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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

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

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.

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

I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons (mentioned in the Greedy Reading

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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.

This isn't my absolute favorite Mason book, and I didn't connect to the characters as I did in The Winter

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

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

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

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.

More Abby Jimenez love Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer   (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms

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

The debut novel from one of my favorite authors tracks a horse thief and an orphan who bond and find

Her voice is a striking, uniquely nasal Southern drawl, and her Netflix special "I'm Every Woman" features You can find Bossy reviews of other memoirs--and Greedy Reading Lists of my favorites by theme-- here

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.

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

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

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.

―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?

Say You'll Remember Me ; and I'm reading Olivia Waite's slim science fiction-mystery, the first in a series Jimenez is also the author of Just for the Summer (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year last year

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites, and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved.

Six Great Bossy Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads The Obsessive Wrap-Up of Favorite Reads continues! I'd love to hear: what are some of your favorite science fiction reads? 01 The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty I loved every bit of I am alllll in on this series and can't wait for the second installment. The book ends on a cliffhanger, setting up book two, which will hopefully be published in 2024 and which

Shannon Bowring's debut novel The Road to Dalton ; I'm reading the first in Sebastian de Castell's series Sebastian de Castell's worldbuilding is fascinating, the magic-school setting is a favorite, and the

because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite

Some Light Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction These are some of my light fiction favorites, and they're also perfect for summer reading. I'm due to create another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile 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 Is

Shipstead's varied stories range from funny with an edge to darkly haunting. The tones of each captivating story vary wildly, whether lighthearted with an edge or tragic and dark Maggie Shipstead is also the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite

In the third book in the irresistible Veronica Speedwell series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets In the third installment of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series, set in 1888 London, Veronica is interesting and unfolds at an engaging pace, but it's not the primary focus of the book--or the series My favorite element of the Veronica Speedwell series is the character development, and A Treacherous I adore this series. Raybourn can do no wrong! Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book?

Maas's popular young adult fantasy about the collision of faeries and humans, the first in a series; (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting So far this is very romaaaantic and dramaaatic with a significant amount of page time spent on Feyre's as an audiobook, and it's such a slow build, I'm both eager for it to ramp up in pacing while also very So far, The Survivors is shaping up to be my favorite Harper book yet.

Early on, the television series The Last Movie Stars interviews children from Newman's first marriage questioning whether I was interested in investing time in listening to his story and whether there would be very If you love memoirs, you might like some of the books on my many Bossy lists of favorites: Six Illuminating

The first part felt a little slow, but I'm so very very glad I stuck with it. structured into 1,001 (this sounds overwhelming, but the book doesn't feel that way) short segments in varied Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young What's some of your favorite historical fiction? Any favorites I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read list?

Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads list.

"I'm in love with my favorite author," she says. She realizes that altering his life path and writing is a very real danger, yet she continues to insert Another book with a character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently

adult mystery from Maureen Johnson that features smart, determined Stevie Bell from the Truly Devious series When I was posting on my Instagram page about some of my favorite books that play with time, a fellow Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships Maureen Johnson also wrote the young adult Shades of London series, which is based on Jack the Ripper's newest book, Nine Liars, which also features Stevie Bell, is scheduled for publication December 27, 2022

of Stuart Turton's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle are fascinating: Evelyn Hardcastle will die every But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. But being able to track every detail and how it fit wasn't required (I kept reminding myself that I was . 03 A Curious Beginning ​ This fantastic book is the first in Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series What are your favorite historical fiction mysteries?

Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother and mysterious man in the Alaskan wilderness by a favorite reading Death at Morning House , a stand-alone young-adult mystery by the author of the Truly Devious series is a stand-alone young adult novel by Maureen Johnson, who is also the author of the Truly Devious series

When Jax, a social worker, receives a series of frantic missed calls from her sister Lexie, she assumes I took issue with Gram's unapologetic and outrageous favoritism toward Lexie, which could have possibly Lexie was the excellent swimmer and student and musician and had lots of friends and was their parents’ favorite , Grandma’s favorite, and family friend Ryan’s favorite (all despite her mental illness/schizophrenia

French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute favorite of hers), Faithful Place, The Trespasser, Broken Harbor, and The Secret Place (which I haven't yet read), plus this stand-alone book and another, The Searcher (publication October 2020).