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  • Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

    Novik's Scholomance series and I realized I haven't posted a stand-alone review of some of Novik's other The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential

  • Review of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

    Marilynne Robinson is also the author of Home , Lila , Jack , Housekeeping , and other books.

  • Review of Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    is also the author of Carrie Soto Is Back , The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Malibu Rising , and other

  • Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

    explains her own yearning to power down and turn inward during difficult times, and she connects with other Through her own introspection as well as her exploration of other's experiences, the author posits that May speaks to others who have undergone periods of severe challenges and by choice or necessity powered forays into various lifestyles and locations were fascinating, and I felt May yearning to connect with others May is also the author of The Electricity of Every Living Thing as well as other books.

  • Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing

    Cam had been bothered by something before dying unexpectedly in the Australian outback desert, but was Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series

  • Review of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson

    She's focused on extending her one year of sobriety--a fact that she doesn't share easily with others

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/4/24 Edition

    neighborhood and its' Jewish and Black families' purposes and missions, which sometimes intersect and other Rebecca Serle is also the author of One Italian Summer, In Five Years, and other novels. 02 Listen for

  • Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Sports Nonfiction

    Bossy idea lists for quirky books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other Cohen's dozens of interviews with basketball insiders brings to life the many other characters and players the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler Black Ball traces how these players, some household names, others Roland Lazenby is also the author of biographies of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Jerry West, among other

  • Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks

    But Brooks also builds rich stories in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged insight and talent; Martha's link to her Black maid is also her link to a key painting and therefore the other timelines here; and Jess and Theo struggle to understand each other's contexts across a racial divide

  • Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads

    Do you have all-time favorites you always recommend to others? What makes them your favorites? Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others I kept thinking about it while I was doing other things, and I just wanted to get back to Edward to find She also says "Everyone needs to hear that other person's voice saying, 'I believe in you.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition

    publication tomorrow, courtesy of NetGalley and Simon & Schuster. 02 They Called Us Exceptional: And Other She explains that only by telling the truth in this way does she have any hope of allowing others to

  • Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage

    He and Emmy have always irritated each other, and their age difference meant they were in different worlds But Luke and Emmy are older and wiser than when they last saw each other--and Luke and his muscle tees

  • Review of Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez

    kitten with a serious congenital disorder, then one magical, extended date, the two are falling for each other

  • Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

    Graham Moore is also the author of The Holdout, The Sherlockian, Mortal Coil, and others. You can find others by searching "historical fiction" on this blog.

  • Review of None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

    Other books that center around a podcast are Listen for the Lie and also the Good Girl's Guide to Murder

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition

    Lauren also authored the books The True Love Experiment , The Unhoneymooners , In a Holidaze , Love and Other To find Bossy reviews of other missing-persons stories I've read, check out the books at this link .

  • Review of Fallen Land by Taylor Brown

    The young couple find one another and bond to each other in their desperate run to escape the devastated

  • Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan

    all kinds--all the while tentatively exploring the beginnings of feelings they may be having for each other You might like some of the other mystery and suspense titles I've reviewed on this site.

  • Review of In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

    honesty about what Bloom perceives as her own instances of weakness and pettiness; intense kindness from others also the author of the wonderful White Houses (stay tuned for that upcoming review, ICYMI), as well as other I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading

  • Review of Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan

    The Queen of Dirt Island ,  The Spinning Heart ,  Strange Flowers ,  From a Low and Quiet Sea , and other

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition

    However, if I had realized that Dixon is the author of 21 Ice Planet Barbarians novels and dozens of other When a magical heir is killed and other deaths follow, Ganymedes is suspected of foul play.

  • Review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

    But things quickly take a turn as pirates and other dangers threaten the makeshift family on the Wayfarer They each have reasons to mistrust other creatures, but they have to trust and rely on each other more like a close-knit group of summer camp counselors somehow, palling around, sometimes irritating each other

  • Review of The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

    The only thing that isn't a lie is her mysterious ability to instinctually, instantaneously heal others

  • Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett

    relationship and adulthood filled with creativity, business, and various deeply felt connections with others time, in the crowd of the world, we are practically invisible, not even a dot, and yet we have each other State of Wonder, Run, Bel Canto, The Dutch House, The Magician's Assistant, These Precious Days, and others

  • Review of How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez

    On the other hand, Max is always crashing in late for their dates and dashing off abruptly in the middle now Astrid is expected to be part of a training and support group that helps superheroes' significant others finding your own true self, listening to your gut, finding the strength to put yourself on the line for other

  • Review of The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

    Young builds a story of traveling through time and of shimmers of other realities that might have been secure her own safety and preserve her existence through various timelines and her implications on others

  • Review of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

    Annalee Newitz is also the author of The Terraformers , Autonomous , The Future of Another Timeline , and other

  • Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    I think I have enough other favorite reads in these categories to make two more Greedy Reading Lists. Which other postapocalyptic or dystopian books do you love? Some of this is odd, other parts are disturbing, and there are some wonderful implausibly amusing standoffs man with two stark options: safety and loneliness or potential danger and finally making contact with others But the other, the more certain, the more inevitable, is that those thousand thousand points of light

  • Review of The Maid by Nita Prose

    protagonist Molly finds a hotel guest dead in his room, and her access to the room, her eccentric manner, and other's might be too central of a plot point in that it might allow for too-easy deception, and that seeing others than capable of extricating herself from suspicion by using the many personal qualities that have led others

  • Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read

    We are one and all alike if for no other reason than the excruciating and beautiful way we grow piece Much of the book is about putting one foot in front of the other despite unimaginable devastation; finding

  • Review of The Power by Naomi Alderman

    But the other, the more certain, the more inevitable, is that those thousand thousand points of light

  • Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

    Other books I've loved that could have appeared on this list include Eowyn Ivey's The Snow Child, mentioned What other books would you include on this list? The elements that feel potentially familiar or could have felt overused from use in other stories (a Stead is also the author of the outstanding Goodbye Stranger, as well as other great books: When You

  • Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

    Giant's House, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry, and other I mentioned one of McCracken's short story collections, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, in the Greedy

  • Review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

    adventure in her new married life; Margery is independent and strong-willed; and together with three other (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II), and other

  • Review of Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron

    the author of the DFZ Changeling series, the Heartstrikers series, the Crystal Calamity series, and other

  • Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

    Her other selves seem uncannily apt to die, so Cara is able to visit 372 other Earths where her counterparts purpose of which has never been of interest to her--she's more focused on tracking the shadows of her other together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other lives--and the shape of each is dramatically affected by her own various small and large decisions, others common characteristics in those she loves or fears; she sometimes barely recognizes the same people in other

  • Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    But on day one, Barrett's ruthlessly straightforward manner, defensive way of keeping others at a distance finding your own true self, listening to your gut, finding the strength to put yourself on the line for other For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is an epic view of a lifetime of friendship and love, tragedy, renewed faith in others overcoming incredible hardship...and a captivating account of the making of a video game, love for other

  • Review of The Love Haters by Katherine Center

    Rom-Commers , Hello Stranger , What You Wish For , Things You Save in a Fire , The Bodyguard , and other

  • Review of Lucky Loser: Adventures in Comedy and Tennis by Michael Kosta

    He is candid about youthful missteps, bonding (or clashing) with other players, and trying to be savvy

  • Review of Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks

    Geraldine Brooks is also the author of the novels People of the Book , Horse , Year of Wonders , and others

  • Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

    is set in the wilds of Idaho, with a wilderness expert of a main character who has fought to trust others

  • Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

    Lauren also authored the books The True Love Experiment , The Unhoneymooners , In a Holidaze , Love and Other

  • Review of Moonbound by Robin Sloan

    focuses on the interplay between Ariel and the omniscient Anth inside him, but the book moves in several other

  • Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley

    her specifically, and feels as though solving the mystery of who stole from her and why could resolve other

  • Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out

    Walder explores her own glowing pride in doing her job well and protecting others from danger—even when own situation and showed herself to be wonderfully faulted, and she also delved into the details of others extensive emotional manipulation, his elaborate interview accounts of his sexual escapades with her and others

  • Review of Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastian de Castell

    I'd love to hear your thoughts about this book or other fantasy books you've loved!

  • Review of An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell #6) by Deanna Raybourn

    title about retired middle-aged assassins, Killers of a Certain Age , and its sequel Kills Well with Others

  • Review of The Humans by Matt Haig

    humans--their violence, their greed and selfishness, their carelessness with their world and with each other I love a book that looks at our many human absurdities through alien or other eyes. The Murderbot series (check out my reviews of three first three books here; the others are searchable

  • Review of Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard

    The last, longest, and titular essay, "Festival Days," is far longer than the others. She reflects on various travels and other measures meant to distract and inspire or comfort—and the disrupted Her partner is Scott Spencer, the author of Endless Love and many other novels.

  • Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading

    another Greedy Reading List of my more recently read light fiction favorites, but meanwhile, you can find other solidly in love with Christina Lauren's and Emily Henry's books, and I haven't yet read everything by the other What other lighter fiction authors or stories do you love? Yet the authors clearly care deeply about their characters, the characters care deeply about each other Click here for my reviews of Lauren's The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words, The Soulmate

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