Search Results

bestselling author haunted by his secret; and I'm reading The Forgotten Kingdom, the second in Signe Pike's fantastic

The best-friendships are fantastic. I think Emma's best friend Maddy probably needs her own book (a la Christina Lauren's fantastic True

The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one. I listened to Funny Story as an audiobook (narrated by the fantastic Julia Whelan) courtesy of Libro.fm

airborne dragon battles within the books, and yes, the human protagonists are wonderfully faulted and fantastic For the purposes of this list, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts

Daisy Jones & the Six  explores multiple layers of love and heartbreak, all against a fantastic backdrop

Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and

For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

First: this amazing cover. Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. I loved it and I can't wait to read more John Scalzi books. “I can’t tell if you’re joking with me,” I said. “I’m mostly joking with you.” “That ‘mostly’ is doing a lot of work in that sentence.” The cover of Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss" across the top, so obviously this was going to be a Bossy read. And I love that this is my first review of 2024. Bring on the weird and wonderful books! In Starter Villain, Charlie's a substitute teacher, divorced, struggling emotionally, socially, and financially, and living in a house his half-siblings want to sell. Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire. Which turns out to be a cover for a vast supervillain business--complete with an evil lair in an island volcano. I held up my hand, and then looked around the room, at the room full of probably-assassins. "Do any of you know my uncle personally?’" No one responded. "How many of you are here to make sure that he’s dead?" All the hands went up. Could this be an unexpected new start that will point Charlie in a productive new direction? The recently deceased Uncle Jake, an old-fashioned villain, made a lot of enemies--and they're ruthless, well-funded, and out for revenge. Charlie will have to quickly get up to speed and figure out friend from foe in order to stay alive. This villain business is more complicated than it seems. There's crossing, double-crossing, a wonderfully savvy and knowledgeable second-in-command, nefarious plots, sentient cats, and more. This was playful, smart, funny, and weird. I loved it, and I can't wait to read more John Scalzi books. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? The premise of this novel calls to my mind another book, which I loved, Natalie Zina Walschots's Hench, as well as loose associations with How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying).

You can find more books like this on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic

Although the first section felt manic and uneven as Green hurtled through time, the second point of view offered lovely perspective on human connections and duty to each other. Green is just an ordinary young guy, dancing, drinking, living it up. But something's off: he's started hurtling through time, and he can't stop, which means he can't hold onto relationships or grasp his present before he's off again. Zada is a scientist from the future who becomes aware of Green's problem and seeks to help him. But doing so may require her to jump into Green's timeline, and she knows that there's no assurance she'll ever get back to her own original time again. A meeting of the two characters could alter their lives forever. I had significant difficulty getting through the initial portion of this book. Green's party-guy, train-of-thought-spewing, reactive personality made it tough for me to follow what he was trying to express and tough to care about him as a character. The early scenes felt zany and disjointed, even without the time travel element. I was very close to abandoning the book. But I'm glad I stuck with it. The calm and thoughtful perspective offered by Zada's later point of view made for a far more cohesive story--and that's saying something, as the novel is, after all, a time-jumping frenzy in a futuristic setting. It's unclear whether the book's having been written by two authors accounts for some of this drastic split. Alternative perspectives later in the book (family, friends, and Zada) served up a surprisingly vulnerable, sympathetic Green that was not evident to me in the early portion of the book. The story centers around Green's activities, but because of the shift in point of view away from his own, he largely drops out of the plot and the story takes off without him. The off-screen, forward-thinking future version of Green didn't jibe with the early image of him for me, but his unexpected, spot-on predictions and savvy intuition allow for the resources for the most interesting portion of the story to occur in the future, as a crack team attempts to understand how to send Zada back to meet him in time. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? I received a prepublication edition of this title courtesy of NetGalley and John Hunt Publishing: Cosmic Egg Books.

time while her wife Odette soars high above on the trapeze of their magical circus, the Circus of the Fantasticals with a ringmaster ruling his crew with dark powers--and someone who's after what the Circus of the Fantasticals

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the seventh installment in Martha Wells's fantastic science fiction Only a few Antari have been born in a generation, and they have long been the only ones with the power If you've read the Shades of Magic books, you'll already be acquainted with the fantastic characters Now Kosika, a young, impressionable, fervor-driven young Antari, is taking up the mantle of the deceased

She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in on her messy, sometimes fantastical, often poignant search

They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling captivating story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one. I listened to Funny Story  as an audiobook (narrated by the fantastic Julia Whelan).

multimillion-copy bestselling book (or the Tony award-winning Broadway musical based upon it, or the fantastic

The rest of the gang is fantastically spunky, tough, kind, and loyal--with nonbinary representation and

The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid.

In her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship

Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye, The Huntress, The Rose Code, and The

I thought this was fantastic. He's a fantastic character I loved. This great book by C.A. I thought this was fantastic. What did you think? This book is part of my Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical thriller with fantastic details of the time that Bohjalian is also the author of a fantastic book about World War II, Skeletons at the Feast, the difficult

The dark humor is fantastic.

