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Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction These are some of my light fiction favorites, and they're also perfect for summer reading. I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile 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 Is

Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother and mysterious man in the Alaskan wilderness by a favorite reading Death at Morning House , a stand-alone young-adult mystery by the author of the Truly Devious series is a stand-alone young adult novel by Maureen Johnson, who is also the author of the Truly Devious series

Early on, the television series The Last Movie Stars interviews children from Newman's first marriage questioning whether I was interested in investing time in listening to his story and whether there would be very If you love memoirs, you might like some of the books on my many Bossy lists of favorites: Six Illuminating

what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very This book made my Greedy Reading List of My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

"I'm in love with my favorite author," she says. She realizes that altering his life path and writing is a very real danger, yet she continues to insert Another book with a character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently

For my full review of this book, see When We Were Vikings. 04 Nothing to See Here I was very glad to Very very happy. What were some of your favorite fiction reads this year? you're looking for more great fiction, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

―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 This is the first in the Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, who also wrote The Naturals series. #youngadult, #mystery, #series Any young adult mysteries you've enjoyed lately?

Shipstead's varied stories range from funny with an edge to darkly haunting. The tones of each captivating story vary wildly, whether lighthearted with an edge or tragic and dark Maggie Shipstead is also the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite

Kills Well with Others , the newest novel in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Killers of a Certain Age series Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn The first installment of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series And I loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently nine books in the series.) 02 The Antidote by Karen Russell A terrible dust storm listed in my Greedy Reading List Six More Time-Travel Stories to Explore , but included as one of my favorite

This is my favorite kind of lighter-tone contemporary fiction.

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

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

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

adult mystery from Maureen Johnson that features smart, determined Stevie Bell from the Truly Devious series When I was posting on my Instagram page about some of my favorite books that play with time, a fellow Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's newest book, Nine Liars, which also features Stevie Bell, is scheduled for publication December 27, 2022

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

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk is back on the case in this second in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series His family and hometown aren’t at the center of this book, but beyond that, he felt very much on the

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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

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

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?

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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