Jun 28, 2022
Review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
In Kate Quinn's newest historical fiction, she shares the story of a real World War II figure, a Russian bookworm-turned-sniper who...
Jun 22, 2022
Review of The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
John Green provides a range of thoughtful, wonderfully absurd, or sentimental examinations along with his ratings on a five-star scale of...
Jun 16, 2022
Review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel offers a dual timeline, immersive Old Hollywood detail, a forbidden love, and revelations and long-held...
Jun 9, 2022
Review of Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter
Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family, and reimagining one's place in...
Jun 8, 2022
Review of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Keefe offers an infuriating, fascinating, meticulously researched account of the Sackler family and their collective responsibility for...
Jun 7, 2022
Review of You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead
Shipstead's varied stories range from funny with an edge to darkly haunting. She builds her characters with vivid detail, and she serves...
Jun 1, 2022
Review of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Young Mungo offers a striking story of disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict, and a young, gay love forged in the intensely...
May 25, 2022
Review of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a twisty contemporary fiction novel and psychological thriller centered around a fascinating...
May 24, 2022
Review of See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time and is centered around...
May 18, 2022
Review of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
“In exposing our nation’s troubled roots, the 1619 Project challenges us to think about a country whose exceptionalism we treat as the...
May 17, 2022
Review of Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Jimenez offers humor, spicy moments, and romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part...
May 11, 2022
Review of Revelations by Mary Sharratt
Sharratt offers vivid historical fiction details of the everyday life of Margery of Kempe, a mother of fourteen whose radiant visions led...
May 10, 2022
Review of Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu
With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial duty, and a smoldering romance...
May 6, 2022
My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2022..So Far! I love a favorites list--check out my favorites lists, posted at the end of each...
May 5, 2022
Review of Wingwalkers by Taylor Brown
Brown's signature immersive details and wonderfully imagined, rich characters bring Depression-era scenes to life against an irresistible...
May 4, 2022
Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
In this nested story that spans centuries, Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the...
May 3, 2022
Review of Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
In Unlikely Animals, Hartnett's irresistible, oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship...
Apr 21, 2022
Review of State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
This suspenseful collaboration between Clinton and Penny kept me on the edge of my seat through heart-stopping political conflicts,...
Apr 8, 2022
Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI
Solid Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites of the year a...
Apr 5, 2022
Review of What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main protagonist takes justice into his own hands...