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. That book introduced the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen. She decides that she's in--for a fantastic wardrobe, incredibly awkward moments, scripted romance, and

The author of the fantastic Wrong Place, Wrong Time is back with a smart, twisty mystery that's wonderfully

I looooooved the wonderful dark humor and unexpected details in A Deadly Education and the fantastic El continues to be a fantastically grumpy, powerful, whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character Novik also wrote the fantastic Spinning Silver and Uprooted, both of which appear on the Greedy Reading

Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family, and reimagining one's place in the universe. Its one job was to fight the invaders. It had more information on how to sauté spring onions than it did on the aliens. Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter, begins with Unit Four's initial activation. It has just become sentient, and like its robot sisters, it has been programmed to fight the aliens currently attacking its ship. But whether it's a glitch or instincts that shouldn't be possible, Unit Four realizes that the situation as its handler has explained it doesn't quite add up. When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its handler, it begins to understand that all is not black and white, and that it may need to rethink all it has been taught to believe. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action and character development and exploration of morality and friendship and life purpose began clicking along. Activation Degradation explores what makes a person worth saving--or simply existing--as well as unconventional love and relationships, personal responsibility, sacrifice and bravery, and staying open to revolutionarily new ideas and ways of looking at the world--and the universe. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Activation Degradation has echoes of Martha Wells's Murderbot books centered around a grumpy, skeptical AI, as well as a wonderful ragtag, loyal space crew reminiscent of books like The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Lostetter is also the author of the books Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, and Noumenon Ultra.

With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial duty, and a smoldering romance seen at a distance, Steelstriker wraps up the Skyhunter duology with action and also with heart. But he had never intended for me to turn against him. That’s the thing about inventing new things. You can only control the genesis of it, not the evolution. And I have evolved. In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's young adult Skyhunter duology, Lu offered complex motivations, clashes between idealism and realism, editorialization about class and race, and futuristic advancements. In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the series, the last free nation in the world has been invaded. Our brave main protagonist (and rebel) Talin is forced to submit to the Federation's morally questionable and physically excruciating experiments. She must become a Skyhunter. Her psychic, emotional link to Red is thin, and she's not sure if she'll ever find him again. But if the two can possibly reunite and band together, they just might be able to gather the rest of the Strikers, and these makeshift allies could fight against the Federation, ensuring freedom for everyone they love and honoring everyone they've lost. That’s the thing about evil. You don’t need to be it to do it. It doesn’t have to consume all of you. It can be small. All you have to do is let it exist. Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and Lu made me question the motivations and loyalties of practically everyone in Talin's web. I wasn't sure who would prove to be the true enemy and who might reveal themselves to have been traitorous all along. In an appealing dynamic, Talin is the strong beating heart of the story, with Red as her supporting lieutenant. Lu offers up their smoldering romance from a distance, focusing mainly on their emotional connection and the strength of undying loyalty between these two broken characters--characters who just might be brave enough to care and be vulnerable together in a free future of their dreams. After the unprecedented twists and developments Talin experiences in Steelstriker, she must reimagine all aspects of the world around her, and I really liked the autonomy and inspiration Lu allowed her. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Lu, a former artist in the video game industry, has written multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross, The Young Elites, and Skyhunter) as well as the stand-alone adult novel The Kingdom of Back. Please click here for my review of Lu's book Legend and here for my review of Warcross. Click here for my full review of Skyhunter, the first in this duology.

Boulley weaves fantastically fluid and frequent details of indigenous tradition into Daunis's everyday between action, thought, and feeling, especially in the earlier sections of the book, but Boulley weaves fantastically

Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. Namesake was fantastic--although I didn't completely buy the wrap-up at the end regarding Saint and his

more dystopian stories, check out Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine's upcoming fantastical, indigenous historical fiction about the secrets of an Old Hollywood starlet; and A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske's fantastical

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid.

series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets, heartbreak, and motivations; are treated to more fantastic

I was hooked by Liang's fake-dating, famous-everyday relationship duo setup, fantastically funny dialogue

The two disparate stories intersect in an unlikely way in 1890s Arizona Territory, and fantastical elements Jess's voice was fantastic.

#fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #robots, #postapocalypticdystopian, #timetravel, #fourstarbookreview

#fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #postapocalypticdystopian, #robots, #timetravel 02 Beach Read ​

The Moonstruck references were fantastic. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

#timetravel, #mystery, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview 02 Here and Now and Then ​ Kin Stewart was #timetravel, #fantasyscifi, #alternatereality, #fourstarbookreview 03 In Five Years ​ Dannie is on the #timetravel, #alternatereality, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview 05 The Bone Clocks ​ Teenager Holly #timetravel, #alternatereality, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview 06 All Our Wrong Todays ​ There are #alternatereality, #timetravel, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite time travel

#fantasyscifi, #alternatereality, #mysterysuspense, #fourstarbookreview

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

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

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

#alternatereality, #timetravel, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

#timetravel, #alternatereality, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

#timetravel, #alternatereality, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

#timetravel, #fantasyscifi, #alternatereality, #fourstarbookreview

#robots, #series, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

#youngadult, #fantasyscifi, #dysfunctionalfamily, #twostarbookreview