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This book is also part of the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

01 Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy

Davies includes fantastic details of amateur Western exploration that I adored. 04 One for the Blackbird Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, which is made up of four young adult fantasy

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

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

They remain driven by doubt and fear and desperation; some are deluded by a fantasy of what medical science

Jimenez offers great banter and fantastic premises, and she works in real-world issues to add depth.

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

Eason is also the author of the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series.

SecUnit is a fantastic main character; it's grumpily and charmingly obsessed with keeping its people It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show

Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye, The Huntress, The Rose Code, and The

The beauty of the complementary, mismatched partnership between Devlin and Falco is my favorite aspect

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made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite

This section was my favorite part of the book.

This book made my Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

For my full review, please see Things in Jars. 03 A Curious Beginning ​ This fantastic book is the first What are your favorite historical fiction mysteries?

darkly funny, and the situations range from that of a Sarah who is being paid to act out necrophilia fantasies

Sherry Thomas also writes young adult fantasy books as well as historical romances.

This book made the Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

into role-playing video games and write fan fiction, to bond with a few classmates through watching favorite

last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite

I think you should know that going in, because it’s not the only fantastic thing, but it is one of the fantastic things in Elan Mastai's All Our Wrong Todays .

It's a revenge fantasy, but the issues at the heart of the story are real and weighty and important. I imagined that the alligator angle might make for a campy revenge fantasy. And it is revenge fantasy.

science fiction story Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir, the author of The Martian; and a young adult fantasy

Eason is also the author of the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series.

holds and due dates have dictated another interesting mix of books for my current reading life with a fantasy I feel like mysteries, light fiction, memoirs, and fantasy are working well for me--plus historical fiction

The inclusion of the viewer and the science focus reminds me of a different but favorite book gift of

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical thriller with fantastic details of the time that Bohjalian is also the author of a fantastic book about World War II, Skeletons at the Feast, the difficult

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley's upcoming literary fantasy; Empire

What are some of your favorite books about brave women during World War II? Light We Cannot See; The Women in the Castle, which includes a complicated element of bravery; and the fantastic

joking, curiosity, and fear, Eleanor wavers between overwhelming joy and bitter suspicion and revenge fantasies

She's in--for a fantastic wardrobe, incredibly awkward moments, scripted romance, and a beautiful Malibu What are some of your favorite lighter fiction books?

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Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family, and reimagining one's place in the universe. Its one job was to fight the invaders. It had more information on how to sauté spring onions than it did on the aliens. Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter, begins with Unit Four's initial activation. It has just become sentient, and like its robot sisters, it has been programmed to fight the aliens currently attacking its ship. But whether it's a glitch or instincts that shouldn't be possible, Unit Four realizes that the situation as its handler has explained it doesn't quite add up. When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its handler, it begins to understand that all is not black and white, and that it may need to rethink all it has been taught to believe. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action and character development and exploration of morality and friendship and life purpose began clicking along. Activation Degradation explores what makes a person worth saving--or simply existing--as well as unconventional love and relationships, personal responsibility, sacrifice and bravery, and staying open to revolutionarily new ideas and ways of looking at the world--and the universe. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Activation Degradation has echoes of Martha Wells's Murderbot books centered around a grumpy, skeptical AI, as well as a wonderful ragtag, loyal space crew reminiscent of books like The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Lostetter is also the author of the books Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, and Noumenon Ultra.

I thought this was fantastic. He's a fantastic character I loved. This great book by C.A. I thought this was fantastic. What did you think? This book is part of my Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

I looooooved the wonderful dark humor and unexpected details in A Deadly Education and the fantastic El continues to be a fantastically grumpy, powerful, whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character Novik also wrote the fantastic Spinning Silver and Uprooted, both of which appear on the Greedy Reading

With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial duty, and a smoldering romance seen at a distance, Steelstriker wraps up the Skyhunter duology with action and also with heart. But he had never intended for me to turn against him. That’s the thing about inventing new things. You can only control the genesis of it, not the evolution. And I have evolved. In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's young adult Skyhunter duology, Lu offered complex motivations, clashes between idealism and realism, editorialization about class and race, and futuristic advancements. In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the series, the last free nation in the world has been invaded. Our brave main protagonist (and rebel) Talin is forced to submit to the Federation's morally questionable and physically excruciating experiments. She must become a Skyhunter. Her psychic, emotional link to Red is thin, and she's not sure if she'll ever find him again. But if the two can possibly reunite and band together, they just might be able to gather the rest of the Strikers, and these makeshift allies could fight against the Federation, ensuring freedom for everyone they love and honoring everyone they've lost. That’s the thing about evil. You don’t need to be it to do it. It doesn’t have to consume all of you. It can be small. All you have to do is let it exist. Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and Lu made me question the motivations and loyalties of practically everyone in Talin's web. I wasn't sure who would prove to be the true enemy and who might reveal themselves to have been traitorous all along. In an appealing dynamic, Talin is the strong beating heart of the story, with Red as her supporting lieutenant. Lu offers up their smoldering romance from a distance, focusing mainly on their emotional connection and the strength of undying loyalty between these two broken characters--characters who just might be brave enough to care and be vulnerable together in a free future of their dreams. After the unprecedented twists and developments Talin experiences in Steelstriker, she must reimagine all aspects of the world around her, and I really liked the autonomy and inspiration Lu allowed her. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Lu, a former artist in the video game industry, has written multiple young adult series (Legend, Warcross, The Young Elites, and Skyhunter) as well as the stand-alone adult novel The Kingdom of Back. Please click here for my review of Lu's book Legend and here for my review of Warcross. Click here for my full review of Skyhunter, the first in this duology.

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

Zelda carries on a heartbreakingly candid, one-way correspondence with the author of her favorite Viking

make: stick with her contentment and comfortable current life and husband--or fulfill the dreams and fantasy

The two disparate stories intersect in an unlikely way in 1890s Arizona Territory, and fantastical elements Jess's voice was fantastic.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine's upcoming fantastical, indigenous historical fiction about the secrets of an Old Hollywood starlet; and A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske's fantastical

his daring wife; I’m reading Steelstriker, the second and final book in Marie Lu's science fiction-fantasy

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Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. Namesake was fantastic--although I didn't completely buy the wrap-up at the end regarding Saint and his

Boulley weaves fantastically fluid and frequent details of indigenous tradition into Daunis's everyday between action, thought, and feeling, especially in the earlier sections of the book, but Boulley weaves fantastically