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- Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
Today's list is made up of more fiction I've loved in the recent-ish past, whether quirky, poignant, story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted reasoning, criminal actions Kuang puts forth here, she wavers between attempting to justify her compounded, ethically devastating actions
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/21 Edition
baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War II historical fiction see The Princess Diarist. 02 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction
- Review of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction.
- Review of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
audiobook but when it came up, I didn’t remember at first what the book was about; the beginning reads like fiction
- Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love
Hearne offers a playful, action-packed, magical, layered modern-day London. Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy, but this series is actually captivating historical fiction This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal
- Review of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
The trick occurs early (also, one major aspect of the true situation directly echoes a fictional setup
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles have especially resonated with me since I read
- Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition
If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking
- Six Spooky, Gothic Tales
Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions
- Review of All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger
This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year.
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now
Sometimes I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about human behavior in order to delve into a light fiction
- Review of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
faulted, privileged few are terrifying in their elaborate, exclusive plans, which exclude all but a fraction
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
wishing for more exploration into the human condition as contrasted with the carefully scripted robot functioning
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
A couple of these are historical fiction mysteries, one was jointly written by two authors, one was set
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
moment with some implausible early details in Holidaze, which I sometimes struggle with in lighter fiction
- Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this section
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/20 Edition
involving unapologetic body positivity, and I hope Bea doesn't fall into the somewhat common light fiction
- Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read
Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite setups); a light fiction
- Review of Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees
One faction wants to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon the machinations of the Nazis or offer background on the politics of the American and British postwar factions
- Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/20/22 Edition
Morris A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty
- Review of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books
- Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters
- Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience
But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or
- Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships
- Review of Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much.
- Review of Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
make ends meet in California and drifting a little bit--oh, and she's been telling her parents about fictitious
- Shhh! More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens
and backgrounds in those books, I find myself actively trying to separate this immersive, love-filled fictional
- Review of The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder
- Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
their own complications and pain--and which he seems to resent), and linking much of his inability to function
- Review of The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
This is the third Paulette Jiles Civil War-era historical fiction book I've read and adored.
- Review of The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) by Naomi Novik
A lot of page time was spent on logistics and on explaining why magical processes and machinations functioned
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes