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  • Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read

    By the end of the summer, Anna has delved into Zoe's disappearance and has attempted to untangle the But Pippa Fitz-Amobi is becoming convinced that Sal didn't do it after all. ―Booklist, starred review #youngadult, #mystery 06 The Inheritance Games ​ Avery is in high school, and Hawthorne has set out riddles and puzzles Avery must solve before coming into the money that could save

  • Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo

    The events after Kat and Heath's later reunion push limits (Heath's modern-day betrayal of Kat feels

  • Six Five-Star Bossy Reads to Check Out

    and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of Nothing is too easy here, nor is it ever melodramatic in Napolitano’s hands. I loved this book. of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

  • Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

    After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and

  • Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    too many "doom is coming, get ready" types of heads-ups for my liking--especially because this is, after Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

  • Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller

    I needed someone who lives every single day with illness to tell me that (1) I wasn’t alone and (2) my After multiple misdiagnoses and increasing discomfort and fear, she was ultimately diagnosed with Crohn's

  • Review of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree

    After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit.

  • Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

    out a dreamlike possibility of something that might be real, and this didn't sit comfortably with me after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/20 Edition

    wants to do more: she wants to help the British Control Commission rebuild what they can in Germany after Edith comes up with a brazen way she can be both visible and invisible--by establishing her alter ego But when her kind husband passes away suddenly just after the wedding, pregnant Elsie and her husband's

  • Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II

    For my full review of The Skylark's Secret, please click here. 02 The Light After the War by Anita Abriel Click here for my full review of The Light After the War. 03 The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman review of this book, please see The World That We Knew. 04 Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave After --as we are startled at the end of every winter. We shall think: oh, I had quite forgotten.... the factual basis for the story: the transport of over 600 brides from Australia to England in 1946, after

  • Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out

    of these books as the Covid-19 pandemic began to shape our lives, and I can vouch for each of these very fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Backlist Summer Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears into the constant attention her The characters, the story arc that isn’t too easy but leaves you in a promising place after all, and Very very happy.

  • Review of The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins

    that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition

    . 03 The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun Dev has dedicated his career to the reality dating show Ever After , helping to shape it into the popular, long-running franchise it is.

  • Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia

    After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Liane Moriarty's story of the aftermath a plane full of psychic Moment ; I'm reading Sally Rooney's newest novel, about young-adult brothers seeking love and hope after

  • Review of The Future by Naomi Alderman

    for a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and some days she wonders if she's ventured very far from her beginnings after all.

  • Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    01 The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty I loved every bit of After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit. But then unexpected events lead her to leave the only home she's ever known in order to try to save her her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force Kyr to reexamine all that she's ever

  • Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske

    Jack Alston (Lord Hawthorn) swore that he was finished with magic for good after his twin sister Elsie

  • Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry

    year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to come after Harriet is heartbroken and reeling at being bunked up with Win, but after Sabrina shares big news of

  • Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year

    The first part felt a little slow, but I'm so very very glad I stuck with it. For my full review of this book, see Apeirogon. 02 The Light After the War ​ I’m dying to know how closely Abriel’s book traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after For my full review, see The Light After the War. 03 The Book of Longings ​ This was a fascinating story before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story of a few summer

  • Review of All Fours by Miranda July

    The shape of the character's primary relationship after these weeks in the hotel room is unusual (she

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/24 Edition

    interstate drug ring; and I'm listening to a suspenseful mystery about a missing young woman who reappears after

  • Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

    We're all headed toward the same end in this life, after all, and those brave enough to commit their Yip-Williams's memoir, the subtitle of which is A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After After the diagnosis, I knew that someday I would die, but I didn’t know when. Warren digs deeply into the realities of doubting his faith, God, his life’s work, and his vision of an afterlife

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/16/24 Edition

    Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After

  • Review of This Shining Life by Harriet Kline

    Kline's poignant, lovely book explores a family's emotional missteps and enduring love after a painful Harriet Kline's This Shining Life tracks Ollie's attempts to make sense of things after his father Rich's

  • Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

    The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on the formidable woman after After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/3/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Emiko Jean's Tokyo Ever After, in which Japanese-American teen 01 Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean Emiko Jean's Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, After all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank you very much) the mystery of the Andie Bell and Sal Singh case. Pip is still producing her popular podcast, but after the trial, she's convinced that she'll be finished

  • Review of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang

    In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary because of its origins in Beijing's Summer When San Francisco is devastated by an earthquake and the widespread destruction of its aftermath, Thornton

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition

    And would that be the worst thing in the world, after all? Sarah Manguso is also the author of Very Cold People . 02 Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicenzio Catalina

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/21/21 Edition

    powerful novel Landslide, about a modern Maine family in a remote fishing village coping with challenge after Conley's novel Landslide offers a portrait of a modern family in a remote fishing village in Maine after While facing what feels like disaster after disaster, Jill struggles to give her boys the support, structure

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition

    After an encounter between Assembly and Unity members ends in a dangerous standoff, Dalton must navigate

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite Bossy March reads! young girl in Ireland is taken by her unreliable, frequently drunk gambler of a father to spend the hot summer Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any It's not clear whether he and Julia can go on--or if her family will ever be the same.

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending alterations is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite November reads! The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on her formidable mother after After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the their mysterious artistic creation, and the work's ripple effect, which reaches well beyond what they ever Sixteen-year-old aspiring writer Frankie is just trying to get through a late 1990s summer in Coalfield

  • Review of Funny Story by Emily Henry

    But could their shared pain lead to a friendship after all? This is exxxxcellent Emily Henry.

  • Review of The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander

    Alexander shares the trauma surrounding this enormous loss--which occurred days after Ghebreyesus's fiftieth

  • Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    too many "doom is coming, get ready" types of heads-ups for my liking--especially because this is, after Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

  • Review of Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

    Defendant (as he is called throughout) are so disturbing, I welcomed the breaks from the immediate aftermath It was horrifying that the sorority girls in the story received so little guidance and support after

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    My very favorite books from August! These are the books I most loved reading during the past month. In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life For my full review of this book, please see Life After Life. 05 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon For more summer reads, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

  • Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

    is over and the knaffea is just a pleasant memory—like a lovely dream that you forget a few seconds after Bourdain does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after I pledged after reading this book I wasn't going to forget to not eat fish on Sunday or Monday because of supply and delivery patterns (I did forget this, but now after rereading my original review I'm reminded written a memoir about marriage, unexpected yearnings, and the messy process of finding herself again after

  • Review of The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

    After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions

  • Review of Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder

    This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. Their secret tryst at the end of season one ended badly, and they've been far from friendly ever since I smiled a lot, I teared up, and I loved this perfect summer read! intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

  • Review of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

    As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for Things continue to go awry for Emmett and Billy as they meet hiccup after hiccup in their plan, and they

  • Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary because of its origins in Beijing's Summer When San Francisco is devastated by an earthquake and the widespread destruction of its aftermath, Thornton set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after

  • Review of Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

    After years under his strict control (he is not named as Dracula here), the forced isolation begins to For a very different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in

  • Review of Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and

  • Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

    to care deeply about them, their roles in the wartime efforts, and their potential for various happy-ever-afters

  • Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

    favorite reads of last year by genre; for my all-around favorites of last year, you can check out My Very It's not clear whether he and Julia can go on--or if her family will ever be the same. The Celebrants centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six, died assemble, no questions asked--for affection, support, and the sharing of sentiments typically reserved for after about overcoming thwarted emotional connection and forging new ways of coming together through and after

  • Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

    Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in and trained for service after

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