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  • Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    Some of my very favorite reads of the year...so far! I've also had three Bossy five-star reads in 2023, and I'm hoping I rack up some more for a post to be And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural delaying reading this third and final installment due to my willful denial that the series is ending

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

    My very favorite Bossy April reads! Sittenfeld's focus on skit comedy and an unlikely romance that I adored, Romantic Comedy (this was my favorite And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? For my full review, check out Exiles. 02 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld This was my favorite read Life, like a poem, is a series of choices.

  • Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

    Six Favorite Memoir Reads The Bossy memoir love continues! I've been posting roundups of my favorite reads from last year by genre. You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year. Did you read any favorite memoirs last year or have you read any new favorites this year? road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very

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

    My very favorite Bossy May reads! living as your true self; and Silver in the Bone, the first in Alexandra Bracken's young adult fantasy series And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister The book ends on a cliffhanger, setting up book two, which will hopefully be published in 2024 and which

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

    My very favorite Bossy March reads! I had so many favorite reads this month, I'm saving back two from the past week for April in case I need And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? For my full review, check out The Night Ship. 02 Foster by Claire Keegan This was my favorite read of I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series

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

    My very favorite Bossy February reads! I'm coming in early with my six favorite (and varied!) And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? my full review of Looking for Jane. 05 We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman This was my favorite affords her a certain power, and she is also the Alpha female of her husband's pack, which affords her a very For my full review (and a link to my review of the first book in the Parasol Protectorate series), please

  • 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 very different stories as great escapism. fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Backlist Summer Favorites I was very glad to realize that the striking premise itself was not the most powerful element here. Very very happy.

  • Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year

    Six Favorite Fiction Reads I recently posted about Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six (And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) Here are six of my favorite fiction reads from last year--with more lists to come. I'd also love to hear about some of your favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far to ancient texts for guidance, discovers magical abilities, and begins to understand that the gods' favor

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

    My very favorite Bossy January reads! Anyway, here are my six favorite (and varied!) reads of the first month of 2023. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? delaying reading this third and final installment due to my willful denial that the series is ending For my full review (and links to my reviews of the other books in this series), check out As Good As

  • 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 (You can check out my roundup list Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, which I For more romantic reads and lighter fiction Bossy favorites, you might want to check out the books on Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads for Bossy favorites, check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads too.

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

    My very favorite December reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a book that plays with time, a book that plays with This feels like the most representative mix of Bossy Favorite Genres ever! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Lost in Time by A.G. I love a time-travel book (see lists of some of my favorites, linked below). In A.G.

  • Six of My Favorite Nonfiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Bossy Favorite Nonfiction Reads Fridays are for highlighting books I've loved! I've been posting about favorite reads from lots of genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Memoir Reads Last Year You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute favorite What are some of your favorite nonfiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

  • 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 month and year and sometimes Reads of the Month February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

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

    My very favorite November reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? A Study in Scarlet Women, the first in her Lady Sherlock series, presents Charlotte Holmes, a clever, The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite

  • Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year

    Six Favorite Fantasy Reads I love spending Fridays raving about books I've loved! I've also recently posted about favorite reads from various genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite What are some of your favorite fantasy reads, from the past year or from this one so far?

  • Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series Welga Ramirez is an elite bodyguard who is former special forces, and she's on the verge of retirement

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

    My very favorite October reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? He takes the reader on a roller coaster of emotions, and I love every bit of it. Schur, creator of the television series The Good Place, explores various schools of thought about ethics

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

    My very favorite September reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include stories; one nonfiction book I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? For my full review, check out Every Summer After.

  • 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 I rated 4.5 stars. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? The Last Bookshop in London is never sentimental but very powerful, and I was brought to tears while And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well.

  • Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor. the Edge of the Universe (Salvagers #1) by Alex White The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers series

  • Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Six Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads I'm having so much fun spending Fridays highlighting books I've loved : Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year Memoir Reads Last Year You can check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite What are some of your favorite lighter fiction reads, from the past year or from this one so far? of a close-knit network of community members) and a successful city doctor with expensive taste and very

  • 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 And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined power and scope of gene engineering, the world on the verge

  • 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, fantasy And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

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

    Six More Favorite Fiction Reads I listed Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from Last Year in this Greedy In today's post I highlight six more of my favorite fiction reads from last year. Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads Doctors and Friends. 03 This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub This Time Tomorrow was also one of my overall Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads.

