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Nov 8, 2022

Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas

This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible heroine, but a...

Nov 7, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Sherry Thomas's Victorian mystery (the first in a hefty series) starring an independent young...

Nov 4, 2022

Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

It's time for the foooood books! The shout-out: this Greedy Reading List theme was suggested by my lovely longtime friend, fellow book...

Nov 3, 2022

Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy

The twist in The Other Side of Night is fascinating, but I wanted to feel more for the characters, who experience extensive trauma, feel...

Nov 2, 2022

Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks's Horse digs into issues of race across three timelines, linked by a special bond between an enslaved man and a horse in...

Nov 1, 2022

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 satisfying resolutions,...

Oct 31, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/31/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now Happy Halloween, bookworms! I'm reading The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell's newest historical fiction,...

Oct 28, 2022

October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite October reads! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a bitingly funny, poignant book of essays; a candid...

Oct 27, 2022

Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Marcellus the octopus is the very deserving star of the show here, and being able to predict much of where the story was headed didn't...

Oct 26, 2022

Review of How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

Filled with sometimes playful, often weighty questions, scenarios, and ideas, How to Be Perfect makes considering ethics and morality...

Oct 25, 2022

Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker

Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this story of Utah Territory,...

Oct 24, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Restless Truth, the second book in Freya Marske's historical fiction fantasy mystery duology; I'm...

Oct 21, 2022

Six Spooky, Gothic Tales

The Gothic Undercurrents It's the perfect time of year to read some spooky, dark, gothic tales. Desolate settings, mysterious deaths,...

Oct 20, 2022

Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts, loss, betrayal, a love that seems impossible...and a ghostwriter who's...

Oct 19, 2022

Review of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

Hester is richly imagined historical fiction with connections to themes and characters from The Scarlet Letter. It's magical and...

Oct 18, 2022

Review of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

In and among Sedaris's oddball, incisive, skewering observations are poignant, funny, heartfelt, complicated moments from his personal...

Oct 17, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/17/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Horse, the newest historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks; I'm listening to Happy-Go-Lucky,...

Oct 14, 2022

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...

Oct 13, 2022

Review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

ICYMI: I loved being along for the ride with Moyes's five strong women characters as they traveled through the wilds of Kentucky in...

Oct 12, 2022

Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman

I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies, power plays, and the many...

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