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- Six 2020 Mysteries for You to Check Out
There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has explored every different It's action-packed but character driven. a little while to get going for me, but just shy of halfway through, the setup is complete and the action like titles from the Greedy Reading Lists The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year and Six Historical Fiction
- Review of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
and contribute to her fear, her reluctance to trust, and her doubts about what is fact and what is fiction
- Review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
author’s note at the end outlines the often ignored life-and-death tragedies that inspired this work of 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.”
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/20 Edition
I'm alternating between a fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy
- Review of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson
I wondered if this would be a sort of young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast, and it IS, in
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles have especially resonated with me since I read
- Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab
Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements
- Review of When These Mountains Burn by David Joy
Joy offers an often dark work of Southern literary fiction through which bubbles of hope emerge.
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/21 Edition
baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction
- Six Spooky, Gothic Tales
Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions
- Review of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
faulted, privileged few are terrifying in their elaborate, exclusive plans, which exclude all but a fraction
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
wishing for more exploration into the human condition as contrasted with the carefully scripted robot functioning
- Review of Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis
Sometimes in order to delve into a light fiction book I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about
- Shhh! Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
I already offer many of my fiction and nonfiction book recommendations through this blog. Green's observations are fun, often oddball, and sometimes poignant, with short sections that are easily For example, in the Falling Out of History section, he sets the scene for the concept of forgotten songs
- Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
middle, but Wells provides a fantastically unique point of view, and this series is perfect science-fiction else) strengthened loyalties, there is more of Wells's fantastically understated robot banter, there's action
- Review of Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
Saga series, has a cover that to me evokes fantasy, but this series is actually captivating historical fiction This blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and paranormal continues with LaFevers's Dark Triumph, Mortal
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition
If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking
- Review of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
The trick occurs early (also, one major aspect of the true situation directly echoes a fictional setup
- Review of Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
audiobook but when it came up, I didn’t remember at first what the book was about; the beginning reads like fiction
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means
- Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love
Hearne offers a playful, action-packed, magical, layered modern-day London. Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel from Gail Carriger.
- Review of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
As she sorts through the past and works to find support and to function more fully in the present, she
- 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
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
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! This totally hit the spot.
- Review of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction.
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now
Sometimes I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about human behavior in order to delve into a light fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
moment with some implausible early details in Holidaze, which I sometimes struggle with in lighter fiction
- Review of A Murder by Any Name by Suzanne M. Wolfe
I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.
- Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Kline deftly exposes the raw truths of tough situations in her character-driven historical fiction. threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this section
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/20 Edition
involving unapologetic body positivity, and I hope Bea doesn't fall into the somewhat common light fiction
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/20/22 Edition
Morris A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's
- Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read
Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.
- Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
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
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty
- Review of The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year. the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction
- Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday
I've got lots of e-reading giftees on my fall and holiday gifting list--and I already offer many of my fiction
- Review of Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees
One faction wants to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon the machinations of the Nazis or offer background on the politics of the American and British postwar factions
- Review of All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger
This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year.
- ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021
I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters.
- My Very Favorite 2021 Reads So Far
I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters.
- Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience
But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters
- Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
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 Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
make ends meet in California and drifting a little bit--oh, and she's been telling her parents about fictitious
- Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
of the month: Hank Green's second book in his quirky, lovely, character-driven, big-hearted science fiction
- Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
their own complications and pain--and which he seems to resent), and linking much of his inability to function















































