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594 items found for "strong women"
- Review of Homecoming by Kate Morton
modern day, she serves primarily as a catalyst for Jess's arrival and amateur sleuthing, and it seemed strange
- Review of Long Bright River by Liz Moore
When her sister Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, Mickey's need to solve the When Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire
- Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year
She also has a strong, passionate grasp of widely experienced inequalities—and ideas of how to chip away
- Review of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
In and among these scenes, Sedaris shares strange, sweet, funny, pivotal moments with each of his living
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which
- Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
I was intrigued by the intersection of the women's personalities and lives, and Beagin kept me consistently
- Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from
- Shhh! Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens. 01 The Comfort Book by Matt Haig "It is a strange paradox, that many in a Quaint English Village features Edward Gorey-type pen and ink illustrations from Jay Cooper. 06 Strange Pyle's Stranger Planet (as well as Strange Planet) in one of my gift guides last year (Shhh!
- Review of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Strange things begin happening to Cassie and Izzy when Cassie takes possession of the book, and soon
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition
Etaf Rum is also the author of A Woman Is No Man.
- Review of The Trackers by Charles Frazier
rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange
- Review of Circe by Madeline Miller
to Charm You, and I recently mentioned it again in my review of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships, a woman-centered
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/21/23 Edition
displaced and discounted them; and I'm reading Alice Hoffman's newest novel about a cult and a desperate woman
- Review of I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
McCurdy has had a one-woman show "I'm Glad My Mom Died," and she writes and directs films and writes
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition
World War II Warsaw Ghetto, Jaryk Smith arrives in New York City and falls in love with a Southern woman
- Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
her husband and stepsons prepare for another catastrophic hurricane bearing down on Florida, one in a string
- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
This is a slim book that's full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
I loved the Ottoman Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes
- Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins
City laundry room while trying to keep his sister from doing the same--and they both end up in a dark, strange
- Review of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
When those pulling the strings change the rules to force a dramatic showdown, key characters must make
- Review of Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
JungHo's childhood clan all grown up; each of their loves; and the wealthy and influential men pulling strings
- Review of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
she's taken will be taken from her, and because she's a petty, narcissistic, selfish, greedy young woman
- Review of Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious
- Review of Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
As a woman once reminded her a long time ago, the common denominator in all the terrible things that
- Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
see The Ex Talk. 03 The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition
She's asked to play the role of a maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman and play a key part in a dastardly plot to take the woman's inheritance and leave her to rot in an insane asylum.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/27/23 Edition
Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young woman
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women
- Review of The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart
Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition
01 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many
- Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/30/23 Edition
01 Maame: A Novel by Jessica George Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman
- Review of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Frankie and Zeke want to create something--something strange, something people will notice, yet something
- Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti
explores his Jewish faith, forms a community of friends, ponders life, then falls in love with a Southern woman
- Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
morning self-greeting), but I thoroughly enjoyed and felt calmed by listening to this wise, kind, savvy woman
- Review of Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes) by Mindy Kaling
be happy to sit around for much longer than an hour listening to Mindy Kaling talk about brunch, a strange
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/25/22 Edition
The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women
- Review of All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger
patterns, and, most importantly, she transports the reader into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young woman forced to grow up too quickly--a woman who for years feels she must push away any hopes for a life
- Review of When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
anonymity and an escape to the woods to grieve and be alone, but she quickly finds out that a young local woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and
- Review of Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard
Festival Days is not light reading: "Cheri" delves into the last days of a woman who is terminally ill
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
character of Maud Blyth expects plenty of adventure when she agrees to serve as companion to an elderly woman
- Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
earlier, Remy failed to protect her young charge, and now she's determined to locate the grown-up young woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/13/23 Edition
The woman's graceful ability to cope with her past trauma and dark history inspires Greta, who struggles
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition
and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists' refuge to a strange
- Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
We built our lives into a set of mutual agreements, a string of small gifts lobbed back and forth.
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
The city is soon awash with ghosts of Lola's brief encounters, big loves, strange connections, and heartbreaks
- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
A strange fellow offers to lead Ollie to Gwen.