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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/15/22 Edition

    Now First of all, seeing the gorgeous colors and designs of these three covers together is making me very After twists and turns and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes the star of a hit When the trip involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction after all.

  • Review of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison

    After five decades, it feels surprising that the hectic schedule and method by which the show's sketches

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/16/25 Edition

    hasn't told anyone that her ADHD impulsiveness led her to pack up and leave her barrel-racing career after

  • Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences

    Rwanda and through six other African countries—with her tough, hustling older sister Claire—during and after In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences

  • Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo

    The events after Kat and Heath's later reunion push limits (Heath's modern-day betrayal of Kat feels

  • Review of A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

    her, she would have said that she had kept a home and raised a son whose words, now punishing, were, after

  • Review of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

    In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary because of its origins in Beijing's Summer When San Francisco is devastated by an earthquake and the widespread destruction of its aftermath, Thornton

  • Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    01 The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty I loved every bit of After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit. But then unexpected events lead her to leave the only home she's ever known in order to try to save her her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force Kyr to reexamine all that she's ever

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    After what happened on her last job, she can't afford to make mistakes. Mr. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and

  • Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

    out a dreamlike possibility of something that might be real, and this didn't sit comfortably with me after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition

    . 03 The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun Dev has dedicated his career to the reality dating show Ever After , helping to shape it into the popular, long-running franchise it is.

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    ; The Celebrants, Steven Rowley's exploration of friendship, loyalty, life and death, and moving on after After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself The Celebrants centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six, died assemble, no questions asked--for affection, support, and the sharing of sentiments typically reserved for after Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist.

  • Review of All Fours by Miranda July

    The shape of the character's primary relationship after these weeks in the hotel room is unusual (she

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Liane Moriarty's story of the aftermath a plane full of psychic Moment ; I'm reading Sally Rooney's newest novel, about young-adult brothers seeking love and hope after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/30/22 Edition

    This is beautiful and tragic, and I'm captivated so far. 03 Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean In Emiko Jean's young adult story Tokyo Ever After, we met Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday, average Jean is also the author of Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After #1), Empress of All Seasons, and We'll

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy never even wielded a scalpel He'll learn more from Sister Margarite--who he's falling for--than he ever hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and

  • Review of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree

    After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit.

  • Review of Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett

    that she couldn't hack medical school--she just didn't go the first day, or the second, or any day after fifth graders in the book seemed far younger to me—their matching outfits, reverting to sucking thumbs after Father and daughter, brother and sister, and mother and father find their way back together after hurting

  • Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    too many "doom is coming, get ready" types of heads-ups for my liking--especially because this is, after Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

  • Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out

    of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape our lives, and I can vouch for each of these very fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Backlist Summer Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears into the constant attention her The characters, the story arc that isn’t too easy but leaves you in a promising place after all, and Very very happy.

  • Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary because of its origins in Beijing's Summer When San Francisco is devastated by an earthquake and the widespread destruction of its aftermath, Thornton set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/16/24 Edition

    Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After

  • Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    After the World Falls Apart I have a fascination with postapocalyptic (set in a time after a disaster no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. Then Hig gets an indication that he is not alone and that there is life out there after all. Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/24 Edition

    interstate drug ring; and I'm listening to a suspenseful mystery about a missing young woman who reappears after

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite Bossy March reads! young girl in Ireland is taken by her unreliable, frequently drunk gambler of a father to spend the hot summer Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any It's not clear whether he and Julia can go on--or if her family will ever be the same.

  • Review of Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder

    This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. Their secret tryst at the end of season one ended badly, and they've been far from friendly ever since I smiled a lot, I teared up, and I loved this perfect summer read! 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 Six More Great Light Fiction

  • Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

    After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and

  • Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

    01 Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein Nineteen-year-old Avery Abrams was set to be the next big gymnastics When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances But after that, Beach Read met all of my criteria above and more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze

  • Review of The Future by Naomi Alderman

    for a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and some days she wonders if she's ventured very far from her beginnings after all.

  • Review of The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins

    that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition

    After an encounter between Assembly and Unity members ends in a dangerous standoff, Dalton must navigate

  • Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske

    Jack Alston (Lord Hawthorn) swore that he was finished with magic for good after his twin sister Elsie

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending alterations is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

  • Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

    We're all headed toward the same end in this life, after all, and those brave enough to commit their Yip-Williams's memoir, the subtitle of which is A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After After the diagnosis, I knew that someday I would die, but I didn’t know when. Warren digs deeply into the realities of doubting his faith, God, his life’s work, and his vision of an afterlife

  • Six Five-Star Bossy Reads to Check Out

    and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of Nothing is too easy here, nor is it ever melodramatic in Napolitano’s hands. I loved this book. of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition

    And would that be the worst thing in the world, after all? Sarah Manguso is also the author of Very Cold People . 02 Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicenzio Catalina

  • Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia

    After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite November reads! The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on her formidable mother after After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the their mysterious artistic creation, and the work's ripple effect, which reaches well beyond what they ever Sixteen-year-old aspiring writer Frankie is just trying to get through a late 1990s summer in Coalfield

  • Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry

    year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to come after Harriet is heartbroken and reeling at being bunked up with Win, but after Sabrina shares big news of

  • Review of Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and

  • Review of Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

    Defendant (as he is called throughout) are so disturbing, I welcomed the breaks from the immediate aftermath It was horrifying that the sorority girls in the story received so little guidance and support after

  • Review of Funny Story by Emily Henry

    But could their shared pain lead to a friendship after all? This is exxxxcellent Emily Henry.

  • Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller

    I needed someone who lives every single day with illness to tell me that (1) I wasn’t alone and (2) my After multiple misdiagnoses and increasing discomfort and fear, she was ultimately diagnosed with Crohn's

  • Review of Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    the last day of high school, and senior nemeses Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have battled bitterly for every allows both Rowan and Neil to notice aspects of the other that aren't so infuriating and off-putting after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/19/25 Edition

    In Run for the Hills , Mad and her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's Nothing will ever be the same. After all, she hasn't sacrificed, obsessed, planned, spent all her money on voice lessons, and humiliated

  • Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

    The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on the formidable woman after After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the

  • Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    too many "doom is coming, get ready" types of heads-ups for my liking--especially because this is, after Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

  • Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read

    By the end of the summer, Anna has delved into Zoe's disappearance and has attempted to untangle the But Pippa Fitz-Amobi is becoming convinced that Sal didn't do it after all. ―Booklist, starred review #youngadult, #mystery 06 The Inheritance Games ​ Avery is in high school, and Hawthorne has set out riddles and puzzles Avery must solve before coming into the money that could save

  • Review of The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

    After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions

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