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I want you to notice that your feelings are complicated by cultural factors that are, let's face it,

"Everything is outside everyone’s comfort zone.” every memento from every man in her life, who constantly questions whether she has it in her to remain committed

They come together to create a masterpiece, a video game unlike any that has come before.

She finds comfort in watching episodes of her local children's show, and she impulsively writes a letter her to consider a DNA-based, data-driven dating program--and she receives an unheard-of 98 percent compatible Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. She's coming off a bad breakup. He's ten years younger than she is. Everything is complicated.

also the author of the heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, Away, Lucky Us, Come

The astute, clear-eyed, heartbroken Bloom addresses complex issues surrounding assisted suicide, including tuned for that upcoming review, ICYMI), as well as other books I haven't yet read: Away, Lucky Us, Come

I found myself yearning for more from this meet cute, but I loved the New York City details--complete

Bloom is also the author of White Houses, Away, Lucky Us, Come to Me: Stories, and A Blind Man Can See

I was completely hooked by A Marvellous Light, and I tried to slow down my reading to make it last. Patrick Radden Keefe is a master of compelling, important nonfiction. Separately they're formidable, but together, they build a collective power that is the community's only

England by Stacey Halls, A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell #1) by Ashley Weaver, and And By Fire within a day, major but mysterious supernatural undercurrents, important characteristic revelations, and complicated the editor here); the book held my curiosity, and I gladly gave up trying to unpack the characters’ complicated Veronica finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of circumstances, complete with intrigue, a traveling

Littlejohn is coping with the challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what seems like an Atlanta company when Morris examines racial issues and when she allows Ellice to wrest control of her increasingly complicated

The title comes from Green's podcast of the same name, in which he rated "facets of the human condition

coping with the challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what increasingly seems like an Atlanta company

drifted, she dated a professional football player, but she didn't find peace and wasn't able to truly come With lots of gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing upended so that Cassie will be forced to alter her plans and careful schedule and figure out how to come Although I saw some of the big plot events coming in Things You Save in a Fire, Center makes the journey You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances

nor does she understand the multiple allusions Evelyn makes regarding her certainty that Monique will come

They're making insistent suggestions about what she should do with her life, and Nessa realizes they're coming Separately they're formidable, but together, they build a collective power that is the community's only

I was completely hooked by A Marvellous Light, and I tried to slow down my reading to make it last. and some aspects felt tantalizingly unresolved, so I was relieved to find out that another book is coming

trusted to tell Evelyn's story, nor does she understand allusions Evelyn makes to how Monique will come I'm completely hooked so far.

He feels unshakably compelled to travel west to find out if the mammoth animals he's heard described but his ill-fated journey is full of misplaced hope, then mistakes and regret, but over all of it, a compulsion It's compelling, and Bess's faith in her faulted father is heart-wrenching. This was a slow build and a beautiful story, satisfying and often sweet, complete with young love. mining magnate of a father; the layers of smart dialogue; the undercurrent of fear beneath the soothing comfort

When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its

decision-makers in the FDA (and provided multiple lucrative jobs at Purdue to those who offered favors to the company while in the government); threatened political influencers in order to protect the company's profits Patrick Radden Keefe is a master of compelling, important nonfiction.

When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its

check out these titles and Bossy reviews. 01 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Bennett explores the complicated implications of perception as reality when it comes to race and its meaning. The book explores the complicated implications of perception as reality when it comes to race and its Cosby This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk. Blacktop Wasteland took a little while to get going for me, but just shy of halfway through, the setup is complete

The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle is another book from the wonderful Peachtree Publishing Company

Juhea Kim's looping story of Korea, courtesans, pickpockets, and the powerful figures complicating and shaping all of their lives involves love triangles, superstition, heartbreak, and a complicated, shifting

Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare.

Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare.

responsibility to other beings, undertaking noble missions, bravely exploring new worlds, or finding common His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to The stories are steeped in death and in coming to terms with mortality while fighting for answers. She's gifted when it comes to computers, but she's been driven by desperate circumstances to become a You may be able to see much of this one coming, but the action-packed fight for justice coupled with

I found some of the final portion of the book's unraveling of who could be trusted, what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing of the rest

(he's the small-town mayor, a graceful bed and breakfast host, and part of a close-knit network of community She's coming off a bad breakup. He's ten years younger than she is. Everything is complicated.

he's the small-town mayor, a graceful bed and breakfast host, and part of the close-knit network of community She's coming off an emotionally abusive breakup. He's ten years younger than she is.

For my full review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes by Chanel Miller Miller is a beautiful, powerful writer with clear and sophisticated arguments and a compelling

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza dug into complex, loaded topics the way I was hoping Therese Anne Fowler

In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's young adult Skyhunter duology, Lu offered complex motivations

from Henry Fry about a young man resolving complicated questions about his romantic life, career, and his future at an East London commune; Revelations, Mary Sarratt's immersive historical fiction set in visions and pilgrimages; and We Are Not Like Them, Christine Pride and Jo Piazza's exploration of a complicated When he moves in with his best friend in a commune-like East London community, Danny reckons with his

Interspecies relations are prickly, comfortable, romantic, puzzling, or all of the above. Weir provides Grace with unexpected company, fascinating collaboration, fantastic interpersonal relationships Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978. for all of Our Woman in Moscow's elements: Russia, family, spies, crossing/double-crossing, finding common Serious. 09 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come

trembling with the pink handbills they’d rained from the sky that morning, the ones that announced the coming

The many ghosts’ chatter and commentary (always with their born and died dates following their names

from Kirsten Miller about middle-aged women coming into their power and coming into their own; Sea of They're making suggestions about what she should do with her life, and Nessa realizes they're coming

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master like Kate Quinn could craft compelling within both timelines, and in her hands, the descriptions of code-breaking mechanisms and the detailed, complicated The summer Chloe Davis was twelve, six girls went missing in her rural Louisiana community. Then a hastily sent, coded message comes through to an underling in the Oval Office--and it seems linked

on their heads and illuminating unexpected aspects while making you think—and wrapping it all in a compelling

including key interviews and decisions, her work friendship with Matt Lauer, and her healthy professional competitiveness

Iari and Gaer band together to solve the mystery of a murder committed by a riev, a decommissioned battle-mecha

including key interviews and decisions, her work friendship with Matt Lauer, and her healthy professional competitiveness

Edith Graham is a small-town British schoolteacher who is thrilled to sign on with the British Control Commission The details Rees provides of this confused time in the world are wonderful: the complicated workings to Russia to try to extricate Iris from danger--but the truth about Iris's marriage and past is more complicated Invisible Woman. 05 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come wireless signals, managing a network of agents across Europe, and maintaining her rabidly dedicated Communist

Then a hastily sent, coded message comes through to an underling in the Oval Office--and violent terrorist and work together to determine who is responsible for the destruction; how each of their pasts may be coming particularly taken with the familial angle (Secretary of State Adams's daughter has taken over her media company so is involved in the storytelling from that angle, and her son is a reporter deeply involved in the complicated State of Terror while still making me feel invested in the story and the ins and outs of the various complicated

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master like Kate Quinn could craft compelling within both timelines, and in her hands, the descriptions of code-breaking mechanisms and the detailed, complicated

was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong personality and political aspirations and her son Nick's coming The tone was constant, and Ginder offers over-the-top camp with heart and complexity. an advance electronic copy of this book, published April 5, courtesy of NetGalley and Henry Holt & Company

trembling with the pink handbills they’d rained from the sky that morning, the ones that announced the coming 02 Steelstriker by Marie Lu In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's Skyhunter series, Lu offered complex Then a hastily sent, coded message comes to an underling in the Oval Office--and violent terrorist attacks and work together to determine who is responsible for the destruction; how each of their pasts may be coming

traveling minister and escapes to Japan, setting in motion the events that will shape the generations to come many details of daily life (food, dress, tradition) in Korea and Japan made the almost-500-page story come In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, Wamariya recalls her experiences through be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling This is a long essay (but a short book) illustrating the complex behind-the-scenes challenges and tragedies