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Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
Are you intrigued by reflections on life and death? This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books,...
- 2 days ago
Review of Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War. In Let Us Descend , she leans on the...
- 3 days ago
Review of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran
I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria von Trapp and an assistant to...
- 4 days ago
Review of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles
This historical fiction story in two timelines introduces the little-known real-life figure of librarian Jessie Carson, who traveled from...
- 5 days ago
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/9/24 Edition
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- Sep 6
Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
Historical Fiction Story Love If you're into historical fiction, you might also like to take a look at the books I listed on the Greedy...
- Sep 5
Review of Burn by Peter Heller
I love Peter Heller's books, and Burn offers a wonderfully complicated friendship, meaningful connections to nature, momentous secrets,...
- Sep 4
Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Thorpe's irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo discovers her strength, drive, creativity, and vulnerability after becoming...
- Sep 3
Review of James by Percival Everett
Percival Everett's James is a fascinating retelling of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of enslaved Black character...
- Sep 2
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/2/24 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Michelle Moran's novel Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp ; I'm listening to James , Percival...