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There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has explored every different It's action-packed but character driven. a little while to get going for me, but just shy of halfway through, the setup is complete and the action like titles from the Greedy Reading Lists The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year and Six Historical Fiction

charge toward change, but typically teenage: to escape into role-playing video games and write fan fiction

Today's list is made up of more fiction I've loved in the recent-ish past, whether quirky, poignant, story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted reasoning, criminal actions Kuang puts forth here, she wavers between attempting to justify her compounded, ethically devastating actions

Carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction

Sometimes in order to delve into a light fiction book I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about

middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series is perfect science-fiction else) strengthened loyalties, there is more of Wells's fantastically understated robot banter, there's action

My book club heard Miranda talk about this story at a virtual library foundation event in the fall, and baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction

This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year. the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate selves in this science fiction

Jane is a young single mother and a librarian at the New York Public Library. is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function

stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War II historical fiction see The Princess Diarist. 02 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction

The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction Nellie Coker is fresh out of jail and ready to jump back into the action, masterminding moves to increase

audiobook but when it came up, I didn’t remember at first what the book was about; the beginning reads like fiction

Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy, but this series is actually captivating historical fiction This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal

For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction.

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles have especially resonated with me since I read

The trick occurs early (also, one major aspect of the true situation directly echoes a fictional setup

Hearne offers a playful, action-packed, magical, layered modern-day London. Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.

If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking

I already offer many of my fiction and nonfiction book recommendations through this blog. Green's observations are fun, often oddball, and sometimes poignant, with short sections that are easily For example, in the Falling Out of History section, he sets the scene for the concept of forgotten songs

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions

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! This totally hit the spot.

faulted, privileged few are terrifying in their elaborate, exclusive plans, which exclude all but a fraction

wishing for more exploration into the human condition as contrasted with the carefully scripted robot functioning

Sometimes I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about human behavior in order to delve into a light fiction

A couple of these are historical fiction mysteries, one was jointly written by two authors, one was set

This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year.

moment with some implausible early details in Holidaze, which I sometimes struggle with in lighter fiction

Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this section

This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means

involving unapologetic body positivity, and I hope Bea doesn't fall into the somewhat common light fiction

I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite setups); a light fiction

Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.

One faction wants to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon the machinations of the Nazis or offer background on the politics of the American and British postwar factions

I've got lots of e-reading giftees on my fall and holiday gifting list--and I already offer many of my fiction

This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past

Morris A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's

Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty

"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library

make ends meet in California and drifting a little bit--oh, and she's been telling her parents about fictitious

Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much.

of the month: Hank Green's second book in his quirky, lovely, character-driven, big-hearted science fiction behind bars, securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library

and backgrounds in those books, I find myself actively trying to separate this immersive, love-filled fictional

their own complications and pain--and which he seems to resent), and linking much of his inability to function

There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder

It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes