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Book club love! My OG book club has been together in some form for almost twenty years, meeting monthly to talk about For more of my favorite book club reads from the past, please check out the Greedy Reading Lists centered around book club. Are you in a book club? What have been some of your favorite book club reads?

More book club love! Some of our book club "rules": we don't have to finish the book to attend, but we do need to be ready For some of my favorite book club reads from the past, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year, Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021, and My Six Favorite Book Club Books of Are you in a book club? Have you had any favorite book club reads this year?

I love a book about books, but I was confused as to why the characters would seek out and spend prolonged The Lonely Hearts Book Club is a sweet story about unlikely friendships with a side of book talk, but The motley crew bonds over books, although the book feels more focused on the oddly immediate intimacy This is light fiction, and I typically love a book about the love of books, but I couldn't buy into the Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

Book club love! These are my favorite book club reads from the past year. For my favorite book club reads from the past, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year and Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021. 01 The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathanial If you like books set in the unforgiving cold, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List The stories in Cloud Cuckoo Land (which is the name of the book-within-a-book) connect these characters

Book club love! My book club has been together in some form for thirteen years, and for a good while I've been (surprise I ask for book suggestions from my fellow book clubbers, add my own ideas, make sure early reviews look Here are my personal book club favorites from last year. For my favorite book club reads of 2020, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Book Club Books I Loved

This was a beautiful book. Ann Napolitano ​ I loved this book. What are some of your favorite book club books? I was going to say that I try not to be overly Bossy in my book club, but that is a big lie that's making But you should see the extensive spreadsheets of potential titles that my book club friends now patiently

I had imagined that the tone of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires would be campy, but Looking forward to reading Hendrix's My Best Friend's Exorcism.

some great books. clubs, Into the Blue by Emma Brodie, about teenage friends who end up acting opposite each other in a hit show as adults; and for my OG book club I'm reading the sweet novel of a nonagenarian looking for I'm reading this title for one of my book clubs. I'm reading this book for my book club.

But the book opens in a prison, with female inmates participating in their weekly book club in rural Harriet Larson is a retired English teacher who leads the prison book club, and her forays into the local I listened to How to Read a Book  as an audiobook. I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book! Check out these links for more Bossy reviews of books about books or books set in Maine .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to SenLinYu's 1000-plus-page fantasy novel Alchemised , which fiction; I'm reading Benjamin Wood's northern-England-set quiet, mysterious story Seascraper ; and for my book club I'm reading Lisa Ridz é n's story about a Swedish man aging and looking back at his memories, When attempting to release her memories, turns out to be a key part of Helena's past, unbeknownst to her, and the book I'm reading When the Cranes Fly South for my book club.

clubs, maintain pristine stacks (adhering, for now, to the satisfyingly arcane Dewey Decimal System developed in the late 1900s for the nonfiction titles), and, of course, guide patrons in book searches mentioned library programs in which librarians tailor book recommendations to patrons, and I was hooked Books chosen just for me me me! And have you read any of my Book Recommendations from Smarty Librarians?

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to my book club's January read, Richard Powers's sweeping story This book was originally self-published, then picked up by Atria Books. Many people have passionately recommended this heartwarming book to me this year. 03 This Is Happiness

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to bookseller Jeannine A. Cook's memoir about books and her inspiration in Harriet Tubman, Shut Up and Read ; I'm reading Charleen Cook was raised by a blind librarian, and books have always been an important part of her life. But because of Cook's strength of spirit--and the power of books--Harriett's Bookshop remains open today club for support, reason, venting, and laughter.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming mystery set in glamorous Capri by Katy Hays, Saltwater listening to standup comedian Youngmi Mayer's memoir, I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying ; and for my book club I'm listening to Patric Gagne's memoir, Sociopath . I received a prepublication edition of this title, to be published March 25, courtesy of Ballantine Books I'm listening to Sociopath as an audiobook; it's an upcoming read for my book club.

The Briar Club employs nine points of view to tell the story of life in a female-only boarding house In The Briar Club , Kate Quinn turns her considerable talent for bringing history to life by tackling The Briar Club is bookended by a mysterious murder. I read this book for my book club.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to a story about redemption, forgiveness, and books, which is 01 How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The cover art and title of How to Read a Book gave me the impression But the book opens in a prison, with female inmates participating in their weekly book club in rural Harriet Larson is a retired English teacher who leads the prison book club, and her forays into the local about books .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club historical fiction The Fraud ; and I'm reading Richard Osman's charming mystery The Thursday Murder Club 01 The Briar Club by Kate Quinn In The Briar Club , Kate Quinn turns her considerable talent for bringing I'm reading this book for my book club. 02 The Fraud by Zadie Smith Last week I wrote about reading my Man , On Beauty , NW , and Swing Time , as well as essays and short stories. 03 The Thursday Murder Club

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Ava Glass's newest Emma Makepeace spy mystery, The Trap ; I'm listening to Miss Morgan's Book Brigade , Janet Skeslien Charles's historical fiction in two timelines, focused on a World War I-era NYPL librarian who makes waves in France; and for my book club I'm reading Jesmyn I'm listening to Miss Morgan's Book Brigade as an audiobook. I'm reading Let Us Descend for my book club.

In People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks, inspired by a true story, shares a tale of the Sarajevo Haggadah In a later timeline, an Australian rare book expert discovers tiny treasures in the book's ancient binding I do love Geraldine Brooks books, and I'm in for her future novels. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Geraldine Brooks is also the author of books I've loved like Horse, Year of Wonders, and other novels

reading: The Summer Guests , Tess Gerritsen's newest Martini Club offering, which centers around a mystery 01 The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2) by Tess Gerritsen In book one of Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club Now they hold a monthly boozy book club dinner party and keep their eyes open for trouble. This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series. You can check out my review of book 3, A Conjuring of Light , here .)

The Books I'm Reading Now After a long Fredrik Backman hiatus (after reading Beartown I swore off this Based on a collective love for that title, my book club dug into his novel Beartown --and there was a I found it incredibly frustrating, overly dramatic, and somewhat facile, and I took a break from Backman books. The book tracks back in time to that summer that changed everything, and it alternates peeks into the

In book one of Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series, we met Maggie Bird, a retired CIA operative who Now they hold a monthly boozy book club dinner party and keep their eyes open for trouble. In book two of the Martini Club, the mystery at hand--a missing teen--draws in local citizens as well The progression of the meal-focused relationship between Jo and the Club is fun, as are Jo's growing More Books You Might Like This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series.

The Books I'm Reading Now For my book club I'm reading Lady Tan's Circle of Women, Lisa See's newest story of women in ancient China; I'm reading Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge, Lizzie Pook's upcoming Lady Tan's Circle of Women is my first book club read of 2024, and wow, does this one start off with and the Secret Fan and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. 02 Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jessica Knoll's novel inspired by real-life events surrounding I'm reading Bright Young Women for my book club. 02 A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang In Ann Liang's

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Carley Fortune's newest light fiction about a missed opportunity and second chances, Meet Me at the Lake; I'm reading a book club pick about three young Muslim women These Impossible Things is one of my book club's reads this year. 03 Meru (The Alloy Era #1) by S.B. Divya is also the author of Machinehood, a book I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fantastic

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Hanna Pylväinen's The End of Drum-Time, about a community in the I'm reading The End of Drum-Time as my March book club book. For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings Joanna Quinn's debut is a doorstop of a book at 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the

trip to see family, and I started thinking about Maine books. Have you read any of these books? Which other books would you include on this Maine list? For my full review of this book, please check out The Frozen River . 05 The Spy Coast (The Martini Club in Purity, Maine, the town has drawn multiple  former intelligence agents (they make up the "martini club For my full review of this book, please check out The Spy Club . 06 This Other Eden by Paul Harding Harding

The tone of The Secret Book Society is darker than I'd anticipated, but appropriate as Martin explores The power of books and of friendship ultimately triumph in Martin's historical fiction. The characters spend little time discussing books (although now-classic feminist novels are mentioned I listened to The Secret Book Society  as a library audiobook through Libby . More Books about Books and Victorian-Set Novels I've Loved For Bossy reviews of other books about books

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore; I'm listening 01 The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore Sloane is an underappreciated librarian running things She adores books and reading, but her emotional passion for literature is a negative in the eyes of her I received an audiobook edition of this book courtesy of Libro.fm and Dreamscape Media. 02 Happy Place I received a prepublication audiobook edition of this book (to be released April 25) courtesy of Libro.fm

Polly is a high school English teacher who leans on her close-knit, longtime book club for support, reason Meanwhile, messy life events are propelling members of the book club in different directions, and the I was fascinated by the way Polly's book club friend group evolved through difficulties. I felt as though the premise of the book club (everyone buys the book but pledges not to read it) was love that my good friend's book club is all about sharing their thoughts on the books they're each personally

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a witchy novel from Cherie Dimaline, VenCo, scheduled for publication women's ongoing fight for body autonomy (also scheduled for publication tomorrow); and an upcoming book club book for me, Solito, which is poet Javier Zamora's memoir of his harrowing journey from El Salvador I received a prepublication edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley and Atria Books. 03 Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora Solito is one of my book club's reads for this spring, and I'm listening to it

Powerful Books about the Experiences of Immigrants We've had violent Border Patrol activity in our city The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced The details Rum provides as a thread throughout the book of the food, spices, and meals that create much For my full review of this book, please see A Woman Is No Man .

In Kelly Link's wonderfully oddball debut novel The Book of Love , she uses every bit of the book's 640 In Kelly Link's strange, intriguing debut novel, The Book of Love , teenagers Mo, Daniel, and Laura have The Book of Love explores reality, connections, loyalty, possibilities, and second chances. I received a prepublication edition of this book (which was published this time last year, oops!) And for Bossy love for alternate realities, check out these books .

