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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition
And it's not like Eli has many options right now anyway. manage the situation as carefully and logically as he manages the rest of his problems, things just might turn out all right.
- Review of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
and change, bravely outsmart those who would control them, dare to hope for a future together, and fight
- Review of American Girl by Wendy Walker
also the author of What Remains and Don't Look for Me as well as All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night , and The Night Before.
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Other books with Australian settings that I've been hooked by include Jess Kidd's The Night Ship; Christina Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters
- Review of Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
no gray areas or complex motivation, and he ultimately upends the circumstances around the Most Kind Actions Heartwarming Titles You Might Like This book was originally self-published, then picked up by Atria Books
- Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal
offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action Her exclusive tea room becomes a posh hangout for vampires each night, but when her bloodhouse is threatened
- Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read
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
- Review of Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
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- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might If you're interested in books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List
- Review of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
full of uncertain alliances, deadly vendettas, and a sassy and flamboyant main protagonist who just might
- Review of The Love Haters by Katherine Center
precautions taken, life vests forthcoming, and she can probably even film from the deck of the boat...right
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
People don't like to hear it but I think they might not mind reading it on a card.” You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing
- Review of Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
It might not be your best work, but it will be good work, and it will be what saves you.”
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
seem to be following her, Cutie begins to believe that the curse Uncle Horace keeps mumbling about might be real--and that it might have been connected to the deaths of her parents.
- Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne
perfectly straddling the status of unaware childhood and responsible young adulthood and a capability for action The situation allows for an intriguing gray area rather than an easy, black-and-white sense of right-and-wrong
- Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
later in a doubling pattern that ends sixteen years later, then presents events in halved time periods (eight
- Review of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
Sciona's fight to pursue magic and her oft-frustrated ambition, her personal journey of reconsidering The final section of the book doesn't shy away from violence, end-of-days drama, and a nuclear option
- Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
She obsesses over trying to track down the robber, can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted
- Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik
Temeraire series, we're introduced to Captain Will Laurence, a young, upstanding seafaring captain fighting
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/21 Edition
A borrowed car and an open mic night open up new possibilities while a fight with her dad sharpens her
- Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience
But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or
- Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
You might also like the young adult mysteries One of Us Is Lying, One of Us Is Next, and the stellar If you like young adult books, you might be interested in the titles that make up the Greedy Reading
- Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
(Am I too grumpy if I share that the repeated "you're perfect just the way you are" messages might have and touching faces); there's one use of the B-word (in a moment in which human--actually creature--rights The House in the Cerulean Sea in a post last week called Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
of (he is expected to stay for months), and her horrifying neglect—she has no idea what these people might kidnapped teen who has demonstrated a rebellious streak and an increasingly strong sense of self, he might imagine in these moments that he is through with her--even if he might feel compassion for her ignorance I mentioned this book and its captivating premise in Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right
- Review of How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
the power of books takes a tough situation that ends in a death and allows for a fresh start--which might
- Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
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- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists
- Review of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green
In Green's insightful hands, he illustrates how the modern-day fight against TB--with conflicts about
- Review of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music
books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other new-to-you titles that might popular performers on the planet--and along the way created the background soundtrack for the Civil Rights
- Review of Yearbook by Seth Rogen
“Never quit, but sometimes do quit, ’cause you simply might not be that good at some shit.” For more more MORE memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists
- Review of Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
Cruel forces wield ruthless power in the dark land below--and those in charge might destroy him if he hope in a devastating prison of a situation, he begins the trajectory of becoming an unlikely hero who might
- Review of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/21 Edition
annoying hero, El, with her dark magic--more powerful than any of her classmates realize--fears she might Reid is a straight-laced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong.
- Review of Trip by Amie Barrodale
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- Review of Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
See presents Yunxian as a feminist in many ways, but doesn't allow her to feel more modern than might
- Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks
A gentleman likes to have a horse that gives the right answers to those questions, then he can believe that he will give the right answers too.
- Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Each day Addie wakes up a stranger, even to someone she spent the night with. I mentioned this book (along with The Fighting Bunch and The Empress) in the Greedy Reading List Three
- Review of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
moments Keegan highlights; while she explores decisions often determined by instinctual black-and-white, right-and-wrong struggle involved in reaching out from comfortable safety and taking a risk in order to do what feels right lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other times action
- Review of Machinehood by S.B. Divya
pills as the basis for everyday tasks and as the foundation for the worldwide economy and offer greater rights In the midst of a global panic, Welga is drawn back into intelligence work in order to identify and fight
- Review of Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
His wonderfully eccentric characters and story scenarios might seem self-consciously zany in another
- Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder
She’s kissed all the babies and passed all the right legislation and said all the right things. escapades and her willful, careless ignorance of the potentially grave, widespread consequences of her actions The feeling in this section reminded me somewhat of of The Unsinkable Greta James, with additional depth
- Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
If you enjoy short story collections, you might like to check out Six Short Story Collections to Wow
- Review of The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
scandalous Sinn Fein activist and doctor Kathleen Lynn, who bursts onto the scene to Handle It left and right laser focus to the most essential everyday matters: living life as truthfully and joyfully as possible, fighting
- Review of Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much.
- Review of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
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
- Review of Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
writing the nuclear energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight
- Review of The Maid by Nita Prose
I was concerned that Molly's unique set of idiosyncrasies might be too central of a plot point in that it might allow for too-easy deception, and that seeing others take advantage of her innocence would


















































