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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition
despair, and hope with a richly drawn Australian backdrop--while laying bare the country's often-painful history She exposes the raw truths of tough situations in character-driven historical fiction so deftly, I have I'm really greedily excited about reading all three of these books--historical fiction (Austraaaaalia
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/15/23 Edition
Divya is also the author of Machinehood, a book I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six More Fantastic
- Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
ICYMI: This young adult historical fiction story was a five-star read for me. I adored it. Laura Amy Schlitz's book The Hired Girl is fantastic young adult historical fiction written in diary
- Review of Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
about the making of their music and their lives, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Cookbooks
Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! With gorgeous National Parks photography and fascinating National Parks history, this is perfect for
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
She read the words on the paper out loud: “History is not your destiny. Uncover your destiny, and you will remake history.” Stout is also the author of the Penelope Crumb series, the Not-So-Ordinary Girl books, and the historical
- Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
(I mentioned the author's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series, and I adored her Six of Crows duology even more.) Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and
- Review of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
One Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy
She's eager to dig in and learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined So if you're in for Fiona Valpy historical fiction like I now am, you have lots of lovely reading to
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/26/22 Edition
I mentioned Dani Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/5/23 Edition
If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List, Six
- Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story has also written a series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic historical
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief, and loss. In the longest story in the book, at approximately 100 pages, "The Office of Historical Corrections, " a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose
dragons, dragon-related science, emotional and physical ties to dragons, and the cultural importance, historical Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I hereby present to you historical fiction, literary fiction, romance, fantasy, and science fiction. 01 The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd The Final Act of Juliette Lloyd is a historical Lloyd (the husband and wife writing team of Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos) offers a gorgeously wrought historical This was immensely satisfying historical fiction. In Robert Jackson Bennett's novel, The Tainted Cup , he blends a rich, historical fiction-feeling story
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/17/23 Edition
Now they've been engaged for six years, they're so in love, and they've been dating long-distance while
- Review of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
I mentioned Station Eleven in the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
- Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Shhh! Holiday Cookbook Gift Ideas
Here are the six cookbooks that I'm most interested in giving as gifts these holidays. Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh!
- Review of Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan
In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different In Erin Kate Ryan's recently published historical fiction mystery Quantum Girl Theory, Mary Garrett focuses Ryan explores various alternate histories and life tracks for Paula Jean while "Mary" digs more deeply The title and cover made me think "science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical
- Review of The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
challenges and realizing their fortitude, you might also like the standout books on the Greedy Reading List Six For more books about songwriting and making music, check out Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
- Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
If I figured anything out in these last six years, it is this: human beings are unknowable. If you like books with a postapocalyptic feel, check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/21 Edition
Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of Daisy Jones & the Six, a book I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music. 03 Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens Chevy Stevens's Dark Roads
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/15/25 Edition
Reva's Ukraine-set darkly comic novel of an unlikely journey; and I'm reading Jo Harkin's Tudor-era historical Here, Harkin builds a rich historical fiction story of John Collan, a ten-year-old who transforms from
- Review of One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash
included the wonderful Ron Rash short story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay in my Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/24 Edition
of Black's The Queen of Nothing; I mentioned the Folk of the Air trilogy in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/29/23 Edition
His newest novel centers around college friends who made a pact after one of the six died before graduation
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/23/26 Edition
and the fascinating, messy nature of life, The Bright Years ; I'm listening to Elizabeth DeLozier's historical NetGalley and Simon & Schuster . 02 Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier In Elizabeth DeLozier's historical
- Review of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
You might also be interested in the books on one of my earliest Greedy Reading Lists on the site, Six
- Review of All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
stark climate-change dystopian future, in which her small community fights to survive and to preserve history --from the roof of the American Museum of Natural History--before a horrific storm sends them fleeing Their settlement is on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, or "Amen), and they in a confined boundary of existence, wandering the partially destroyed museum and wondering at the history Nonie and her group carry a book holding precious history preserved from Amen, and on their journey they
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/20 Edition
She's eager to learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined and constrained Last week I offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism; this week I'm bravely
- Review of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs
- Review of Circe by Madeline Miller
I mentioned Circe in the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You, and I recently
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
far. 02 The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
She weaves songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music feels seamless For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories in immigrant stories, you might also want to check out some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/19/26 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Paula McLain's newest historical fiction told in two timelines, 01 Skylark by Paula McLain Paula McLain's Skylark is a historical fiction story set in Paris and told
- Review of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
If you're interested in this title, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Musicians
- ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021
but now that 2021 is halfway over, it feels like time to share the best books I've read in the past six Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
For more light fiction with heart, you might check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories For other great young adult books, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic And for more young adult stories about royalty, you might try Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/21 Edition
also wrote the fantastic Spinning Silver and Uprooted, both of which appear on the Greedy Reading List Six the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
one of McCracken's short story collections, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, in the Greedy Reading List Six
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/3/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a historical fiction story set just before the Civil War, about a young enslaved woman haunted by her sister's ghost, Junie ; I'm listening to middle-grade historical War II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical
- Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. emergences of hope with a richly drawn Australian backdrop--while laying bare the country's often-painful history
- Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike
Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?
- Review of Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
For more memoirs you might like, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/24 Edition
Dark , the newest novel by Chris Whitaker ( We Begin at the End ); I'm listening to In Memoriam , a historical set in World War I from Alice Winn; and I'm reading Elliott Gish's fascinating gothic horror feminist historical the End , a novel I adored. 02 In Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical
- My Very Favorite 2021 Reads So Far
but now that 2021 is halfway over, it feels like time to share the best books I've read in the past six Cosby; I loved Blacktop Wasteland last year (it was one of my Six Favorite Summer Reads) and I just read of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Stephen Graham Jones's historical fiction-horror story, The The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements.
- Review of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
He tracks historical concerns, ways of thinking, and trends in political parties. I was particularly interested in the history of political leanings and the reasoning for the entrenched















































