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- 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 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 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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 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 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 Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
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- Review of Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
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- Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/23/26 Edition
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- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
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- 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 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
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- Review of Trip by Amie Barrodale
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- 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 Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
His wonderfully eccentric characters and story scenarios might seem self-consciously zany in another
- Review of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.
- 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 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
- 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 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 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 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 You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
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- 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 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/25/25 Edition
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- 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 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 The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder
- 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 Bunny (Bunny #1) by Mona Awad
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- Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
her Taiwanese mother's unrelenting pressure and sky-high expectations, June has always done just all right
- Review of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
I kept wondering if a stronger editorial hand might have tightened up the story so its essence could
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles . judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions
- Review of The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
current life, the husband she loves, and her kids--or upset everything to explore the fantasy of what might The characters' duplicitous actions were difficult for me to empathize with; their romantic plights felt Yet the characters felt largely lacking in introspection or even action.
- Review of Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story by Max Marshall
to money, some live together, and in many cases they demonstrate a desire to have a good time, which might
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition
But when Madison and her best friend go missing that night, Emmy realizes the girls have been keeping
- Review of The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
I support transgender rights and therefore am uncomfortable with some of views expressed by J. K.
- Review of The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence by Stephen Kurczy
to search the stars--while everyone in the area is barred from using devices whose radio frequencies might Even he had a cellphone, just no data plan because money was tight. "Really?" largely filled with noise, stimulation, information, images, and constant input, and I found the early sections If you like nonfiction books, you might like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction
- Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
the disparate-seeming story that soon emerges, beginning with the premise of a serial killer whose actions key character gives up everything to relentlessly seek out a dreamlike possibility of something that might
- Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts' past histories that might


















































