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Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! posted about Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and here are six more of my favorite I've posted roundups of favorites each Friday in 2023--check them out! And you can click here for My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads. I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads?

Beneath the Keep, to be published 2/2/21, is a prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (three other books are in the series, The Queen of the Tearling, The Invasion of the Tearling, and The Some of the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace, and also the Fetch --side note, that nickname always reminds me of the very off-topic movie Mean Girls) are star players Maura; Brenna and Arlen; Aislynn and Liam); these bonds are similarly key in the final book of the series

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres Here are six of my very favorite historical fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? I'm so very glad I stuck this one out so I could see these characters through and witness their journeys

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. For a committed science lover, this title could very well do the trick. 04 Brave the Wild River: The Bossy Book Gift Lists in the past, you know that bird books (including others by this author) are a favorite

The strongest bonds between characters aren't those within the nuclear family, and this was one of my favorite is a supportive and relaxed dad, in contrast to Sibyl, the mother of the Samuelson clan, who isn't very Viewing the family's story through different members' points of view allowed for rich context through varied We zigzag to spend page time with intriguing side characters (Yvette, with whom Phil has a very brief

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I love a Favorites list, and now that I've got a spreadsheet (ahem!) of my favorite reads of the past year by genre, the hits are going to keep coming! This list highlights six more of my very favorite mystery reads of last year (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) What are some of your favorite mystery titles or mystery genres?

Schwab's Shades of Magic series. magic; Holland, White London royalty Lila loves to hate; Rhys, Kell's prince and brother; and one of my favorites The series is adult fantasy but would be appropriate for a young adult reader--if not averse to Lila's The first two books in the Shades of Magic series are A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows The first book in that series is Vicious and the most recent is Vengeful, with a third not yet published

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 2020 Books), and other books. McManus I'm listening to this third installment in Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying series. established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites

I loved Ashley Elston's mystery First Lie Wins  (it was on my December favorites list ; it was one of More Mystery Love I recently published Greedy Reading Lists of favorite mystery reads: Six Four-Star And you can find my favorite mystery reads from the year before here .

Six Great Bossy Nonfiction Reads I promise that this is the last roundup list of 2023 favorites, which seems appropriate now that we have entered the month of May, 2024, ahem. 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? Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very In the first installment in Osman's mystery series, four septuagenarians meet each week to discuss unsolved Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age is another series about older protagonists who use their wits

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 #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite post-apocalyptic A New Wilderness, published in August 2020, looks like a great dystopian novel too.

Kimi Cunningham Grant's newest thriller, The Nature of Disappearing, Emlyn is a wilderness guide who very I love a book set in the wild (Peter Heller's novels The River and The Guide come to mind as favorites

The first in Holland's ocean-focused young adult fantasy series leaves much of the story for later books So many elements of this premise are favorites for me--a strong young female main protagonist, ship life men around her, but she is preparing to face difficult challenges (likely within later books in the series A very minor but distracting note: the smell of petrichor is mentioned thirteen times in the story. More Fantasy Books Sara Holland is also the author of the Everless and Havenfall series.

I knew immediately that I would definitely read the next in the series.

Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with

Because Jessica's body is usurped so quickly in the story, we don't get a chance until the very end to And I love Ann Liang's writing and her books--I'll read every one. 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

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 04 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton “There are very few certainties in this world, Mr.

These Bossy favorites from a summer past stand the test of time. And soon I'll post another set of Bossy romantic favorites, this time titles that were published this also like the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six 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 Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, When I read a collection of short stories, I inevitably develop favorites, and while reading Buried Deep "After Hours" allowed me to delve back into Novik's Scholomance series, which I adored. Novik has also written a series of nine fantastic books about dragons, the Temeraire series. I've read seven of the nine installments, and I'm dreading reaching the end of the series.

shelter and tired of overstaying her welcome and never having security, she was returning home and on the verge At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride, and I was memoirs you might like, please check out these Bossy reviews as well as Greedy Reading Lists of my favorites

(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

The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling 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

French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute favorite of hers), Faithful Place, The Trespasser, Broken Harbor, and The Secret Place, plus the stand-alone In this first book in the One of Us Is Lying series, McManus takes us through each of the suspects in

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.

I loved this first installment of Young's two-book series, which features pirates, a brave young heroine Fable, the first in a planned two-book series, offers pirates, a little forbidden romance, a handful

I loved every bit of this. Oh, Olive!

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

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

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

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).

One of my favorites, Saskia Maarleveld , is the narrator. book, The Whitechapel Full Moon Society , set in Victorian London, is slated for publication in August 2026

Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I look forward to hearing about your favorite summer reads once I'm back to the blog! xoxo, Amy

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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