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- Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six
- Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
ICYMI: This five-star read--part memoir/part essay--is one of my favorite books of Ann Patchett's, and When we do things differently, and very often we do, I remind myself that it is rarely a matter of right My book club wasn't unanimous on a five-star rating, but this is one of my favorite Patchett books.
- Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
You might very well not come away loving JT the way you might have going into this one, fair warning. Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements, as in a recent favorite read I reviewed But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. An Unexpected Peril, An Impossible Impostor, and the upcoming eighth title (to be published in early 2023 dangerous set of circumstances, complete with intrigue, a traveling show (why is this always such a favorite of this book, please see A Curious Beginning. 04 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton “There are very
- A Bossy Summer Break
I look forward to hearing about your favorite summer reads once I'm back to the blog! xoxo, Amy
- Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
I loved watching every building block slot into place as we wound our way back through time toward the Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories highlight some of my very favorite books that twist time!
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
I think I have enough other favorite reads in these categories to make two more Greedy Reading Lists. They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. This is one of my all-time favorite books. But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction
- Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock
they tell the truth about others' wrongdoings, and a heartwarming chosen-family element (one of my favorite You can check out some of my Bossy favorites at the links here.
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt and The Star Garden, neither Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, four young adult fantasy books plus related Do you have any favorite books set in the American West?
- Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper
This is my favorite Harper mystery so far. But as with every visit home, Kieran is reminded of a careless mistake he made as a teenager that led 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/23/24 Edition
story that flips a traditional setup, and I have high hopes that Long Live Evil is going to be my new favorite now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her favorite fantasy series.
- Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
Some Lighter Fiction Favorites What I love about a romantic, rom-com, lighter fiction read is that real I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did reviews of Lauren's The Unhoneymooners , In a Holidaze , Love and Other Words , The Soulmate Equation (a favorite ), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem). 05 Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites I'd love to hear about your favorite mystery reads! radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books (In the Woods, The Likeness--this is my favorite was a series until after the fact, it stands so well on its own. Panowich also wrote Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley, the next two books in this series.
- Review of A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/28/21 Edition
Keep, which is set for publication next week, is a prequel to Erika Johansen's Queen of the Tearling series (there are three other books in the series, the fantastic Queen of the Tearling as well as The Invasion I'm curious to see if the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are He has written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series, and the I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven
- Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
Other fake-dating rom-coms include The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren and a Bossy favorite, The Bodyguard premise in which a famous person dates a not-famous person: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan and Very
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition
from one of my favorite authors, Maggie Shipstead; The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, Nikole Hannah-Jones From the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite reads last community members) and a successful city doctor with an impressive family pedigree, expensive taste, and very
- Review of Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) by Jane Harper
Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk is back on the case in this second in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series His family and hometown aren’t at the center of this book, but beyond that, he felt very much on the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition
Time It's Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite tempted to defy her mother by not following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series
- Review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
Time It's Real, read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, and My Bossy Favorite
- Review of A Murder by Any Name by Suzanne M. Wolfe
I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons (mentioned in the Greedy Reading
- Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Marcellus the octopus is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of He was my absolute favorite element, and I adored every scene that involved him.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/29/24 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming book by a favorite author, Katherine Arden, The Warm Time It's Real, read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, and My Bossy Favorite
- Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
Claire Keegan is one of my favorite writers; in these three stories, she builds layered situations--and Keegan is one of my favorite authors, and I'm in for all of her books.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/17/24 Edition
because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite Kimi Cunningham Grant's newest thriller, The Nature of Disappearing, Emlyn is a wilderness guide who very
- Review of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
you might like to check out some of my Bossy memoir reviews , or some of my Greedy Reading Lists of favorites Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite
- Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads
Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I'm always thankful for books and reading, so I wanted to reshare Do you have all-time favorite reads that you often recommend to others? Marianne Cronin has a new book coming out in December 2024, Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love . 02 White rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
But The Survivors, which is set on the Tasmanian coast, is my favorite Harper novel so far. 02 The Dream shapes The Dream Builders by telling the stories from ten different characters, interconnected but varied The story is narrated by Soneela Nankani. 03 American Mermaid by Julia Langbein I've been so very excited
- Review of The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
The Unhoneymooners is fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina Lauren book. I listened to The Unhoneymooners and it was fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina
- Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads
Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Favorites I'm always thankful for books and reading, so I wanted to reshare Do you have all-time favorites you always recommend to others? What makes them your favorites? Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of oddly unresolved at the end--even keeping in mind that there's a second book in Donati's Waverly Place series
- Review of Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very reason I root for us to survive--because we sometimes hard-fought expressions of their vulnerabilities were poignant and powerful, and this was my favorite taken with Rooney's sometimes discomforting book Normal People last year--and was all in for the TV series
- Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
You can find last year's version of this list here: Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year You can find my recent-ish two lists of favorite science fiction and fantasy reads from the past year What are some of your favorite fantasy reads? But I'm fully invested in this series. Novik has also written a wonderful series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series.
