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- Review of Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
I loved every bit of this. Oh, Olive!
- Review of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
(Side note: hearing "sweetheart" as his dirty-talk nickname for her felt jarring to me every time.) each other--who are, after all, near strangers linked by a devastating past event--and entered into very heated, varied sexual encounters. of lighter fiction or rom-com books I've loved, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six More of my Favorite Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/25 Edition
If you're interested in or enjoyed this book, you might want to check out a favorite book of mine, Madeline Trying to do the right thing seems not to work out very well for Denny.
- Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
Early in the story, Learned by Heart very much reminded me of A Little Princess. 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
- Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
I think I have enough other favorite reads in these categories to make two more Greedy Reading Lists. They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. This is one of my all-time favorite books. But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction
- Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
More Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked And you can find other Bossy light fiction reviews here. 01 Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey I delighted Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise For my full review, please see Very Sincerely Yours. 02 The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn ), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem).
- Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
I love when stories play with time (see my multiple favorites lists below), and I loved that the relationship Several of my Greedy Reading Lists highlight some of my very favorite books that twist time: Six Riveting
- Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge 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
- Review of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Zevin's recent novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, I was reminded that ages ago I loved her (very His wife has died, his sales are down, his favorite collection of poems has been stolen, and he's drawing author of The Hole We're In, Margarettown, Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, the Anya Balanchine series
- Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both
- Review of A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/10/21 Edition
haunted by his secret; and I'm reading The Forgotten Kingdom, the second in Signe Pike's fantastic series I received a prepublication copy of this book, to be published May 11, 2021, courtesy of NetGalley and I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and so far this book is reminding me of The
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
You might very well not come away loving JT the way you might have going into this one, fair warning. Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/20 Edition
excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in the Skyhunter series Lu has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/25 Edition
of the Sea ; I'm listening to Jen Hatmaker's memoir Awake ; and I'm listening to my newly discovered favorite family, her religion, and her community, found her world turned upside down when she discovered in 2020
- Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and When we do things differently, and very often we do, I remind myself that it is rarely a matter of right My book club wasn't unanimous on a five-star rating, but this is one of my favorite Patchett books.
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition
#fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #postapocalypticdystopian, #robots, #timetravel 02 Beach Read
- Review of The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
I loved this smart, funny young adult book--the first in a series--complete with Chinese folklore, a
- A Bossy Summer Break
I look forward to hearing about your favorite summer reads once I'm back to the blog! xoxo, Amy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/25 Edition
champions who dramatically split--until a documentary tell-all comes back to tell their story, The Favorites received a prepublication edition of Broken Country courtesy of Simon & Schuster and NetGalley. 03 The Favorites
- Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock
they tell the truth about others' wrongdoings, and a heartwarming chosen-family element (one of my favorite You can check out some of my Bossy favorites at the links here.
- Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
I loved watching every building block slot into place as we wound our way back through time toward the Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories highlight some of my very favorite books that twist time!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/21/25 Edition
Annie Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my Bossy Favorite the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed (which was one of my six favorite
- Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
More Emily Henry love Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it also Emily Henry is also the author of Funny Story (one of my Favorite Reads of the Year ), Happy Place
- Review of City of Windows (Lucas Page #1) by Robert Pobi
I haven't yet read the second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and when I read City of Windows I didn't even realize it was part of a series, it stands so well on its own.
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements, as in a recent favorite read I reviewed But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. An Unexpected Peril, An Impossible Impostor, and the upcoming eighth title (to be published in early 2023 dangerous set of circumstances, complete with intrigue, a traveling show (why is this always such a favorite of this book, please see A Curious Beginning. 04 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton “There are very
- Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads
Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I'm always thankful for books and reading, so I wanted to reshare Do you have all-time favorite reads that you steadily recommend to others? Marianne Cronin has a new book coming out in December 2024, Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love . 02 White rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
I think I have enough other favorite reads in these categories to make two more Greedy Reading Lists. They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. This is one of my all-time favorite books. But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction
- Review of A Song to Drown Rivers 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 Long Contemporary Novels to Sink Into
What are some of your favorite long novels? This was one of my favorite books of the year when I read it. 02 The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell This oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/23/24 Edition
story that flips a traditional setup, and I have high hopes that Long Live Evil is going to be my new favorite now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her favorite fantasy series.
- Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
Some Lighter Fiction Favorites What I love about a romantic, rom-com, lighter fiction read is that real I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did 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
- Review of The Names by Florence Knapp
daughter Maia, Bear; in a second, she makes a less aggressive but unsanctioned name choice that's her favorite characters' fates on Cora's shoulders so that all of the key characters' futures are dependent on the varied those days boiled down into one intense burst of color, or to have the pin removed from the thorax every None of the paths are too easy or perfect, but each offers varied satisfaction and challenge in the form
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
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 was a series until after the fact, it stands so well on its own. Panowich also wrote Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley, the next two books in this series.
- 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 tempted to defy her mother by not following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series
- 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
- Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Other fake-dating rom-coms include The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren and a Bossy favorite, The Bodyguard premise in which a famous person dates a not-famous person: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan and Very
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt and The Star Garden, neither Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, four young adult fantasy books plus related Do you have any favorite books set in the American West?
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
The Summer Favorites These titles aren't classic, light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/27/25 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/28/21 Edition
Keep, which is set for publication next week, is a prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (there are three other books in the series, the fantastic Queen of the Tearling as well as The Invasion I'm curious to see if the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are He has written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series, and the I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven
- 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 The Survivors by Jane Harper
This is my favorite Harper mystery so far. But as with every visit home, Kieran is reminded of a careless mistake he made as a teenager that led No one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of The Survivors is my favorite Harper book yet.
- 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/17/24 Edition
because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite Kimi Cunningham Grant's newest thriller, The Nature of Disappearing, Emlyn is a wilderness guide who very
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition
from one of my favorite authors, Maggie Shipstead; The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, Nikole Hannah-Jones From the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite reads last community members) and a successful city doctor with an impressive family pedigree, expensive taste, and very
- 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 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Marcellus the octopus is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of He was my absolute favorite element, and I adored every scene that involved him.
- Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads
Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I'm always thankful for books and reading, so I wanted to reshare Do you have all-time favorite reads that you often recommend to others? Marianne Cronin has a new book coming out in December 2024, Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love . 02 White rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy
- Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies
I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books (all but one are fiction) offers that very thing I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old. Elizabeth Wein is also the author of many other novels, including additional novels in the Code Name Verity series I would have been in favor of having the romantic element being tied up without the Eve aspect, or having















































