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(It could also fit the bill for a preteen or teenager who might delight in nature's fascinatingly horrifying Journeys of Simplicity by Philip Harnden The subtitle of Harnden's slim (144-page) book is Traveling Light who accept a certain level of discomfort, who own sparingly, and who don't focus on material goods might (Sibley's What It's Like to Be a Bird; 2020's Flight Lines by Andrew Darby; and Beletsky's Bird Songs You might also like the gift lists Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday and Shhh!

friend, she's patient with her incredibly frustrating four-year-old brother, and she's learned to make light jumps at the chance to write material for his sets--and, against her friends' advice, she sets her sights And this ominous title might just be the impetus a teen needs to learn how-to tips about living life. Books, and their smarty staff can get you the books you want--or recommend many wonderful books you might

After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer At the same time, Jac is continually fighting against her feelings for the producer--and he is fighting

Vanderah is also the author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars, a book I loved, and The Light Through

But she's also alert enough to know that because of the inevitable publicity, the fiction of her current

Right? Only, the lengths Junie went to to keep their summer fling a secret might turn out to be unforgivable They might also have ruined Graham's life. Junie would likely be charming, and her joking dialogue and zingers might land more solidly, in person

returns home to bury his mother, magic bursts and gleams on the island--and long-held secrets come to light

They just might make better allies than enemies, and as they agree to cover for each other amid sword-fighting , royal court goings-on, and romantic dramas, they forge a friendship that just might last.

farewell to her family but also holds meaning for anyone considering the way they live and how they might That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may I was going to be happy with a light, surface-level look at therapy and the ins and outs of a therapist's Miller surprised me with the delicately balanced tone she was able to strike, her passionate belief in right

My favorite elements were the action sequences, the opportunities for humor, and the pacing of this 640 I have been since the night the snow fell in your hair and you kissed me for the first time."). The melding of two fighting forces offers additional interesting characters, conflicts, complexities, The action scenes and battles were the highlight for me in Iron Flame. Yarros ends this one with a bang that hooks the reader for book two just as they might be wavering on

their overflowing coffers and Burden's generational wealth surely cushioned their falls (while the fight As she sorts through the past and works to find support and to function more fully in the present, she

Hawkins, and I'm listening to the audiobook version of A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, a science fiction In this first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Rosemary feels lucky

protagonist, a jazz pianist, is tasked with saving humanity; and I'm listening to This Other Eden, historical fiction

Might be ugly. Might leave you feeling like the earth had gone and shifted under your feet. And each ended the night full and happy with the rare glow that comes from knowing your very being has And that there might just be someone out there who will only ever see the best in you.

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the Heretic's Daughter, Martha Carrier's tenth generation descendant Kathleen Kent offers a historical fiction

interspersed throughout, written by a dark, omniscient player in all of this after everything has come to light

But sometimes nothing does the reading trick like shorter works--especially when time is tight or when I might have trouble concentrating (for example, during a worldwide pandemic)--and I especially love This is, as you might expect, difficult subject matter--exploring powerful emotions, troops haunted by Strout shines a light on turning points: small but powerful shifts of power or emotion, masterfully illustrating

This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. 06 Uprooted

Hargrave allows some light into the darkness and cold in the form of love, and important realizations

The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

Russell has also written Children of God (The Sparrow, #2); the character-driven historical fiction book Holliday), which I really liked; and other books set in the American West (such as Epitaph); historical fiction

Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of I really liked recently was A Curious Beginning, and it shares some of these elements of historical fiction

In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships Here he offers a literary fiction story in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes his romantic

If you're interested in or enjoyed this book, you might want to check out a favorite book of mine, Madeline Trying to do the right thing seems not to work out very well for Denny.

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 If you like stories about witches, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Adunni experiences tremendous emotional, physical, familial, and societal hardships, yet she keeps her sights This book was right down my alley in tone, character development, and detail.

If you love memoirs, you might also like the books I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Illuminating Paul's School came to light, she added her voice to the throng of the attacked and abused, opening her Wild Life's subtitle, Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs, felt whimsical and light to think deeply about her place in the world, her responsibility to humans and animals, and how she might

Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the Heretic's Daughter, Martha Carrier's tenth generation descendant Kathleen Kent offers a historical fiction

Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times base, and often darkly funny as

Meanwhile the Orphan, a grave-robbing monster making zombies of children, lurks in the night, threatening Carlin always said it was the great value of fiction, to put us inside the minds of strangers.”

I felt as though the later sections glossed over some major issues (consorting with the gruesomely brutal Carey's story is also hopeful, but not in the way I might have expected. And he just might find himself questioning his decisions either way. One is that an order might issue from the palace, a command unto the people saying “It is thus.” But the other, the more certain, the more inevitable, is that those thousand thousand points of light

I also adored When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light, and especially Goodbye Stranger.

It looks as though Vanderah has a second book set for publication in spring 2021, The Light Through the

After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there as an audiobook. 03 Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson I love to read a memoir--if you haven't yet, you might

lost dreams, fading possibilities, boredom, and disappointment, but they also clumsily come together, fighting I feared any Vivi and Heather resolution would be unsatisfying, but it felt just right. There are absurd disguises, spur-of-the-moment plans (both successful and disastrous), and, in light Donovan Is Killing It. 07 She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard Heard's young adult thriller was a lightning-fast This was a lightning-fast read for me.

In Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers A Big Ship is a space heist book with lots of action, strong women characters driving the plot, and a

I loved this science fiction debut. Cara is one of a dwindling number of traversers. But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking It features the fantastic characters from book one, and the plot picks up with a new version of the fight And for my review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, click right here. 05 We Begin at the End by Chris If you like character-driven suspense and mystery books, you might also like John Hart's (grittier) books

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated with me, each offering glimpses into

extrication from Russia (and the use of a British diplomat’s baby as a distraction) reads like suspenseful fiction Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction.

reading, I imagined how Clinton's experiences as Secretary of State and First Lady may have informed her fictionalized

fantasies; to a Sarah who is a reimagined trans biblical character; to a Buffy-obsessed Sarah writing fan fiction

Olivia is sleepwalking again and isn't entirely sure what she does in the night. baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction

Margo Orlando Littell is also the author of Each Vagabond by Name, which is suspenseful fiction that's

precautions taken, life vests forthcoming, and she can probably even film from the deck of the boat...right Ocean Vuong is also the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous , Night Sky with Exit Wounds , Time

coping with the difficulties of life; and I'm listening to The Librarian Spy, World War II historical fiction

Reading Now I guess this list is an Escape from Reality attempt, as I have three fantasy novels going right Dixon is the author of 21 Ice Planet Barbarians novels and dozens of other steamy-romantasy books, I might hierarchies that many have come to take for granted--it could be dangerous enough that those in power might

It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show In the middle of the night on a New York City street, April and her friend Andy stumble across something Are they neutral, are they sinister, or might they be here to save humanity? The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes

nonfiction books, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

him, she'd known he was the hero of all her aunt's stories, the boy with the golden spirit full of light Releasing the physically manipulated khergud army--such a focus of book one--is a motivator for action twists on folklore, fairy tales, and her own imagined stories that the characters in the Grishaverse might

When Sally Samuelson was eight, her idolized golden-boy older brother Ellis went missing after his high You might also be interested in these novels about difficult family situations .

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