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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

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

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.

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

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

considers the ease with which she could enter a casual romantic entanglement--while she desperately fights for justice regarding another woman's stolen right to make choices about her love and her life path pulled out of the story by its telling--stop-and-go pacing, jarringly petty arguments and perceived slights

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.

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

unspecified) town dies mysteriously, Cordelia's mother insists they leave town in the middle of the night , and she sets her devious sights on bewitching a wealthy squire and sinking her claws into his fortune

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

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

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

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

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

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

I looove a historical fiction mystery. If you do too, you might want to check out Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

You can be a good girl, a good horse, you can obey, you can love, but don't expect that if you do right then right will come to you. Read brings Go As a River to life through the sights, sounds, and wildlife in the high Colorado forest An epistolary section is illuminating, if convenient, and it sets up the buoy of hope and version of

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

It was tough to witness Casey's struggles and pain (even fictionalized, the disastrous trifecta of money That was suuuuch a different book (dark historical fiction set in 1933 New Guinea), but as in Writers

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

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

Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist with an Irish name but without a dog in the fight, fantastically shapes For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction.

audiobook but when it came up, I didn’t remember at first what the book was about; the beginning reads like fiction of the brothers and their now-willing parents, researchers begin to pick apart genetic factors that might

Click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm!

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

young people love "Jeopardy" and mourned the passing of Alex Trebek last month like mine did, they might wildly competitive trivia paths to the show, and for good measure, also explores the popular "Saturday Night and backgrounds in those books, I find myself actively trying to separate this immersive, love-filled fictional house to aspire to cook from (and then I'd like them to feed the results to me), Milk Street Tuesday Nights You might also like the book gift idea lists Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday, Shhh!

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 new information comes to light, the third and final act of revenge takes on even more weight, danger

This book made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My

Morris A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's focuses largely on her younger years, but also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike Saturday Night

If you like to read memoirs, you might like to check out some of my  Bossy memoir reviews , or some of She obsesses over trying to track down the robber, can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted Renkl's beautiful, striking observations range from a New Year's Day sighting of a crow and her exploration If you're interested in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading writing the nuclear energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight

role he may have played in adding to his playmate Cletus's potential anguish over his father's tragic actions Much of his largely autobiographical fiction explored loss--he was haunted by losing his own mother when

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 .

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 that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and Lydia must fight complicated set of circumstances that show the realistically plausible challenges and crossroads the couple might

Emma Makepeace returns with new enemies in her sights--but this time she must work undercover on a Russian You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Books about Brave Female Spies and Six More

the Serpent's Wake explores enormous, broad issues: colonization, persecuted indigenous people, human rights , racism, fights for autonomy, misogyny, and more. I also enjoyed Tess's recognizing shades of gray where she once saw black-and-white right and wrong.