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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/3/23 Edition
training college for wartime dragon riders, Fourth Wing; I'm reading Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction about dragons. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction with her clients, as she keeps explaining to them) who is fake dating a nice man and attending family functions interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition
college students, a death, and a missing girl; and I'm reading Sleeping Giants, Rene Denfeld's literary fiction Our main protagonist, Commander Graham Gore (based upon a real figure from history), has been whisked I've read and reviewed another book called Sleeping Giants; that one was a science fiction story by Sylvain
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
enormous and are important to all of us, every day, and she wraps them in an immensely readable work of fiction How much of what we consider fact and truth is skewed by our histories, our prejudices, our privilege
- Review of Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy
Toya Gardner has returned from Atlanta to her rural North Carolina town to track her family's history When two terrible crimes shake the small community, they also bring to light generations of dark history You can click here to find fiction and nonfiction books I've read and reviewed that explore issues of
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition
tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm listening to Moonbound , Robin Sloan's fantasy-science-fiction 01 The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West Reads of the Past Year , Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year , Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories . 02 Moonbound by Robin Sloan In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy tale Moonbound , it's eleven thousand years
- Review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld In American Wife, Sittenfeld takes a few facts from Laura Bush's life and the Bush family history and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/14/22 Edition
gothic mystery about a finder of missing girls from Erin Kate Ryan; and I'm listening to Dawnie Wilton's fictional musical history, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev. Ryan explores various alternate histories and life tracks for Paula Jean while "Mary" digs more deeply Publishing Group. 03 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional Sunny Shelton shapes an oral history of her two idols, tracing their family lives, youthful experiences
- Review of Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
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
- Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history For [Colonel] Mackenzie on the southern plains, Comanches were the obvious target: No tribe in the history nonfiction, you may like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction
- Review of Dream State by Eric Puchner
The book's cover design says "literary fiction" to me, but the novel felt at first very much like a light waxing and waning allure of the messy present, created a structure for the book and its characters' actions ; the messy bonds of commitment and partnership; the precious building of inside jokes and a unique history
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/6/22 Edition
Lostetter's standalone science fiction about AI, a space crew, friendship, and bravery. of this book courtesy of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, MCD and NetGalley. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe I'm listening to Patrick Radden Keefe's fascinating, exhaustive history Lostetter Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/13/23 Edition
Impossible Things; I'm listening to Jen Beagin's recent (public February 7) darkly funny contemporary fiction The woman's graceful ability to cope with her past trauma and dark history inspires Greta, who struggles Beagin offers comic contemporary fiction that promises to be wonderfully eccentric and unexpected.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the recently published Red Dog Farm , Nathanial Ian Miller's fiction about a young man growing up in Iceland; I'm listening to Colson Whitehead's fiction based upon a real-life boy's reform school, The Nickel Boys ; and I'm reading Laila Lalami's recently published literary fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
candid memoir, Being Henry; and I'm reading Secondhand Daylight, Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook's science fiction The story explores cycles and links through history, considering how each of us may live on after we're
- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together to Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the other's history
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/19/22 Edition
to evade a killer who has it in for them; I'm reading Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's newest fiction Copperfield; and I'm reading Rachel Hawkins's upcoming mystery set in an Italian villa with a sinister history But Emily digs into the villa's complicated and dark history, and as she delves into the past, the growing
- Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur
If you like short stories, check out The Office of Historical Corrections--a very different short story
- Review of Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In Daisy Jones & the Six , Reid offers a fictionalized account (written as fictional interviews) of the
- Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith
up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional Certain elements of Strike's past, his family history, and his volatile relationships are resolved in
- Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read
An epistolary section is illuminating, if convenient, and it sets up the buoy of hope and version of loved, Elizabeth Hardinger's All the Forgivenesses, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians here. 05 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction
- Review of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher
circumstances, the aftermaths, and the various movements of potential suspects over months and years--as historically
- Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta
Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures, and the fiction He lays out a history of familial depression and suicidal thoughts as though the occurrence is inevitable
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition
debut novel, a space opera, Some Desperate Glory; and I'm listening to Evil Eye, Etaf Rum's newest fiction oneself. 03 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition
1619 Project into a full-length nonfiction book putting enslaved people at the center of our nation's history ; and Part of Your World, romantic, funny light fiction from Abby Jimenez. spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times Magazine, an array of contributors reframe the history I'm listening to this book, which is rich with history--including that of Black music and appropriation
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition
I'm listening to Cher , the first in Cher's planned two-part memoir; I'm reading an upcoming science-fiction I received a prepublication edition of this science fiction title courtesy of St. You can find Bossy reviews of other science fiction novels here . 03 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Other Valley, Scott Alexander Howard's literary speculative fiction Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In
- Review of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
For Bossy reviews of lighter fiction or rom-com books I've loved, check out these Greedy Reading Lists : Six More of my Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction
- Review of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The Other Valley is literary fiction with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/7/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's recently published science fiction How High virus begins pass like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction Through mining past research and history for wisdom as well as interviewing highly successful individuals
- Review of Big Time: Stories by Jen Spyra
I've reviewed lately include Sarahland by Sam Cohen, Half Wild by Robin MacArthur, and The Office of Historical
- Review of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Wilkerson is exceptional at laying out absurdities, horrors, disturbing historical events, shocking trends
- Review of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success Sunny Shelton shapes an oral history of two music idols, tracing their family lives, youthful experiences If you like fiction about music, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/21 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm reading a romantic book about aspiring musicians with intertwined pasts; the rich fictional history of an esteemed figure in early twentieth century New York and his mysterious death; and a science fiction-slanted story about young women shaped by their unusual creation stories who seek to form their real-life, essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History they discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history
- Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World
Science and Nature Book Gift Ideas I spend most of my reading time on fiction titles, but my favorite the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore 03 Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History earth-shaking discoveries while reflecting on how we came to understand the way in which the world functions Ackerman, author of The Bird Way and The Genius of Birds, here tackles biology and natural history of With vivid details that bring to life the odd history (counting silhouettes of birds as they passed in
- Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads
This was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction (and served as the inspiration for this Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction and I admittedly may have been a little mentally off, but I initially thought this not only read like fiction but was fiction.
- Review of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
File Lula under "lighter fiction that tackles difficult issues." This is my favorite kind of lighter-tone contemporary fiction.
- Review of Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Sink into this light-fiction escapism; Nora Goes Off Script is romantic and satisfying in its outlandishly In Annabel Monaghan's light fiction Nora Goes Off Script, Nora Hamilton is a scriptwriter for a Hallmark-style If you like light fiction, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Or you can search for light fiction reviews on the site.
- Six Books I Want, Bossy Holiday 2022 Edition
There's a major leaning toward science fiction and speculative fiction in this list, so I am apparently thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year round.) 01 Babel: An Arcane History Kuang's Babel: An Arcane History introduces the character of young Robin Swift.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/21/21 Edition
McDaniel's Appalachian-set novel Betty with my book club, Xiran Jay Zhao's young adult blend of Chinese history and science fiction in Iron Widow, and Susan Conley's slim, powerful novel Landslide, about a modern first read of 2022. 02 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story that's fascinating me so far.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/6/23 Edition
natural world, she explores three timelines of women connected through the ages by power and by society's historical
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready And if you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction
- Review of Time of the Child by Niall Williams
small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction You can find Bossy reviews of other novels set in Ireland here and more reviews of literary fiction
- Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible I loved the playful tone, the ghost angle within this light fiction, romantic story, and the focus on If you like light fiction, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
More Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Have you loved any other romantic comedy or lighter fiction stories lately? This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.
- 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 (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones & the Six, mentioned below.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life Nick Hornby is also the author of High Fidelity-- another fictional book about music that I could have In Daisy Jones & the Six, Reid offers a fictionalized account (written as fictional interviews) of the
- Review of Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder
This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.
- Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and you can find other Bossy light fiction reviews here .
- Six Backlist Summer Favorites
For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians here. 05 When These Mountains Burn by David Joy Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction
- Review of Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood's light fiction novel is wonderfully immersed in science, offering a forbidden relationship interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.