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But instead, she found herself working three jobs, stressed out and without time to read, much less craft But then Covid hit, and Cook had to shutter the store. feel like logical challenges that might cause others to hit the pause button) means that she has at times

This fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and suspense, loyal After four decades of successfully ridding the world of cruelty and destruction one person at a time,

please see The Sparrow. 02 Autoboyography by Christina Lauren I adored this young adult LGBTQ+ love story Dear Edward. 05 The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati shapes a historical fiction story However, I just loved this story and Donati's storytelling too much to let it cloud my gleeful reading that something different can happen, in some form or another. ' In therapy we say, 'Let's edit your story I loved that, and this "editing of the story" is apparent in Gottlieb's own therapy experience and in

heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time Belle mixes with high-society white figures of the time who wield control over both the financial and The tone of the book feels very earnest, and we spend a significant amount of time in Greene's thoughts optimistic in light of his voiced views about women and Jewish people, but they may allow for a more smooth story and risking discovery, but the authors repeatedly illustrate the events occurring in society at the time

Mukherjee shapes The Dream Builders by telling the stories from ten different characters, interconnected The intellectual who has spent time in the United States is unversed in the current workings of the city

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily The various ways Martin made the pandemic feel personal to the story--as with the account of Patient He is directing a precious group of children in a farcical, heartbreaking play based on the stories Anna The stories in Cloud Cuckoo Land (which is the name of the book-within-a-book) connect these characters across space and time.

Novelist Alice just met Felix, but she invites him to travel to Rome with her.

perspective changes, and I couldn't get past the jarring effect of these issues to feel invested in the story I also felt a little ill during the page time spent in the slaughterhouse.

Doerr's newest wonder; the irresistible second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy; Yaa Gyasi's story It took me a little bit of page time to sort out the various settings and characters at the start, but The story and its voice felt reminiscent to me of a mix of Capote's In Cold Blood and Steinbeck's Of whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about the Immigrant Experience.

They begin to forge a stronger bond (despite how irritating they each find the other), but there's no time I think this was because of personal timing and my reading-during-vacation distraction circumstances, If you like books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories

In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda Holmes offers sweet, funny dialogue of Maine last week, seeing family and old friends in my former hometown, it seemed like the perfect time I wasn't sure I was going to be in for the antique caper angle here, but Holmes layers it into her story Regarding the love story, Holmes inserts the reader directly into the joy and heartache of two people pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction story

But instead, she found herself working three jobs, stressed out and without time to read, much less craft But then Covid hit, and Cook had to shutter the store.

The story is funny, sometimes grotesque, at other times sweet, and full of surprises. I love this beautiful cover and loved how much heart Blanchet's story offered.

Absolutely Remarkable Thing, click right here. 03 Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Maggie Shipstead's story In interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate The story is steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. , and everything else in this epic story. The Great Mistake feels like a love letter to turn-of-the-century New York and a captivating story.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a bizarre, dark set of short stories by a former Late Show with 01 Big Time: Stories by Jen Spyra This book! Spyra is making me verrrry uncomfortable as I read her collection of stories, which are satirical, dark moments of humor interspersed with the action and lots of (literally) flowery language; the characters at times Burkholder series--all set in Amish country--although these have been on my to-read list for a long time

Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. heartbreaking, heartwarming echoes and swirls of themes and details that repeat and connect through time I savored this story and delighted in its characters and just loved this book. Gabrielle Zevin is also the author of The Storied Life of A.J.

In Geraldine Brooks's newest novel, Horse, she links three periods in time: 1850 Kentucky, where an enslaved But Brooks also builds rich stories in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into fascinating, complicated aspects

Here are six personal stories that I found captivating! I'm intrigued by stories of those who have left constricting faith systems. Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change. That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may Now I'd like Miller to write more books about varied topics, because I like spending time in her head

university in Vermont, their family traipses into a town with a colorful cast of characters, legends and stories heartbreakingly beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, I'll Be Right Here, Away, Lucky Us, Come to Me: Stories , and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories.

