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These were my favorite elements. I received a prepublication copy of this book, published May 4, 2021, courtesy of Sourcebooks Casablanca The author plans to write more books in The Lillys series.

I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series takes place in Victorian London, and the immensely appealing Professor Lyall is one of my favorite characters, as is Lord Akeldama, a fantastic, over-the-top, preternaturally This book was part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #LGBTQ, #series, #fourstarbookreview

When she discovers that the kingdom is in peril, our favorite fourteenth century teenage heroine must All three books in this series held up for me in a big way. The Bear and the Nightingale is the first in the series, and The Winter of the Witch is the final book #fantasyscifi, #russia, #youngadult, #series, #fourstarbookreview

The fifth book in the Veronica Speedwell series offers more of Raybourn's magic: witty dialogue, an unorthodox Throughout her Veronica Speedwell series, Raybourn proves herself an expert in providing a captivating In this fifth book of the series, Veronica and Stoker become involved in a mystery involving a house I listened to this as an audiobook, which is wonderfully narrated, as the rest of the series has been (There are currently eight books in the series, with a ninth scheduled for publication in 2024.)

Emma Makepeace returns in the second book in the series, The Traitor, and when one thing leads to another

ICYMI: The second in Johnson's young adult mystery series offers growing friendships, determined sleuthing This is the second in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series (the first is Truly Devious). Maureen Johnson is also the author of Truly Devious, The Hand on the Wall, and the fourth book in the series Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's crimes newest book, Nine Liars, which also features Stevie Bell, is scheduled for publication December 27, 2022

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting I've been told that the series strengthens over time, so I plan to take a breather and then read the next in the series, A Court of Mist and Fury.

lurks in the night, threatening the stability of the hard-fought status quo of the Tearling and placing every I very much enjoyed harking back to the childhoods of the Fetch, Row Finn, and Jonathan Tear to better The elaborate escape plans and rescue plots in the book were one of my favorite elements. I already miss my favorite characters from the series. read this ending to the trilogy before delving into the prequel because I'd read the others in the series

In the second installment in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Alex is as brave, scowling, and unapologetic for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series. and the King of Crows duology discussed here, which is expected to be the end of the interconnected series

This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible listened to the audiobook of Sherry Thomas's A Study in Scarlet Women, the first in her Lady Sherlock series Then a series of unusual events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock I can't wait to read more in this series! Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? books in the Lady Sherlock series, with the seventh, A Tempest at Sea, scheduled for publication in 2023

212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting (2023) The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Bossy gift idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas   2021 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! shocking lengths the drug lord and his biggest rival were willing to go to in order to control their favorite

irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she broke from rigid medieval gender roles in favor We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and Click here to check out my review of the first book in this series, Tess of the Road.

In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the series, the last free nation in the world has been Lu, a former artist in the video game industry, has written multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross

And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. longest night of their lives as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every I was so happy to realize this is the first in a planned series. Sign me up for every bit of this!

I'm all in for the Cormoran Strike series. In the fifth installment of the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. I'm all in for this series. For my reviews of books one through four, check out Review of the Cormoran Strike Series books 1-4.

I tore through the first three books in this series with glee and am saving the other two that are already #robots, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

detail and thrills and chills of Viking-era Norway held so much promise, I'll give the next book in the series I gave this first book in the series three stars, which for me meant it had promise but didn't knock chills of the story held so much promise, and the next two books show positive reader reviews, this series #nordic, #Vikings, #series, #fantasyscifi

In this fourth installment of her Murderbot series, Wells provides another short (176 pages) book in little lighter on delightful Murderbot introspection than the previous books, but I'm all in on this series Have you read this or others in the Murderbot series? Are you as taken with this series as I am? #robots, #series, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank you very A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is Holly Jackson's first book in this series.

in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one, along with other old favorites

But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness) within a tiny, very very much want to read. #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview 05 We, the Drowned ​ I own this book. Therefore I have not read it, despite wanting to, because I am a very greedy person who has too many #nordic, #series, #historicalfiction What are your favorite Nordic-set or -focused books?

This book was a little darker than the previous two in the series. I felt like this book was a little darker than the previous two in the series. Have you read this series? Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adults Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's #series, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense, #threestarbookreview

established characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites

She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor. I've been putting Marie Lu series (Legend, The Young Elites, and Warcross) into my son's hands for years

ICYMI: This is the first in Johnson's young adult series, set in a boarding school in rural Vermont, might be interested in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading Lists Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless I can't wait to read all of the other books in this series! This series invites comparisons to another fantastic Victorian-era-set mystery series featuring a strong series thus far, with Raybourn's character development taking more center stage in that series, but I adore both of these series.

The Cormoran Strike-Robin Ellacott Saga I've been listening to the fifth installment in this series, I've had time to reflect upon the fact that I haven't yet posted reviews of the other books in the series This isn't a fast-paced series, yet I've consistently felt hooked on how the cases build--and on the strengthening; her fiance is insufferable; his ex-girlfriend is emotionally unbalanced; and it's all very I'm currently listening to the fifth book in this series, Troubled Blood.

ICYMI: I've been thinking lately about robot books and specifically about this great series by Neuvel The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human, and I liked them both.

