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This third book in McManus's young-adult mystery series keeps the surprises coming, ties new twists into early events from the series, and strengthens the bonds between the Bayside sleuth friends. I listened to this third installment in Karen McManus's young adult One of Us Is Lying mystery series established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites The first two books in the One of Us Is Lying series are One of Us Is Lying and One of Us Is Next.

The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush Australian setting, and The Survivors, which is set on the Tasmanian coast, is one of my favorite Harper novels.

In what's possibly my favorite book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional I listened to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J. K. In the newest doorstop of a book (960 pages; the audiobook is 34 hours and 14 minutes) in the series, This was quite possibly my favorite Cormoran Strike novel so far.

I had no idea this was the first in a series; it didn't feel to me as though it was leading up to another More mystery novels to check out This is the first in a series of three books about Joe Talbert.

I love the second installment's return to my favorite aging assassins and their quick-thinking, spry, And you know that every time you do, you've left another piece of you behind. If Raybourn keeps writing this series, I'll read every last installment. And I loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently nine books in the series.)

I'll definitely read the second in the series. The loss impacts almost every member of the community, and secrets come to light that affect many in The third book in the series, In a Distant Valley , is scheduled for publication in 2025.

I've got enough other favorites in this vein to make a second list sometime. It's a little dark, consistently fascinating, sometimes funny, and very satisfying. Shadow and Bone is my favorite among multiple great Bardugo series, and it's also the title of the first The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings (this was possibly my favorite among favorites), Thick As Thieves, and Return of the Thief are the other books in the series.

relationship exploration, and storytelling continues in this third and last installment of the Last Binding series final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery series mischievous and complementary) group of allies fights to reveal the source of the evil at work, and favorite

mentioned the great Folk of the Air trilogy in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of banter and sexual tension and match-up of will and intellect between Stoker and Veronica that are my favorite aspects of the series? It wasn't my favorite of the series mysteries thus far, but I enjoyed the dark, gothic feel of twisting And in this installment of the series, Raybourn allows for The Situation Between Veronica and Stoker

In Carley Fortune's debut Every Summer After, Persephone Fraser knows all too well the saying "you can't Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every Every Summer After is Carley Fortune's debut novel. Her second book, Meet Me at the Lake, is scheduled for publication in May 2023.

01 Ink & Sigil: Ink & Sigil Series In this first book of Kevin Hearne's new Ink & Sigil series, patterns Published August 25, 2020. an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview Any new-to-you or longtime favorite oddball series you love?

Sutanto's Vera Wong is playful, brusque, bossy, and connects an unlikely cast of characters, all murder Vera Wong is running a largely unvisited tea house, lamenting her grown son's lack of time for her, and When a dead body shows up in her tea house, Vera takes charge of the investigation of what only she is This was absolutely my favorite part of the book. But in Vera Wong, while Vera is pushy she is also deeply caring, helpful, and serves as a connector--

formation of an unexpected team with immense collective promise, I'm in for the rest of this translated series historical-fiction-feeling fantasy story like this one, and Blood of the Old Kings sets up an epic series The second book in this series, Blood for the Undying Throne , is slated for publication this fall.

Collapse, we catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot (SecUnit), who in this seventh book in the series

The audiobook was narrated by Dick Hill, who has a voice that sounds very similar to Sam Donaldson in This felt very retro to me, and I admit that I often found myself thinking of the narrator’s voice rather Child has been writing Jack Reacher novels since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you #mysterysuspense, #series, #threestarbookreview

Rachel Aaron is also the author of the DFZ Changeling series, the Heartstrikers series, the Crystal Calamity series, and other books.

Finlay dips her toe into a criminal underworld in the second in Cosimano's campy mystery series. In Elle Cosimano's first book in this series, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, we meet main protagonist In Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, Finlay has her friend Vero in her confidence--and in her household One of my favorite elements is how Finlay, a mom of two very young children, is absolutely irresistible Cosimano is also the author of the young adult mystery series Nearly Gone, the young adult fantasy series

The first in this dragon rider series by Yarros is full of dramaaaaatic teen angst, a cutthroat path to becoming a warrior, bucking expectations, a looming war--and, my favorite element of the story, dragons Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series, about a war college for dragon Aside from the dragons, my favorite element of the story is Violet's determined coping with and accommodations I'm a fan of varying language and also of creative cursing, so at the risk of being a Grumpy Old Lady

The two other titles in the series are Wayward and The Last Town .

