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—man just waiting for a woman to bring out his playful side).

She made me feel that I deeply understood the potential circumstances of how a woman without grand ambitions

This is a clever, strange, dark, and often darkly funny fantasy.

displaced and discounted them; and I'm reading Alice Hoffman's newest novel about a cult and a desperate woman

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take the woman's inheritance and leave her to rot in an insane asylum.

love a Gold Rush story, and a young adult story, and a story about "otherness" and about brave young women

she's taken will be taken from her, and because she's a petty, narcissistic, selfish, greedy young woman

she pokes fun at her fellow writer in a sketch about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women

Crouch In the first book in Blake Crouch's Wayward Pines trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke wakes up in a strange

The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange and guilty thrill

Theatre by Joanna Quinn The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange

particularly urgent to stop the current-day killing--was necessary for the story, yet throughout, this seemed strange

She goes to sleep satisfied, but wakes up in another life: a strange apartment, a different boyfriend This was strange and compelling. For my full review, please check out The Bone Clocks .

rural Idaho; Wendy Heard's fast-paced California-set thriller about an infatuation between two young women

navigates danger and helps achieve justice by using her smarts, eschewing societal tradition and limits on women

what many of her fellow female students put up with from young men who won't hear no and don't treat women

World War II Warsaw Ghetto, Jaryk Smith arrives in New York City and falls in love with a Southern woman

McCurdy has had a one-woman show "I'm Glad My Mom Died," and she writes and directs films and writes

01 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many

Strange things begin happening to Cassie and Izzy when Cassie takes possession of the book, and soon

modern day, she serves primarily as a catalyst for Jess's arrival and amateur sleuthing, and it seemed strange

I was fascinated by her one-woman trial and error method of determining her triggers, impulses, and coping

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amy Harmon's Revolutionary War-set historical fiction about a young woman

As a woman once reminded her a long time ago, the common denominator in all the terrible things that

detail the hardscrabble life of a newly freed black person—and the often desperate circumstances of women (especially black women) without men to protect them at the time.

01 Maame: A Novel by Jessica George Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman

I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment her brother’s likely future levels—which she also deserved but which were seemingly impossible for a woman

to Charm You, and I recently mentioned it again in my review of Natalie Haynes's A Thousand Ships, a woman-centered

mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women

rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide search, an unlikely obsession, moments of brutality, strange

In and among these scenes, Sedaris shares strange, sweet, funny, pivotal moments with each of his living

But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which

explores his Jewish faith, forms a community of friends, ponders life, then falls in love with a Southern woman

A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

morning self-greeting), but I thoroughly enjoyed and felt calmed by listening to this wise, kind, savvy woman

Stout's recently published middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough

When those pulling the strings change the rules to force a dramatic showdown, key characters must make

But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might

see The Ex Talk. 03 The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong

I loved the Ottoman Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes

her husband and stepsons prepare for another catastrophic hurricane bearing down on Florida, one in a string

This is a slim book that's full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world

But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and

Everhart includes one of my favorite setups, in which a woman dresses as a man in order to achieve some

She's a black young woman supporting residents who are largely white, and Reid shows widespread entitled

City laundry room while trying to keep his sister from doing the same--and they both end up in a dark, strange

More Book Gifts for Kids and Teens. 01 The Comfort Book by Matt Haig "It is a strange paradox, that many in a Quaint English Village features Edward Gorey-type pen and ink illustrations from Jay Cooper. 06 Strange Pyle's Stranger Planet (as well as Strange Planet) in one of my gift guides last year (Shhh!

The woman's graceful ability to cope with her past trauma and dark history inspires Greta, who struggles

earlier, Remy failed to protect her young charge, and now she's determined to locate the grown-up young woman

these books . 05 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino In Beautyland , Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious building bonds deeper than either could have imagined; the love story between the bridge and Gore is strange