belatedly recognizes his parenting and household ineptitude and also falls into the arms of the local woman

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

I was intrigued by the intersection of the women's personalities and lives, and Beagin kept me consistently

Can she revisit the strange island from her youth, and does she even want to unravel the secrets of that

Veronica and Stoker; the allusions to each of their complicated pasts; their hilarious banter; and their strong-willed

Is it strange that I was so fascinated by a book about tuberculosis that I kept setting it aside so that

wasn't the only Dolly Parton book published this year (She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Pyle Last year I gave Strange Planet to teenagers and young-at-heart family members on my gift list;

In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried,

In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried,

In her journal, she began an imaginary conversation with Harriet Tubman about the woman's strength and

really liked; and other books set in the American West (such as Epitaph); historical fiction (2019's Women

The woman's greed and desire for greater social standing mean that Luzia attracts the attention of more

and unrest--which spurs on some citizens to attempt to shift the kingdom toward becoming a land with strong

and I loved that the relationship between Clementine and her aunt is said to have been special and strong

characters are presented as selfless but are shown to in truth be horribly selfish; some of those who seem strange

But the revealed backstory in the second part of the novel was dark and strange and creepy, with surprises

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Woman of Light, Kali Fajardo-Anstine's upcoming fantastical, indigenous 01 Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine There is one every generation, a seer who keeps the stories

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Nadia Hashimi's story of a young woman in Afghanistan during She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing

But his mother's story helped Jost set the scene for his own origins and his strong Staten Island roots

Montague; an unorthodox woman with an open mind and brave disposition, Theodora; a young woman who has

These are my current Bossy book wishes, whether because my library doesn't have a copy (Strange Gods; Click here to check out my full review of The Book of Delights. 03 Strange Gods by Alison Kimble In Alison Kimble's Strange Gods (published in 2021), Spooky arrives at a wilderness camp for troubled teens bracing generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange

nonfiction book about a famous female Russian spy during the Cold War; and I'm reading The Invisible Woman Princess Diarist was Fisher's last book, published in 2017 and based upon the diaries she kept as a young woman It was fun but also poignant, and I loved it. 03 The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck The Invisible Woman

I love a Gold Rush story, a young adult story, a story about brave young women meeting challenges.

with studying biographies, other books, and conducting more extensive research—and she channels each woman

characters ranging from activists to performers and murderers to idealists; a memoir about a young woman's hometown leads her into the middle of a missing person case there: the disappearance of a local young woman But when she arrives, she finds out that a young local woman has gone missing.

04 Far from the Tree by Robin Benway In Far from the Tree, Benway examines the pain of a young woman’ I loved the strong female protagonists and their fire and grit and growth.

recent Kevin Wilson gem; his quirky characters are irresistible, and his heartwarming story is messy, strange

out of the moment by multiple instances of odd tone shifts and what felt like repeated nonsensical or strange and youthful exclamation "I miss sex" seems to come out of nowhere; sexual innuendos seem to come at strange

Etaf Rum is also the author of A Woman Is No Man.

And oops again, their no-strings-attached agreement is quickly becoming complicated, serious, and full

an immersive online game; and for my book club I'm reading Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations, about a woman The Kingdoms is her second book. 02 Warcross by Marie Lu Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic

of The Mars Room , The Flamethrowers , and Telex from Cuba , as well as a book of short stories, The Strange

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller's novel about a middle-aged woman A scholar of the occult, his assistant, a young woman with ghostly experiences, and the future heir of

charming Japanese story We'll Prescribe You a Cat , a winding, hard-to-find Kyoto alleyway leads to a strange

of The Mars Room , The Flamethrowers , and Telex from Cuba , as well as a book of short stories, The Strange

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

French's book is starting off really strong, and One of Us Is Lying has me hooked.

friend in her last remaining roommate, who until then seemed primarily a source of rent; she finds a strange

The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from

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

is caught in the bardo, a limbo between life and death, and she encounters other limbo characters in strange

sex scenes were extremely specific, at times pages long, and at certain points the sexual elements so strange

Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something

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

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

Miller has a strong, passionate grasp of widely experienced inequalities—and ideas of how to chip away

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

Summer War reads like a fable, with unexpected twists and turns; duty, clever evasion, and curses; a strange

Donal Ryan is also the author of The Queen of Dirt Island , The Spinning Heart , Strange Flowers ,

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