Sep 9, 2022
Six Historical Fiction Favorites
Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the first year I started the Bossy...
Sep 6, 2022
Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Straub offers a wonderful story that plays with time, explores sentimental moments, offers do-overs, and sweeps the reader into a...
Sep 2, 2022
August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from August! What a fantastic Bossy reading month! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, all of which...
Aug 30, 2022
Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In Reid's newest novel, Carrie Soto is unapologetically driven and determined. I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the...
Aug 24, 2022
Review of The Humans by Matt Haig
The Humans is about mathematics, aliens, and shape shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking,...
Aug 19, 2022
Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out
Bossy Backlist Favorites I read many of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape our lives, and I can vouch for each of these...
Aug 18, 2022
Review of The Becoming (The Dragon Heart Legacy #2) by Nora Roberts
The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as Bree becomes more powerful,...
Aug 17, 2022
Review of Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
ICYMI: Evvie Drake Starts Over, by the author of Flying Solo, is sweet, with funny dialogue, surprises, best-friendship, and a Maine...
Aug 16, 2022
Review of Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny dialogue; a complicated reunion...
Aug 10, 2022
Review of How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez
How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) is a charming, irresistible young adult story about superheroes, villains, a crushing premed...
Aug 9, 2022
Review of Alias Emma (Alias Emma #1) by Ava Glass
Alias Emma is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across hidden London, led by Emma Makepeace, a resourceful, tough, new spy determined to...
Aug 2, 2022
Review of Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
Hillier's thriller jumps back and forth in time, deftly weaving a web of secrets and lies, daring escape, broken trust, revenge, and...
Jul 29, 2022
July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from July! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two memoirs, two historical fiction titles, a science...
Jul 28, 2022
Review of Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
Jaouad offers a powerful, introspective memoir about coping with leukemia and its accompanying emotions, fears, and side effects--along...
Jul 22, 2022
Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
Musicians' Memoirs I'm a biiiig memoir fan, and I love behind-the-scenes peeks. These six memoirs from musicians offer stories about the...
Jul 21, 2022
Review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian, and...
Jul 19, 2022
Review of Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Main protagonist Logan was hard for me to emotionally connect to, but I was hooked by the heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined...
Jul 8, 2022
Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
More Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked for other's favorites, bookish...
Jul 1, 2022
June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from June! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction,...
Jun 29, 2022
Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
McQuiston's love letter to New York offers charming song references, LGBTQ love, steamy scenes, character growth--and an irresistible...