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relief at having a resolution to the terrible situation at hand, I found it difficult to believe that after betrayals—and what ultimately felt like thin bonds holding the women together in the first place—they would ever

After a terrible storm that took her mother's life, young Fable was abandoned by her father, who's a After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze

before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story of a few summer hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story of a few summer This book is listed in my Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an uncle caring for his young niece and nephew after

lists of some of my favorite reads of last year by genre; for my all-around favorites, check out My Very Covid-19 has struck, and the family is experiencing more togetherness than they ever thought they'd have a hole if you lose them- the same way a painting or a photograph will leave its shadows on the wall after Through the very different but interconnected storylines and the varied, complicated set of characters

Danny and Maeve are ejected from their fabled childhood home by their stepmother after their father's

full of more wonderfully grumpy Murderbot, flummoxed by humans' behavior and saving their skins at every Have I ever mentioned Martha Wells's Murderbot books and how much I love them? Oh, I have?

After Jason Dessen, a physics professor, is abducted from the street in Chicago, he awakens in a different

no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after

Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction

Chinese, Japanese, and German; during the conflict, she had spied against both the Nazis and the Allies; after

Field to come into her fully realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch in In Pieces after

I read Caste with a group and met every other week to discuss it--and we went months past our original

In awe, Hornby began to wonder, Who else ever produced this much? Who else ever worked that way? of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black traces the events of the days, weeks, centuries, and the million years after

Christmas just a few days away, so it looks as though I'll be buying my own perfect mix of books for myself after

crisis—especially as related to veterans—and some criticisms of the military treatment of health and humanity after The audiobook was narrated by Dick Hill, who has a voice that sounds very similar to Sam Donaldson in This felt very retro to me, and I admit that I often found myself thinking of the narrator’s voice rather

of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

perfect shallow dive into a wonderfully imperfect character, Bea, and her increasingly complicated life after

In Glendy Vanderah's Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death

Meanwhile, nearby, Ava's been kept quiet and controlled by her father her whole life--and he's after

My very favorite Bossy November reads! 01 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty I loved every bit of But then unexpected events lead her to leave the only home she's ever known in order to try to save her her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force Kyr to reexamine all that she's ever For the rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let

courtesy of Knopf Publishing Group and NetGalley. 03 The Book of Delights by Ross Gay “...in almost every Ross Gay resolved to spend a year writing about a joy or delight, large or small, every day, beginning

“There is an old saying that every story, even your own, is either happy or sad depending on where you

Publishing Group: Ballantine, Delacorte Press. 02 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim For the rest of our lives, every tell Arthur that she's been dreaming of the decrepit, rambling house for years, and that she has some eerie

The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II. Had you ever heard of this story?

no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after Then Hig gets an indication that he is not alone and that there is life out there after all. Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction

Her sister dates boy after boy, two of her best friends are making eyes at each other, and she's sick romance books in a Little Free Library, a wizened old woman approaches her with some advice, and soon afterward

culpability, cruel wars, rightly earned despair, the gray areas of various complex situations, and, after

trusted ladies of the court--all are betraying her in one way or another, and one unmitigated disaster after

I'm sooooo very excited to be reading each of these books: Blake Crouch's upcoming science fiction, Upgrade the doctors say he's been infected by a virus--one designed not to make him sick, but to modify his very He’s becoming stronger and smarter every day–but he’s also being hunted down by his enemies for potential

But to be fair, she's emerging from a fog of trauma after her mother's death, her father has abandoned They each have reasons to mistrust others, but they'll have to trust and rely on each other more than ever

The Harrow, the greatest warship ever built, has been lost for so long, some say it's merely a legend White is also the author of Alien: The Cold Forge and Every Mountain Made Low.

of our picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, it seemed like a great summer

behavior seems to be getting more aggressive, more entitled, and more dangerous, and Ellie can't fight off every man on behalf of every woman who needs protection. They sometimes have to go to great lengths to do so because everyday dangers loom around every corner But the issues Hutchison explores are very real and weighty, and there is far more meat to this story Waters was really interesting in ways I didn't anticipate, and I also like Hutchison's writing style very

This ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever flirting with sappiness, deep meaning It has tremendous heart without ever flirting with sappiness, so much meaning without being pedantic, Like Mary Poppins, this story is practically perfect in every way.

I'm reading Sandwich, the wonderful Catherine Newman's newest family story about a summer spent struggling Kimi Cunningham Grant's newest thriller, The Nature of Disappearing, Emlyn is a wilderness guide who very

You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

Only, the lengths Junie went to to keep their summer fling a secret might turn out to be unforgivable

Gentry’s mom is a wonder, but her ability to keep things in perspective and forgive after the crescendo

I finally read (listened to) this book after my friends Sara, Kiki, and Stirling repeatedly recommended

became frustrated with Beth's careless, repeated, willfully risky behavior in what she clearly knows--after

favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

All the Missing Girls, which I thought was interesting in its structure (it begins in the present day after

yourself on the line for other people, the bravery of falling in love, and the importance of treasuring every The tone is very different, but the superhero element of this book reminded me of Hench, a darkly charming

frustration at Taft's ineffective response--and at the many missed opportunities she sees before and after

The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails

The Unhoneymooners is fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina Lauren book. After he is presented as perfect boyfriend material, he doesn't believe her when she tells him about I listened to The Unhoneymooners and it was fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina

​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after

"By its nature, every secret contains the power to destroy something."

But when her kind husband passes away suddenly just after the wedding, pregnant Elsie and her tedious