Atlantic City just before WWII, with its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for the story lovely debut from Rachel Beanland starts off with some rough events, and frankly I had a little bit of a time its giant hotels, piers, and general hubbub, is the backdrop for Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story

past the holes in the premise of this lighthearted, romantic, zany rom-com long enough to buy into the story 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.

If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You. 02 Looking for Jane by Heather Looking for Jane is a story of three timelines linked through decades by a mysterious letter and enormously In Solito, the poet Javier Zamora shares the story of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United

I adored the voices of the characters and witnessing their growth over the course of the story. The story deals with issues of identity, showing resolve in the face of strict societal expectations,

The gothic story King Nyx offers haunting imagery, sinister mysteries, unreliable memories, resurfacing The tie-in to King Nyx for Anna seems beyond possibility, and the other links to her past seem far-fetched I found myself wishing the various aspects of the story had held together a little more cohesively, but

The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen In When the Game Was War, Rich Cohen shares the gritty back story Color Line, about the world's first Black heavyweight boxing champion. 05 Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story the Soviets for the Soul of Its People--and Olympic Gold by Ethan Scheiner In this David-and-Goliath story This is a hockey story with lots of heart. 06 Magic: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson by Roland Lazenby fellow players, family members, coaches, opponents, loved ones, and with Magic himself to craft the story

fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories

This is a spooky, atmospheric, gothic Victorian ghost story perfect for the season. Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent Mysterious noises, inexplicable goings-on, the appearance of additional silent companions, haunting stories Then everything in this good old Victorian ghost story kicks up ten notches to become even more spooky

possibly being double-crossed), and I enjoyed this mystery but wasn't quite as hooked by the setup, story

This gorgeously written postapocalyptic climate-fiction story offers up a future in which civilization Her husband Kirby disappears in the heart of the storm to locate the kids, who have run off for some The shadow of real-life global warming and weather changes add to the power of the story, and the touch I didn't feel that the title evoked the tone or heart of the story, but I just loved this book. For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

Because of familial monetary concerns and timing (another girl was willingly entering into solitude), up in a monastery although she yearned to continue roaming the natural world as she did until that time There's relatively little page time spent on the later years of Hildegard's life at the abbey.

ICYMI: This five-star retelling of the story of Rumpelstiltskin offers kickass female protagonists, haunting Novik's story offers endless odd, lovely, unexpected, and complex elements. twists and turns I was eager to ride out with the characters; and a magic touch in telling a well-known story

Carley Fortune offers a satisfying story of coming home, young love, mistakes and redemption, romance Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

In Yours Truly, Jimenez layers her characters with complex back stories, significant and interesting If you've agonized through the main relationship's ups and downs throughout the story, you might just You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

Much of the story is told from Andy's point of view, and his capability for emotional growth is...limited Jen's perspective pops up late in the book, it adds valuable information and layers of depth to the story

feels like odd pacing, soap-opera elements, outlandish events, or too-easy resolutions in other Hannah stories perspective comes in late in the book and adds layers of information and context to the funny, poignant story

This was smart, intriguing, action-packed at times, and both the complexity of the investigation and

during my many glorious hours listening to the audiobook version of the 944-page book so far, I've had time Robert Galbraith First of all, I don't want to talk about this cover, or about movie or television tie-in I didn't often listen to audiobooks back when I read this one, and Career of Evil was a compelling story detective agency--can't resist trying to help Billy and working against the formidable challenge of time

down the street from each other and are ecstatic to be pregnant with their first children at the same time

after a loved one is lost and staying connected to them, After Annie; I'm listening to Nikki Erlick's story The story tracks back through Maggie's past, including her missions and her romantic life, and introducing

Shipstead's varied stories range from funny with an edge to darkly haunting. a Friend in 10A, Maggie Shipstead offers gripping, sometimes haunting, sometimes darkly funny short stories The tones of each captivating story vary wildly, whether lighthearted with an edge or tragic and dark Throughout each disparate story, Shipstead's eye for detail and for illustrating pivotal small moments If you like short stories, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections

The LGBTQ+ love conveyed in the story is lovely, and Veronica's matter-of-fact approach to this relationship

(And there’s a piling on of elaborately perfect story wrap-ups at the end that made me laugh.) Playlist is a perfectly satisfying read with enough ups and downs to make you almost question whether the story This was perfect escapism reading for Pandemic Times and general trapped-at-home malaise.

