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- Review of A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
before she rises from the ashes, her thoughts and comments are so superficial, they almost hurt to read She's also the author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, which sounds promising, but I haven't read it
- Review of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The tone of Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth was unlike any fantasy novel I’ve read—Gideon’s speech is I read this during Pandemic Times, which slowed me down and also, I believe, made it tougher than it
- Review of Hard Cash Valley by Brian Panowich
repeated situations in which he was so back and forth, he and his point of view were tough to get a read Have you read any of Brian Panowich's books? I also want to read Like Lions. (Also, Panowich commented on my Goodreads review of this book! Eek!
- Review of The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
When a giant storm heads toward the Burlington, Vermont, boarding school do you think Stevie goes along Have you read this series?
- Review of A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
I love when I find a new-to-me series with multiple books already available for me to binge read. I can’t wait to read the others in this series.
- Review of Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu
duty, and a smoldering romance seen at a distance, Steelstriker wraps up the Skyhunter duology with action In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the series, the last free nation in the world has been Her psychic, emotional link to Red is thin, and she's not sure if she'll ever find him again. fight against the Federation, ensuring freedom for everyone they love and honoring everyone they've lost Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and
- Review of Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Have you read this one? What about her earlier books? I mentioned this book (along with With or Without You and City of Girls) in Three Books I'm Reading Now
- Review of Maame by Jessica George
I can't wait to read what she writes next.
- Review of Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans
The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light open, loving, inclusive, curious faith leader, and it was a pleasure spending time with some of her last
- Review of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
shockingly speedy escalation of force, Isis brings centuries-old hatred to trap and murder innocent Yazidis, eradicating His curiosity about antiquities leads him to the British Museum and, eventually, a key role in deciphering
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
While reading The Dutch House I became frustrated with its characters' relentless rehashing of the past
- Review of Alias Emma (Alias Emma #1) by Ava Glass
I read this start to finish during a flight (and delay), and Glass offers a cat-and-mouse chase through
- Review of How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur
.… We become just by doing just actions, temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a The acknowledgments section of this book is so funny, generous, specific, thanks-filled, and lovely,
- Review of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
In This is How You Lose the Time War, authors El-Mohtar and Gladstone present rival elite agents, Red But grudging respect and intrigue lead Red and Blue to begin corresponding in clever, increasingly showy resolved my minor but growing annoyance with the unexplained Seeker who appears at the end of each action Gladstone wrote the sections of the book that are in Red's point of view, and El-Mohtar wrote those from If you read it, what did you think? #timetravel, #robots, #epistolary, #fantasyscifi, #LGBTQ
- Review of 142 Ostriches by April Davila
Sometimes I have trouble watching characters make choices that implode their lives, so I do the reading version of peeking out from between my fingers during a scary movie--read nervously and hope for the
- Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
She's a little creaky and sore, sure, but she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her I mentioned this book in Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition.
- Review of The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart #1) by V. L. Bovalino
is strange and the circumstances around the island feel like a grayscale, murky pause in the book's action The pacing sloooowed during this section, but I was invested. I listened to The Second Death of Locke as a library audiobook on Libby .
- A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) by Hafsah Faizal
offered intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action I listened to this novel as an audiobook.
- Review of Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
I listened to this as a library audiobook.
- Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
alliances, a desperate plan to escape her fiery homeland, and a life with twists and turns that ultimately lead feelings about her past, present, and future build and shift until reaching a crescendo that requires action I listened to Sparks Like Stars as an audiobook, and narrator Mozhan Marno was wonderful.
- Review of Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
I was totally hooked on this fast read and couldn’t wait to find out who was the better strategist and
- Review of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
I loved this one for a summer read!
- Review of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
This is a quick read, and I liked the extended-family loyalty and the revisiting of a seemingly ill-fated
- Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Mariana lost her husband a year ago in a holiday accident in her coastal Greek hometown, and she's still Mariana seems to think her reading of people's emotions as a therapist qualifies her to serve as a sort mystery going, and not everyone is who they seem (but in the cases of the men, they're often even more dreadful It felt like (and was) a red herring pointing to a specific person.
- Review of When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
Kennedy, and she insisted on a family road trip to Washington, D.C. I'm also going to admit here that in the notes I made with my five-star rating just after reading this
- Review of Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger
I listened to Etiquette & Espionage as an audiobook.
- Review of The Witch Elm by Tana French
of hers), Faithful Place, The Trespasser, Broken Harbor, and The Secret Place (which I haven't yet read
- Review of Namesake by Adrienne Young
link between the secrets and the dangers facing her crew, and must decide whether to prioritize her lost-and-found didn't completely buy the wrap-up at the end regarding Saint and his purported motivations for his prior actions Have you read the author's books Sky in the Deep or The Girl the Sea Gave Back?
- Review of What You Wish For by Katherine Center
Have you read other books by Center? How do you think this one compares?
- Review of Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
when a young woman shows up bleeding at his home, then mysteriously disappears, he is shocked into action I listened to this as an audiobook.
- Review of Now You Say Yes by Bill Harley
Harley perfectly captures small, illuminating moments during the siblings' road trip while exploring author of the wonderful seven-book, middle-grade, humor-filled Charlie Bumper series (which my son read
- Review of Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Moore's books Heft and The Unseen World also look good, but I haven't read them yet.
- Review of I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer
I listened to I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying as an audiobook.
- Review of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Crouch's Dark Matter is a fascinating blend of action-packed and poignant. I haven't read a book with anything similar to this premise, and I found it fascinating.
- Review of American Girl by Wendy Walker
And those rules stayed in my head, each and every one. local businesses, is a town council member, and has his hand in most of the local business, turns up dead
- Review of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Have you read it? #memoir, #fivestarbookreview
- Review of Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
I really liked Roth's Divergent, but the second book in that series fell off for me and I didn't read
- Review of The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn #1) by John Gwynne
I listened to The Shadow of the Gods as an audiobook.
- Review of The Mothers by Brit Bennett
As I read I just kept thinking, People, please please please try to make better choices.
- Review of Light Changes Everything by Nancy E. Turner
Setting setting setting action action action action talk ACTION (talk extensively about the imminent action while nothing is being done) ACTION. There are two other books in Turner's Sarah Agnes Prine series that I haven't yet read, but they look
- Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal
offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action I listened to A Tempest of Tea as an audiobook.
- Review of Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson
He tracks the rhythm of their lives as they head toward a potential victory at the biggest show of them all: Westminster, and then to their inevitable goodbye as Striker retires and heads home to his owners
- Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant
I listened to The Nature of Disappearing as an audiobook, courtesy of NetGalley and Macmillan Audio.
- Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood
page time spent on sex scenes --which eventually seemed to take on a life of their own--meant that we lost I listened to Bride as an audiobook.
- Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
I listened to Grief Is for People as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?
- Review of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
It was published five years after the first book, but I read them without a large gap of time in between
- Review of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
I listened to The Book of Doors as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?
- Review of The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
I listened to The River We Remember as an audiobook.
- Review of I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt... by W. Lee Warren
There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advanced reader copy, so this may well
- Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
I listened to Martyr! as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?


















































