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- Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
out of the moment by multiple instances of odd tone shifts and what felt like repeated nonsensical or strange and youthful exclamation "I miss sex" seems to come out of nowhere; sexual innuendos seem to come at strange
- Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year
and I loved that the relationship between Clementine and her aunt is said to have been special and strong
- Review of All Fours by Miranda July
references a scene in which the main character's sculptor friend is working on a headless piece of a woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/3/21 Edition
nonfiction book about a famous female Russian spy during the Cold War; and I'm reading The Invisible Woman Princess Diarist was Fisher's last book, published in 2017 and based upon the diaries she kept as a young woman It was fun but also poignant, and I loved it. 03 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/21 Edition
characters ranging from activists to performers and murderers to idealists; a memoir about a young woman's hometown leads her into the middle of a missing person case there: the disappearance of a local young woman But when she arrives, she finds out that a young local woman has gone missing.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/10/25 Edition
A Southern Woman's Guide to Laughing at Life's Unexpected Curveballs and Beautiful Blessings by Leanne
- Review of My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
And oops again, their no-strings-attached agreement is quickly becoming complicated, serious, and full
- Review of Baby X by Kira Peikoff
She's falling for her famous client, the musician Trace Thorne--but when a woman shows up claiming to
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/27/25 Edition
I'm reading I Am Not Jessica Chen , Ann Liang's newest young-adult novel, about an unassuming young woman
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women
- Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and
- Review of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
of The Mars Room , The Flamethrowers , and Telex from Cuba , as well as a book of short stories, The Strange
- Review of Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
recent Kevin Wilson gem; his quirky characters are irresistible, and his heartwarming story is messy, strange
- Review of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Montague; an unorthodox woman with an open mind and brave disposition, Theodora; a young woman who has
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
reasons for their fractured relationship (ahem, Doug wanted a "cuddle bunny" robot instead of a complex woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/25 Edition
Hester and her friends--with Cordelia's help--set out to fend off the woman's murderous intentions.
- Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
Charlie begins to realize he feels more of a connection to Dev than to any of the twenty beautiful women
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/14/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Nadia Hashimi's story of a young woman in Afghanistan during She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/24 Edition
charming Japanese story We'll Prescribe You a Cat , a winding, hard-to-find Kyoto alleyway leads to a strange
- Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
I was intrigued by the intersection of the women's personalities and lives, and Beagin kept me consistently
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/25 Edition
When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Miller has a strong, passionate grasp of widely experienced inequalities—and ideas of how to chip away
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition
of The Mars Room , The Flamethrowers , and Telex from Cuba , as well as a book of short stories, The Strange
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/13/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine's upcoming fantastical, indigenous 01 Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine There is one every generation, a seer who keeps the stories
- Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
friend in her last remaining roommate, who until then seemed primarily a source of rent; she finds a strange
- Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something
- Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen
belatedly recognizes his parenting and household ineptitude and also falls into the arms of the local woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/5/21 Edition
an immersive online game; and for my book club I'm reading Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations, about a woman The Kingdoms is her second book. 02 Warcross by Marie Lu Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic
- Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom
with studying biographies, other books, and conducting more extensive research—and she channels each woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/24/25 Edition
is caught in the bardo, a limbo between life and death, and she encounters other limbo characters in strange
- Review of What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway
In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller's novel about a middle-aged woman A scholar of the occult, his assistant, a young woman with ghostly experiences, and the future heir of
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/23/24 Edition
In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried,
- Six 2020 Mysteries for You to Check Out
and class, a deadly fear of scandal, and terrible mistreatment of those in lower castes, especially women When Kacey disappears and a string of murders rock the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire
- Three Memoirs I'm Reading Now, 10/7/20 Edition
These three women's stories seem like they couldn't be more disparate, and I imagine the tones will be
- Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
is difficult to pin down; there's dark humor, a haunting thread of tragedy, some irreverence, strange
- Review of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The men in this story largely control the women, including their abilities to voice concerns, contact
- Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The woman's greed and desire for greater social standing mean that Luzia attracts the attention of more
- Review of The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Summer War reads like a fable, with unexpected twists and turns; duty, clever evasion, and curses; a strange
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/29/25 Edition
Donal Ryan is also the author of The Queen of Dirt Island , The Spinning Heart , Strange Flowers ,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/20 Edition
a young volunteer, Bridie, over the course of three days as they work desperately to help both the women
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition
story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women
- Review of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
And what on earth is her purpose in stringing along Hayden and Alice for a month--if she even intends
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition
Etaf Rum is also the author of A Woman Is No Man.
- Review of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
or acknowledge race; the differences between prejudice, discrimination, and racism; and how "white women's
- Review of The Book of Love by Kelly Link
In Kelly Link's strange, intriguing debut novel, The Book of Love , teenagers Mo, Daniel, and Laura have
- Review of The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg
She had never recognized any curiosity or attraction to women before, but in this memoir, Wizenberg recounts
- Review of The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Adunni is a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and She's a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and she's
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition
reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's woman-centric Morrow. 02 A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes I'm listening to Haynes read her highly entertaining woman-centric
- Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik
The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from















































