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rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange Bracken's story offered sassy banter that I loved, a great enemies-to-(not-quite)-lovers setup, a strong

Hazel is a strong personality, and I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze (a reality TV show in which a single woman

I really enjoyed Fowler's book A Well-Behaved Woman. The outdated views of women, purity, careers, and education expressed repeatedly and in detail by Juniper's

newest Western-set story by Olivia Hawker, she tells the tale of the interconnected lives of three women

Yet Kingsolver keeps Demon's voice strong even as he falters and as everything he has counted on seems

is Benedict and Murray's historical fiction based on the real figure of Belle da Costa Greene, the woman She was a Black woman who hid her heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, but would have been all but impossible for a Black woman.

rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange Heart by Emma Donoghue Donoghue's captivating historical fiction centers around two real-life young women

and she believes they're linked to the curse that the community believes has its hold on the Farrow women

But a strange feeling pervades everything on the island. Meanwhile, flashes of her past seem to be resurfacing on this strange island, the other couple staying

After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women

the United States are suffering from Alzheimer's at any given moment--and that two-thirds of them are women

Set in sixth century Scotland, The Forgotten Kingdom traces the story of Languoreth, a strong, imprisoned

a reason to kill you; witch might be someone to heal you; witch can be the Devil, or witch can be a woman In Hester: A Novel, Laurie Lico Albanese reimagines the woman who inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman

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navigates danger and helps achieve justice by using her smarts, eschewing societal tradition and limits on women

attention to unspoken bonds, deep and unorthodox friendships, makeshift families, legendary dogs, and strong A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different potential paths for interlinked young women

But his mother's story helped Jost set the scene for his own origins and his strong Staten Island roots

weighty questions about identity, reality, motives, and events of the past threaten the lives of both women

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, The Arctic Fear by Greer Macallister, Woman

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong

In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange story full of extraterrestrial observations Beautyland is strange, poignant, and funny.

Inland by Téa Obreht Much of Téa Obreht's Inland is centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a hardscrabble life for her family in a remote town during a devastating drought.

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, The Arctic Fear by Greer Macallister, Woman

world as World War II looms; I'm reading When the Day Comes, Gabrielle Meyer's time-travel story of a woman Amita Parikh In Amita Parikh's upcoming (to be published December 6) novel The Circus Train, a young woman In 1914, she's an independent single woman and suffragette, wealthy and expected to marry a man appropriate

and unrest--which spurs on some citizens to attempt to shift the kingdom toward becoming a land with strong

Sabbath and what doing so means to her; she considers alternative interpretations regarding some of the women

twisty mystery is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving winter on an Australian island, with two women Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands

friendship with Matt Lauer, and her healthy professional competitiveness with Diane Sawyer and other women

When she alludes to mysterious connections between the women--and a long-ago crime--her persistent presence The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen

Hazel is a strong personality, and I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze (a reality TV show in which a single woman

In Hester, Laurie Lico Albanese reimagines the woman who inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Prynne Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some For my full review, please check out The Marriage Portrait. 06 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek was a winning read for me. Appalachian setting? Check. I'm not sure why it took me so long to read Kim Michele Richardson's The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what increasingly seems like an Atlanta company hostile to women

she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women I read Illuminations with a group of women over a period of months, and we were captivated by the details

Kimmery Martin's Doctors and Friends begins with a group of seven women, friends since medical school Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's

In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's coming of age in 1940s New York City and traces Vivian, now an older woman, is writing letters to a younger woman about her own youthful indiscretions entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism and freedom in an era when many believed that a woman's

and helps achieve justice by using her smarts, eschewing societal tradition and traditional limits on women

Our main protagonist puzzles and angers those around her by challenging the limitations of what women or say in the year 1400, and the Church is particularly galled and upset by the audacity of such a woman

French's book is starting off really strong, and One of Us Is Lying has me hooked.

his 1940 Ford, driving fast, avoiding federal agents, and living with his grandmother, a healer with strong

Carrie Fisher The Princess Diarist is based upon the diaries Carrie Fisher kept while she was a young woman A Writer's Life by Lee Smith “...the linear, beginning-middle-end form doesn’t fit the lives of any women

wasn't the only Dolly Parton book published this year (She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Pyle Last year I gave Strange Planet to teenagers and young-at-heart family members on my gift list;

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow

story--Captain Kidd's reluctant but gentlemanly involvement and his voice; Johanna as a tough young woman I haven't yet read Enemy Women but definitely intend to.

These are my current Bossy book wishes, whether because my library doesn't have a copy (Strange Gods; Click here to check out my full review of The Book of Delights. 03 Strange Gods by Alison Kimble In Alison Kimble's Strange Gods (published in 2021), Spooky arrives at a wilderness camp for troubled teens bracing generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange

Jessica is a single, middle-aged mom, a successful lawyer, and a helpful mentor to the younger women

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

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Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young woman In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval (I love a "woman dresses as a man to achieve an end" trope!)