My Favorite Bossy Reads I've read about 70 books so far this year, and these are my six favorites. But for now, I hope you'll check out these great books if you haven't already. medieval setting, time travel, a quest, and intriguing complications--did Paula Lafferty write this book of Wonder, Run, Bel Canto, The Dutch House, The Magician's Assistant, These Precious Days, and other books For my full review of this book please see This Is Happiness.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Edan Lepucki's science-fiction time-travel novel, Time's Mouth I received an audiobook edition of this book courtesy of Libro.fm and Recorded Books, Inc. 02 Chenneville The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) irritating to the rest of my book club years ago, but I couldn't help myself. I received a prepublication edition of this book, scheduled for publication tomorrow, courtesy of NetGalley

I love a peek at a secret world and books about spies specifically. My first Greedy Reading List on this topic was Six Books about Brave Female Spies . I found the author's note about her inspiration for the book's hook and story line really interesting Kate Quinn is the author of The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , The Briar Club , and The For my full review of this book, please see Agent Sonya .

16th-century prophecies and a modern-day murder mystery, linked through time by a historian, a hidden book The discovery of the book leads to Alison's first ever invitation to the exclusive Codex Consortium, in attendance, her friend and colleague she'd been expecting is not, and that the group has a closed-club I listened to The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton as an audiobook courtesy of Libro.fm and St. Martin's Books. More Historical Fiction Favorites This is Jennifer N. Brown's first novel.

Aren't young adult books just the best? I was recently speaking to a group about publishing and books, and they asked for some young adult book What are your favorite young adult books, or books that made you delight in feeling all the feelings Oh, I loved this book! However, I love love loved this book.

This is the only nonfiction book on this list. This is the first of two Kate Quinn books on this list. pilots, and I loved this book. , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and The Alice Network as well as The Phoenix Crown and The Briar Club But this book and I got along like BFFs.

But the grief, the books--and her friendships, particularly with Alfie--change Tilly. able to do more than mastermind the book-a-month plan. , perfect book suggestions, which makes Tilly feel all kinds of ways. I listened to This Book Made Me Think of You as a libary audiobook via Libby. You might also want to check out these other Bossy reviews of books about books and books that deal with

And for great historical fiction of all types, look at: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. This book is not set in the American West. For my full review of this book, please see Only Killers and Thieves. Not all of the members of my book club felt as strongly about this one as I did, but I adored every bit

Six Great Australian Reads Fridays are for highlighting books I've loved, and I have a thing for books set in Australia (this is illustrated by my demonstrated Jane Harper obsession alone; two of her books If you've read any of the books mentioned here, I'd love to hear what you think! When Cassandra learns that she has inherited a book of dark fairy tales from Eliza Makepeace—the Victorian I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year .

Luckily, The Island Club stood up to its entertaining, immersive start and is a great summer read. Nicola Harrison's The Island Club is set in the 1950s on Balboa Island off the coast of California. raises some weighty issues, and there are some dark periods within the story, but the tone of The Island Club is that of a summer book. The Island Club delivers full-on 1950s immersion while exploring LGBTQ issues, privilege, sacrifice,

This week my book club is doing something new for our holiday gathering: we'll each wrap a book we read Shhh, this is the book I'm taking! I delighted in every bit of Jansson's book and loved it so, so much. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? stories and novels Sculptor's Daughter, Sun City, The Winter Book, and Fair Play.

The fifth book in the series is about to be published--and now there's a movie based upon the first book (They reserve their room as "Jigsaw Club" to discourage others' interest and interruption.) Then an event from decades earlier grows in importance and shapes the Club's search for answers. Because of the perspectives he offers and the tone of the novel, anyone--even a member of the Club--could Justice isn't black and white, and motivations matter; the Club isn't set on following the letter of

I read this book for my book club, and it was a perfect summer read. More Books You Might Enjoy Marianne Cronin is also the author of One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot , a book I loved and gave five Bossy stars. You might also like these books I found heartwarming, or more titles that features friends who are like

which always seems like a good idea during the summer--and my latest read is Sarah Adams's The Rule Book She's determined to look out for her career above all else. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? I listened to The Rule Book as an audiobook.

The Chamberlain-Kahn Act...legalized and encouraged police to stop any woman on the street who looked gain the power to shift their futures in a bleak financial world where men hold all the cards, the book More Books You Might Like Kathryn Stockett also wrote The Help.

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The Books I'm Reading Now Last week I gave a Spring Book Talk about recently published titles I thought London man, secret identities, lies, Russian oligarchs, and the city's dark underbelly; The Island Club talk that this book topic wasn't inhererntly a hook for me, but that Patrick Radden Keefe can do no . 02 The Island Club by Nicola Harrison Nicola Harrison's The Island Club is set in the 1950s on Balboa Harrison raises some weighty issues but the tone of The Island Club is a summer read; I have faith that