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Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

boys for over a century, shares a tale of racial injustice, abuse and horrors, terrible fear, and the very we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every

connection on a cruise to Alaska; and I'm listening to Nora Roberts's first book in The Dragon Heart Legacy series recommendations so that I could beef up my Dragons shelf on Goodreads and put together a post of my favorite , several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series.

The beauty of the complementary, mismatched partnership between Devlin and Falco is my favorite aspect adult mystery with a nerdy heroine and a dark plot twist; and a prolific mystery author's first in a series I kind of love reading such different books at one time--a book for every mood.

It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful. The sequel, Devil in the Device, is set for publication in August 2021. 03 Machinehood by S.B. The sequel is set for publication in September 2021. The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human, and I liked them both.

In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose When the authorities require too much time and evidence to take control, the varied women he's left in rich early-1900s San Francisco setting, the focus on the arts, the strong women characters, and the varied

Avery, the oldest, ten years sober, is a married lawyer (her wife is her former therapist, eek) making Bonnie, Avery, and Lucky come together and push each other away throughout the story. I stayed very nervous while the three survivors made destructive decisions that seemed destined to cause

Vern! This is by the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but Highfire is decidedly for adults. My favorite dragon books are the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik; His Majesty's Dragon is the first.

Do you have any favorite short story collections I should read? They were all in the closet, with the minuscule footed pajamas and hand-knit baby hats, and every day

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My friend James mentioned this book as a favorite of his when we talked about reading and books on his

Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers; and I'm reading the slim, powerful nonfiction The Secret Book of Flora Lea is scheduled for publication May 2. 02 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Sutanto Vera Wong is running a largely unvisited tea house, lamenting her grown son's lack of time for When a dead body shows up in her tea house, Vera takes charge of what she is certain is a murder. How to Say Goodbye is scheduled for publication July 18, 2023.

Do you have any favorite books set where you live? I loved every bit of this story. IA series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series

O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , in which the heir to a galaxy-wide mining fortune Sarah Manguso is also the author of Very Cold People . 02 Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicenzio Catalina O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir O'Keefe is also the author of the The Protectorate series and The Scorched Continent series.

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm currently listening to the second, Harrow the The third book, Nona the Ninth, was published in fall 2022. a casual mention around the neck of another character across the world in another time; and we see varied NASA contact, Molly, who sends her audio messages (and occasionally forwards along episodes of Romy's favorite

must also face his innate hatred for his counterpart Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very Escape of Uriah Heep , The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door , Heartless , and The Shadow Histories series

important assertion from Lucy; she is finally owning who she is as well as her story, her choices, and her very important assertion from Lucy; she is now owning who she is as well as her story, her choices, and her very My favorite Elizabeth Strout books are Anything Is Possible and Olive, Again.

That was their favorite tool. Iron Widow is Xiran Jay Zhao's first novel, and it's labeled as the first in the Iron Widow series, so

Riddle You may already know that I love a time-travel book (see my lists of favorites below).

about a magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Sincerely Yours, lovely light fiction Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. prepublication digital edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group. 03 Very Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

written by chefs and by people who are obsessed with food, and the books listed here are some of my favorites and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl Garlic and Sapphires may be my favorite Then the layers of crisp and sweet and soft intermingle, a series of surprises. Confidential thirteen years ago, well before I spent endless evenings happily watching multiple television series Reichl includes her own photographs and some of her favorite recipes, which together make the book feel

thousands of titles; my double- and sometimes triple-stacked bookshelves; the fact that many of my favorite

As Evie's putting her former favorite romance books into a Little Free Library, a wizened old woman approaches

It seemed very odd that Millie--who is so focused on goals, doing her duty, behaving in a manner that's are just versions of what she was willing to go along with--without asking any questions--from the very this culminating situation of neglectful, inept damage that is ultimately inflicted by practically every

I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

pleasure, and saw that I was on the brink of squandering a wondrous gift, the gift of being allowed, every day, to wander this vast sensual paradise, this grand marketplace lovingly stocked with every sublime excited to read my prepublication edition of Saunders's upcoming novel Vigil , to be published in January 2026

I very much enjoyed the French Resistance storyline, with its details of safe houses, document drops, For example, the reader may very early on see the truth behind what ends up being a shocking surprise In addition, Martin is the author of the series Mercenary Maidens, Highlander, Wicked Earls' Club, Wedding

And you can find Bossy science-fiction favorites at this link . Have you read any of these books? The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet , the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe , the first in the Salvagers series

I don't think it benefited me to listen to The Last Magician , the first in Maxwell's series, as an audiobook , what with the jumps through time; varied points of view; layered disloyalties, misdirections, and motivations This was one of my favorite reads of the year last year.

For a more playful take on vampires, check out Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series; you can read I plan to finish this great series at some point. For a very different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in

In despair about having had a rotten holiday and realizing that future holidays at her favorite place

Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List

Here are six of my favorite fiction works that have to do with rock and roll, writing songs, performing And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and And if you don't know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right.

Elizabeth Strout is one of my favorite authors, and this recently published book is her newest in the

There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and Disappearing Earth is a story that is as much about the varied cast of characters, the closed-off, remote The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months What are some of your favorite cold-setting books? Captive by Fiona King Foster, Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, Winter World, the first in a series

be involved. 03 So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell My friend James mentioned this one as a favorite

There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and Disappearing Earth is a story that is as much about the varied cast of characters, the closed-off, remote The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months What are some of your favorite cold-setting books? Captive by Fiona King Foster, Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, Winter World, the first in a series

I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books offers that very thing. I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Nightingale is Kristin Hannah's very I would have been in favor of having the romantic element being tied up without the Eve aspect, or having

At the very least it's an intriguing peek at what makes certain songs pivotal to people who choose to is a decade-by-decade look at Seinfeld's favorite notes from his career in stand-up comedy, featuring

groups radicalizing new members, and kids sending each other literal death threats in defense of their favorite

I'm sooooo very excited to be reading each of these books: Blake Crouch's upcoming science fiction, Upgrade the doctors say he's been infected by a virus--one designed not to make him sick, but to modify his very He’s becoming stronger and smarter every day–but he’s also being hunted down by his enemies for potential

Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books

Gagne asserts that she and others with sociopathy feel very little, don't adhere to societal safety standards Those without her resources and safety net could (and likely do) very well have had their story cut short

NASA contact, Molly, who sends her audio messages (and occasionally forwards along episodes of Romy's favorite

In 2022, Heron, Maggie's father, has just received terrible news about his health, and he works to come We are simultaneously immersed in Dawn's adoration of her daughter Maggie: every expression, every finger and toe, every thought, every laugh.

The voicing of her Queens-native love interest didn't ring true to me, and while he was very nice, I

How to Say Goodbye is scheduled for publication July 18, 2023.

It's a minor thing, but in any case, it was impossible to imagine that the very-much-set-in-their-ways

Tower and The Winter of the Witch are the others, and I think Arden's stories get even stronger as the series This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series What are some of your favorite fairy tale-type books or retellings?

Reading Now I'm listening to the first in Gail Carriger's young adult steampunk mystery Finishing School series I'm listening to An Unexpected Peril , the sixth book in Deanna Raybourn's great Veronica Speedwell series This is the first in the four-book young adult steampunk series Finishing School. I loved the first book in Gail Carriger's five-book (plus a prequel short) Parasol Protectorate series (There are currently nine books in the series, with a tenth scheduled for publication in 2026.)