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My favorite writing often turns expectations on their heads, and In Show Don't Tell , Sittenfeld draws

often-unforgiving conditions, the authors' worldbuilding--and the books listed here are a few of my absolute favorites Because I love the series so very much, I have separate posts for Martha Wells's Murderbot series, set I also really enjoyed White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series NASA contact, Molly, who sends her audio messages (and occasionally forwards along episodes of Romy's favorite

upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great Big Beautiful Life ; I'm listening to the first mystery in a series Henry's Beach Read  was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading This is the first in a series of three books about Joe Talbert. 03 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting So far this is very romaaaantic and dramaaatic with a significant amount of page time spent on Feyre's as an audiobook, and it's such a slow build, I'm both eager for it to ramp up in pacing while also very So far, The Survivors is shaping up to be my favorite Harper book yet.

What are your favorite time-travel books?   Very very happy.

Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads list.

My favorite science fiction novels examine the Big Issues: What makes us people?

The found-family element is a favorite of mine, and the makeshift nature of Caffall's imagined future

My Oxford Year is my favorite kind of romance; Whelan uses a light-fiction structure to take on seriously

Here are six of my favorite mystery and suspense reads of last year--with another list to come! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite mystery reads? This allows for the cooperative problem-solving that I adore in the rest of the series. And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. I was so happy to realize this is the first in a planned series. Sign me up for every bit of this!

The first part felt a little slow, but I'm so very very glad I stuck with it. structured into 1,001 (this sounds overwhelming, but the book doesn't feel that way) short segments in varied Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young What's some of your favorite historical fiction? Any favorites I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read list?

Intermezzo is one of my favorite Rooney novels yet, exploring complicated families, grief, unconventional relationships is unconventional, and various players involved struggle to let go of societal expectations in favor

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very

When Jax, a social worker, receives a series of frantic missed calls from her sister Lexie, she assumes I took issue with Gram's unapologetic and outrageous favoritism toward Lexie, which could have possibly Lexie was the excellent swimmer and student and musician and had lots of friends and was their parents’ favorite , Grandma’s favorite, and family friend Ryan’s favorite (all despite her mental illness/schizophrenia

coping with the grief of having lost her mom and navigating romance using the inspiration of her mom's favorite coping with the grief of having lost her mom and navigating romance using the inspiration of her mom's favorite

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 (which I haven't yet read), plus this stand-alone book and another, The Searcher (publication October 2020).

Annie Hartnett is also the author of the wonderful novel Unlikely Animals , which was one of my  Bossy Favorite

of Stuart Turton's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle are fascinating: Evelyn Hardcastle will die every But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. But being able to track every detail and how it fit wasn't required (I kept reminding myself that I was . 03 A Curious Beginning ​ This fantastic book is the first in Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series What are your favorite historical fiction mysteries?

Young adult is one of my favorite genres to read for fun and to edit. What are your favorite young adult books that make you delight in feeling all the feelings? Johnson also wrote the wonderful books The Theory of Everything and This Girl Is Different. 02 A Very Goodbye Days is so very very sad and so very very funny. I would have been in favor of having the romantic element being tied up without the Eve aspect, or having

Jacob de Zoet make appearances, and the links to other books felt cozy, like I was coming home to more very This book made the Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

In 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia; her husband, Molly's stepfather, suffered physical and mental is powerful, particularly when she considers her present-day unwillingness to take in her alcoholic, very

Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the

With her savvy smarts and big heart, she was one of my favorite characters.

Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I've been thinking through my favorite books of the year for an What made them your favorites? 01 The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell This book! Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series

book made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books.

into her perceived reality and actively participates within it in order to calm her down; he buys her favorite

I've been listening to two great, very different books and reading a third. I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

Black Woods, Blue Sky is a cold-setting story--one of my favorites--in which the unforgiving weather,

The Guide is a literary thriller by one of my favorite authors, in which Jack (from Heller's book The I was also unclear in the very last scene of the book about the seeming surprise of a character's reaction

I love a time-travel book (see lists of some of my favorites, linked below). In A.G. Ultimately, very little of Lost in Time takes place in this distant past.

Peter Heller is an absolute favorite author of mine. His writing is just gorgeous and I'm in for every word.

Brooks's newest book, Horse, and I realized that I haven't posted a Bossy review of another Brooks favorite

listed in my Greedy Reading List Six More Time-Travel Stories to Explore , but included as one of my favorite

What are your favorite witchy stories? Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness) within a tiny, very Through a series of unexpected events, Lucky St.

Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite

Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

Elliott In this young adult novel (ages 12 to 16) that's one of my current reads--and published by my favorite The next book in this series is Pretty Rude for a Girl. Elliott is also the author of the Owl Diaries series and over twenty picture books. 03 Subpar Parks: You can also buy posters and postcards of your favorites--in our laundry room we have a poster of a grumpy My local favorite is Park Road Books, and their smarty staff can get you the books you want--or recommend

What are your favorite witchy stories? Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. The Last Graduate is the second book in the Schlomance series. The Golden Enclaves, the third book in the series, is expected to be published in 2022. 04 The Year of The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

The everyday-person/famous-person love is a favorite trope of mine, and Norman adds emotional complexities

despite the fact that the number of unresolved homicides were growing exponentially across the country every Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads--and stay tuned for my upcoming list of Six Nonfiction Bossy Favorites

Barnes's eerie science fiction novel Ghost Station; and I'm listening to Emily Henry's newest delightful Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

, hope and forgiveness, being true to oneself and growing up, and of course love. ...we should grab every while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

What are your favorite witchy stories? Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. The Last Graduate is the second book in the Scholomance series. The Golden Enclaves, the third book in the series, was published in fall 2022. 04 The Year of the Witching The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

Jessica Knoll is also the author of Luckiest Girl Alive , The Favorite Sister , and American Girl .

We read aloud Barbara Robinson's 1971 holiday classic every Christmas season around here, and I love it every single time. is a favorite moment in the story.

Do you have any favorite cold-setting books? There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and Disappearing Earth is a story that is as much about the varied cast of characters, the closed-off, remote The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months

best-friendship between Jess and Fizzy (Felicity) is one of the funniest aspects and was one of my favorite My favorite book to date by this writing team is the lovely Autoboyography.

This book made my Greedy Reading List of My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

Alternative Arthurian legends twist through this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked reading Silver in the Bone, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very The book ends on a cliffhanger, setting up book two, which will hopefully be published in 2024 and which

Photographic History by Ken Burns Our America is a collection of some of treasured filmmaker Ken Burns's favorite range of experiences from our 200 years of American history. 03 The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World by Lonely Planet The Travel Book is a 2021 stunner from Lonely Planet, and this Since then I've also watched him in the movie Meru and in the TV series Edge of the Unknown.