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

    My very favorite books from April! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn This was my favorite read of the month! The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

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

    My very favorite books from May! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, which include contemporary fiction, suspense, nonfiction And I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

  • My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads

    #comingofage, #heartwarming, #faith, #nordic, #fourstarbookreview What have been your favorite books published this summer, or favorite books you've read this summer?

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

    My very favorite books from March! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams This was my favorite read of the month! road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very

  • Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my absolute most favorite Trying) by Cristina Fernandez How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) was also one of my overall Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads. And Not Die Trying). 03 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Marcellus the octopus is the very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads.

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

    My very favorite books from February! Here are my favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I'm so very glad I stuck this one out so I could see these characters through and witness their journeys The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails

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

    My very favorite books from January! Aaaaaand here we are in February! My favorite reads of the past month include, in no particular order: The Maid, Nita Prose's recently of sweetness; The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first in Becky Chambers's science fiction series I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? some surprises, and Molly seems more than capable of extricating herself from suspicion by using the very

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

    My very favorite books from December! that time of year: it seems everyone has an opinion about the year's best books and their personal favorites My own Favorite Books of 2021 comes out on December 31. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? In her novel from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing, Rebecca Elliott

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

    My very favorite books from October! I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? This was my favorite read of the month! The music is all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands Novik builds upon her irresistible Scholomance world in The Last Graduate, and I'm so very glad there

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

    My very favorite books from November! I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I read Caste with a group and met every other week to discuss it--and we went months past our original

  • Review of Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey

    Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

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

    My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Some of the wrap-up details near the very end felt a little bit unsatisfying, but resolving them cleanly Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List

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

    My very favorite books from September! I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? And for more young adult stories about royalty, you might try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

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

    My very favorite books from July! Here are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that just Cosby This was my favorite read of the month. loved his gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads list.

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

    My very favorite books from June! strong, ruthless, clever young seafaring woman, Fable; A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, one of my two favorite maudlin or sappy despite the tragedy and yearning at the book's heart; Soulmate Equation, my other favorite What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? by Hank Green This was one of my very favorite reads of the month!

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

    My very favorite books from May! Hall, a courageous, idealistic, determined, and imperfect heroine I was intrigued by; Great Circle, my favorite What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? this book, please see The Invisible Woman. 03 Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Great Circle was my favorite Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

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

    My very favorite books from April! What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? No one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of The Survivors is my favorite Harper book yet. The Last Graduate, the second book in this series, is slated for publication in June 2021.

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

    My very favorite books from March! What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books that weren't for you? the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). I loved having more time with my favorite minor character, the plain-speaking, tough, brutal but fair , plus the series ending I didn’t even know I wanted.

  • Review of A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir by Colin Jost

    I do like a thoughtful memoir if I can get it, and in A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir, Colin Jost offers Jost begins A Very Punchable Face with a story that is really his mother's (to be fair, it's gripping

  • Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik

    ICYMI: This series by Naomi Novik introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully “It seems very strange that the ocean is full of things that one can eat as one likes, and on land everything “I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.” The stories in her book Buried Deep revisit some favorite Novik worlds as well as introducing the world where Novik's future series takes place.

  • Review of The Last Hour Between Worlds (Echo Archives #1) by Melissa Caruso

    More about Melissa Caruso books--and more favorite Bossy reads that play with time: This is the first Caruso is also the author of the Rooks and Ruin and Swords and Fire series. For Bossy reviews of many other books that play with time--this is one of my favorite elements--you can

  • Review of The Trap (Alias Emma #3) by Ava Glass

    Gadgets, disguises, alternative identities, bugs and surveillance-- The Trap  involves many of my favorite

  • Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros

    My favorite elements were the action sequences, the opportunities for humor, and the pacing of this 640 Yet she also serves up an unexpected (as in, we thought he was dead, so: very unexpected) second chance characters to be less earnest and more playful and to invoke a little bit of dark humor at times (my favorite One of my favorite dragons is almost completely absent from the book (sleeping for hundreds of pages) The tone is very different from the Empyrian series--no teen angst or steamy scenes.

  • Review of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie #6) by Kate Atkinson

    This is the sixth installment in Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, but it can be read as a stand-alone

  • Review of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

    I love a story that flips a traditional setup, and Long Live Evil  is my most recent favorite in the dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite fantasy series.

  • Review of Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastian de Castell

    Sebastian de Castell's worldbuilding is fascinating, the magic-school setting is a favorite, and the Sebastian de Castell is the author of 16 novels, including 6 in the Spellslinger series and 4 in the Greatcoats series--plus prequels and extras.

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