Filled with sometimes playful, often weighty questions, scenarios, and ideas, How to Be Perfect makes considering ethics and morality fun, and Michael Schur's tone is self-deprecating and thoughtful. The best thing about Aristotle’s “constant learning, constant trying, constant searching” is what results from it: a mature yet still pliable person, brimming with experiences both old and new, who doesn’t rely solely on familiar routines or dated information about how the world works. In How to Be Perfect, Michael Schur, the creator of Parks and Recreation and The Good Place, relies upon takeaways from morality and ethics writings and lessons to craft this guide to how to behave in the world. What does being a "good" person mean? What do we owe to each other? What is our duty to our fellow humans in different situations? Schur begins the book, which is largely made up of distilled concepts and highlights of 2,500 years of writing about ethics, with a simple question to consider: "Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?" He builds to more complex scenarios, touching on the popular trolley problem and its variations, morality and intersections with money, friendship, and knowledge, and, in the words of Samuel Beckett, how we might continue to "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." “Virtue comes about...not by a process of nature, but by habituation.… We become just by doing just actions, temperate by doing temperate actions, brave by doing brave actions.” He explores various schools of thought about ethics and morality to consider more complex issues, including how much one should give to charity; whether rigidity to rules such as "no lying" will win a person friends; and when and why to help others or to do the "right" thing--even if you don't receive any credit for doing so. Schur comes across as intelligent and kind, thoughtful, and self-deprecating. I'm watching The Good Place for the third time, this time with my youngest, and I love hearing his references to the inspiration for the show and hearing his references to specific scenes, currently fresh in my mind. With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a heartwarming reminder that there are thoughtful, kind, well-meaning people out there spending time reflecting on how best to be a human in today's world. That in and of itself is a comfort. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Michael Schur is the creator of the television shows The Good Place and Parks and Recreation. The acknowledgments section of this book is so funny, generous, specific, thanks-filled, and lovely, these pages alone are enough to make me feel confident that Michael Schur is a gem of a human being.

The Queen of Nothing is the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). I loved having more time with my favorite character, the plain-speaking, tough, brutal but fair Grima twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan) that did justice to the series

baggage or knee-jerk reactions to it, who was willing to dive in and who would maybe just maybe love this series Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games series) offers a unique setting while doing something fascinating: You might like the books I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

frenemies; and the gloriously dramatic young adult debut from Shelby Mahurin (with a second in the series 01 A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which Deadly danger and darkness lurk around every corner. in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). This is all very angsty and dramatic so far, and I love it!

in this duology, Ink & Sigil, so much so that it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series The playful tone of this series often reminded me of The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C.

The first in the series sets up a strong young Black heroine who bucks tradition as she explores her Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood home and town in favor was reading Legendborn, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very Legendborn is the first in Tracy Deonn's young adult Legendborn Cycle series. I look forward to reading the second book in the series, Bloodmarked.

Cookbook Book Gift Ideas Here are the 2023 cookbooks (with the exception of The National Parks Cookbook Another 2023 cookbook I was tempted to include here was Dan Pelosi's Let's Eat. Don't forget to check my past Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas 2023 Bossy Book Gift Guides Shhh! ice-cream pie to the Grand Teton's Huckleberry Margaritas, these recipes will transport you back to favorite

This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me loved listening to A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series I'm already listening to the audiobook of the next in this series, A Treacherous Curse. Deanna Raybourn is the author of A Curious Beginning and the rest of the Veronica Speedwell series, as

The beautifully complementary, mismatched partnership between Devlin and Falco was my favorite aspect And a very minor issue: the "Hey, pretty girl" greeting from the recently met grown-man male detective The beautifully complementary, mismatched partnership between Devlin and Falco was my favorite aspect

I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and this book reminded me of The Mists of I was at the beginning of the second book in a different series (A Court of Thorns and Roses) and was Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love? The Lost Queen is currently in development for a television series, which is great news, unless it delays

This second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous forces Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. slow down and savor Novik's irresistible Scholomance world while reading The Last Graduate, and I'm so very glad there will be a third book in this series.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; A Closed and Common Orbit; Record of a Spaceborn Few; The Galaxy, and the Ground Within; and a series prequel, A Good Heretic She's also the author of a A Psalm for the Wild-Built (the first in the Monk & Robot series) and its

In this first book of Kevin Hearne's new (published last week) Ink & Sigil series, patterns and inks This title was recently listed in the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love #mystery, #fantasyscifi, #series, #LGBTQ, #fourstarbookreview

She's also the author of The Blood of Stars series and multiple Twisted Tales books. the second and final book in the Six Crimson Cranes duology, is expected to be published in August 2022

#fantasyscifi, #series, #youngadult, #russia, #fourstarbookreview

This book follows the other books in the series, The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower I highly recommend this series. #russia, #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #fourstarbookreview

Six More Bossy Favorite Reads I've been posting lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by genre ; for my all-around favorites, check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads. I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite reads, whether you loved them last year or more This was absolutely my favorite part of the book. Through the very different but interconnected storylines and the varied, complicated set of characters

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm excited to the second, Harrow the Ninth. #fantasyscifi, #series, #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

This fantastic book is the first in Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series. Five books in the series have been published, and a sixth is scheduled for 2021. I love when I find a new-to-me series with multiple books already available for me to binge read. I can’t wait to read the others in this series. #mysterysuspense, #series, #historicalfiction, #london, #fourstarbookreview

I really liked Roth's Divergent, but the second book in that series fell off for me and I didn't read #fantasyscifi, #timetravel, #series, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England The third book in the Last Binding series will be titled A Power Unbound.