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rejected, I know I'm weird, and I know for a fact that no one else thinks exactly what I'm thinking right You might also be interested in 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

I would light the fire. I would heat up this whole room. "The men will fight for their thrones and their power and their legacies, but to them we are nothing Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite Reads

Six Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads I loved so many historical fiction books last year. travel), fantasy (legends) and literary fiction. Please stay tuned for more lists of Bossy historical fiction favorites! What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? I would light the fire. I would heat up this whole room.

Six Great Bossy Contemporary Fiction Reads I loved a range of great books last year, and these were six of my favorite contemporary fiction reads. What are some of your favorite contemporary fiction reads? And the carefree vacations of the past feel light years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens might even die down while they're in the woods.

Beach Read is a gem for your light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era reading list. Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction (ideally: not too outlandish They're perfectly imperfect, not over-the-top light-fiction perfect with fake flaws, nor are they wholly The sections of this light fiction book that are about writing light fiction felt very true and real. Another light fiction book I enjoyed this summer, but which had characters with job-interview-level fake

Six Great Bossy Literary Fiction Reads I read so many read literary fiction books last year, I'll need In my mind, literary fiction focuses on realistic characters and themes, the author's writing style is What are some of your favorite literary fiction reads? Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I. I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache

Michele Phoenix's Fragments of Light offers glimpses of D-Day.

one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction People We Meet on Vacation was another great Henry story; you can check out my review here, and you might like to check out its spot on Six More Great Light Fiction Stories plus the five other titles on that

When a documentary shines a light on Margot again, Billy's longtime crush on the musician is renewed. This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly. If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List,

In Table for Two: Fictions , Amor Towles offers six short stories set in New York City and a novella

isolated, lacking in self-esteem--and when she was starting out, she naively signed away most of her rights The cover of Libby Lost and Found struck a light-fiction chord for me.

Rachel Lynn Solomon's debut light fiction, The Ex Talk, incorporates a love of public radio, will-they If you like romantic, sometimes racy light fiction that offers character backstory, witty banter, and some satisfying heart, you might also try Emily Henry's Beach Read or People We Meet on Vacation, Christina Lauren's Soulmate Equation, or the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for

Six More Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres, and I loved my historical fiction reads in 2022. I posted last month about Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, but I had six more I'd also love to hear: what are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means

second book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series; and I'm reading Flying Solo, Linda Holmes's light fiction caper set in Maine. Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction story I loved.

Real, read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, and My Bossy Favorite Reads

Six More Great Bossy Literary Fiction Reads I read so many read literary fiction books last year, this For me, literary fiction focuses on realistic characters and themes, the author's writing style is showcased What are some of your favorite literary fiction reads? This is a feminist historical fiction story in which women--long kept quiet and still, supervised to fiction books set in the 1900s  or my Bossy reviews of Gothic stories . 05 Martyr!

I'm listening to The Personal Librarian, historical fiction with race and art at the heart of it, set fiction meet cute; and I'm reading Amy Bloom's heartbreaking, thoughtful, brutally honest memoir about Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray The Personal Librarian is Benedict and Murray's historical fiction I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading. 03 In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom In her

#robots, #timetravel 02 Beach Read ​ Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction (ideally: not too outlandish of a hook and premise, characters who follow somewhat logical steps fiction while kind of expecting disappointment? Because I think Emily Henry's Beach Read is going to be a major gem on the light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.

I'm reading Kate Morton's dual-timeline mystery, Homecoming; and I'm reading Ashley Poston's newest light fiction that plays with time, The Seven Year Slip. You might also be interested in the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West. 02 Homecoming Ashley Poston's newest romantic fiction is centered around Clementine, a harried book publicist who falls

This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile

Favorite Bossy Historical Fiction Reads of the Year I loved reading so many historical fiction books You can find the first list of my historical fiction favorites here , and you'll find Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the past year here . What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? 01 Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross Donna Woolfolk Cross offers a fascinating historical fiction tale

Six More Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads It's March, and I'm still spending Fridays obsessing over I loved so many historical fiction books last year, this is my second list of favorite reads. What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? 01 Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles This historical fiction story in two timelines (The novella's historical fiction setting is what earned Table for Two a spot on this list.)

one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction 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 .

If you like historical fiction, you might also like some of my many other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists; here are just a few: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You Six Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West Have you read any of these books? And: which other books should I add to my Civil War historical fiction to-read list?

