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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The found-family element of My Heart Went Walking was heartwarming and a favorite aspect of mine.

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.)

has been single for a year, since her former fianc é , an up-and-coming musician, hit it big and then very She's a mid-level video producer on the verge of a layoff--unless she accepts a job in which she documents

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?

I would very happily read a full Little House in the Prairie-length series about Bertie and her life. Hardinger offers up many crisp and varied details of the time, she captures Bertie’s speech patterns, What are some of your favorite historical fiction books you've read lately?

taken with the premise of conflicts and mystery in a post-colonial West African city, but I didn't feel very

That there would be two lines, heading in very different directions... shifts, and many chapters are short, but I felt connected to each of the characters and thought the varied

But the definition of mad, on Earth, seems to be very unclear and inconsistent. The Murderbot series (check out my reviews of three first three books here; the others are searchable on this blog) is another, very different book that also does this wonderfully.

Through the very different but interconnected storylines and the varied, complicated set of characters

Trying to do the right thing seems to not work out very well for Denny.

how her single mother founded a school, through to Roy as an award-winning author, to her mother's 2022 For my review of the first book in this series, The Thursday Murder Club , please check click this link

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

Do you have any favorite books that involve revenge? It's intriguing, and I was definitely hooked for the second book in the series. The second book in this series is Hell Bent. I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.

The secondary character of Thomas Noble was my favorite in the book.

Henry's Beach Read was a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List

It's a young adult book, with lots of love and attraction but very little steaminess (none explicit),

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.

(One minor example: When Gette is a grown woman, she conveniently recalls a moment when she was a very