In John Green's nonfiction book Everything Is Tuberculosis , he tells his story of befriending a young

The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story is set in rural Scotland during World War II and Valpy also wrote The Dressmaker's Gift, another World War II-era story (this time, set in Paris) with

Yume Kitasei offers plot and mystery, but this is primarily a wonderfully character-driven story--with I recently posted a Greedy Reading List of Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space. You might also like Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans, and Alien Life and AI, Six More Fantastic

and complicated, unexpected loyalty; and What Beauty There Is, Cory Anderson's debut, a young adult story Set on the coast of Tasmania, the story centers around a tightly knit community, complicated expressions The story is about betrayal and revenge, but I hadn't read the premise before I started reading, and There are loops and layers to Gailey's story that have to do with identity, autonomy, freedom, shaping What Beauty There Is is a story about darkness, desperation, unlikely loyalty, and, ultimately, brave

If you're interested in stories set in Maine, you might like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six

in her backyard through the course of a year; and I'm reading Baby X, Kira Peikoff's near-future-set story Her "birthday twin" begins popping up where Alix is, and she's got a strange, disturbing life story to

Addison Allen's magical realism story is set on an island off the coast of South Carolina and offers owner, all the while cultivating her obsession with a reclusive, mysterious local author whose magical story Other Birds is big-hearted story with magical realism, ghosts that haunt or help, earnest sweetness,

The tone of the story is shaped by its setting: an unforgiving winter on an Australian island. Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands

Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely I'm in for all Claire Keegan books forever now and just ordered her story collection Antarctica through Keegan is also the author of the story collections Antarctica and Walk the Blue Fields as well as the

The very end felt a little abrupt to me, but by that time I had already become satisfied with the lead-up angelsmomreads recommended this book to me when I was talking about my Greedy Reading List Six Rocking Stories

it difficult to identify what's occurring (and requires a lot of retroactive explaination), and the story's

She has a lot on her own plate, and she'll have plenty of time to deal with her estranged sister's mess McMahon's modern-day ghost story leads the reader into the family's pivotal 1929 decisions, when Jax The Drowning Kind is the newest story by McMahon, the author of The Winter People (and many others).

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her grown-up (profanity is used strategically and to great comic effect) fairy tale, and I delighted in the story

investigator, despite the fact that a female entrepreneur investigator is an unheard-of position for the time Jacqueline Winspear is the author of 18 Maisie Dobbs novels as well as a memoir, This Time Next Year

I'd toyed with starting a book blog for a long time because of my bossy feelings about the books I read And, funny story, it turns out that being quarantined for weeks and feeling mildly delirious during a

The majority of page time is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Six Captivating Nordic Stories.

Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story.”

Harmattan Season is a dark, broody, mysterious fantasy story that takes place in post-colonial West

conquerers' constricting rules about its raising and training; and I'm listening to a cozy fantasy story But in this cozy fantasy story, Viv has discovered the wonder of coffee and has determined to make a

holding living funerals for each other to cope with difficult periods in life; I'm listening to a madcap story Chapple with Rachael Flanery Santa Ana is a madcap story about a misfit who's mistaken for a drug kingpin The California setting is vivid, and the story is zany, entertaining, and full of dark humor.

01 The Searcher by Tana French What do I love more than a Tana French book, a retired detective story Suddenly she's plunged back in time to begin the holiday anew and try to get things right, Groundhog I don't anticipate having any trouble with Mae's being whisked through time, but I do want the early I hope you're managing some peaceful downtime and time to read something you love.

Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II. This World War II-era story of female pilots and spies is written in two points of view. and I can't dive into the story. The premise hooked me, but I loved Graudin's execution of the story even more. -type closure for both felt too convenient, and even a little dismissive of the complexities of the time

off to me; they seemed to indicate Cozy Mystery (well, aside from the blood in the teacup), while the story

Wang doesn't shy away from a dramatic reckoning for the story's main characters in the end.

Donoghue weaves a good amount of fact into this story. century medical care and exquisitely detailed glimpses into daily life and the workings of society at the time glorious possibilities beyond the scope of what is known to them, and this added immense heart to the story The author of the disturbing, fascinating book Room knows how to craft a story of survival and of finding

I love picturing Carrie Fisher as Kannon in this funny, zany, bighearted story. I'm alternating between a fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy I kind of love reading such different books at one time--a book for every mood.

Nora's ex is presented as such a full-on loser, it's hard to believe in their dating-to-marriage story Award; a celebrity romance; a monetary windfall; a face-saving, revenge-worthy, incredible success story like light fiction, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.