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robots, #timetravel 02 Beach Read ​ Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction connections that warm my heart, and a little romantic something-something) to continue reading light fiction Because I think Emily Henry's Beach Read is going to be a major gem on the light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.

Hawkins, and I'm listening to the audiobook version of A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, a science fiction In this first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry's newest light fiction Read was a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction

More wonderful character-driven science fiction by Blake Crouch. Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake Crouch, and I found this sooooo

In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships Here he offers a literary fiction story in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes his romantic

magical healing and warring kingdoms; Fugitive Telemetry, the newest book in Martha Wells's science fiction Through the voice of the fictional Ziggy, a dance instructor and key connector of various figures in the storied Detroit neighborhood of Black Bottom, Randall offers short sections about fifty-two mostly

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

Ryan moves the reader through some of the simmering resentments borne of close-knit histories, professions

life was built upon a lie, and his years of unchecked abhorrent, violent, narcissistic, horrifying actions Movies by Lynn Painter I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction

Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so. As Khayyam eagerly discovers more of Leila's mysterious history, she begins to grow and change in this

Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional rescue story to imagine the characters' turmoil and She takes a famous fictional rescue story and imagines the characters' turmoil and desperately cobbled-together

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or have a chance at a life together

long-distance boyfriend) David in London, they cook up detailed research plans and immersion in the history

In Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers A Big Ship is a space heist book with lots of action, strong women characters driving the plot, and a

extrication from Russia (and the use of a British diplomat’s baby as a distraction) reads like suspenseful fiction Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction.

This young adult science fiction story has been on my list for a while because of its irresistible premise I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven

Out of Love is not light fiction. revealed along the way, allowing for some illumination about (sequentially) earlier motivations for actions

Kosta digs into his history as a young professional tennis player--including the unglamorous early tour

reading, I imagined how Clinton's experiences as Secretary of State and First Lady may have informed her fictionalized

fantasies; to a Sarah who is a reimagined trans biblical character; to a Buffy-obsessed Sarah writing fan fiction

Cosby; a light fiction story that's multigenerational, features a winery backdrop, and references racy So far this is a lovely light fiction story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form

War II fade in contrast to the responsibility and haunting we witness as Gretel relives her personal history perfectly straddling the status of unaware childhood and responsible young adulthood and a capability for action

Margo Orlando Littell is also the author of Each Vagabond by Name, which is suspenseful fiction that's

The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes The final section of the book doesn't shy away from violence, end-of-days drama, and a nuclear option

and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

can write about almost anything and make it interesting and comprehensible (as evidenced by his Short History I've got lots of e-reading giftees on my fall and holiday gifting list--and I already offer many of my fiction

Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life

feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life , Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female bodyguard poses as the And her newest client is the Jack Stapleton, action star, household name--and, in recent years, recluse

In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding

To look up at the nighttime sky is to become a part of a long line of people throughout human history

residents, their murky pasts (which are uncomfortably, distantly related to the aging former agents' own histories

importantly for me, the adventure, elite training, secret powers, double-edged quest, unrevealed personal history

Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction

control, secrets of all kinds are revealed and key characters must each determine their courses of action This is enjoyable light fiction, and I had fun with the various siblings' stories and with the glamorous

role he may have played in adding to his playmate Cletus's potential anguish over his father's tragic actions Much of his largely autobiographical fiction explored loss--he was haunted by losing his own mother when

conflicts and political upheaval won't touch them out in the wild, and they figure that the charged friction

stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life, and after lots of scrapping and scrambling, the rest was history

This is a lovely light fiction story with elements that offer appealing weight.

And Novik offers touching moments when surprising truths about El's, Orion's, and their parents' histories and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating totally fits the bill as light-fiction escapism--in this case, with Light, romantic fiction like this is a genre that's working well for me during Pandemic Times.

O'Farrell imagined Agnes, wife to John (the fictionalized William Shakespeare character) as an independent

Blake Crouch writes character-driven science fiction that I love (Dark Matter is another of his that I adore a character-driven science-fiction tale. Also, time travel!

Wilkerson is exceptional at laying out absurdities, horrors, disturbing historical events, shocking trends

and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

entrap" subjects, so now she's in the private sector, working for shadowy bosses who are directing her actions While Bruno at first seems old-fashioned, telling his stories and considering the shape of history, he

If you love Carrie Fisher, you might also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or simply get Owen back to his own

The early sections of the book focus on language, but that angle doesn't carry through the book in a you might like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction