ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story Donati shapes a story in nineteenth century New York City based upon an unconventionally built family complicated situations with a bow, but in a book of this length and depth when there's space to air out the story However, I just loved this story and Donati's storytelling too much to let any of that cloud my gleeful series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic historical fiction story

01 Flying Solo by Linda Holmes In this satisfying story by the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, Linda spicy moments, and romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story One Last Stop plays with time in a really fun, interesting way, and through the time-jump premise McQuiston's out Nora Goes Off Script. 05 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading See You Yesterday, the recent young adult novel that plays with time from Rachel Lynn Solomon; One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy, a story about a mother and daughter, which also plays with time; and The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh's contemporary Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare. The Groundhog Day -type setup for this playful, romantic young adult story is irresistible.

It's time for the foooood books! Ruth Reichl was editor in chief of Gourmet and a world-renowned food critic for The New York Times, and He does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the before I spent endless evenings happily watching multiple television series featuring Anthony Bourdain traveling unpolished to me--but Bourdain himself was unabashedly rough around the edges too. 04 A Homemade Life: Stories

Without melodrama or a manipulative-feeling big reveal, Walsh surprised me with the real story and the presents Charlotte Holmes, a clever, forward-thinking, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time Jennifer Hillier weaves a gripping story that jumps back in forth in time from when Paris was a young Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story I was hooked on this book and fascinated by what felt like multiple genres in one story, with unexpectedly

its dark past and sets out to uncover the truth of disturbing events it was involved in around the time Rogue Protocol tracks Murderbot's travels to look into the goings-on of the questionable and mysterious

great gothic fantasy series, main characters go through satisfying arcs and development, a great love story The story explores the conflicts between power and faith, and the influence of the appearance or reality Gillig allows full character development for the story's key figures, including a poignant and powerful

so clueless, and so insufferable, it's hard to imagine that either Hannah or Jack could have spent time Much of Hannah's character growth in the story centers around her journey from low to medium self-esteem she spends time with Jack, despite the fact that during this period she constantly questions her self-worth dangerous, dramatic situation requiring Hannah's smarts and strength--adds tension and conflict to the story

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Emily Henry's upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great within a story. People We Meet on Vacation  was another great Henry story; you can check out my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Light Fiction Stories . challenges but can't leave Carl's story alone.

The story alludes to a horrifying choice she will be forced to make during the global crisis. For a time, I confused some of the seven characters and their significant others, and the fact that I As the story progresses, Martin mentions each of women and their families, but keeps the story relatively The various ways Martin made the pandemic feel personal to the story--as with the account of Patient The experts in the story scramble to make sense of what's happening and determine how best to cope with

Bovalino's story hooked me with a main protagonist who's a female knight, her best-friend mage, intriguing Early in the story Grey, Kier, and choice members of their army are assigned to the protection of a young As danger intrudes upon the story and everything Grey and Kier have known feels up in the air, their I found the ending a little bit unsatisfying, but I didn't expect the direction the story took, either Bovalino writes young adult novels under the name Tori Bovalino; this is her first book for adults.

intriguing premise--an Indigenous man with supernatural abilities enacts brutal justice--but I found the story diary's author is a Lutheran pastor who met and was witness to the fantastical, frightening, brutal story As Good Stab's tale builds, it becomes clear that the horrors he admits to are only part of the story The Buffalo Hunter Hunter  is a horror/historical fiction story with key supernatural elements. I found the story long --the book runs 448 pages--and simultaneously grotesque and extremely tedious,

Rory Docherty has returned to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time I loved every bit of this story. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? , Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories

At once a book within a book and a real-life dive into a fantasy story, the novel offers adventure and Maggie doesn't know how or why she's there, but she's certain that she's living within her beloved story This story started off strong: fascinating, fun, elaborately plotted, and irresistible. But as the novel progressed I felt as though the story relied very heavily upon this structure of Maggie's

As we say in Arabic, Time doesn't change; time reveals. marginalization, the mispronounced names, the Your English is so..., the sideways glances in department stores The story is told in two timelines, one as young Idris and Mazna are brought together by tragedy and The vibrancy of Beirut is especially present throughout--the story celebrates the city's music, art,

isolated in her caregiver role (although she has close friends, who are wonderful characters in the story Jessica George offers a wonderful story with messy moments of love, some humor, big issues of race, loss In Solito, the poet Javier Zamora shares the story of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United The female characters' stories are deeply intertwined; I saw some of the events coming but not others , and I didn't mind predicting portions of where the story was going.

colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman at the time and the book within a book, the witchy focus, the renegade feminism, and the details of life at the time Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from On the other side of the Shrines of Gaiety story line is Detective Frobisher, an upstanding outlier in But this is a solid historical fiction story that I loved.

