- Jul 1
Review of Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
ICYMI: thirteen-year-old Frank Dunn experiences crises of faith during the unforgettably complicated and tragic summer of 1961 in his...
- Jun 30
June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from June! Here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past month, in the order in which...
- Jun 29
Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen
The various Sarahs of Cohen's stories take on frequently unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the...
- Jun 28
Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in her life. Now she must delve...
- Jun 25
Review of The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee
Lee shapes a lovely, tragic, wonderfully detailed story around the forgotten, real-life figure of Andrew Green and his essential...
- Jun 24
Review of Moonlight Drive by A.R. Hadley
Much of this book about a rock star and his (unrecognized) teenaged soulmate didn't ring true enough for me to feel that I could buy into...
- Jun 23
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a romantic book about aspiring musicians with intertwined pasts; the rich fictional history of an...
- Jun 22
Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
This is a great, character-driven sequel to McManus’s young adult mystery One of Us Is Lying. Last year, in McManus's great young adult...
- Jun 21
Review of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Dave offers unexpected twists and turns and complex relationships in this great mystery. In The Last Thing He Told Me, Hannah has just...
- Jun 18
Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
The Robot Books I love a good artificial intelligence- or robot-focused story, and these six (plus, in several cases, their sequels)...
- Jun 17
Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur
ICYMI: MacArthur's stories, set in rural Vermont, are tragic, beautiful, heartwarming, and heartbreaking. MacArthur, who is from Vermont...
- Jun 16
Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story to dive into on a hot summer's day....
- Jun 15
Review of Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
ICYMI: I've been thinking lately about robot books and specifically about this great series by Neuvel, in which a girl stumbles upon...
- Jun 14
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/14/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a memoir about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what...
- Jun 11
Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
ICYMI: I first posted this Greedy Reading List as a list of cold-setting books to read by a wintry fire, but the heat of summer has...
- Jun 10
Review of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
This summer read makes you feel like you’re in safe hands, and you can be confident that nothing here will go seriously awry. The vivid...
- Jun 9
Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Michaelides weaves Greek mythology, references to ancient ceremony, and superstition into this dark tale, but the particulars of the...
- Jun 8
Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/8/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery; and...
- Jun 7
Review of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong friendships, plus it's steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. I loved this...
- Jun 4
Review of A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi
Basi manages an incredible feat: the book involves messy feelings and grief, yet it isn't maudlin or sappy despite the tragedy and...