In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different the structure--which explores multiple girls' various possible lives and situations--would make this story With the multiple girls at hand, I had to flip back a few times to make sure Ryan was writing about the was writing about, but that definitely could have been a personal problem related to reading while tired Regardless, I was hooked on this book and fascinated by what felt like multiple genres in one story,

You may see much of this young adult story coming, but Warcross is an action-packed quest to right wrongs She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor. romaaaaaantic moments, a noble quest, a reluctant heroine, and complications that upend everything just in time enjoyed; the sequel is Steelstriker, which I haven't yet read) and her stand-alone historical fiction story

details of who said what and how, (mis)interpretations of looks or actions, the tricky negotiation of time Better Than the Movies is funny funny funny and so lovely and sweet, I adored the whole story, the characters

I was happy to spend time with Gen and Attolia again in this sixth and final book of Turner's Queen's Turner's series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the wonderfully unexpected developments related to plot, character arc, point of view, morality, origin stories I had a tough time following the political machinations in this book, but I was just happy spending time

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Jeff Zentner's endearing young adult story of friendship, I'm reading Amie Barrodale's bizarre, darkly funny novel Trip ; and I'm listening to Woodworking , a story I'm pushing through on this bizarre story in hopes that I can find out. James crafts a tender, funny story with zing about a secretly trans high school teacher in a small town

Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times base, and often darkly funny as increasingly unreliable and uncomfortable (with bleeding, itching, and other problems building as the story The story was wonderfully narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Carlotta Brentan, Stephen Graybill, Joy Osmanski

As another girl disappears, this time one she's tenuously connected to, and when she realizes that aspects and while I'm sometimes frustrated by an unreliable-narrator setup, Chloe's swirling mind suited the story without glossing over the irrevocable effects of the deep doubts and trauma on the relationships in the story The story has been optioned by actress Emma Stone to be produced as a limited television series.

Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes excruciating details of the time, including various horrifying punishments for enslaved people considered and infuriating to read historical fiction about the actual horrors that occurred in this place and time women by men, and various instances and examples of women's powerlessness are apparent throughout the story , abuse, resolve, and heartbreak, and Kidd grounds Handful in her mother's stories and in her history

interconnectedness of the characters and the details of household life and power structures of the time O'Farrell, who has written many books I've loved, here tackles a novel of the plague and a story loosely I wondered if the timing of this reading experience was going to be enjoyable--reading a book about the But O'Farrell has crafted a story that is primarily about a family--their hopes, dreams, and the sometimes The details of the time, household life, and gender, vocation, and familial power structures were wonderful

The Icelandic landscape is vividly evoked, the characters feel faulted and real, and the story is compelling Burial Rites is a beautiful, haunting story inspired by the true events surrounding the last person put The landscape is vividly evoked, the characters feel faulted and real, and the story is compelling. I still think about this book from time to time, and I read it years ago. This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Six Captivating Nordic Stories. What did you think?

The elements that feel potentially familiar or could have felt overused from use in other stories (a book’s main case) are cushioned by Denfeld’s skillful setting of the scene and lovely shaping of the story More missing-person stories If you like unlikely heroines and missing-person plots, you might also like

“There is an old saying that every story, even your own, is either happy or sad depending on where you It took me a little time to get into Cash's Last Ballad. It was a slow build but worth riding Cash's wave to an affecting middle of the story and a powerful sequence I really wish I’d read the final author’s note about Cash's personal links to the story before reading

When events come to a head and the O'Banion brothers must flee down the Gilead River--in hopes of meeting The author has said that this story was inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and it does feel

capsizes in the middle of the ocean when a whale breaches beneath it; I'm reading Claire Lynch's family story 01 A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst Sophie Elmhirst revisits a decades-old true story that she crafts like fiction, skillfully using dry firsthand accounts You might also want to check out more cozy stories I've reviewed.

This story imagines a wife for Jesus, questions gender roles, and offers adventure. This was so interesting: a story from the point of view of an imagined wife for Jesus, including an exploration adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fascinating details of life at the time character Ana is off having other experiences (and often-dangerous adventures), so his role in her story is primarily as a faithful man who disagrees with the politics of the faith at the time, but most essentially

I sometimes like to dig into a big nonfiction read during the summer, when I feel like time stretches out and allows me to take more time with a more dense title.

