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implications of her family's curse of hallucinations and mental illness...until she realizes that the red door and visions of the past are real memories from her own time-travel experiences. I wasn't the first Farrow, but I would be the last. But when she realizes she can walk through a magical red door, she finds unexpected circumstances--and Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy, loosely set in

I listened to The Bright Sword  as an audiobook (it was twenty-three hours long). I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements

Especially during Pandemic Times, one of the genres I find myself gravitating toward listening to is Klune's book that require unique handling, and I loved listening to the story through his interpretation I listed T.J. Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea in a post last week called Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading

I loved listening to him read the audiobook of Being Henry. I listened to Henry Winkler read his irresistibly candid, funny, and poignant memoir.

This is an engaging and quick read, and the old-fashioned mystery stories within the story are intriguing There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder Are they connections to a real-life murder from the past? This is an engaging and quick read, and I enjoyed knowing something more was going on while I tried to

I recently read and loved Linda Holmes's Flying Solo, and I was reminded of how much I adored Holmes's Dean's escape from media scrutiny leads him to rent Evvie's apartment for a time. But having a listening ear in Dean, who is completely separate from Evvie's "before" life, means she might finally be ready to open up about what her relationship was like before she became a widow. I listened to it as an audiobook while I gardened, and it was a perfect summer story.

they had heard on the mainland of missing young girls seem to possibly be true, someone has turned up dead I listened to King Nyx as an audiobook. Kirsten Bakis is also the author of Lives of the Monster Dogs, a book I'd like to read.

I'm going to take an unprecedented Bossy break to spend time with family, but I hope to be reading a Check out the books pictured above for some of the titles I'm hoping to read this month. Wherever you are and whatever you're up to, I hope you're able to take a break and read some great books I look forward to hearing about your favorite summer reads once I'm back to the blog! xoxo, Amy

Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her I listened to The Wedding People  as an audiobook.

I loved reading as the children come into themselves--in fits and starts--as young adults, and I came I listened to The Whalebone Theatre as an audiobook, narrated wonderfully by Olivia Vinall. For books I've read and reviewed about World War II, click here.

It becomes clear that Alfie the well-read book lover was obviously the driving force behind the actual I listened to This Book Made Me Think of You as a libary audiobook via Libby.

I listened to What I Ate in One Year  as an audiobook. It's a joy to listen to Stanley Tucci read his books in his wonderful voice.

Should she listen to their cutthroat instincts? I listened to this novel as an audiobook. You might also be interested in other fantasy books I've read and reviewed .

Viva writes in a college admissions essay--which Charlotte secretly reads, and resents--that Charlotte's It's sometimes difficult for me to read about people making unhealthy or unhelpful choices for themselves , so I spent a lot of time bracing myself for the next blow while listening to this book. You can find more Bossy reviews of books I've read about mothers and daughters here.

I listened to this audiobook and highly recommend immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she I read Michelle Obama's wonderful book Becoming, but after my wise friend Katherine mentioned having listened to it, I immediately wished I had heard Michelle's calming voice read it to me too. woman read her gorgeously written thoughts and well-crafted reflections. I loved reading this and spending time with Michelle Obama.

I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures This reads like a grown-up (profanity is used strategically and to great comic effect) fairy tale, and I delighted in the story itself as well as the varied cast of characters--including a dreaded, intriguing

It would be lovely to read the book while listening to a playlist of the works mentioned throughout.

Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost Circumstances lead to Breen's best friend coming along (and finding his own love with the strapping Brian , which I'm in favor of in real life, so I understand the obsession here. I listened to this as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? The only sad news here is that when I posted that I was reading this, a fellow reader reminded me that

is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of where the story was headed page time in the book spent on tedious matters such as filling out forms and attempts to track down lost An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head- - although the reader has seen various layers of situations in the story that are leading us there--but you like stories with heart, you might want to check out other books I've reviewed as heartwarming reads

entrap" subjects, so now she's in the private sector, working for shadowy bosses who are directing her actions While Bruno at first seems old-fashioned, telling his stories and considering the shape of history, he

the cons aims to right some wrongs in two of the characters' shared (but mysterious and complicated) history I haven't read any of her other three books. #mysterysuspense, #fourstarbookreview

Stevie Bell solved one mystery last year--the mystery of her murdered classmate. I heard about her from one of the top librarians at the public library, this girl from Avenue A who read

might predict that Odessa will be the unlikely heroine of this story when you find out that she has red I listened to this as a TWENTY-HOUR audiobook. More Books Like This I'm iffy on "romantasy," but for other books I've read along these lines, please

I listened to Here One Moment  as an audiobook, and I loved hearing the Australian accents. Liane Moriarty is also the author of Three Wishes , The Last Anniversary , What Alice Forgot , The Hypnotist's

But I really like Cash's character-driven mystery writing, and I'm definitely in for reading his future Wiley Cash is also the author of A Land More Kind than Home, The Last Ballad, and This Dark Road to Mercy Stay tuned for my upcoming ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) review of The Last Ballad.

I've loved the other three books I've read by Lily King, but I didn't connect with the Heart the Lover However, the exploration of the concepts of eternalism (the past, present, and future are equally real was the same as a character in another King novel, Writers & Lovers , published five years ago (I've read

As Philpott wonders with dread what else could go awry, she faces that she has subconsciously believed As far as I can tell, the uncertain part is: every second we’re alive, until the last. I listened to Bomb Shelter as an audiobook.

