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  • Review of The Knight and the Moth (Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig

    The first book in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil The Knight and the Moth is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters As The Knight and the Moth 's story evolves, the humorous moments make the haunted, gray setting and

  • Review of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

    Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly But when he finally makes his way to the Round Table, only elderly, impaired, has-been knights are left But Collum refuses to believe that a life as a knight is no longer possible for him. Grossman addresses issues of diversity in satisfying fashion; a transgender knight, a Muslim knight, and a gay knight are all represented.

  • Review of The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri

    Simran is a strong female knight sworn to the queen, and Vina is a witch of the woods. More from Tasha Suri and More Female-Knight Stories Tasha Suri is also the author of T he Burning Kingdoms I'm in the middle of a small but fantastic pattern of reading female-knight-driven stories; check out

  • Review of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

    Sir Una Everlasting was a legendary knight in the kingdom of Dominion, an orphan who rose to greatness

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/27/25 Edition

    The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight But when he finally makes his way to the Round Table, only elderly, impaired, has-been knights are left But Collum refuses to believe that a life as a knight is no longer possible for him.

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly But Collum refuses to believe that a life as a knight is no longer possible for him. I appreciated the epic length of the book (688 pages), in which each remaining knight gets page time Grossman addresses issues of diversity in satisfying fashion; a transgender knight, a Muslim knight, and a gay knight are all represented.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/25 Edition

    deactivated robots who come back online in a defunct kitchen in a postwar San Francisco; I'm listening to The Knight author of The Terraformers , Autonomous , The Future of Another Timeline , and other books. 02 The Knight Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig The first in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/26 Edition

    Bovalino's non-swooning romantasy novel (featuring a female knight, one of my current-favorite elements Bovalino Captain Grey Flynn is a knight pledged to protect the mage Kier, who she has known since she

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Loved , Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads , or these other nonfiction books I've reviewed . 06 The Knight The first book in Rachel Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil The Knight and the Moth  is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/16/26 Edition

    settings, please check out the titles at this link , and feel free to check out these Bossy reads about knights

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/2/26 Edition

    Simran is a strong female knight sworn to the queen, and Vina is a witch of the woods.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/25 Edition

    Harrow Sir Una Everlasting was a legendary knight in the kingdom of Dominion, an orphan who rose to greatness

  • Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

    The Night Ship is historical fiction with a magical realism undercurrent that's told in two timelines The Night Ship centers around the dilemmas, conflicts, and discoveries of two characters separated by As with Things in Jars, in The Night Ship Kidd offers twists and turns, irresistible protagonists, and

  • Review of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

    long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female knight

  • Review of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison

    Lorne Michaels has been at the head of Saturday Night Live  for the vast majority of its 50 years on background are thoroughly explored, and these illustrate how Michaels was shaped, but the Saturday Night

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition

    long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female knight

  • Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

    The Last Days of Night is a fictionalized account based on the dramatic Edison-Westinghouse-Tesla conflicts closed-door deals, and peeks into the lives of those in high society of New York, The Last Days of Night

  • Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy

    The twist in The Other Side of Night is fascinating, but I wanted to feel more for the characters, who In Adam Hamdy's The Other Side of Night, the lives of a young boy, a respectable citizen, and a disgraced Much of the page time in The Other Side of Night is spent with characters who exhibit odd, unexplained The Other Side of Night offers an intriguing, dramatic twist that I definitely didn't expect as it edges

  • Review of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long

    In Meg Long's debut, the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena In Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Long offers an intriguing story of brutal conditions, determined

  • Review of Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

    I loved the setup of Saft's romantic young adult fantasy novel Down Comes the Night. young romance, her fantastic, detailed setting, and her pacing for the vast majority of Down Comes the Night

  • Review of Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

    Miller's Norwegian by Night. I found myself reading it slowly so I could savor it.

  • 2025 Bossy Fiction Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List

    Kingfisher, The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson, and The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig.

  • Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

    long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female knight

  • Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year

    long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female knight

  • February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female knight

  • Review of The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker

    The Ragged Edge of Night centers around a World War II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton Starzmann, during

  • Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    long for them to realize that Art has been kissing a boy and that Gwen has a crush on the only female knight

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Lorne , the biography of Lorne Michaels, released as Saturday Night 01 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison Lorne Michaels has been at the head of Saturday Night Live for the vast majority of its 50 years on air (he stepped away for a few years

  • Review of Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

    and in Romantic Comedy she offers an outstanding premise: Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night delighted to find that much of the book is focused on the behind-the-scenes making of the SNL-like Saturday night sketch comedy show in the book, The Night Owls, and I was fascinated by this aspect.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition

    memoir The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman; and I'm reading Jess Kidd's novel The Night 01 Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long Meg Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Hollywood era of his story, then his altruism as part of the development of the Newman's Own brand. 03 The Night The Night Ship is based upon a true story and centers around two characters separated by three centuries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition

    about being raised by a manipulative, emotionally unstable mother; and I'm reading The Other Side of Night Hawker is also the author of The Ragged Edge of Night, which I mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books But McCurdy is witty, often funny, and candid. 03 The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy In Adam Hamdy's The Other Side of Night, the lives of a popular author, a respectable citizen, and a disgraced police The Other Side of Night twists and turns its way to a surprising ending.

  • Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

    The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes Meg Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, a science fiction novel about Sena, a tough Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves offered high-stakes action, intrigue, shifting alliances, a powerful The first book in this series from Meg Long was Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves.

  • Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    The story begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late one night. relieved to find that her son hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's But she knows that last night was real. But somehow she's reliving yesterday again.

  • A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) by Hafsah Faizal

    That book ended with the city reeling from a night of death and destruction.

  • Review of What Remains by Wendy Walker

    Wendy Walker is also the author of Don't Look for Me, The Night Before, Emma in the Night, All Is Not

  • Review of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

    But Lucy suffered a head wound the night of Savvy's death and now she can't remember anything about the night Savvy was murdered.

  • Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites

    Markova always wanted to fly, and when Nazis begin to wreak havoc on the Soviet Union, she joins the Night Witches, an all-female regiment of night bombers pushing back the Germans. introducing a heart-wrenching, forbidden, unrequited love of one woman for another. 04 The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker The Ragged Edge of Night centers around a World War II-era friar-turned-husband, Anton

  • Review of We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls #1) by Karin Slaughter

    But when Madison and her best friend go missing that night, Emmy realizes the girls have been keeping

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/12/24 Edition

    Tempest of Tea , in which our main protagonist runs a tea room by day and a vampires' bloodhouse by night Her exclusive tea room becomes a posh hangout for vampires each night, but when her bloodhouse is threatened

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition

    Cosby's Southern small-town murder mystery, All the Sinners Bleed; and I'm reading The Night Tiger author Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/29/24 Edition

    After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition

    also the author of What Remains and Don't Look for Me as well as All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night , and The Night Before.

  • Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner

    heights of fame as the pop duo The Griffin Sisters--featured in Rolling Stone , performing on Saturday Night

  • Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

    I forgot that getting frightened when I read at night disrupts my sleep. Bundy and other serial killers of his era (for example, the I-5 Killer, the Green River Killer, the Night

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/10/22 Edition

    Front the Following Sea (a title that I admit I keep misremembering) by Leah Angstman and Cold the Night this book--which comes out tomorrow--courtesy of NetGalley and Regal House Publishing. 02 Cold the Night , Fast the Wolves by Meg Long In Meg Long's debut young adult novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, In Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Long offers a story about survival, loyalty, friendship, and overcoming light reading: "Cheri" delves into the last days of a woman who is terminally ill with cancer; "Last Night

  • Review of American Girl by Wendy Walker

    also the author of What Remains and Don't Look for Me as well as All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night , and The Night Before.

  • Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal

    Her exclusive tea room becomes a posh hangout for vampires each night, but when her bloodhouse is threatened

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/15/25 Edition

    That book ended with the city reeling from a night of death and destruction.

  • Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies

    and in Romantic Comedy she offers an outstanding premise: Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night to find that much of the book is focused on the behind-the-scenes making of the SNL -like Saturday night sketch comedy show in the book, The Night Owls , and I was fascinated by this aspect. After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    The story begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late one night. relieved to find that her son hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's But she knows that last night was real. Somehow she's reliving yesterday again.

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