- Review of The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
ICYMI: My favorite Kate Quinn books center around strong young women proving their mettle during wartime I would have been in favor of having the romantic element be tied up without the Eve aspect, or having
- Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The black twin returns to the girls' hometown and shakes things up by bringing her very dark-skinned This book is also part of the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.
- Review of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
This isn't my absolute favorite Mason book, and I didn't connect to the characters as I did in The Winter
- Review of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
For the rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let But my favorite element of the novel was the messy, wonderful family members that forge deeper connections
- Review of The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart
Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some I'm so very glad I stuck this one out so I could see these characters through and witness their journeys
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/21 Edition
Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott from my favorite I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy. Possible Worlds. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott In her novel for young readers from my favorite 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.
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Her, waiting on the street in Paris while he visits his favorite bookstore but she's too sickly to climb Kate Bowler's book No Cure for Being Human is a five-star, all-time favorite read of mine.
- Shhh! Holiday Cookbook Gift Ideas
Have you received any favorite cookbook gifts in years past? I'd love to hear! Olvera is the chef featured in the Netflix series Chef's Table, and in Tu Casa Mi Casa, he shares 100 for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals by Tieghan Gerard In her newest cookbook, Half Baked Harvest Every recipes for "wholesome decadence," including recipes for a crowd and those sure to become everyday family favorites Some are favorites from her site, and others are new meals with the Smitten Kitchen stamp of approval
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition
Lauren In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year , Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year
- Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Six More Great Bossy Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues What are some of your favorite science fiction reads? I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series Asuka is very intelligent and capable, but she was chosen for the once-in-history journey as an alternate tell Arthur that she's been dreaming of the decrepit, rambling house for years, and that she has some eerie
- Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read
―Booklist, starred review #youngadult, #mystery 06 The Inheritance Games Avery is in high school, and Hawthorne has set out riddles and puzzles Avery must solve before coming into the money that could save This is the first in the Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, who also wrote The Naturals series. #youngadult, #mystery, #series Any young adult mysteries you've enjoyed lately?
- Review of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very This book made my Greedy Reading List of My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
Here are six of my favorite fiction works that have to do with rock and roll, writing songs, performing This book was listed in the Greedy Reading Lists My Favorite Six Summer Reads of 2020 and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right.
- Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year
For my full review of this book, see When We Were Vikings. 04 Nothing to See Here I was very glad to Very very happy. What were some of your favorite fiction reads this year? you're looking for more great fiction, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI
Mystery and Suspense Reads These six four-star mysteries are all so good and so different--they were my favorites I'd love to hear about your favorite mystery reads! radar, French is the author of six Dublin Murder Squad books (In the Woods, The Likeness--this is my favorite was a series until after the fact, it stands so well on its own. Panowich also wrote Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley, the next two books in this series.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/8/23 Edition
with time, Wrong Place Wrong Time; I'm reading Antarctica, a collection of short stories by one of my favorite McAllister Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time (like some of my favorite
- Review of The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
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