I could not have predicted each version of me that I shifted into, but through my history, one constant

But Luke and Emmy are older and wiser than when they last saw each other--and Luke and his muscle tees For example, his fantasies upon seeing her wearing red lipstick take an instantaneous, (for me) alarmingly I read Done and Dusted  as an audiobook. There are three more books in this series.

young adult fantasy-mystery, but I was dissatisfied with the reasoning and motivations in the final section Yet in the last 100 pages or so I found myself growing impatient with some false-feeling elements that Characters delay taking action on potentially urgent and lifesaving leads for days and undertake treacherous I'd rate the first part of the book as 4.5 stars and the last 100 pages as 3 stars for me. detailed setting, and her pacing for the vast majority of Down Comes the Night, and I'd definitely read

collection about people making poor choices, and I have loooots of trouble and get verrrry nervous reading But Sittenfeld has a fascinating way of turning situations on their heads and making the reader sympathetic After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and

write "in the hopes that what I write and say, and what others write and say, will inform and inspire action She explores sitting with discomfort, listening to experiences different from your own, and becoming the desire to remove the pressure on people of color to be walking Google sources for experience and history often-traditional colorblind approaches to race; and how guilt can paralyze and prevent productive action Have you read this book? What did you think of it?

I imagine that I would have preferred to read the print version of this title. The book is almost exclusively 200 transcripts of audio files, which is extremely tedious to listen to You can find reviews of mysteries I've read and enjoyed here.

Minnesota in 1961, thirteen-year-old Frank Dunn is focused on following the inaugural season of The Twins, reading Krueger's characters felt real and appealingly faulted. going to involve characters continually making bad decisions, which is a setup I have a difficult time reading I'm reading (listening to) Krueger's This Tender Land and will share a review of that book soon.

Margot is ready to cut loose and live a little, so she ditches her steady, predictable roommate and dives By the time their sophomore year is half over, one of the fraternity boys from next door is dead, Lucy The twists didn't lead the story exactly where I thought they would, and I was surprised by several turns I listened to Only If You're Lucky as an audiobook.

Only, the last thing Charlie Yates wants is someone changing his (terrible) script. I listened to The Rom-Commers as an audiobook courtesy of NetGalley and Macmillan Audio.

into uncomfortably claustrophobic and microscopically examined moments in Conversations with Friends I listened to the audiobook of Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, read by Aoife McMahon (she also reads willingness to settle for having only part of him--he still loves his wife Melissa--she indicates that she's ready Rooney's exacting descriptions of characters' speech, emotions, and actions pushed into tedium and uncomfortably energy with which she reflects on each of these elements after the fact--was often excruciating to read

I listened to Blue Sisters  as an audiobook, read by Kit Griffiths. When I slowed down the speed, this speech pattern wasn't noticeable, so I'll take the blame for listening

These are quick, engrossing reads that are perfect escapism. All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, and Rogue Protocol are quick, engrossing reads that are officially I was delighted by these books, and I love each one more than the last. My only criticism is that each is too short and is over before I'm ready for it to end. If you think you might want to read these, just know that you do. I gave all of these four stars.

I felt stressed while reading this story, with its focus on consumerism and extreme disconnectedness I listened to Hum  as an audiobook.

narrator with a twisted sense of humor who breaks the fourth wall and directly addresses the reader/listener The absurdity of the premise had me hooked early on, but in the last quarter of the book the screwball This squashed much of my interest, as I couldn't let myself be lost in the insanity any longer because I listened to Santa Ana courtesy of Libro.fm and Blackstone Publishing.

family located him in Bug Hollow, a Northern California community where he was living his best life in a last-gasp After pushing him to return home before heading to college, he headed to campus and died in a freak accident kind heart are the stars of the early chapters of the book, but her older years (in which she seems lost

"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters I read this while meeting regularly with a group, and it inspired some important discussions.

After all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank Nothing is too easy, but the author doesn't rely on red herrings, merely offering complex, interconnected She feels outrage at injustice and seeks revenge--and decides she can live with her aggressive actions I just loved this--I listened to it as an audiobook. Her third book, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month. I can't wait.

Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the I listened to Bull Moon Rising in audiobook form, and hearing it all read to me may have exacerbated

Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much. Have you read Bossypants by Tina Fey or Yes Please by Amy Poehler?

I'd be happy to read about Heller's characters just walking around in the wilderness, thinking their began unraveling in the story, I felt as though the tone of the book shifted abruptly into a dramatic, action-packed section that seemed straight out of a movie. I was also unclear in the very last scene of the book about the seeming surprise of a character's reaction The Painter, and his post-apocalyptic story The Dog Stars, which was a five-star read for me.

Reading Sure, I'll Join Your Cult requires diving in on her voice and unflinching, examining point of You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of memoirs  I've read.

As he faces a scheduled yearly vacation to Hilton Head, he attempts to get rid of his wife's belongings Joella explores the crushing blow of grief, the power of human caring, and unlikely avenues that seem to lead Ethan Joella is also the author of A Little Hope, a book I look forward to reading.

I listened to Krueger's This Tender Land as an audiobook, and I was satisfyingly immersed in 1930s life When events come to a head and the O'Banion brothers must flee down the Gilead River--in hopes of meeting Louis and reuniting with a long-lost aunt--their recently orphaned neighbor Emmy and their steadfast An adult figure with a magical-seeming ability to read people and to heal them becomes a pivotal and The emergence of this character leads to somewhat of an exploration of faith and beliefs.