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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.

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.

We find out early on that she faces the impending loss of her sight, that she is somewhat estranged from The Correspondent was the right book at the right time for me.

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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 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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

You can see where one of the storylines is going before the character involved understands it, and it might I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year.

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

Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy 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

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

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

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

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

unprecedented skill at breeding, breaking, riding, amassing, and trading horses as well as their revolutionary fighting nonfiction, you may like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

Radden Keefe Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in this particular fight For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction. Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction

Anyway, I wanted new, fresh ideas for titles in that vein that I might like. Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian

You might also like the books on my first Greedy Reading List of short stories: Six Short Story Collections was interested in the facts but didn't feel drawn into the characters or their stories during those sections Festival Days is not light reading: "Cheri" delves into the last days of a woman who is terminally ill with cancer; "Last Night" relates the final moments of the author's beloved dog's life; and the backbone

career, and his future at an East London commune; Revelations, Mary Sarratt's immersive historical fiction In Revelations, Sharratt offers an immersive historical fiction novel that includes thoroughly researched

stumbling into her iconic lifetime role as Princess Leia; The Invisible Woman, World War II historical fiction see The Princess Diarist. 02 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman is historical fiction If you like stories about witches, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Adunni experiences tremendous emotional, physical, familial, and societal hardships, yet she keeps her sights This book was right down my alley in tone, character development, and detail.

A frantic search takes place, and as the locals look for Barbara, various Van Lear secrets come to light But Lucy suffered a head wound the night of Savvy's death and now she can't remember anything about the night Savvy was murdered.

ICYMI: This young adult historical fiction story was a five-star read for me. I adored it. Laura Amy Schlitz's book The Hired Girl is fantastic young adult historical fiction written in diary

Wilson overcame tough childhood circumstances before setting her sights on becoming a performer, and I love to listen to the audiobook version of a memoir (if you haven't yet, you might want to check out The sections regarding Wilson's childhood were most engaging to me, as well as her zigzagging path toward

Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Scots--with an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights

Emily Habeck's odd and sweet novel Shark Heart: A Love Story; I'm reading Heather Webb's historical fiction

This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic A Passage North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes