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All of the upheaval seems connected to an operation from years earlier, "Malta"--and Maggie's perceived

Alosa is a seventeen-year-old female pirate captain who didn't secure treasures or rule a ship of motley

Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old

Have you read the fantastic Temeraire series by Naomi Novik?

But Harrow the Ninth also offers fantastically bratty episodes on the parts of various characters; frenzies

(I posted about Things You Save in a Fire) Lia Louis's Eight Perfect Hours (I posted about her book Dear But two years ago on their vacation, something BIG happened. He's ten years younger than she is. She's a city doctor, he's a small-town furniture maker. for 125 years. She can't abandon her job or her duties. and his town builds up Alexis, fills her heart, teaches her about unconditional love, and makes her yearn

I'd love to hear: which books are you reading and enjoying these days, bookworms? The series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the charismatic It's ridiculous, and fanciful, but the idea that they're fated to be together feels real, and for a year

Four years and a New York Times column about her experience later, she emerged from fighting to survive Meanwhile, killer Ruby Reyes, the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder twenty-five years earlier

Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year I read Kitchen Confidential thirteen years ago, well before I spent endless evenings happily watching Wizenberg has more recently written a memoir about marriage, unexpected yearnings, and the messy process books she wrote Delancey, about owning a restaurant with her husband. 05 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year

I initially thought I was hearing a narrator read a memoir. finds that a student in one of her classes is fighting for his life following police brutality, her own fears

is shipwrecked off the coast of Australia, and Gil, an eccentric Australian boy living three hundred years

Savvy was joking, or whether Lucy is having her own thoughts about impulsive murder--or cracking under years

For many years Mimi desperately insists on keeping the family’s troubles private, clinging to the preservation The oldest of the sisters is sent away to live out her school years as a privileged guest of wealthy genetic material from the family--both those affected by and those free from mental illness—begins to bear

It's June 1954, and eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson has just served fifteen months on a juvenile work Emmett's planning to pick up his eight-year-old brother Billy and head west to start a new life.

03 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his

Years later, Jessica is a struggling reporter in London who is summoned to Sydney to care for her beloved

Developments near the end of the book set up Ethan's complicity in the grand, nefarious conspiracy in I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book!

Can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met, never even spoken to--someone who is light years They message each other, share their hopes and fears, and quickly grow to rely on each other--the only

Practical, tough sixteen-year-old Bridget arrives in 1877 Dodge City without a penny to her name or enough Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

One year later, they find themselves sitting in a fluorescent-lit classroom in their seaside town of

And her client is the Jack Stapleton, action star, household name--and, in recent years, a recluse. The book's sequel is The Book Woman's Daughter, published earlier this year. 03 Weather Girl by Rachel

This memoir is fantastic. I ate it up in a single day.

captivating story of broken boys and men, battered by experiences of wartime brutality or frozen by the fear my love for Hart's book The Last Child in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year

60s band on its rocky rise to popularity, particularly through exploring its members' crises, joys, fears Daisy Jones and the Six explores multiple layers of love and heartbreak, all against a fantastic backdrop I imagine those could be tough to write in an engaging way when the reader obviously can't hear any of

But two years ago on their vacation, something BIG happened. Henry's Beach Read was a favorite book of mine last year, and it made it into the Greedy Reading List Bill Harley's newest work, the middle-grade novel Now You Say Yes, we follow newly orphaned fifteen-year-old Mari and her on-the-spectrum nine-year-old stepbrother, Connor, as they strike out on a cross-country

He's ten years younger than she is. for 125 years. She can't abandon her job or her duties. and his town builds up Alexis, fills her heart, teaches her about unconditional love, and makes her yearn

Two years later, Constance hasn't returned, and her sister Maude is determined to find out what happened

Kate Quinn is a master of historical fiction and is the author of the fantastic titles The Huntress,

For my full review, please see Things in Jars. 03 A Curious Beginning ​ This fantastic book is the first A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the mystery.

Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year I'd love to hear what you thought. Which other books should I add to my memoir to-read list? “As I pulled the covers up and let Micah settle in next to me, I heard Mom’s voice in my ears: Children I listened to this as an audiobook, and I adored hearing Thomas's voice take me through his essays. voice tell it--or without hearing all of the music Carlile offers here.

You're all fantastic enablers for my terrifically greedy reading habits and for the sharing of my various

parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make what feels like an impossible choice: to send their eleven-year-old

Jimenez's rom-com frequently had me laughing, made me tear up a little, and kept me hooked on the fake-dating This book frequently had me laughing and also made me tear up at a couple of points. If we're going to have a happy ending, we might as well fast-forward to a happy near-future scene and

environments, and she expresses her horror about the infamous revelations that came to light regarding years Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year

Harris winds her tale through Lilli's journey to the United States and her glamorous years dancing in Then Lilli's path leads back to Marco, who has in recent years risen through the ranks to work for Goebbels

Lee's detail is just fantastic in terms of Green's emotions, hopes, dreams, everyday life at the time

I loved listening to her fantastically raspy voice as she read her memoir in audiobook form, and I'd

past former limitations of medical solutions sometimes create a difficult dynamic: pursuing additional years

I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? musicals, various nontraditional families and loving bonds, and a little bit of poignancy that brought a tear For other great young adult books, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic

But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student At first I feared this would dilute my connection to the main characters, but the ventures into others

From the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite reads last year He's ten years younger than she is.

Twyford's largely condemned, prejudiced stories may be linked to the vanishing of his teacher so many years

This fantastic book is the first in Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series.

Except...Andra soon realizes she wasn't sleeping for 100 years. She was asleep for 1,000. Henry has made me laugh repeatedly out loud, and I have a suspicion that she might bring me to tears #lightfiction, #heartwarming, #booksaboutbooks 03 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ​ It's been years since

The gift idea lists I've already posted this year can be found here: Shhh! of Deception by Andrew Maraniss In Maraniss's nonfiction Games of Deception, published earlier this year Haylah is an excellent friend, she's patient with her incredibly frustrating four-year-old brother, and indies that keep readers swimming in thoughtful book recommendations and excellent customer service all year

subpar and cursory trials, sometimes hinging on incorrect evidence or corrupt setups that occurred years I listened to this one as an audiobook and found it really powerful to hear Stevenson narrate.

also the author of Astonish Me, Seating Arrangements, and Great Circle, one of my favorite reads last year

A year ago, Isabelle Drake's toddler son was taken from her.

My book club has been together in some form for thirteen years, and for a good while I've been (surprise intriguing book is likely to be generally widely available from the library, vary our genres throughout the year Here are my personal book club favorites from last year. favorite book club reads of 2020, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Book Club Books I Loved Last Year Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction and Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year

But I was left yearning for more tension, tighter pacing, and additional time with Sadie at the center I'd love to hear your thoughts about this book!