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  • Review of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

    poet's put-upon wife trade points of view to illuminate across two timelines a calculated rewriting of history I treasured the crazy music and fads and troubled movies and serious science, serious history, serious forms of music festivals, and people's gardening and cooking, their need for holidays, extreme sports, historical Written personal histories are shown to be heavily curated, outrageously selective, and powerfully manipulative The falsified accounts are later painstakingly examined and accepted as truth, so that history is effectively

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition

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

  • Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

    I mentioned Spinning Silver in the Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love.

  • Review of Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

    I mentioned Dani Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/17/22 Edition

    enjoy reading books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories and Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes. 03 Dolly

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition

    But Bruno is telling his own stories and reshaping history, sharing his tragic past and garnering sympathy the Sherriff of Nottingham, things get complicated for both Mariel and Clem in this sassy, fun, queer historical

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, all of which I rated 4.5 stars. If you like World War II stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Females are overshadowed, abused, and generally wronged throughout the book, a reflection of realistic, historic

  • Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock

    When a haunting figure from the past shows up in town again, Amanda's history not only threatens to shake I love a historical fiction story set in Appalachia , and I also love to read books about books .

  • Review of Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

    If you like this book, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Great

  • Review of The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan

    life-and-death period in the life of an ethnically German family at the end of World War II in this historical Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from Mark Sullivan also wrote Beneath a Scarlet Sky, another historical fiction book based upon a real person

  • Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

    based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently as a character--is the historical

  • Review of You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead

    If you like short stories, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/7/23 Edition

    mystery about race and history from David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew; I'm listening to the third book David Joy Toya Gardner has returned from Atlanta to her rural North Carolina town to track her family's history When two terrible crimes shake the small community, they also bring to light generations of dark history loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/29/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The women's secrets could be their undoing, and they must each fight harder for their rightful places in history sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that should cement her place in tennis history the American West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the most powerful tribe in American history

  • Review of Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall

    Nothing to See Here and Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew (featured in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    like Chris Bohjalian's witch hunt-focused Hour of the Witch or the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler

    Kate's book Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six For more books I thought warranted five big stars, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Five-Star Bossy

  • Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom

    ICYMI: White Houses is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/11/26 Edition

    identities, lies, Russian oligarchs, and the city's dark underbelly; The Island Club, Nicola Harrison's historical reading in preparation for Harrison's author event this week; and All in Her Hands, richly detailed historical In Audrey Blake's historical fiction title All in Her Hands, it's 1849 in London, and Nora Gibson is

  • Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Books about Media, Movies, and Music

    Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! : An Oral History of the '60s Girl Groups by Laura Flam and Emily Sieu Liebowitz "...I never really wanted

  • Review of Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

    Blau is also the author of six other books. Because of the music involved in the story, Mary Jane reminded me of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Sports Nonfiction

    Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! including Bill Laimbeer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Ainge, and Charles Oakley. 02 Why We Love Baseball: A History

  • Review of Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of Daisy Jones & the Six, a book I really liked and that I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music, as well as the books The Seven

  • Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger

    Egyptian artifacts, revelations about Alexia's mysterious father (and about her husband's centuries of history

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/20 Edition

    #historicalfiction, #WWI, #thepullofthestars 02 Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating ​ Josh and Hazel Historical fiction, light fiction, and fantasy/science fiction is the wacky concurrent combo working

  • Review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

    ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld In American Wife, Sittenfeld takes a few facts from Laura Bush's life and the Bush family history and

  • Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World

    Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! the author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore 03 Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History Ackerman, author of The Bird Way and The Genius of Birds, here tackles biology and natural history of With vivid details that bring to life the odd history (counting silhouettes of birds as they passed in

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/17/24 Edition

    Her sister steps in to help with their dad, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring,

  • Review of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

    In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical

  • Review of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

    You might also like the books I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Books about the Immigrant

  • Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee

    Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six years teaching creative writing in the American

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/21/23 Edition

    A book that keeps coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William and the "restructuring" that cut off American Indians from their culture, their families, and their history character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although it treats him very differently as a character--is the historical

  • Review of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk

    If you like memoirs, you might want to check out this Greedy Reading List, Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore--which links to six more memoir lists for you to dig into!

  • Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Five-Star Bossy Reads to Check Out. review, please see Dear Edward. 05 The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati shapes a historical I loved digging into this 750-page historical fiction wonder.

  • A Short Bossy Break

    I've got these books going at the moment: recently published fantasy-historical fiction, the second in Maine, a novel about an unconventional family in late 20th century Manhattan, Victorian-England-set historical

  • Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas

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

  • Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins

    You might like the books I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

  • 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

  • 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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/21 Edition

    If you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great you like books set in the unforgiving cold, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • 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 The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

    This gem from Mitchell is a set of six intriguing tracks through time that are full of surprises. David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks is a set of six intriguing tracks through time that are full of surprises This book is part of my Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

  • Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder

    you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction or Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This

  • 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 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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/17/26 Edition

    I'm listening to Beverly Gage's nonfiction truth-telling and celebratory exploration of our nation's history Shea Ernshaw is also the author of The Wicked Deep, A History of Wild Places, Winterwood, and other titles History by Beverly Gage Beverly Gage is a lifelong historian who traveled across the United States in order to write this work highlighting key points in our history, unforgettable characters who shaped

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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, 12/26/22 Edition

    I mentioned Dani Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating

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