The construct of tracing near-death experiences to tell the story of her life didn’t feel forced at all neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts about existence and little time Warren’s life story, both personal and professional, and his push and pull between faith and science, There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advance reader's copy, so this likely

While the gore and terrifying elements aren't my personal favorite aspects of a story, I was intrigued I was cringing as I listened to various agonies, which compounded as the story progressed.

The young women cope with their pain in divergent ways, and while I was interested in the story, I wanted A lot occurs within the story, yet I found myself wanting to feel more around the dramatic scenarios The story builds theatrically to an ending that takes the drama to another level.

In this memoir, the charming, food-obsessed cookbook author and actor shares the stories behind his Italian-American The author shares stories of his wife and children, his first wife and her untimely death, and his own health crisis of cancer, which affected his digestion, ability to chew, and his taste--at the time, Food is interwoven through all of these shared stories, and it always feels natural, never a forced construct

Newitz offers a cozy story of an unlikely safe haven for all. I love a science-fiction story in which elements of humanity are explored, I love an alternate-history Newitz provides all three in a cozy story that charmed me through both funny and poignant moments.

The interview format and multiple perspectives add to the layers of the story. behind the scenes, and I loved the politics, rivalries, determination, mind games, and sabotage in the story devotion to Kat that hard work was able to lead him to the level of success that was required for the story pushed any reasonable bounds of reality, but I didn't mind and was hooked on the roller coaster of a story comparisons to Daisy Jones and the Six  ( a title I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories

The story is heartwarming, funny, with strong friendships, plus it's steamy and romantic at times without The story is steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic.

These six memoirs from musicians offer stories about the authors' lives, loves, and work, and they each Carlile intersperses songs with stories about their impact on her or the influences that led her to write They felt incredibly powerful as a closure to her story. For my full review, check out The Storyteller. 06 Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story by Jewel at age 3 alongside her parents), how she began to write songs to express herself, and the now-famous story

James explores race, friendship, ambition, and the absurdities and rhythm of daily life during her time herself to delve more deeply into aspects of her years at Taft that she largely glossed over at the time The majority of page time is focused on aspects of James's boarding-school life, including its rhythms The author notes that when she was a high schooler, in that place and time in our society, she didn't social critique, partly a recounting of the absurdities she experienced, and partly simply her unique story

boarding-school mystery that's also about race, gender, and power; Weyward, a multi-timeline witchy story whose biggest hope for the pending end of the world was to play at the most epic goodbye party of all time The story features instances of rape, abandonment, witch hunting, and attempted suicide. The story is wonderfully narrated by Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, and Nell Barlow. Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer I love a World War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about and while I'm sometimes frustrated by an unreliable-narrator setup, Chloe's swirling mind suited the story loyalty and intentions of almost everyone in State of Terror while still making me feel invested in the story

A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious investigator employees have enough surveillance work to keep them busy, but Strike can't shake the story It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

series (all of the books are set in Amish country), although they've been on my to-read list for a long time I wondered if it was fair of me to first dive into the story so late in the series, but in an illuminating meant to stand alone, while readers following the books in order will note character development over time I thought the characters sometimes seemed slow to catch on to the implications of events, but the story Stars Go Dark, about a missing persons detective coping with her own tragedy; the historical fiction story

Witch is just their nasty word for anyone who makes things happen, who moves the story along. desperate to save their society from the arrogant men and their unchecked power, but only turning the tide witch hunters as more devilish creatures than anyone they might be seeking to punish, and at the same time infuriating in its recounting of the horrific cruelties and tortures enacted against so many women at the time witch hunt-focused Hour of the Witch or the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories

whose biggest hope for the pending end of the world was to play at the most epic goodbye party of all time Yume Kitasei offers plot and mystery, but this is primarily a wonderfully character-driven story--with The gods' war provides the structure for the book's main conflict, but the story feels primarily focused fascinating imagined technological advancements, and more, while offering great twists, a compelling story Harrow Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E.