The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hawkins's upcoming suspense novel, The Storm ; I'm listening to Kate Fagan's intriguing novel The Three Lives of Cate Kay ; and I'm reading Charlotte Wood's meditative novel set in Australia, Stone Yard Devotional . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 The Storm by Rachel Hawkins St. Medard's Bay, Alabama, seems to attract the strongest of hurricanes, and the only building that's withstood every storm for a century is the charming

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to my book club's January read, Richard Powers's sweeping story Playground ; I'm reading and listening to Allen Levi's novel Theo of Golden ; and I'm savoring Niall Williams's gorgeous Irish tale This is Happiness . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 Playground by Richard Powers Four people are connected across time and geography in Richard Powers's sweeping story of their lives and unlikely interconnectedness. Evie Beaulieu becomes o

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to A Steeping of Blood , the second in Hafsah Faizal's supernatural fantasy Blood and Tea series; I'm reading Endling , Maria Reva's Ukraine-set darkly comic novel of an unlikely journey; and I'm reading Jo Harkin's Tudor-era historical fiction The Pretender . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) by Hafsah Faizal The first installment in Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series offered intriguing secre

The Books I'm Reading Now Library audiobook alert: I'm listening to the twisty mystery First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston; I'm listening to The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman; and I'm listening to author Arundhati Roy's memoir about her mother, Mother Mary Comes to Me . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Evie Porter is embracing her current fake identity and getting closer to her mark Ryan--who she's lured into being her boyfriend. Now sh

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading I, Medusa , Ayana Gray's recently published story from the perspective of the fabled villainess; I'm reading The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy; and I'm listening to the bizarre novel Bunny by Mona Awad. What are you reading, bookworms? 01 I, Medusa by Ayana Gray I love an exploration of a villain's own version of events ( Wicked , anyone?). In Ayana Gray's I, Medusa , Meddy feels like an outcast in her own family. Her pa

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Jeff Zentner's endearing young adult story of friendship, In the Wild Light ; I'm reading Amie Barrodale's bizarre, darkly funny novel Trip ; and I'm listening to Woodworking , a story of friendship between a spirited rural South Dakota high school transgender student and her closeted transgender teacher. What are you reading, bookworms? 01 In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adul

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Iida Turpeinin's upcoming historical fiction novel Beasts of the Sea ; I'm listening to Jen Hatmaker's memoir Awake ; and I'm listening to my newly discovered favorite fantasy author T. Kingfisher's novel Hemlock & Silver . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinin Turpeinin's novel Beasts of the Sea spans three centuries, through continents and across oceans. In 1741, Georg Wilhelm Steller journeys with Ca

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sara Holland's upcoming fantasy novel Break Wide the Sea ; I'm reading Seth Haddon's debut fiction novel Volatile Memory ; and I'm reading Bruce Holsinger's novel Culpability . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea #1) by Sara Holland The people of Kirkrell have always hunted magical whales--it's the only way to protect themselves from the water fae who threaten their people and sink their ships. Anni

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Meghan Majumdar's novel A Guardian and a Thief ; I'm reading Ling Ling Huang's speculative fiction novel Immaculate Conception ; and I'm listening to Kiran Desai's novel The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar In a near-future Kolkata, India, Ma is the manager of a food pantry for those in need. She's days away from bringing her daughter and father to meet her husba

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sally Gould's memoir about being a paramedic, Frog ; I'm reading H. G. Parry's reimagining of A Tale of Two Cities as a dark, faery-controlled world with the French Revolution as a backdrop, A Far Better Thing ; and I'm reading a King Arthur novel by Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 Frog: The Secret Diary of a Paramedic by Sally Gould Sally Gould grew up in Australia the daughter of a paramedic, and s

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the wonderful Alix E. Harrow's upcoming novel The Everlasting ; I'm listening to Yiming Ma's exploration of a future in which memories are valuable but dangerous, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us ; and I'm listening to Laurie Woolever's foodie memoir centering around being an assistant to Mario Batali and Tony Bourdain, Care and Feeding . What are you reading, bookworms? 01 The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Sir Una Everlasting was a le

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