There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl , which I haven't yet read, and

The first book in this series from Meg Long was Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves.

Chakraborty is also the author of the wonderful novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi , the first in the series

Spoiler: a dragon appears at the very end of the book, laying the groundwork for more dragon page time More from John Gwynne: Gwynne is also the author of book two in this series, The Hunger of the Gods , the series Of Blood and Bone, and The Faithful and the Fallen series.

Book two of the series continues to be playful, mischievous, wonderfully detailed about Victorian life I loved the first book in Gail Carriger's five-book (plus a prequel short) Parasol Protectorate series I also included it in the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. affords her a certain power, and she is also the Alpha female of her husband's pack, which affords her a very Carriger is the author of many series; this is the only one I've dug into so far.

It's a little dark, consistently fascinating, sometimes funny, and very satisfying. Shadow and Bone is my favorite among multiple great Bardugo series, and it's also the title of the first The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings (this was possibly my favorite among favorites), Thick As Thieves, and Return of the Thief are the other books in the series. I've got enough other favorites in this vein that I could probably make a second list sometime.

I received a prepublication digital edition of this book (published spring 2022) courtesy of Tiny Fox I can't wait to read the second book in the series, Herrick's Lie, which is scheduled for publication in spring 2023.

A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart new assistant work to solve a murder mystery that reaches into the highest levels of society and government. “Civilization is often a task that is only barely managed. But harden your heart and slow your blood. The towers of justice are built one brick at a time. We have more to build yet.” In Robert Jackson Bennett's novel, The Tainted Cup , he blends a rich, historical fiction-feeling story, a Sherlock Holmes and Watson-type investigatory relationship, and fascinating otherworldly fantasy and steampunk elements into a captivating story. In a mansion in Daretana, an imperial officer lies dead--with a tree growing out of his body. Brilliant, grumpy, extremely high-ranked detective Ana Dolabra and her inexperienced, staid, intuitive apprentice, Dinios Kol, aim to use their magical enhancements to get to the heart of what seems to be a murder--one that might threaten the whole Empire. I was fascinated by the tone of The Tainted Cup . There's a constant looming threat of enormous ocean-dwelling leviathans threatening to break the significant walls erected to keep them out. The leviathans are grotesque, and their natures and motivations are a mystery. Human civilization has built its cities in reaction to the perceived danger from the beasts. And we find out late in the book that the monsters may be able to speak! Eeeks. The partnership between impatient, extremely intelligent Ana and the closed-off, steady, intuitive Din was a standout. Ana is Sherlock Holmes-esque in that she holds many of the answers to the mysteries that abound--but she doles them out on a need-to-know basis. We did not talk any more of what we’d witnessed, he at the walls and I in the city. The things we’d seen and done now felt too big for words. Silence was a better language. The Tainted Cup explores issues of class, wealth and privilege, duty, the power of nature, handicaps and gifts, and betrayal and loyalty. I loved this book and the extended story that Robert Jackson Bennett has begun here. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Robert Jackson Bennett is also the author of the Founders Day trilogy and the Divine Cities trilogy.

The first installment in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, In the first book of Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series, A Tempest of Tea , Arthie Casimir collects cared about, funny gems, tantalizing moments, and an intriguing build-up to the books to come in this series

full of more wonderfully grumpy Murderbot, flummoxed by humans' behavior and saving their skins at every decision-making and astute threat assessment; and retreats from overwhelming interactions to watch its favorite Was it when I reviewed books 1 through 3 of the series?

Rowling) Cormoran Strike series. The women who are of romantic interest in Cormoran's life are, as in prior books in the series, emotionally Click here for my reviews of books one through four of the Cormoran Strike series. Check out my Bossy review of Troubled Blood, book five in the series.

