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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical fiction mystery in two timelines; I'm reading The Tainted Cup , a fascinating fantasy-science-fiction mystery by Robert The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , Ellery Lloyd offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction mystery You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer
- Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens If you like Westerns, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads
In the summer I posted My Six Favorite Reads of the First Half of 2025 , and all six of those books appear For my full review, please see Everything Is Tuberculosis . 03 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Mysteries When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into As the community wonders at his mysterious, whimsical appearance, they embrace Brendan, as he is ultimately
- Review of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
like to check out some of my Bossy memoir reviews , or some of my Greedy Reading Lists of favorites: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition
If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality. In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/25 Edition
during the Dust Bowl, The Antidote ; and I'm listening to Gillian McAllister's newest twisty, smart mystery Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries 03 Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister Famous Last Words is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian the author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time , a book I loved and not only listed in my Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo
ICYMI: When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving a mysterious multiple homicide I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Leigh Bardugo's interconnected Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows
- Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
You might also be interested in the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great 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 Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by But the mystery takes a back seat in the book to Maisie's explorations of human motivations, her interest Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.
- Review of A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
Nonfiction I've Loved If you love nonfiction books, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads , Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year , Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved , Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads , or these other nonfiction books I've
- Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads
You might also like the books on my past Greedy Reading Lists Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads and Six If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition
A mysterious app on her phone seems to have all of the answers she needs--but Lai isn't sure what the I mentioned Naomi Alderman's novel The Power in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Dystopian and read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery through unexpected attractions and the uncovering of weighty secrets, the group works to unravel the mysterious
- More 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! For the Mystery and Puzzle Lover 05 You are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson Seven people receive mysterious letters. Someone knows their terrible secrets. Can you help Scotland Yard solve the mystery? This interactive locked-room mystery allows readers to identify the murderer in a grisly crime, after
- One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
You can find the first list of my historical fiction favorites here , and you'll find Six More of My books about World War II and women spies, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II and Six Books about Brave Female Spies . by Katherine Arden Katherine Arden, the author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition
Then a mysterious power begins calling to her. If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You. 02 Looking for Jane by Heather Looking for Jane is a story of three timelines linked through decades by a mysterious letter and enormously
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/25/23 Edition
listening to the fifth installment in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Veronica Speedwell Victorian-era mystery included the wonderful Ron Rash short story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay in my Greedy Reading List Six Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries characters, and dialogue that makes me laugh out loud--all set against the backdrop of a Victorian-age mystery In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: time travel, historical fiction, a mother's newest gorgeousness, a dystopian gem, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Victorian mystery Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels, Six More Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic past, and Raybourn offers a number of explanations for some of the previous book's alluded-to personal mysteries You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge and Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition
, Adam Hamdy's twisty mystery about interconnected characters. Hawker is also the author of The Ragged Edge of Night, which I mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books Hawker also wrote One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series of mysterious
- Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
Ava's inexperience is essential to her storyline, and her limited perspective creates a mystery regarding You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies, and Six More Great Books about Brave Female Spies.
- Review of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master s The Huntress (and five other historical fiction books I loved), check out the Greedy Reading List Six Or check out the books I listed on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Books about Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.
- Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition
witty time-travel story The Ministry of Time; I'm listening to Only If You're Lucky, Stacy Willingham's mystery Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many civil servants offered a mysterious Lucy is wild, mischievous, mysterious--and she has an extra room in her rambunctious house for the summer I mentioned Rene Denfeld's book The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a wonderful story about a grumpy female Gothic-feeling multi-timeline work of literary fiction; magical realism and time travel; and a captivating mystery Then a mysterious, wealthy matriarch preys upon Amina's need for funds--and her desire for one final, review, check out Some Desperate Glory. 06 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
If you like to read memoirs like I do, you might be interested in the Greedy Reading Lists here: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
that breaks and finds its way back together again; I Have Some Questions for You, a boarding-school mystery Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. It's about our societal obsession with tragedies and mysterious murders, and the tendency of bystanders
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
I had a great reading summer, so I had a tough time deciding on the six books I most loved reading during You might also want to check out the books on my spring Greedy Reading List Six of My Favorite Reads Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/28/22 Edition
lives in two eras and forced to choose; and I'm reading The Box in the Woods, a stand-alone young adult mystery If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you time travel. 03 The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson The Box in the Woods is another young adult mystery Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition
In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide decides to open her mysterious If you like Westerns, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition
The only thing that isn't a lie is her mysterious ability to instinctually, instantaneously heal others Night , and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow , which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Novels for Everyone on Your List
Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! For my full review of this book, please see The Wedding People . 02 A Mystery and a Poignant Family Story (Now in Paperback) Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Angie Kim's sophomore novel is a mystery, but Happiness Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what Click here for my full review of You Are Here . 04 A Modern, Darkly Funny Mystery Listen for the Lie
- Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light you might like to check the site for other books in this vein, or check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/21/25 Edition
reading: The Summer Guests , Tess Gerritsen's newest Martini Club offering, which centers around a mystery of Carrie Soto Is Back , The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Malibu Rising , and Daisy Jones & the Six
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
A mystery surrounds a deadly moment, and the book ends with a hopeful, imperfect, heartbreaking way forward story of young love blossoming, then shriveling under the first pressures of the outside world; it's a mystery Please click here for my full review of This American Woman . 04 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Mysteries When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest There are mysteries at the center of the story, but for me this was a captivating, atmospheric dive into
- Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding developed, but they're important to the structure and the odd interconnectedness at the heart of the mysterious identical personal experience; and detective Gaspary from the future's Night City investigates their mysterious You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes or these Bossy reviews of books that play with time.
- Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta
read memoirs, you might be interested in the titles on my various memoir-focused Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
- Review of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition
You might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , Six More Great 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 Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories . 02 Moonbound by Robin
- Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all If you like light fiction, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp
August feels like a perfect time to dive into recently published romantic stories, and these have been six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great 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 Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are six of my March favorites. You and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved . Gillian McAllister The author of the fantastic Wrong Place, Wrong Time is back with a smart, twisty mystery Famous Last Words is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister. I loved this smart mystery that relies heavily on character development and mental agility for our narrator
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Here are my six favorite reads of the past month. Eason In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have And I was wholly charmed by the rievs (former battle robots) who mysteriously show sentience and surprising Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jane Harper's newest Australian-set Aaron Falk mystery, Exiles; adapt her surprise feminist bestseller into a movie--without losing her integrity or being derailed by mysterious But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and far. 02 The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six Then mysterious threats begin appearing within the script, aimed at the writers who are picking apart
- Review of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into, and Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore.
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads
Every month I post my favorite reads , and in the spring I posted Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality . In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious Are Here . 10 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore I loved this summer-camp setting, the slow build of mystery I was intrigued by the mysteries and their layers, which are continually revealed, and while I usually
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
) by Freya Marske The first book in Marske's duology is full of Edwardian England detail, gay love, mystery Robin and Edwin's love is romantic and sweet and heartbreaking and sexy; the mystery at the heart of camp; and winds it all through our middle-aged heroines' satisfying solving of a disturbing set of mysteries Nessa, Jo, and Harriet work together and use their newfound abilities to try to solve the mystery of But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might
- Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
In Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine, a woodworker with mysterious powers, and Isaac, a con artist and street performer with his own magic, are reunited to claim a mysterious, bizarre inheritance: a and Isaac find their way back to each other, bonded by trying to untangle the dangerous, sentimental, mysterious If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/5/22 Edition
Fortune's debut, Every Summer After, a story about mistakes, lost love, and new beginnings, told over six summers and a weekend; and I'm listening to And Then She Disappeared, a mystery about a decades-past If you like short stories, you might also want to check out the stories on the Greedy Reading List Six Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. 03 And Then She
- Review of Orbital by Samantha Harvey
The luminous novel Orbital tracks six astronauts in the International Space Station for one day as they Samantha Harvey's astronaut-focused novel Orbital traces a single day in the lives of six astronauts In Orbital , Harvey takes the ultimate locked-room setting of six people in a small space, orbiting 250 designated bathroom, while the other astronauts are only "allowed" to use the second bathroom--a rule the six The six space-station astronauts are circling the earth without traveling anywhere, they reflect, while
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and This is a character-driven mystery with a twist. This is a character-driven mystery with an interesting twist. That is, until the mysterious Maddalena arrives.
- 2025 Bossy Fiction Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! A Twisty, Fast-Paced, Con-Artist Mystery 01 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Elston's first adult novel Elston has an upcoming mystery, Anatomy of an Alibi , scheduled for publication January 13. For my full review--I rated this mystery 4 stars--please check out this link . Other mysteries you might want to gift: Richard Osman's charming Thursday Murder Club series , Steve















































