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After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women

challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what increasingly seems like an Atlanta company hostile to women

Sabbath and what doing so means to her; she considers alternative interpretations regarding some of the women

attention to unspoken bonds, deep and unorthodox friendships, makeshift families, legendary dogs, and strong A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

She's lived next to the local Liverpool tennis club for years but hasn't played since she was a young woman

A recent murder victim's DNA matches a long-dead serial killer, and a string of bodies hold clues that

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong

Pines , the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange But as Ethan learns more about the car accident and about the strange town of Wayward Pines, he develops

But a strange feeling pervades everything on the island. Meanwhile, flashes of her past seem to be resurfacing on this strange island, the other couple staying

weighty questions about identity, reality, motives, and events of the past threaten the lives of both women

Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young woman

violence is so out of character for Luke, the hostages are never identified, and Luke was behaving strangely Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

I also loved seeing two strong, clever, diametrically opposed queens savvily playing with the lines of

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and

memoir by Matthew McConaughey; a thriller that's about a cheating husband, genetic cloning, and the strong

It's a fairytale-like love letter to Paris in which a staid young woman has almost magical encounters

Carrie Fisher The Princess Diarist is based upon the diaries Carrie Fisher kept while she was a young woman A Writer's Life by Lee Smith “...the linear, beginning-middle-end form doesn’t fit the lives of any women

used to love, who resents his own abandonment but knows that the girl he once adored is an innocent woman

I'm happy to tell you that this one lived up to its strong start.

Meanwhile, privileged Charlotte has her own secrets, and when both women's true situations begin to be the Irish and other immigrant groups, as well as introducing a heart-wrenching unrequited love of one woman

book in Martha Wells's Murderbot series (this is the first full-length book in the set) starts off strong

In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange story full of extraterrestrial observations Beautyland is strange, poignant, and funny.

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, The Arctic Fear by Greer Macallister, Woman

It is a strange thing, after all, to be able to return to a moment, when it can hardly be said to have

This is a novel, but the spirit of the book felt authentic to what we know about Carrie Fisher's strong

Chona is one link between the two groups, serving as the key nonjudgmental middle-woman in the story.

The long-ago brutal death of a young woman in the town was introduced early but faded in weight in what

1960s girl groups, their often working-class backgrounds, and the power disconnects between the young women

author of The Island of Missing Trees . 03 Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastien De Castell “I’m a woman

Williamson In an alternate 1923 London, a young woman inadvertently disturbs the peace between humans

When the women are tipped off by their accidental underworld contacts that there's a hit out on Finlay's

in the story Grey, Kier, and choice members of their army are assigned to the protection of a young woman

have felt overused from use in other stories (a tough, closed-off investigator, broken by her past; a strong Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May, The Arctic Fear by Greer Macallister, Woman

Hazel is a strong personality, but I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much

his 1940 Ford, driving fast, avoiding federal agents, and living with his grandmother, a healer with strong

Inland by Téa Obreht Much of Téa Obreht's Inland is centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a hardscrabble life for her family in a remote town during a devastating drought.

In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious building bonds deeper than either could have imagined; the love story between the bridge and Gore is strange

In the charming story We'll Prescribe You a Cat , a winding, hard-to-find Kyoto alleyway leads to a strange

The Piano Tuner is a strange, slowly paced adventure story but also an anti-imperialist, pro-music take

and Irish Stories Donal Ryan is also the author of The Queen of Dirt Island ,  The Spinning Heart ,  Strange

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow

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The Humans is funny, strange, deep, and lovely. I loved it. on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could

Set in sixth century Scotland, The Forgotten Kingdom traces the story of Languoreth, a strong, imprisoned

This was sweet and strange, and I really liked it.

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young woman In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval (I love a "woman dresses as a man to achieve an end" trope!)

mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women

elusive Irish musician, and Christy reveals that he is on a greater mission to find and apologize to a woman

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age.