March - 2024

Mar 29

March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite Bossy March reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. If you've read any of these titles, I'd...

Mar 28

Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

The tone of Martyr! was tough for me to get a handle on for much of the book. The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and...

Mar 27

Review of The Excitements by C. J. Wray

C. J. Wray's story of elderly British sisters who played key roles in fighting the enemy in World War II offers lots of heart, sassy...

Mar 26

Review of Together for Never by Marilyn Kaye

Marilyn Kaye's middle-grade novel explores eighth-grade opposites' struggle to find common ground when their single parents begin dating...

Mar 25

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/25/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Kaveh Akbar's novel Martyr!; I'm reading to C. J. Wray's sassy multiple-timeline historical...

Mar 22

Six More of My Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year

Six Bossy Favorite Light Fiction Reads from Last Year I love spending Fridays highlighting books I've loved. And I do love rom-com...

Mar 21

Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

ICYMI: I love Geraldine Brooks's stories, and I was intrigued by the detail, the meticulous research behind the tale, and the inspiration...

Mar 20

Review of The Women by Kristin Hannah

Hannah offers a meaty story about Vietnam and the nurses who served there, suffered, and were largely forgotten or denied; this storyline...

Mar 19

Review of Good Material by Dolly Alderton

Alderton's literary fiction rom-com is a funny, poignant, and sometimes frustrating deep dive into the emotionally stunted main...

Mar 18

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/18/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Micaiah Johnson's science-fiction novel Those Beyond the Wall; I'm listening to Kristin Hannah's...

Mar 15

Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! If you've read any of these,...

Mar 14

Review of Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross

Donna Woolfolk Cross offers a fascinating historical fiction tale of a pioneering, headstrong, brilliant figure whose existence has been...

Mar 13

Review of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Listen for the Lie offers a fascinating story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to...

Mar 12

Review of King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis

The gothic story King Nyx offers haunting imagery, sinister mysteries, unreliable memories, resurfacing past trauma, missing persons,...

Mar 11

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/11/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Lisa Gardner's newest Frankie Elkin missing-person mystery, Still See You Everywhere; I'm reading...

Mar 8

Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

Six More Bossy Favorite Reads So far in 2024 I've been posting Friday Greedy Reading Lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by...

Mar 7

Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Young mom Annie's abrupt death leaves her four children, husband, and best friend reeling. Each of them must find a way back to...

Mar 6

Review of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The mystery bookends feel largely unimportant to the story, the cast of characters sometimes feels endless, and the story meanders, but...

Mar 5

Review of Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin

I loved Enid's complicated, loving mother-daughter relationship as well as her best-friendship. But I was distracted by what felt like...

Mar 4

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/4/24 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rebecca Serle's upcoming novel in which the main protagonist receives decades of love-life...

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