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  • 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.

  • Review of You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn

    For more more MORE memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists 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, and Six Powerful Memoirs about

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

    Bossy Favorites of the Month These were my six favorite reads of December--a nonfiction wonder, a bonkers 01 Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green Everything also the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes, or these Bossy reviews of books that play with time.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the upcoming The Secret Life of Flora Lea, historical fiction with this book is of interest to you, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

    She is also the author of six young adult books, including The Lying Woods , This Is Our Story , The

  • Review of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter  is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements.

  • Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik

    and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history I mentioned Uprooted (and Novik's Spinning Silver) in the Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales

  • Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth

    books with this type of tone and spirit, you might also like those listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West. And stay tuned for this Friday's upcoming list of Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn; I'm listening to my first Zadie Smith novel, the Victorian-England-set historical fiction Briar Club by Kate Quinn In The Briar Club , Kate Quinn turns her considerable talent for bringing history Quinn's historical fiction offers the stories of multiple women in a females-only Washington, D.C. boardinghouse In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully

  • Review of The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

    In this historical fiction novel by Kate Quinn, the stories of two women—an imagined World War I spy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/3/23 Edition

    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 Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

    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 Fraud by Zadie Smith

    In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully

  • Review of Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre

    History was pivoting around her. Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books of the Year last year and which I also listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books If you like reading about female spies, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Books

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/3/22 Edition

    one of McCracken's short story collections, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, in the Greedy Reading List Six If you're interested in books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six If you're interested in books about witches, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

  • Review of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

    Centuries after her death, spindly, awkward, cowardly historian Owen Mallory unearths her story--and If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or have a chance at a life together

  • 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 Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition

    scheduled for publication tomorrow, A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical One Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Vigil by George Saunders

    I included Lincoln in the Bardo  in the Greedy Reading List   Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition

    Our main protagonist, Commander Graham Gore (based upon a real figure from history), has been whisked I mentioned Rene Denfeld's book The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition

    You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amor Towles's almost-600-page historical fiction story Lincoln Robert Galbraith's 944-page fifth installment in the Cormoran Strike series, Troubled Blood, and reading Six and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's twists and turns. 03 Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 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.

  • 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List

    Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! 7s" and much more, Serrano uses wit and helpful obsession to explore pivotal players and points in history For the History Lover 05 Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough

  • Review of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

    War II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical

  • Review of Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

    Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young

  • Review of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

    Smith's historical fiction story in two timelines equally powerfully evokes the bleak Dutch winters of Ellie, now a celebrated art historian, is potentially facing a disaster in which her forgery comes to

  • Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

    I loved the rich historical detail and meticulous research evident in the text.

  • Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

    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.

  • Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

    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 The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner

    like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

    I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and

  • Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music

    Six more that made my honorable mention list: Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock. 01 How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History

  • Review of The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus

    Isabel is drawn to Jack, and she ultimately feels destined to head to sea--in a time in history when

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of October. What were some of your favorite reads this month? Centuries after the death of the legendary Sir Una Everlasting , spindly, awkward, cowardly historian You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful

  • Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

    into Hazard's wonder at new experiences and his and other characters' perspectives on the world and history If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories and Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

  • Review of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran

    I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria

  • 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 for Love . 02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical

  • Review of In Memoriam by Alice Winn

    Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I.

  • Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne

    War II fade in contrast to the responsibility and haunting we witness as Gretel relives her personal history

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

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the They're from other times in history. protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure from history

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    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.

  • Review of Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    ICYMI: Morton masterfully weaves together timelines, threads of family history, and long-held secrets As Cassandra follows the trail Nell has laid out for her, she discovers more about her family's history Morton is masterful at weaving together several timelines, rich family history, intriguing discoveries

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that have cemented her place in tennis history If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history

  • Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

    destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history For [Colonel] Mackenzie on the southern plains, Comanches were the obvious target: No tribe in the history If you like to read nonfiction, you may like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction

  • Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

    those who have struggled to America, imagining their salvation; and explores the binds of family and history If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

    Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval Mary Sharratt offers an exhaustively researched, fascinating historical fiction account of the life of Mary Sharratt also wrote Revelations, historical fiction about the life of Margery of Kempe, a mother

  • Review of Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

    Ryan sometimes offers what feel more like lists of historical, societal events than developed factors

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