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

    The list skews toward light fiction, but I've got a mystery, a great novel by Allison Larkin, and a wonderfully witchy historical fiction read on here as well. Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction review of this book, please see Life After Life. 05 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon This light fiction For more summer reads, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

  • Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

    Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series.

  • Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart

    The female characters are often strong, and there's often lush historical fiction detail.

  • Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

    I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building that set a dark, rich scene for the action

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned

  • Shhh! Kid and Teen Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    This cookbook offers doable and fun science experiments and interesting facts to train a budding young

  • Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh

    Unsinkable is historical fiction by Jenni L. Walsh that's set in two timelines.

  • The Bossy Five-Star Reads So Far This Year

    01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

  • Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia

    A book that kept coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William

  • Shhh! Nonfiction and Hobby Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    Part memoir, part travelogue, and part science writing, A Most Remarkable Creature is a book that feels

  • Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley

    own origins, practical Bethany has the power to jump in and out of books, immersing herself in the fictional characters to root for--and satisfying and intriguing intersections between Bethany and Owen and the fictional

  • Review of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

    ICYMI: This young adult historical fiction story was a five-star read for me. I adored it. Laura Amy Schlitz's book The Hired Girl is fantastic young adult historical fiction written in diary

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/9/22 Edition

    career, and his future at an East London commune; Revelations, Mary Sarratt's immersive historical fiction In Revelations, Sharratt offers an immersive historical fiction novel that includes thoroughly researched

  • Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

    up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Review of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

    This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic A Passage North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/3/21 Edition

    about a famous female Russian spy during the Cold War; and I'm reading The Invisible Woman, historical fiction year and which I also listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction If you love Carrie Fisher, you might also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book poignant, and I loved it. 03 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is a historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    with emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads

    This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. please see Dear Edward. 05 The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati shapes a historical fiction I loved digging into this 750-page historical fiction wonder.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition

    read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction

  • My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

    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 Stories. 02 Wrong Place, Wrong In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/13/22 Edition

    Now I'm reading Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine's upcoming fantastical, indigenous historical fiction ; The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid's dual-timeline historical fiction about the

  • Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati

    ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story written a series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic historical fiction

  • Review of The Project by Courtney Summers

    Summers's young adult fiction begins with a fascinating premise--sisters are torn apart by tragedy and This book reminded me somewhat of Chelsea Bieker's God Shot, another fictional book about a cult--and

  • Review of The Huntress by Kate Quinn

    I sometimes think that I'm about to max out on World War II historical fiction. This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past

  • Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

    Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures, and the fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/24/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Last Green Valley, World War II-set historical fiction by Mark Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from

  • My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books

    might also like some of the books on the other Greedy Reading Lists I posted in 2020: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This title was listed in Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year. This title was listed in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition

    Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction

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

    illustrating the interconnectedness of grief, love, community, and nature in this heartwarming literary fiction The ending section is lovely, with heartwarming promise, hope, resolution, and a fig-tree-related revelation Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads

    In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. 05 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/14/22 Edition

    gothic mystery about a finder of missing girls from Erin Kate Ryan; and I'm listening to Dawnie Wilton's fictional Publishing Group. 03 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional

  • Review of Wingwalkers by Taylor Brown

    In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition

    debut novel, a space opera, Some Desperate Glory; and I'm listening to Evil Eye, Etaf Rum's newest fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/8/24 Edition

    Emily Habeck's odd and sweet novel Shark Heart: A Love Story; I'm reading Heather Webb's historical fiction

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

    characters--as well as a romantic story that tackled weighty issues (my favorite kind), and a historical fiction Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition

    fishing guide at an elite but eerie Colorado resort; and The Ex Talk, Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction His actions drew even more ire from Putin and those in his ranks, and Putin famously retaliated to Browder's If you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction. 02 The Guide by Peter Heller A new Peter Heller varied books, including his thrilling, character-driven story The River, the meditative yet decisively action-oriented

  • Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

    Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties band on its In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life

  • Review of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

    involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/15/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Carley Fortune's newest light fiction about a missed opportunity

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

    Williams's gritty, frank memoir about music, love, and life; The Trackers, wonderfully detailed historical fiction In The Trackers, Cold Mountain author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Summertime is the backdrop to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/11/24 Edition

    Morris's historical fiction novel, set in 11th century Scotland with events surrounding the imagined

  • Review of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

    Cummins offers a fictional Mexican family’s urgent motivation, incredible fortitude, fears, failures, Through her American Dirt characters (both sympathetic and unsympathetic), Jeanine Cummins offers one fictional The balance of unlikely joys and brutality puts fictional but plausible faces on an important situation

  • Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding

    Harding bases his slim historical fiction novel This Other Eden on a real-life, racially integrated island

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/14/23 Edition

    Yellowstone National Park, The Ranger; and I'm listening to the second in an irresistible historical fiction

  • Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    I can't help comparing this lighthearted fiction about the formation of a group of unlikely friends to

  • Review of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

    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 appropriation, she builds elaborate justifications for her increasingly complicated lies, theft, and the fictional

  • Review of The Guncle by Steven Rowley

    In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star I've been on a light-fiction kick lately, but I need some depth in my lighthearted reading in order to

  • Review of Those We Thought We Knew by David Joy

    You can click here to find fiction and nonfiction books I've read and reviewed that explore issues of

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