Trapped in the eerie space station with three grumpy, unwilling teachers trying to prepare her for the For my review of the first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, check out this link. Gideon the Ninth was also mentioned in my Greedy Reading List Six More Postapocalyptic and Dystopian Favorites The third book in the series, Nona the Ninth, was published in 2022, with the fourth book, Alecto the Ninth, to follow in fall 2023.

aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction series Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in

us, establish when an intriguing book is likely to be generally widely available from the library, vary Here are my personal book club favorites from last year. I also enjoyed two of my favorite authors' newest books, Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet and Matt Haig's The For my favorite book club reads of 2020, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Book Club Books I Loved Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and

and her most likely candidate is a grumpy minotaur (who's also her teacher, oops) who also needs a favor

I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I very much want to read. He also wrote a very different book, The Girl in Green, about a British journalist and an American private #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview

A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which begins the story of a magical high Danger and darkness lurk around every corner for grumpy, powerful El and her classmates. fight in The Golden Enclaves meant that I didn't get to spend extended page time with some of my most favorite But I'm fully invested in this series. I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series

Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series. (I'll review Hell Bent, the second installment in the series, tomorrow on the blog.) It's intriguing, and I was definitely hooked for the second book in the series. I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

In her novel for young readers--from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing The next book in this series is Pretty Rude for a Girl. Elliott is also the author of the Owl Diaries series and over twenty picture books.

Don't forget to check my past Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Shhh! collects some of the family's favorite recipes, as well as banter between Stephen and Evie. ...from Party flavor-packed meals for busy lives." 04 The Great British Baking Show: Kitchen Classics: The Official 2023 In The Great British Baking Show: Kitchen Classics , recipes by Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, and the 2023

of a famous Jane's story) are published, so there will be no impatient waiting for the others in the series an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

This is the second in Schwab's first series for adults, Villains. I very much enjoyed Schwab's young adult Shades of Magic series; the first title is A Darker Shade of As of August 2020, there's no publication date for a third in the Villains series. #fantasyscifi, #series, #threestarbookreview

There are two other books in Turner's Sarah Agnes Prine series that I haven't yet read, but they look very promising. #historicalfiction, #Western, #series, #threestarbookreview

Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series featuring job of reinforcing characters from prior stories while introducing new ones; in this first of her new series in progress--which are sweet yet barbed, full of acceptance and imperfection, and never cloying or verging The first two books in the Shades of Magic series are A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows

Chambers is also the author of the Wayfarers series; click here to read my review of The Long Way to

The Book of Delights. 03 Strange Gods by Alison Kimble In Alison Kimble's Strange Gods (published in 2021 Until the End of the World #1) by Sarah Lyons Fleming A bookish Instagram friend is in love with this series

Moniquill Blackgoose offers a wonderfully layered first installment in her series (I can't wait to read I cannot wait to read the next installments in this series. I love books about dragons (check out some of my favorites).

recommendations so that I could beef up my Dragons shelf on Goodreads and put together a post of my favorite , several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series. So, things are upended for Breen in every way. Dragons are very much a side note in this book, alternately soaring in the sky and carrying Keegan to I'm in for the second book in this series, fall 2021's The Becoming, but I thought that the series was

The fun first book in Tricia Levenseller's trilogy about a teenage female pirate captain sets up a long game toward obtaining a key treasure map and handling hard-to-please fathers--and it lays the groundwork for a forbidden romance between enemies. Alosa is a seventeen-year-old female pirate captain who didn't secure treasures or rule a ship of motley crew members by being a fool. So when she gets captured by her enemies, it's on purpose. She's got to search their ship and find the treasure map to end all treasure maps, and she's confident that she's clever enough to do it. The one complicating factor is the equally clever--and distractingly handsome--first mate on the enemy ship, Riden. Alosa is playful and sassy, and her banter with Riden is fun. The cross/double-cross setup and forbidden-love tension is intriguing. Alosa doesn't subsume her strength or powers unless she's doing so for a deliberate reason. She's also got a sneaky-thief ability that's a slam-dunk for me. Not until halfway through the book does it become clear that a possible power alluded to early on is in fact present, and its existence and use becomes a key plot point. The timing of this revelation surprised me; we had been privy to most of Alosa's inner dialogue, and this had been omitted from all of it. The book is clearly set up for a sequel--the ending felt abrupt enough that I paged forward in my Kindle to try to find more story, only to find that the book was over. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Daughter of the Pirate King is the first in a trilogy from Levenseller and is her debut novel. The second book is Daughter of the Siren Queen, and the third will be Vengeance of the Pirate King.

There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has explored every different The mystery stories within the story are intriguing, and I loved paying attention to their varied structures Long Bright River was also one of My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books. what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very This book was also one of my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.