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

    These were my six favorite reads of January--an intriguing memoir, a five-star literary fiction wonder 01 Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden I was surprised by how interested I was in the implosion

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads

    post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading run, in late spring I posted Six (If you're following along, five out of six of My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer did make it onto by Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare yet fully developed memoir You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge and Six Newman's lets the reader into Edi and Ash's rabbit warren of private jokes and moments and memories,

  • Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

    If you're interested in memoirs that explore similar themes, check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.

  • Shhh! Holiday Cookbook Gift Ideas

    I spend most of the year focusing on fiction titles, with a healthy dose of memoirs and some nonfiction Here are the six cookbooks that I'm most interested in giving as gifts these holidays. Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh!

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/13/23 Edition

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More

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

    Here are six of my March favorites. determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow You  and Six More Short Story Collections I Loved .

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition

    If you like Westerns, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and  Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American

  • Review of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

    I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You

  • Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

    For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six

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

    Here are the six books I most loved reading in the heat of August. This book made it onto the recent Greedy Reading List Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading If this book sounds 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 Stories. 02 The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei I loved the futuristic space-mission

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

    I included an immersive memoir (check out my endless Greedy Reading Lists of memoirs for more in this In doing so, he traces old memories and tracks down details from his childhood, reliving moments, piecing I listened to Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile, and I can't imagine feeling the full emotions For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories in immigrant stories, you might also want to check out some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/28/24 Edition

    01 Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles In Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles offers six short stories The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance

  • One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    You can find the first list of my historical fiction favorites here , and you'll find Six More of My books about World War II and women spies, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II  and Six Books about Brave Female Spies .

  • Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Review of Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance by Paulette Jiles

    You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge and Six

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

    Fortune's debut, Every Summer After, a story about mistakes, lost love, and new beginnings, told over six If you like short stories, you might also want to check out the stories on the Greedy Reading List Six Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. 03 And Then She

  • Review of Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    of Carrie Soto Is Back , The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Malibu Rising , and Daisy Jones & the Six

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

    fiction read, a feminist retelling of Greek mythology tales, and Michelle Zauner's powerful, beautiful memoir For more light fiction with heart, you might check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories pacing of the book is appealingly quick and compelling. 05 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner In her memoir For other great young adult books, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic And for more young adult stories about royalty, you might try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

  • Review of The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2) by Tess Gerritsen

    If you're interested in stories set in Maine, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

    This, as always, is only one version of the memory. Funny, how truth changes in the telling. If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

    His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the

  • Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson

    like young adult books, you might be interested in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading Lists Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series and Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books.

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

    If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List, Six The Celebrants centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six, died intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.

  • Review of The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

    If you like light fiction, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

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

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: two historical fiction stories, gothic magical You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels. included the wonderful Ron Rash short story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay in my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green

    also the author of the nonfiction collection of essays The Anthropocene Reviewed  (which was one of my six

  • Review of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White

    Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon on the part of Martha Wells's Murderbot (check out my rave review in Six You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien

  • Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

    If you like the sound of this book, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Romantic

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the If so, you might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes, or these Bossy reviews of books that play with time.

  • Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction

    Below you can find short snippets about the six 2024 sports-focused releases that sound so promising, I'm excited to give them as gifts this holiday season--plus six bonus books, listed below, that also Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays   Shhh!

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

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. If you like this book, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Great

  • Review of Only Pretty Damned by Niall Howard

    You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Spooky, Gothic Tales.

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs

  • Review of Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

    If you like light fiction, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth

    second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories books with this type of tone and spirit, you might also like those listed in the Greedy Reading List Six And stay tuned for this Friday's upcoming list of Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the

  • Review of The Stolen Heir (Stolen Heir #1) by Holly Black

    Black's The Queen of Nothing; I mentioned the great Folk of the Air trilogy in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Vigil by George Saunders

    Doll's own memories flit in and out, and she experiences moments of clarity about her past. I included Lincoln in the Bardo  in the Greedy Reading List   Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

  • Review of Slow Burn Summer by Josie Silver

    Day in December  and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition

    far. 02 The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six Maneka struggles to reconcile her past and her memories with the present and the glittery facades with

  • Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    I suspect that as with Daisy Jones and the Six and its page time spent on the music world, bandmate negotiations Reid is also the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Daisy Jones and the Six , a book I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music.

  • Review of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

    Shirley Jackson wrote six novels, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle, two memoirs, and the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/25 Edition

    out a favorite book of mine, Madeline Miller's Circe , which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books

    One by one, six siblings develop schizophrenia. This title was also listed in My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. 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 Year The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads Six More

  • Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

    If you like light fiction stories, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, which include contemporary fiction, suspense, nonfiction list that looks wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes or these Bossy reviews of books that play with time. It asks us to consider who sets and shapes our shared national memory and what and who gets left out.

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical fiction mysteries (one with magical elements at its heart), a fictionalized memoir, a story of 1980s-set Truth. 05 The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken McCracken straddles the line between novel and memoir The Hero of This Book straddles the line between fiction and memoir, as the letter feels deeply like The Hero of This Book is one way in which the author refuses to allow her many vivid memories of her

  • Review of Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

    You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Review of October in the Earth by Olivia Hawker

    of Night, and One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six

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

    If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/26/26 Edition

    I included Lincoln in the Bardo  in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories

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