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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

about small-town Ireland; I'm reading Changeless, the second in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series , Soulless (I also listed it on the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love) The series takes place in 1870s London, and as in book one, the immensely appealing, practical, fearless ‘You haven’t even picked out a new duvet set; I’m told that’s a very important milestone.” Like Changeless, above, As Good As Dead is a sequel in a series I've loved (book one is A Good Girl's

Very very happy. #alternatereality, #timetravel, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite time travel

On the other hand, wasn't that the very definition of life? Constant adaptations brought about by a series of never-ending mistakes? Exciting news for story-to-screen fans: the book is reportedly being adapted into a streaming series

The very end felt a little abrupt to me, but by that time I had already become satisfied with the lead-up I received a prepublication digital edition of this book, published May 11, 2021, courtesy of Alcove

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.

reading a second Carley Fortune novel might be a nice way to close out the summer, so I went back to her 2024 More Romantic Reads Carley Fortune is also the author of Meet Me at the Lake , Every Summer After , and

a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and she's starting to wonder if she's ventured very final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery series

The Last Bookshop in London is never sentimental but very powerful, and I was brought to tears while Madeline Martin is also the author of The Librarian Spy and various romance series.

is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

This section was my favorite part of the book.

adversity and overcoming difficulties; I'm reading This Woven Kingdom, the first in Tahereh Mafi's series father's death that he has become obsessed with centers around the striking servant girl under his very

relationship, Ann Liang's This Time It's Real; and I'm reading the third book in Tamsyn Muir's dark, eerie Locked Tomb series, Nona the Ninth. The Locked Tomb series so far is dark dark dark, with death, nefarious plotting, and gleefully gruesome For my review of the first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, check out the info at this link. Book four, Alecto the Ninth, is expected to be published early in 2024.

Do you have any favorite reads set in Australia? 01 Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper The third in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk series offers procedural Can a person’s character or morality be decided in a moment, or in a series of defining moments?

makes enemies of multiple fellow contestants, she struggles with the staged and manipulated nature of every while navigating the sparkly idea--and messy reality--of romance, with the inspiration of her mom's favorite

But Brody is beginning to think that the couple may be hiding a very good reason for wanting to get rid

unintentionally negated his own vehement denial of climate change (views he aggressively spouted off that very evening to the uncomfortable gathered guests); and not very cleverly revealed thinly veiled dastardly

A book that takes a very different look at unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and

I was glad when Laura began to allow herself to be vulnerable toward the end of the novel, and I very

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 Novik is also the author of the Scholomance series: A Deadly Education , The Last Graduate , and The I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series

I'm working on a new list for this summer, but meanwhile I hope you'll enjoy some of these Bossy favorites Carley Fortune is also the author of Every Summer After. 02 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld Sittenfeld's

This is very minor, but Block's occasional emphasis on certain words and infrequent, but present, perplexing