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

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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

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.

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

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

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

I was fascinated by this melancholy, layered story and its irresistible main protagonist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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.

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

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.

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.

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

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).

Smith's historical fiction story in two timelines equally powerfully evokes the bleak Dutch winters of

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

The stories in her book Buried Deep revisit some favorite Novik worlds as well as introducing the world

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily

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.

Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: two historical fiction stories, gothic magical I included the wonderful Ron Rash short story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay in my Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections to Wow You, and I loved his novel One Foot in Eden. Harrow Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E. A Murderous Relation also explores class and privilege: the story revisits a working-class character

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

I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and The sharing of stories and folklore through generations and cultures was a small-scale highlight. distraction from the character I love, and ultimately I wasn't particularly engaged with the broader story

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.

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.

As they mastermind a plan to bring the exes together in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s light fiction story, Russell The story is largely about accepting yourself and loving yourself--and treasuring someone who delights You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

traces the end of her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while she acknowledges that any story as a plot, but isn't this what I'm tasked with now--making sense of what happened by telling it as a story as a "tell-all" but a "tell-mine," repeatedly acknowledging that she can only tell her side of the story

Reading Now The books I've got on my nightstand and on my Kindle at the moment: a turn-of-the century story But when time goes by and she doesn't conceive a child, she is labeled "barren" and suspected of witchcraft Boulley's story is soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with the Obamas' production company, Higher Ground

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.

Where I come from, we keep these stories to ourselves. The dark basement where a main character spends most of her time adds to the claustrophobic feel of that story line. The story is built around the women's constant pain, with wives being beaten almost universally within the story.

somewhat (for some of the characters, more than they realize) come together for their annual getaway, this time are not sympathetic, and the environment is claustrophobic—but all of it is essential to making the story

Francisco, illustrates the words of kindness, thoughtful approaches, and wisdom she gained by spending time Focusing on respect, love, and closure, MacNaughton offers a guide to creating a path through the precious time

Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements of London and life at the time mixed in), but her world-building never feels manufactured or self-conscious

Adam Sass's beautifully heartfelt Acknowledgments mention that the essence of his story remained intact And I wanted to dive into this story. But I was challenged by frequent issues with story elements, tone shifts and uneven pacing, and character And the repeated use of I instead of me is a copyediting-level issue, but it stopped me every time I temper, and I would expect some measure of rage from anyone at the injustice of his situation, the time

Ninth House, a book for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse, is the first in for me until the logistics of the magic late in the book felt to me as though they bogged down the story

Keena Roberts grew up splitting her time between a primate research camp in Botswana, where she felt themselves were stealthy, deadly, and lightning quick; and the dumb but treacherous hippos living along the river

01 Deadly Waters Rebecca Sorley is a college student, and she's trying to get good grades, spend time Mysterious noises, inexplicable goings-on, haunting stories of the past, and the superstitious hatred This is a good old Victorian ghost story so far. I love it. One spooky suspense story, one World War II historical fiction title, and one combination: a spooky historical

The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Arden Maynor was a small child when she sleepwalked into a storm days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her removal from a storm My book club heard Miranda talk about this story at a virtual library foundation event in the fall, and for a weeklong tour of east coast colleges with a touring company, Jessica's hoping for some quality time I've got a mysterious story with an unreliable narrator and an imagined nationwide hubbub (a la "baby

secrets of an Old Hollywood starlet; and A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske's fantastical Edwardian England story 01 Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine There is one every generation, a seer who keeps the stories Luz realizes that she may be the only one who can save the stories of her ancestors before they are lost Hugo is a reclusive, extremely famous Old Hollywood movie star, and she's finally ready to tell the story Monique can't figure out why she's been trusted to tell Evelyn's story, nor does she understand allusions

The story includes perspectives from those who stand outside the stadiums to loudly protest the brutality It was a difficult story to read but also a disturbingly fascinating exploration of the prison system These tie the book's tragic, dystopian scenario to our current society in an uncomfortably close-to-home