Historical Fiction Mysteries I adore historical fiction and mystery books, and I love the intersection listed here also have supernatural elements, as in a recent favorite read I reviewed, A Marvellous Light Here's a greedy reading question: What other historical fiction mysteries should I read? Bridie is a strong female protagonist, and Things In Jars offers solid historical fiction details of Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery and love story shaped

Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite Reads young-adult rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You   here and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction

Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the But I could make ten lists of my historical fiction loves from over the years (and I just might)! I do love historical fiction, and my World War II focus has been pushing out all others in my book club Do you have any historical fiction favorite reads that I should add to my outrageously unmanageable to-read For my full review, please see The Light After the War. 03 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd This

There's a little bit of romantic, funny, steamy light fiction; the next wonderful installments in two historical fiction mystery series featuring irresistible heroines; a girl-power science-fiction space Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei I loved the futuristic space-mission crew, the mystery and suspicion, and most of all the character-driven storyline in Kitasei's science fiction

Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life Young Toni crosses paths with Sebastian Quick, an older, wiser guy who just might offer her a way out of her little no-name town--and together they just might have a shot at something bigger. Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to William Kent Krueger's mid-century-set historical fiction Barnes's eerie science fiction novel Ghost Station; and I'm listening to Emily Henry's newest delightful 01 The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger I love William Kent Krueger's historical fiction stories one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction like to check out its spot on Six More Great Light Fiction Stories plus the five other titles on that

Smith's light fiction about an emotionally distant father and daughter trying to find connection on a That's right, draaaagons! What are you reading and enjoying these days, bookworms? 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow In Williams's historical fiction mystery, four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives light fiction novel The Unsinkable Greta James, Greta is an up-and-coming indie rock star whose father

All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, about an America in which those in the for-profit prison system fight each other letters; and I'm reading Matthew Norman's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) music-focused light fiction, Charm City Rocks. lovers, teammates, and the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, a program at the heart of CAPE, or Criminal Action When a documentary shines a light on Margot again, Billy's longtime crush on the musician is renewed.

Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young friends. I’m dying to know how closely Abriel’s book traces the inspiring events from her mother’s incredible experiences before, during, and after WWII. Abriel offers a vivid account of the fear and dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera and Edith in Hungary and Germany during the war; their wonderfully brave, practical, creative routes to survival as single young women in Naples along with jarring adjustments to post-war floods of food, fashion, and joy; a more settled life in Venezuela; the evolutions of their careers; and their attempts to find a second chapter of love, as well as incredible realizations about loved ones who survived the death camps. Then Abriel introduces another enormous shift that shakes things up enormously yet again for both young women before the book’s end. I was completely engrossed. Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young women. I received an advance copy of this book through Atria Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. What did you think? Abriel says that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change the characters' names. Her grandmother Vera lived with her family when Abriel was growing up, and she grew up hearing tales of Caracas, and Edith, and heartbreak, and hope. #historicalfiction, #WWII, #fourstarbookreview

I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction reads, I've laughed Too bad she's got her sights set on Michael. Right? RIGHT? I couldn't help it. through characters' fixations on details of who said what and how, (mis)interpretations of looks or actions

In Light Changes Everything, I loved the early twentieth century Arizona Territory setting and details Setting setting setting action action action action talk ACTION (talk extensively about the imminent action while nothing is being done) ACTION.

In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star I've been on a light-fiction kick lately, but I need some depth in my lighthearted reading in order to

The Second Ending, Michelle Hoffman's light-fiction novel about music, dark secrets, zany hijinks, and redemption; Beyond That the Sea, historical fiction set during World War II about a young girl balancing two worlds and families; Boys I Know, Anna Gracia's debut, young adult fiction about a wonderful young fiction about music, unorthodox family, growing up, and finding new beginnings; The Celebrants, Steven This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly.

I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Carley Fortune's newest light fiction about a missed opportunity As the women prepare to graduate from college, one night of confessions could change their relationships

A Conjuring of Light is an epic finish to V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series. Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements

heard about while talking with my friend James on his Maybe I'm Amazed podcast last summer; All the Light fiction read about pen pals (and a modern-day Fred Rogers-esque television personality) that hit the Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise been gravitating toward lighter stories like Very Sincerely Yours lately, and I need to create another light-fiction For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories

Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite Reads

Historical Fiction Story Love If you're into historical fiction, you might also like to take a look at West, Six Historical Fiction Favorites, Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You, and Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War. What are some of your favorite historical fiction reads? If you like historical fiction set during World War II, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading

List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West. And for great historical fiction of all types, look at: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year and Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year. Doc is nonfiction, but it reads like historical fiction (as opposed to a heavier nonfiction title like Jiles also wrote Simon the Fiddler and the glorious The Color of Lightning.

Scholomance series about a magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Sincerely Yours, lovely light fiction about a young woman who's undergone a breakup and a shake-up of her life who begins writing Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

But August's adorably quirky roommates and a mystery woman she keeps running into on the Q train might I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading. If you like those too, you might like to check the site for other books in this vein, or check out the

This cover style says "light fiction" to me, but this book addresses deeper issues--of what it means

reading an upcoming book by a favorite author, Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, a historical fiction soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical fiction Real, read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, and My Bossy Favorite Reads February 6, courtesy of NetGalley and Scholastic Press. 03 The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Historical fiction

Real , read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year , Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading , and My Bossy Favorite Reads young-adult rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You   here  and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction

engrossing gymnastics details that made the setting come to life, Head Over Heels was the engrossing, light fiction book I needed. fiction book I needed. I mentioned this book (along with the epic science fiction/fantasy To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and a young adult historical fiction story set during the Gold Rush, How Much of These Hills Is Gold) in the Greedy