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In Carley Fortune's debut Every Summer After, Persephone Fraser knows all too well the saying "you can't Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every Summer After has all of these elements, plus lots of reminiscing, cute banter, poignant moments, and Every Summer After is Carley Fortune's debut novel.

I hope you're having a wonderful summer, bookworms! I look forward to hearing about your favorite summer reads once I'm back to the blog! xoxo, Amy

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready from last summer. Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 02 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Sittenfeld's He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled. year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to come after

Just for the Summer is another Jimenez story with wonderful banter and a romantic connection that's anchored is wonderful at crafting a satisfying romance that's anchored in serious issues, and in Just for the Summer Justin and Emma are strangers, but they both seem to have the same curse: after they break up with someone The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, Yours Truly, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After

Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Is it really summer without some great rom-com reads teed up and ready you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 02 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Sittenfeld's He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled. year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to come after

My Very Favorite Bossy Summer Reads! And I'd also love to hear: what were some of your favorite reads this summer? hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after His writing is just gorgeous and I'm in for every word. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled.

When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances But after that, Beach Read met all of my criteria above and more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze sight of embracing each new experience while reflecting on what she wanted her future to look like after

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorites from a summer In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story of a few summer Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story of a few summer months in the life of an extended family--including

When the heat of summer hits, I love to read a story set in a frigid climate. Do you like reading cold-setting books in the summer? Have you read any of these books? Phillips Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after I still think about Disappearing Earth from time to time, long after reading it. The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months

ended up at home, working with the people she grew up being babysat by, or dated as a youngster, or saw every Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After, a book I really liked.

Summers's young adult fiction begins with a fascinating premise--sisters are torn apart by tragedy and My book club recently read this suspenseful young adult book by Courtney Summers. , which was likely not the point of Summers's workplace scenes. Summers is also the author of Sadie, Some Girls Are, This Is Not a Test, and other young adult books.

In Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. tribe in the history of the Spanish, French, Mexican, Texan, and American occupations of this land had ever Empire of the Summer Moon also explores the pivotal development of the Colt revolver, the emergence of The greatest threat of all to [American Indians'] identity, and to the very idea of a nomadic hunter Digging into the motivations and machinations that shaped the genocide that is detailed in Empire of the Summer

romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the 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 This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. I smiled a lot, I teared up, and I loved this perfect summer read! This was a wonderful summer read for me and I loved it.

The vivid setting of The Summer Book is a mostly wild island off the coast of Finland where a small family I delighted in every bit of Jansson's book and loved it so, so much.

The irresistible premise of Tokyo Ever After: a heretofore-unknown princess finds herself and searches Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday Tokyo Ever After is about identity, expectations, truth, challenges, betrayal, loyalty, and self-discovery Tokyo Ever After is listed as Tokyo Ever After #1, with the second book in the series, Tokyo Dreaming

In Rebecca Serle's One Italian Summer, Katy is reeling after the death of her beloved mother, who was One Italian Summer was a slim book and a sweet love letter to Italy.

Each of them must find a way back to themselves and back to each other without their key person in After In Anna Quindlen's newest novel After Annie, the abrupt death of the titular young mother--which occurs recognizes his parenting and household ineptitude and also falls into the arms of the local woman who was after I read After Annie courtesy of NetGalley and Random House.

In Emiko Jean's young adult story Tokyo Ever After, we met Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday, average Jean is also the author of Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After #1), Empress of All Seasons, and We'll

These are some of my light fiction favorites, and they're also perfect for summer reading. You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances But after that, Beach Read met all of my criteria above and more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze sight of embracing each new experience while reflecting on what she wanted her future to look like after

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.

this Greedy Reading List as a list of cold-setting books to read by a wintry fire, but the heat of summer Phillips Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after I still think about Disappearing Earth from time to time, long after reading it. The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months Do you like reading cold-setting books in the summer?

This summer read makes you feel like you’re in safe hands, and you can be confident that nothing here In Elyssa Friedland's Last Summer at the Golden Hotel, two families meet for the summer at their formerly sought-after resort in the Catskills, but the Weingold and Goldman families aren't as close as they This is a summer read that makes you feel like you’re in safe hands, and you can be confident that nothing Last Summer at the Golden Hotel offers conveniently neat wrap-ups to most of its complications.

The other is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly The Happy Ever After Playlist is a perfectly satisfying read with enough ups and downs to make you almost I expected Jimenez to simply summarize the sexy parts, but no no no, she did not.

