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Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change, tragedy, and finding the will to trust again. reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and change's immense effects on the world along with the characters' specific island--as well as the implications

Nonie is the young protagonist of this stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community The climate-change novel is powerful, disturbing, and, starkly lovely in its stripped-away love and loyalty Have you read other climate-change books that have captivated you?

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading two climate-change dystopian novels, All the Water in the World to be published tomorrow), and Hum by Helen Phillips, in which artificial intelligence is king after climate change dramatically shifts the landscape and human lifestyles. After years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change, May's own job becomes obsolete.

The dystopian future of Hum is haunting in its familiar elements, its plausible, terrible climate-change After years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change, May's own job becomes obsolete.

zigzagging journey to forgiveness, ultimately set against the backdrop of dramatic local implications of climate change. When a stomach bug ravages the wedding guests and Charlie himself, will Cece use it as a chance to bow many aspects of their lives, then much later, and seemingly abruptly, the story is somewhat focused on climate change and its destruction as related to this location.

interconnected by a single drop of water and "the Epic of Gilgamesh," an ancient poem that may have the power to change Through Zaleekah's 2018-set story we explore climate change, pollution, and the consequences of abusing

reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other titles with cold settings ), and climate change and shifting weather

October in the Earth; and I'm listening to The Great Transition, Nick Fuller Googins's postapocalyptic climate-change the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after the climate But when some climate criminals are assassinated in public show of retaliation for their crimes, Emi's

Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change, tragedy, and finding the will to trust again. reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and

Phillips The dystopian future of Hum is haunting in its familiar elements, its plausible, terrible climate-change After years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change, May's own job becomes obsolete.

Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women and the varied representation of classes and circumstances, so I was willing to go wherever Quinn and Chang

brother shoots a dog going after the family's sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events that will change Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change, tragedy, and finding the will to trust again. is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and In between, Raybourn allows friendships and love to grow and change.

The Change explores the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying In Kristen Miller's novel The Change, set in Mattauk, Long Island, three women cope with various challenges surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But what I loved most about The Change was the unapologetic embracing of the frequently fraught menopausal

Then mysterious threats and unexplained feminist changes begin appearing within the script, aimed at Mermaid show glimpses of the novel that is the basis for Penny's trajectory--while digging into themes of climate change, greed, and dangerous assumptions about ability and motivation.

And (this part of the storyline may feel familiar) climate change has weather patterns spinning out of

Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change, tragedy, and finding the will to trust again. reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and brother shoots a dog going after the family's sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events that will change

And (this part of the storyline may feel familiar) climate change is causing weather patterns to spin

Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried, and hanged And--this part of the storyline may feel uncomfortably familiar--climate change has set weather patterns

The List of Tiings That Will Not Change is a perfect shallow dive into a wonderfully imperfect character

Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried, and hanged And--this part of the storyline may feel uncomfortably familiar--climate change has set weather patterns

Pam Zhang's slim dystopian novel Land of Milk and Honey, an unnamed chef in a polluted, dying city flees Zhang repeatedly demonstrates the hubris of the uber-wealthy upper classes in the environmentally devastated Zhang is also the author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold?

Then mysterious threats and unexplained feminist changes begin appearing within the script, aimed at Mermaid show glimpses of the novel that is the basis for Penny's trajectory--while digging into themes of climate change, greed, and dangerous assumptions about ability and motivation.

In Light Changes Everything, I loved the early twentieth century Arizona Territory setting and details

Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria Then mysterious threats and unexplained feminist changes begin appearing within the script, aimed at Mermaid show glimpses of the novel that is the basis for Penny's trajectory--while digging into themes of climate change, greed, and dangerous assumptions about ability and motivation.

The Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which character gets the opportunity to go back and try again, redo their life, shift their circumstances, or change at existing in this unpredictable, problematic, glorious world--and appreciating it more fully while changing Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every birth on, he is born each time carrying the knowledge from his previous lives, yet nothing seems to change

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading climate journalist Emma Pattee's novel, which is set during a devastating Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer. She notes that there is a 37% chance of a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest in the next 50 When a stomach bug ravages the wedding guests and Charlie himself, will Cece use it as a chance to bow

Emi, Kristina, and Larch are a family that survived the immense destruction of the climate crisis, but the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after the climate But then climate criminals begin to be systematically assassinated in public shows of retaliation for and Adele songs, hurricanes and storms are constant...and no one should be able to forget the recent climate

The Second-Chance Books I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity to go back and try again, redo their life, shift their circumstances, or change the situation around at existing in this unpredictable, problematic, glorious world--and appreciating it more fully while changing Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every birth on, he is born each time carrying the knowledge from his previous lives, yet nothing seems to change

This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization buckles to the power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes and shifted Experts have long offered warnings about the expected impacts of the ongoing global weather changes and The shadow of real-life global warming and weather changes add to the power of the story, and the touch civilization kept reminding me of the Talking Heads song "Nothing But Flowers," and Brooks-Dalton's climate

Austin Channing Brown's book is slim (185 pages), but I wore out my highlighter as I marked lines and

Zhang's detail was wonderful, and her characters make noble sacrifices and face impossible choices. Zhang layers the kids' current circumstances and journey with stories of the youth and origins of the Zhang's detail was wonderful, but the pacing was slow--detailing Lucy and Sam's (and their parents' long-ago This is Zhang's first novel.

mid-nineteenth century community in the Arctic Circle, immersing the reader in a cold, unforgiving climate The women frequently see the clear way but are usually powerless to effect change, so the men's missteps

doesn't address--our current era of willful misinformation, and that factor is essential to the present climate But things have become more charged and more complicated since the book's publication. The current political climate feels so devoid of checks and balances, level-headed thought, care, compassion

Lone Women is largely set in rural Montana and involves the hardships of getting by in an unforgiving climate and the devastating idea that a greater understanding and different decisions might have dramatically changed

head with a twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing Nick Fuller Googins Emi, Kristina, and Larch are a family that survived the immense destruction of the climate the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after the climate But then climate criminals begin to be systematically assassinated in public shows of retaliation for

More about Emma Pattee Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer. She notes that there is a 37% chance of a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest in the next 50

disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict, and a young, gay love forged in the intensely unforgiving climate explores ideas of masculinity and loyalty, a gay relationship forged in an intensely unforgiving social climate

Click here for my full review of See You Yesterday. 04 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change explores surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But what I loved most about The Change was the unapologetic embracing of the frequently fraught menopausal Click here for my full review of The Change. 05 One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston McQuiston's love letter

Click here for my full review of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot. 06 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change explores the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes Click here for my full review of The Change.

Nick Fuller Googins Emi, Kristina, and Larch are a family that survived the immense destruction of the climate the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after the climate But then climate criminals begin to be systematically assassinated in public shows of retaliation for

Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization buckles to the destructive power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes The shadow of real-life global warming and weather changes add to the power of the story, and the touch civilization kept reminding me of the Talking Heads song "Nothing But Flowers," and Brooks-Dalton's climate

Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for

mid-nineteenth century community in the Arctic Circle, immersing the reader in a cold, unforgiving climate The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance Please click here for my full review of Table for Two . 04 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women and the varied representation of classes and circumstances, so I was willing to go wherever Quinn and Chang

desperately on the run from certain death, she and her injured young fighting wolf, Iska, leap at the slim chance I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

Thomas Thomas was living his best life following the success of his writings about the chaotic political climate

When the heat of summer hits, I love to read a story set in a frigid climate. The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

books and laughed out loud at the dialogue, Alexia's abrupt manner, and the delightful oddities in Changeless

She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions or to consider her choices and do things differently The following morning, she gets yet another chance at reliving her first day. Bright Creatures. 04 The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction civilization buckles to the power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes The shadow of real-life global warming and weather changes add to the power of the story, and the touch

I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing as a structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

She does all of this in the frequently unforgiving Maine climate on the isolating island where the family