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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/5/23 Edition

    other letters; and I'm reading Matthew Norman's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) music-focused light fiction lovers, teammates, and the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, a program at the heart of CAPE, or Criminal Action

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/23/22 Edition

    mother and daughter, which also plays with time; and The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh's contemporary fiction The tone of this feels like contemporary fiction, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition

    fishing guide at an elite but eerie Colorado resort; and The Ex Talk, Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction His actions drew even more ire from Putin and those in his ranks, and Putin famously retaliated to Browder's If 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. 02 The Guide by Peter Heller A new Peter Heller varied books, including his thrilling, character-driven story The River, the meditative yet decisively action-oriented

  • Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

    recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction

  • 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

  • Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

    Ashley Poston's newest romantic fiction is centered around Clementine, a harried book publicist who falls

  • Review of The Guncle by Steven Rowley

    In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star I've been on a light-fiction kick lately, but I need some depth in my lighthearted reading in order to

  • Review of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

    By tracking the fictional course of events as they spiral out of control, exploring Zeke and Frankie's

  • Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder

    Browder's doggedly investigative, cannily media-focused, and sometimes desperate political actions drew If 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

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

    I've been meaning to read for years; a book that plays with time (one of my favorite setups); a light fiction sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that have cemented her place in tennis history destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history

  • Review of I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

    For more Bossy reviews of fiction and nonfiction books about boarding schools, click here.

  • Review of Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang

    immersion program felt expected; I most appreciated Lily's eventual examination of her own family's history of what she had been seeking from her Taiwanese experience, her eventual exploration of her family's history

  • Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

    race, ignorance, privilege, stereotypes, systemic racism, and more within their collaborative work of fiction

  • 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 The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy

    Zusy notes that the character of Ginny was inspired by Zusy's own brother, and the fictional interactions

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/24/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a light fiction book about a dedicated single mom who gives love another try, listening to a fantastic audiobook of Abi Daré's Nigerian-set fiction, and reading the big-hearted young female pirate; specifically: The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren's newest light fiction

  • Review of Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

    But she's also alert enough to know that because of the inevitable publicity, the fiction of her current

  • Review of Burn by Peter Heller

    conflicts and political upheaval won't touch them out in the wild, and they figure that the charged friction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/4/21 Edition

    series about a magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Sincerely Yours, lovely light fiction Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

  • Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

    In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella,

  • Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality

    Is it because I have a cancer history? Is it simply morbid fascination? captivated by explorations of what make up a meaningful life (or death, or both) and by stories, true or fictionalized

  • Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

    Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties band on its In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/22 Edition

    Hawkins, and I'm listening to the audiobook version of A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, a science fiction In this first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky

  • My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads

    01 The Vanishing Half In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins It's action-packed but character driven. fourstarbookreview 04 Utopia Avenue ​ In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional The book contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life musicians

  • Review of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

    Cummins offers a fictional Mexican family’s urgent motivation, incredible fortitude, fears, failures, Through her American Dirt characters (both sympathetic and unsympathetic), Jeanine Cummins offers one fictional The balance of unlikely joys and brutality puts fictional but plausible faces on an important situation

  • Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

    Today's list is made up of more fiction I've loved in the recent-ish past, whether quirky, poignant, When William's painful history resurfaces, it shakes the entire family with its repercussions. story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted reasoning, criminal actions Kuang puts forth here, she wavers between attempting to justify her compounded, ethically devastating actions

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/31/23 Edition

    life was built upon a lie, and his years of unchecked abhorrent, violent, narcissistic, horrifying actions Movies by Lynn Painter I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction

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

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry's newest light fiction Read was a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction

  • Review of The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

    Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers.” held secrets of the Crossing that prevented younger generations from learning helpful lessons from history

  • Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore

    If you love Carrie Fisher, you might also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book Lee Smith has written numerous fictional stories about the Appalachian South, including Fair and Tender Ladies, On Agate Hill, and Oral History.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition

    In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships Here he offers a literary fiction story in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes his romantic

  • Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition

    robots, #timetravel 02 Beach Read ​ Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction connections that warm my heart, and a little romantic something-something) to continue reading light fiction Because I think Emily Henry's Beach Read is going to be a major gem on the light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/16/21 Edition

    magical healing and warring kingdoms; Fugitive Telemetry, the newest book in Martha Wells's science fiction Through the voice of the fictional Ziggy, a dance instructor and key connector of various figures in the storied Detroit neighborhood of Black Bottom, Randall offers short sections about fifty-two mostly

  • Review of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers #1) by Alex White

    In Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers A Big Ship is a space heist book with lots of action, strong women characters driving the plot, and a

  • Review of Recursion by Blake Crouch

    More wonderful character-driven science fiction by Blake Crouch. Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake Crouch, and I found this sooooo

  • Review of Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

    Out of Love is not light fiction. revealed along the way, allowing for some illumination about (sequentially) earlier motivations for actions

  • Review of State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

    reading, I imagined how Clinton's experiences as Secretary of State and First Lady may have informed her fictionalized

  • Review of The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda

    Miranda uses the framework of a famous fictional rescue story to imagine the characters' turmoil and She takes a famous fictional rescue story and imagines the characters' turmoil and desperately cobbled-together

  • Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences

    But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles have especially resonated with me since I read Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history

  • Review of The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

    In Strout's newest novel, we meet an irresistible new character in high school history teacher Artie In Elizabeth Strout's newest novel, we meet Artie Dam, high school history teacher, father to a grown

  • Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories I Loved

    feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life , Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

  • Review of The Distance from Four Points by Margo Orlando Littell

    Margo Orlando Littell is also the author of Each Vagabond by Name, which is suspenseful fiction that's

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition

    Cosby; a light fiction story that's multigenerational, features a winery backdrop, and references racy So far this is a lovely light fiction story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/28/21 Edition

    This young adult science fiction story has been on my list for a while because of its irresistible premise I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven

  • Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

    to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations--small and large--for getting out of bed and functioning Haig is also the author of the fiction titles The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time.

  • Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen

    fantasies; to a Sarah who is a reimagined trans biblical character; to a Buffy-obsessed Sarah writing fan fiction

  • Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

    Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female bodyguard poses as the And her newest client is the Jack Stapleton, action star, household name--and, in recent years, recluse

  • Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

    In this science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/16/26 Edition

    and living in Ireland, Saoirse ; and I'm reading Anna Quindlen's novel about friendship and family history Sure that it's an error, Polly digs into her family history to make sure she is who she has always thought

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