Razorblade Tears is a brutally violent story shadowed with heartbreaking regret. This is a brutally violent story shadowed with heartbreaking regret. This is a lovely light fiction story with elements that offer appealing weight. I read this rich, almost-600-page story on vacation, and I think my own timing was one reason I found myself getting distracted from the story in a way I didn't while I was reading King of Scars.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading First Time for Everything, the upcoming novel (to be published 01 First Time for Everything by Henry Fry In Henry Fry's new (to be published tomorrow!) novel First Time for Everything, Danny Scudd has spent five years trying to make good on his dreams. with aggression, lies, and immense challenges; at other times feeling her hope and religious fervor Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza In We Are Not Like Them, Christine Pride and Jo Piazza offer a story

I’m going to take a Bossy break from posting this week, but I hope to have time to read some books that Are there any books you’re excited to have time to read, or any books you’ve asked to receive as holiday

newfound fame, including preserving their own memories while endlessly telling press-tour media the stories What is a story? What can be kept for themselves? The love story in Hollywood, Ending illustrates the seeming impossibility of finding one's self while

I was hooked on both story lines and just loved this. In interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate places and times and focuses on various colorful characters within them. twin babies rescued from that tragedy; it follows the path of the twins' lives as they grow up; the story tracks young Marian's ignited passion for aviation and her adventures; and the book injects a modern-day story

Then, oddly, a tech mogul enters the story whose past intersected with Lorelei's, and they're both behaving relationship between Noah and Lorelei seemed to have spiraled away from them before we enter their story The pace of the story is swift, and Holsinger keeps the reader uncomfortable as the story draws to a

Rowling's pen name for the Cormoran Strike books); I'm reading John Scalzi's story about a young man Robin is getting the majority of page time so far as she infiltrates the UHC and works to uncover the

Barbara Robinson's 1971 holiday classic every Christmas season around here, and I love it every single time There are some old-fashioned elements, but for me, the big heart of this story outweighs the outdated But the Herdmans' lack of context for the Christmas story means they ask probing questions. The Herdmans' challenges to the story and the traditional pageant roles--as well as to the community's is a favorite moment in the story.

I was delighted by the poignancy, humor, and layers in the first installment of this series of stories In this first installment in Osman's mystery series, the story begins in medias res , as the reader witnesses “We all have a sob story, but we don't all go around killing people.” Relationships grow and shift, and some slow-motion demises occur while the story progresses, which adds I was surprised by how charming, intriguing, layered, and lovely this story was, and I'm eager to read

Her historical fiction story hooked me. For me, much of the story’s depth lay in its exploration of conflicting elements of morality and necessity The Women in the Castle offered a new-to-me angle on the events and surrounding circumstances of the time For more World War II stories, check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about

Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical fiction story admitted into the Naval Academy; I'm reading Taylor Jenkins Reid's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) story The story shifts between 1918, when a young woman at the Dead Letter Office bravely embarks on a dangerous retired from tennis at the top of her game, as the best player in the world and the greatest of all time He also offers the fascinating story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a captive who assimilated into the Comanche

the part of an author and develops elaborate, extensive lies about inspiration, writing process, back story persona of a romance novelist at readings and signings, but she also becomes entranced by the romantic story Can the romantic story that brought them together help them rethink their recent heartbreak? stepping forward (I know, I know, this person was experiencing highly personal feelings around the story Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

Amity Gaige's Heartwood  offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought I love a Maine setting, a missing-persons story, and a tale of brave women thriving in a traditionally This story is so intriguing, I had trouble putting it down. Check out the titles at the links here for more missing person stories and for more books set in Maine

