI

    Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites I'd love to hear about your favorite mystery reads! radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books (In the Woods, The Likeness--this is my favorite Lucas Page is a fantastic character (as are Whitaker, Kehoe, Erin, and Dingo).

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

  • 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 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?

  • Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

    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

  • Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Cookbooks

    Don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling ice-cream pie to the Grand Teton's Huckleberry Margaritas, these recipes will transport you back to favorite guest a cold cloth on a hot evening. 06 100 Morning Treats: With Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits, Sweet and Savory Whether you prefer savory or sweet, flaky or hearty, eaten on the run or while cozied in, Kieffer has

  • Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

    That was one of my favorite books when I was young, and within Learned by Heart, the concern with classism Donoghue is also the author of Room, The Pull of the Stars (which I loooved; it was one of My Twelve Favorite

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I guess this list is an Escape from Reality attempt, as I have three fantasy I'm listening to Ruby Dixon's sassy fantasy novel, Bull Moon Rising ; I'm reading M. L. Wang's recently published dark academia novel, Blood Over Bright Haven ; and I'm reading Frances White's fantasy The cover is arresting, and the sparkles and art are a nod to the novel's fantasy genre. Wang is also the author of The Sword of Kaigen and the YA fantasy series The Volta Academy Chronicles

  • Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

    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

    Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with

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