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than just two, wider possibilities than hidden or betrayed, stalled or brokenhearted, male or female, right the whole person of Poppy a secret or thwarting Poppy's clothing, name, or other choices doesn't feel right If you've been following along, you might have noticed that for me, small moments or elements in a novel I considered abandoning the book, predicting that my irritation might grow. But: this book!

Kate Quinn, the queen of historical fiction about women who are spies, recently recommended these titles If you like stories about brave women during wartime, you might also like the books I listed on the recent I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? regiment of night bombers. full review, see The Huntress. 03 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein In Wein's young adult historical fiction

I was going to be happy with a light, surface-level look at therapy and the ins and outs of a therapist's I can see possibilities that you might not see quite yet.

Side note: I've read and reviewed another book called Sleeping Giants; that one was a science fiction

offers faulted protagonists and a fascinating, complicated set of factors in her World War II historical fiction Her historical fiction story hooked me. If a person pleads ignorance or credits terrible actions to the power of fear, can such acts ever be

and in Romantic Comedy she offers an outstanding premise: Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night delighted to find that much of the book is focused on the behind-the-scenes making of the SNL-like Saturday night sketch comedy show in the book, The Night Owls, and I was fascinated by this aspect. This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved everything about it.

In Out Front the Following Sea, new historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's The frequent shifts in point of view stopped me from feeling linked to the characters as fully as I might

If you love memoirs, you might also like the titles I listed on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Paul's School came to light, she added her voice to the throng of the attacked and abused, opening her Wild Life's subtitle, Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs, felt whimsical and light to think deeply about her place in the world, her responsibility to humans and animals, and how she might

Pride of Eden just might be the literary fiction version of what I think Tiger King sounds like: exotic I can't wait to see what the heck this book is all about. 02 Rodham ​ Curtis Sittenfeld offered a fictionalized In Rodham, Sittenfeld imagines the trail HRC might have blazed if she'd broken up with Bill and forged In A Witch in Time, Constance Sayers is offering us historical fiction, witches, and repeated reincarnation

retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana, with immersive details and an irresistible feminist main character fighting But in this feminist story, she fights for autonomy, for a voice, for strength, for knowledge--and she The people of Bharat have often blamed my father for my sins, as if a woman cannot own her actions. Patel's immersive detail of Indian fabrics, landscapes, and sights and sounds kept me enthralled. If you enjoy retellings, you might also like some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Magical

She exposes the raw truths of tough situations in character-driven historical fiction so deftly, I have her memoir, Pan explores whether life really is better for the extroverts, or whether she was on the right I'm really greedily excited about reading all three of these books--historical fiction (Austraaaaalia , celebrity-focused fiction, and a memoir with a quirky hook.

Paul's School came to light, she added her voice to the throng of the attacked and abused, opening her sex, reputation and recommendation, toxic masculinity and willful ignorance on the part of those who might experience and its implications in order to reach some version of justice, or healing, or merely bringing light

“You will stay right here, in your vehicle. More Books You Might Like This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series. If you're interested in stories set in Maine, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six

stampede and trampling--plus they attracted lions; the lions themselves were stealthy, deadly, and lightning Wild Life's subtitle, Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs, felt whimsical and light to think deeply about her place in the world, her responsibility to humans and animals, and how she might

Betty Carpenter is the sixth child of eight born to a white mother and Cherokee father, and her life Once you get into the meat of the early story and experience the ongoing, snowballing trauma, you might I'm not sure how much she departed from facts into fiction, and I'd be curious to know more about that

Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

conditions are dusty, broken, dated, and dirty; and various disappointing behaviors are brought to light point of view changes and brief scenes with multiple shifts that kept me from feeling as invested as I might

feminism--there are cultures of Wisdom Keepers and islands of strong women training to use their special sight However, this book is right down my alley in tone, character development, and detail. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?

ICYMI: Geraldine Brooks crafts a historical fiction story of 1666, a year in which disease, fear, and

Looking for Jane, Heather Marshall's debut novel that links multiple timelines and women's ongoing fight If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You. 02 Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall It all comes down to having the right enormously important recurring dilemmas for women through the ages: unexpected pregnancies; searches (and fights

I'm Reading Now I'm reading a romantic book about aspiring musicians with intertwined pasts; the rich fictional history of an esteemed figure in early twentieth century New York and his mysterious death; and a science fiction-slanted If you like stories about music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories

the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents who she has pledged to protect, on the longest night Emma's creativity and unorthodox ideas just might save them both--but they'll have to be crafty and find I read this start to finish during a flight (and delay), and Glass offers a cat-and-mouse chase through Ava Glass is a pseudonym for Christi Daugherty, author of the YA Night School thrillers.

You might predict that Odessa will be the unlikely heroine of this story when you find out that she has Dear reader, she is going to end up being brave, and finding love, and and Doing the Right Thing. The dialogue is sometimes dramaaaaatic, but generally the pacing rolled right along in this one.

The Invention of Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes It's uncomfortable, disturbing, and infuriating to read historical fiction about the actual horrors that Mermaid Chair, and The Book of Longings, which made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction

Violet is smaller than average, without the drive to fight. adversity--even if, within the book's various dangerous scenarios, it repeatedly seemed that Violet might It makes sense that Yarros is the author of a romance series, Flight & Glory, as well as other romance You might also like these other books I've read and reviewed about dragons.

reading experience was going to be enjoyable--reading a book about the plague during a global pandemic might O'Farrell imagined Agnes, wife to John (the fictionalized William Shakespeare character) as an independent

The teens are trying to come to terms with what their existences might look like now, and their families Plus, Mo is falling for a new guy in town who might or might not be real, Daniel is trying to remember The kids will need to remember what happened the night they died and figure out the reason for their

longer angry, I was no longer committed to reaching the conclusion that righteous anger demands we are right Liberals marched for peace, workers' rights, civil rights, and secularism. Within a section about when regulation really may solve major problems, Haidt notes a fascinating theory (Others might put forward different factors as key to this.) level-headed thought, care, compassion, and reason, and so full of destructive pride, cruel and limiting actions

And a typical day might involve facing mortal danger from roving pirates, cyborg animals, certain AI Yet he remains hopeful for his future--and begins to believe that despite the constancy of his fight for survival, he might even be falling in love. Val is an underdog and fights for others who have been dismissed or taken advantage of. If this book sounds down your alley, you might want also to check out the books on my Greedy Reading

cursed for generations to serve a series of crooked masters and their offspring, with no escape in sight I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building that set a dark, rich scene for the action

I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a fun nonfiction book. point of view and the version of a reckoning that it offered, but it was an interesting way to set up slight check out Silver Elite . 06 O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker O Caledonia  is a modern classic, literary fiction

Morton's newest historical fiction involves two timelines, a decades-old tragedy, and a modern-day descendant's and a formidable figure, but due to her grave illness and her unconscious state, she is only seen in action

friend, she's patient with her incredibly frustrating four-year-old brother, and she's learned to make light jumps at the chance to write material for his sets--and, against her friends' advice, she sets her sights

complicated family dynamics, the growth of her explosive fame--and the shocking loss of freedom and rights She rejoices in her children, grieves the relationship she might have had with her sister, and seems You might very well not come away loving JT the way you might have going into this one, fair warning. If you like to read memoirs like I do, you might be interested in the Greedy Reading Lists here: Six

Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series.

candid memoir, Being Henry; and I'm reading Secondhand Daylight, Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook's science fiction

I've been in a mystery-reading mood lately, and I thought you might be too, so I'm sharing more mystery friends for emotional support and for sleuthing assistance, and I liked the continued focus on the tight I support transgender rights and therefore am uncomfortable with some of views expressed by J. K. But when Madison and her best friend go missing that night, Emmy realizes the girls have been keeping is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function

If you're intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Together, they have to identify and confront dark forces that might be manipulating—and destroying—the Blake Crouch writes character-driven science fiction that I love (Dark Matter is another of his that I adore a character-driven science-fiction tale. Also, time travel!

usually an all-Libby (library) audiobook listener, but I wanted to read Michelle Obama's newest book The Light

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's recently published science fiction How High virus begins pass like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction

But Restell's story also swirls with weighty issues still relevant today--women's rights and autonomy ; the fight for fair wages; power abuses; class divides; societal pressures; wealth, privilege, and power events of the time--particularly society's changing reactions to birth control, abortion, and women's rights

A book that kept coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William

Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in Last week I offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism; this week I'm bravely What's working (or not working) in your reading life right now?

up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

published mystery set in the forest, One Step Too Far; and I'm reading Donna Everhart's recent historical fiction Frankie joins the group's annual search of a remote area where Tim might have ended up.

small-town Irish community's everyday and extraordinary events in this poignant, gorgeous literary fiction If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow Click here for my full review of Show Don't Tell . 03 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy duology; The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd's historical fiction Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes Monk Kidd also wrote The Book of Longings, which made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction

The Invisible Woman is historical fiction about the real-life World War II-era spy Virginia Hall. If you like reading about female spies, you might like some of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six