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to literary fiction with a story within a story that's been on my to-read list for years; I'm reading a decades-spanning story of a Northern California family after Diaz's novel explores multiple versions of the couple's story through various points of view, which together present fascinating questions about the true story of two disparate personalities, their marriage, and

young readers.) 02 Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls Forgotten Fairy Tales offers ten stories Serrano dives into fan disputes big and small, including "Who was the best dunker of all time?" Office" and its over 200 episodes are perfect recipients for this behind-the-scenes look at The Untold Story , humble BBC beginnings to its incredible nine TV seasons aired in the United States--including the story Miranda, a book of life skills for young people, a gorgeous coffee table book that encourages armchair travels

Ruth is an independent thinker, which is a dangerous thing in this time and place. I found all of this extensive description fascinating, even as it slowed the pacing of the story and felt as though it somewhat ballooned the story's length. Leah Angstman is a historian who meticulously researched the time period of this book.

Juhea Kim's looping story of Korea, courtesans, pickpockets, and the powerful figures complicating and JungHo as he sets sights on more than pickpocketing and scrambling to find enough to eat one day at a time The story is looping and cyclical, with interconnected webs of interaction, power, and love.

If you like stories about brave women during wartime, you might also like the titles I listed on the recent Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. 01 Miss Graham's I found the author's note about her inspiration for the book's hook and story line really interesting Code by Kate Quinn Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

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

Some of the story is summarized rather than shown, and I felt that I could see evidence of Martin's historical upon arrival (capturing periodicals on microfiche) is somewhat dry and isn't given significant page time You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World

I had a tough time pinning down the tone in this roller-coaster story--I wasn't always sure whether Zusy In The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream, Jeannie Zusy offers a messy, heartwarming family story

Migrations follows Franny as she travels farther from civilization and safety--and as she considers what

With everything going wrong, El and her friends must do the unthinkable yet again: this time they must fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love. 03 Weyward by Emilia Hart In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story The story is narrated by Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, and Nell Barlow.

listen to in the form of audiobooks read by the author, because I love hearing a person tell their own story under oppressive totalitarian rule for thirty-six years, tells a fascinating story of his life in North excellent job of exploring the brainwashing, isolation, and fear in North Korea, while building the stories to make me feel like the worst type of voyeur—that the details of the affair at the center of this story But the story was ultimately more about an emotionally stunted mother, her codependence on her adolescent

I was intrigued by the Chinese folklore influences and the story's feminist leanings, although I felt bogged down at times by explanations of how the power, qi, and magic worked. blends Chinese folklore with science-fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story I was most intrigued by the Chinese folklore and by the feminist power in the story; Zetian's tearing And I was interested in the story's love triangle, although we got only a cursory look at the promise

crystals, but her crochety male advisor assures her there's little interest in hiring her for full-time the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

In her memoir In Love, author Amy Bloom shares the story of an impossible situation: the pending loss behind his decision and explores the importance to him of taking an active role in determining the time that upcoming review, ICYMI), as well as other books I haven't yet read: Away, Lucky Us, Come to Me: Stories , and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories.

Lee shapes a lovely, tragic, wonderfully detailed story around the forgotten, real-life figure of Andrew Mistake, inspectors take into custody the man who shot Green; they work to understand the shooter's odd story But primarily this is a story about a man coming into his own during that time and in that place. , 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 Last Bookshop in London was inspired by the true story of one of the last bookstores to survive the kicked out of her uncle's house without a reference for the years of service she provided in his country store We see Grace become won over by the creaky old store and by her gruff boss, the shifting role each woman grows in Grace--as well as the essential role of reading and the collective escapism of read-aloud stories You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World

The Gothic Undercurrents It's the perfect time of year to read some spooky, dark, gothic tales. Here are six stories with gothic undercurrents that I really liked. The story offers heartbreak, twists and double twists, hesitant attempts at unorthodox love, and, finally Various depraved and frighteningly cruel characters help drive the story of Things in Jars and add to What the author leaves unsaid is as spooky as the story on the page.

I loved Williams's immersive story so much, I was in for all of Our Woman in Moscow's elements: Russia These interconnected stories are odd, fascinating, and sometimes panic-inducing, yet they offer glimmers The stories that make up How High We Go in the Dark are steeped in death and in coming to terms with review of You Can't Be Serious. 04 Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman Rachel Hartman's young adult story Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success (and their famous split), a 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.

man working in a warehouse in the seaside town where she's staying temporarily, she invites Felix to travel