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My very favorite Bossy December reads! This month my favorite reads were a historical-fiction fantasy set during the Spanish Inquisition; an And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? soon finds herself navigating the complex world of seers, frauds, and holy men vying for the king's favor

My very favorite Bossy November reads! This month my favorite reads were a playful, poignant novel set during the week leading up to an ill-fated And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? forcing intimacy with their fellow astronauts--their only company, and in close quarters, for many months Main protagonist Violet Powell is being released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving

My very favorite Bossy October reads! This month my favorite reads were a missing-person camp story in two timelines; literary fiction set And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Click here for my full review of Trespasses . 03 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Intermezzo is one of my favorite When I read a collection of short stories, I inevitably develop favorites, and while reading Buried Deep

My very favorite Bossy September reads! This month my favorite reads were a retelling of a Mark Twain story; historical fiction set in North And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I love a story that flips a traditional setup, and Long Live Evil  is my newest favorite in the Villains dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite

My very favorite Bossy July reads! I did a lot of traveling and some great reading last month, but I didn't do a lot of reviewing. My Bossy takes on more great reads are to come--but I do have some fantastic July favorites to share And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time in her favorite

My very favorite Bossy August reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy June reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Center doesn't rely on a miscommunication trope (my very least favorite), and I could see where both A month before that horrible loss, her New York City apartment is burgled, and at that time, all of her

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy April reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? But along with his copy of The Count of Monte Cristo is a smaller, unusual book.

My very favorite Bossy March reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy February reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite

My very favorite Bossy January reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a beautiful, poignant nonfiction book about dragon school, Indigenous peoples, constricting rules, and the possibility of upending tradition in favor And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I love books about dragons (check out some of my favorites).

My very favorite Bossy December reads! Anyway, here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a heartbreaking, lovely, epistolary story with war at the forefront and fantasy in the background; a collection of three short stories by a favorite author; a vulnerable celebrity memoir; the latest loooong installment in a favorite mystery series; And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy November reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: a wonderful story about a grumpy female And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy October reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: two historical fiction stories, gothic magical And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? The two had eloped just months after meeting, which led to Jacob's being disowned by his wealthy family

My very favorite Bossy September reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: time travel, historical fiction, a mother's And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? My favorite element of the Veronica Speedwell series is the character development, and A Treacherous Please click here for my full review of Time's Mouth. 05 Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue Donoghue's

My very favorite Bossy August reads! I had a great reading month! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter This was my favorite read of the month! while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite Victorian lepidopterist (she studies butterflies and moths) and adventurer Veronica Speedwell teams up

My very favorite Bossy July reads! Here are the books I most loved reading in the heat of July! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy June reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? The everyday-person/famous-person love is a favorite trope of mine, and Norman adds emotional complexities

My very favorite Bossy April reads! read of the month!) And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? of the month! I read Illuminations with a group of women over a period of months, and we were captivated by the details

My very favorite Bossy May reads! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite Bossy March reads! I had so many favorite reads this month, I'm saving back two from the past week for April in case I need And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? For my full review, check out The Night Ship. 02 Foster by Claire Keegan This was my favorite read of the month!

My very favorite Bossy February reads! I'm coming in early with my six favorite (and varied!) February, but I feel recklessly sure of myself with just one Bossy review to come before the short month And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? my full review of Looking for Jane. 05 We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman This was my favorite read of the month!

My very favorite Bossy January reads! I'm a little early with this one since the month doesn't end until Tuesday, but I like my Greedy Reading Anyway, here are my six favorite (and varied!) reads of the first month of 2023. I've had a fantastic reading month. If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! the small moments, impulses, generosities, omissions, and aversions that make up a day, a week, and a month

My very favorite December reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a book that plays with time, a book that plays with This feels like the most representative mix of Bossy Favorite Genres ever! I love a time-travel book (see lists of some of my favorites, linked below). In A.G. read of the month!

My very favorite November reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite

My very favorite October reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite September reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include stories; one nonfiction book I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from August! What a fantastic Bossy reading month! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, all of which I rated 4.5 stars. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from July! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two memoirs, two historical fiction titles, a science And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare

My very favorite books from June! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy , and light fiction titles, including several LGBTQ reads perfect for Pride month. And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from May! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, which include contemporary fiction, suspense, nonfiction And I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from April! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn This was my favorite read of the month!

My very favorite books from March! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order. read of the month); How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu's fascinating, disturbing, strange I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams This was my favorite read of the month!

My very favorite books from February! Here are my favorite reads of the past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West , Six Historical Fiction F avorites What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads?

My very favorite reads of 2024! Every month I post my favorite reads , and in the spring I posted Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year To check out my favorite reads from prior years, please take a look at My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads , My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads , My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads , and My Twelve Favorite 2020 forcing intimacy with their fellow astronauts--their only company, and in close quarters, for many months

My very favorite books from January! Aaaaaand here we are in February! My favorite reads of the past month include, in no particular order: The Maid, Nita Prose's recently I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from December! My own Favorite Books of 2021 comes out on December 31. But let's take a look at some great books I read this month, shall we? I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? It's June 1954, and eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson has just served fifteen months on a juvenile work

My very favorite books from November! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? I read Caste with a group and met every other week to discuss it--and we went months past our original

My very favorite books from October! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? This was my favorite read of the month!

My very favorite books from September! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads?

My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List

My very favorite books from July! Here are the books I most loved reading during the past month. I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that just decision-making and astute threat assessment; and retreats from overwhelming interactions to watch its favorite Cosby This was my favorite read of the month. loved his gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite

My Very Favorite Bossy Summer Reads! so I had a tough time deciding on the six books I most loved reading during the heat of the past few months You might also want to check out the books on my spring Greedy Reading List Six of My Favorite Reads And I'd also love to hear: what were some of your favorite reads this summer? while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

Here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month, in the order in which reads of the month: Hank Green's second book in his quirky, lovely, character-driven, big-hearted science read of the month, Christina Lauren's heartwarming, funny story featuring strong friendships, plus it's reads of the month! book of the month.

My very favorite Bossy reads so far this year! And I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite reads so far this year? Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the banter is excellent--funny dialogue is a favorite I love books about dragons (check out some of my favorites). 04 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande This is my favorite read of the year so far.

My very favorite books from May! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month read of the month: Maggie Shipstead's interconnected stories about two independent, defiant, appealingly What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? read of the month!

My very favorite reads of 2023! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading run, in late spring I posted Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far. To check out my favorite reads from prior years, take a look at My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads, My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads, and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books.

My very favorite books from April! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month What are some of your recent favorite reads--or books you've read recently that weren't for you? The Survivors is my favorite Harper book yet.