Atlantic City, and its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub are the backdrop for this story of a few summer heartwarming, #faith, #nordic, #fourstarbookreview What have been your favorite books published this summer , or favorite books you've read this summer?

The story is set at a small-town summer camp (Nate repeatedly and entertainingly references Friday the

In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships effects (as when she finds herself in Hitler's close circle), it's never stale to experience some of Life After I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

collection of interconnected stories about a Jamaican family in Miami; I'm reading Carley Fortune's debut, Every Summer After, a story about mistakes, lost love, and new beginnings, told over six summers and a weekend Wow You, or you might like some of these other collections of short stories that I've reviewed. 02 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune In Carley Fortune's debut Every Summer After, Persephone Fraser knows Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. 03 And Then She

It was a stellar summer and fall of Bossy reading! after. After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and Marnie, a playful copy editor who prefers solitude after her own divorce, fall into a companionable rhythm I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache

Abriel’s book traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after

(If you're following along, five out of six of My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer did make it onto That's some strong summer reading!) If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after His writing is just gorgeous and I'm in for every word.

her mother and herself, and if her mom has taught her anything, it's the pain of experiencing loss after For my full review, check out Nora Goes Off Script. 05 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Carley Fortune In Carley Fortune's debut Every Summer After, Persephone Fraser knows all too well the saying "you can't Summer After has all of these elements, plus lots of reminiscing, cute banter, poignant moments, and For my full review, check out Every Summer After. 06 The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Katherine Center's

In Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. For my full review, check out Lucy by the Sea. 06 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Carley Fortune In Carley Fortune's debut Every Summer After, it's been ten years since Persephone Fraser made the biggest Summer After has all of these elements, plus lots of reminiscing, cute banter, poignant moments, and For my full review, check out Every Summer After.

I listened to the audiobook, read wonderfully by Emily Woo Zeller, with an afterword by Yip-Williams's

My very favorite reads this year! Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after yourself on the line for other people, the bravery of falling in love, and the importance of treasuring every The Last Bookshop in London is never sentimental but very powerful, and I was brought to tears while

My very favorite reads this year! Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green The ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read The music is all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

We read aloud Barbara Robinson's 1971 holiday classic every Christmas season around here, and I love it every single time. uproar in the staid, traditional production and in the community that expects the same version year after

Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

My very favorite reads so far this year! Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green The ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

my summer post on the topic, here are my favorite reads from the first half of the year! My very favorite reads so far this year! Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green The ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

I do like a thoughtful memoir if I can get it, and in A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir, Colin Jost offers Jost begins A Very Punchable Face with a story that is really his mother's (to be fair, it's gripping

Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled. Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After.

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after I devoured this in a rainy afternoon. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled.

The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake Several years after saying goodbye, Anna is struggling to pay for her father's cancer treatment and has The two were never divorced after all, West has a trust fund--and he has to stay married to Anna to collect After ending. Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of

He's a key staff member, and if she stays in the writers' room, she'll be working with him all day, every (Side note: hearing "sweetheart" as his dirty-talk nickname for her felt jarring to me every time.) Grant both comfortably and immediately made specific, bossy sexual demands of each other--who are, after Michelle's inner workings will not be revealed to Helen or to the reader, and they remain a mystery years after Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six

But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and Marnie, a playful copy editor who prefers solitude after her own divorce, fall into a companionable rhythm I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache I adored every moment I spent with these characters, particularly while witnessing their hesitancy blooming

I'm listening to You Are Here , a charming story of hiking through northern England and opening up after after), leaving little audience for her second published book and nonexistent demand for a third. After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and This is lovely so far--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache, the vivid

After  flips the traditional fairy tale in satisfying, heartwarming ways in this romantic story. Dev has dedicated his career to the reality dating show Ever After , helping to shape it into the popular after), leaving little audience for her second published book and nonexistent demand for a third. Devore offers a version of happy ever after, and of revenge, that was fun to watch take shape. After ending.

Abby Jimenez's newest story, another of her rom-coms with weighty issues at its core, Just for the Summer Justin and Emma are strangers, but they both seem to have the same curse: after they break up with someone I'm listening to Just for the Summer as an audiobook. Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, Yours Truly, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after

It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord She fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, apart, her older sister Beth became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart--and after The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World , Yours Truly , The Friend Zone , and The Happy-Ever-After

She fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, apart, her older sister Beth became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart--and after Or is she reconsidering her stance on love after all? You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading.