Hazel is a strong personality, but I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much

Meanwhile, privileged Charlotte has her own secrets, and when both women's true situations begin to be the Irish and other immigrant groups, as well as introducing a heart-wrenching unrequited love of one woman

Set in sixth century Scotland, The Forgotten Kingdom traces the story of Languoreth, a strong, imprisoned

They were all strange. They were all flawed. Together, they managed to survive.

indicate Cozy Mystery (well, aside from the blood in the teacup), while the story feels more intricate and strange

When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest

She's falling for her famous client, the musician Trace Thorne--but when a woman shows up claiming to

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

Charlie begins to realize he feels more of a connection to Dev than to any of the twenty beautiful women

I loved the dark academia setting; the brilliant, socially awkward, unlikely heroine Neema; and the strange

reasons for their fractured relationship (ahem, Doug wanted a "cuddle bunny" robot instead of a complex woman

--and strange, out-of-this-world occurrences puzzle Ari for years to come.

In City of Girls, Gilbert writes about a young woman's coming of age in 1940s New York City and traces Vivian, now an older woman, is writing letters to a younger woman about her own youthful indiscretions entertaining, sexy, and an interesting burst of feminism and freedom in an era when many believed that a woman's

Clever beavers feature heavily in this book, and I never felt as though this strange element gelled with

Hazel is a strong personality, and I found myself bristling at her questioning whether she's too much about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze (a reality TV show in which a single woman

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

Jessica is a single, middle-aged mom, a successful lawyer, and a helpful mentor to the younger women

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

It also features racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women, an element Women explore traditional roles and push back against infuriating chauvinism; characters consider their

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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