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She revels in the wonders of the natural world, soaks in her father's rich stories, loves her sisters McDaniel was inspired to write Betty by generations of her own family's stories. blends Chinese folklore with science fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story

I'm currently reading three fantasy titles: one young adult novel to be published tomorrow and two stories We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and

Two story lines are separated by decades; I found myself wanting more character development in both. Characters flip out in books and people panic in real life, but in this book he hasn't had time to build

Jansson is also the author of the fanciful children's books in the Moomin series as well as the short stories interested in the books on one of my earliest Greedy Reading Lists on the site, Six Captivating Nordic Stories

This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman story you might expect Once I delved in, I realized that the title suits the plot and the twists of Gailey's story wonderfully sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman story 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

Marilynne Robinson offers another gentle yet affecting book in her Gilead series, this time about faith It's somewhat surprising that Della is willing to enter into such a fraught--and, at the time, illegal goal-focused Della to set her romantic sights upon despite the immense difficulties of their spending time Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time; Jack's and

Evaristo offers a set of twelve interconnected stories about Black women in contemporary Britain and The twelve women in Girl, Woman, Other --each of whom gets a chapter to tell her story, which is often Evaristo expresses the women's linked life stories using largely concrete language, without a lot of Yet the stories of several of the protagonists felt particularly easy for me to connect with (for example audiobook (as directed by my smarty friend Kirstan) to get the full, glorious effect of having the story

sister and trying to uncover the dark side of a cult; and So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell's story In Maxwell's slim story, a man is trying to piece together the events surrounding the shooting of a man The story promises to explore loss, the state of seeking, the power of youthful memory, and the irresistible

But the book was driven by plot, multiple mysteries, the North Carolina mountain setting, and the story's

In Solito, the poet Javier Zamora shares the story of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness

The examination of the writing process and the feelings evoked by falling into writing a story were lovely And I loved spending time with Gus and January. What did you think?

This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved everything about it.

job of keeping up the tension and making clear the high stakes of Williams’s enormous secret in this story Bird's Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen is based on the story of an actual female Buffalo Soldier, Cathy Williams, with many liberties taken for the sake of shaping a story. often desperate circumstances of women (especially black women) without men to protect them at the time The major and minor love stories are sweet if tragic on multiple levels.

The subtitle of Browder's nonfiction book is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight These instances weren't the meat of the story by any means, but they felt jarring to me. Yet the story Browder shares is so compelling, so shocking, and so intriguing, I didn't mind skimming

passion and, ultimately, a career, one for which he took a sabbatical from his steady acting job at the time I laughed out loud multiple times; Penn is funny without trying too hard, and his tone is accessible

I predicted some of the story, but other aspects were wonderfully shocking. about lying and stealing makes me very stressed out, so I was biting my nails while reading Korelitz's story I did, however, anticipate other key elements of the story from pretty early on. I also wasn't sure that certain driving forces of Korelitz's story made sense (why would anyone in this I wonder how that story might compare to this one?

Donoghue can apparently write about anything, and here, she chooses to build a story around the long-researched

I Bossily suggest that you don't focus on the creepy-crawlies throughout this story and instead delight

of Superbad and Pineapple Express), you won't be surprised by the breadth and depth of drug-related stories The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to

Through the somewhat fictionalized voice of Ziggy, a real-life key player in the storied Detroit neighborhood King doesn’t let himself get tired. The book is made up of fifty-two relatively short chapters, which necessitates hustling along from story to story, but even within each section, it seemed like Ziggy the narrator was jumping from thought to See Here and Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew (featured in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories

In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. Suddenly she's plunged back in time to begin the holiday anew and try to get things right, Groundhog But I easily suspended my disbelief regarding Mae's being whisked through time, and I loved that the I read In a Holidaze during Christmas week, and it was a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes

the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen, and The True Love Experiment is Fizzy's story

interested in books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories

surgically alter her facial features for a sum that might keep her family financially stable for a time

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Nadia Hashimi's story of a young woman in Afghanistan during Frankie joins the group's annual search of a remote area where Tim might have ended up. Their hardscrabble stories intersect at a turpentine camp in Georgia.

glory days of that era, but the high points of the hotel are over long before the reader enters the story The author started with the Catskills as her setting and said that the characters and story came to her The setting does feel as essential as a character within the story.

At the same time, Jac is continually fighting against her feelings for the producer--and he is fighting

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Lily King's newest, her recent short story collection Five Tuesdays 01 Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King In Lily King's new story collection, she turns her eye for detail

Blakemore's story about witch hunts in 1643 England and the young women who aimed to thwart them; and Clancy's story was inspired by the actual Playboy resort (which predated what is now the Grand Geneva like witchy books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories

In the story, Ellice Littlejohn is coping with the challenges of being a Black female lawyer in what

Oh, I loved this story! I was so sad when I finished it. Bertie! Hardinger offers up many crisp and varied details of the time, she captures Bertie’s speech patterns,

Past newspaper articles and notes are interwoven throughout the story, along with narrative to flesh

Green tells his funny, poignant, tech-focused story through characters' alternating viewpoints, and April Like Mary Poppins, this story is practically perfect in every way.

Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family

grumpy, powerful, smart, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time She's coasting in her not-dream job at a vintage toy store, all of her opinions and desires seem to have

If you're interested in immigrant stories, you might want to check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about the Immigrant Experience.

There is so much to unpack here; Evans's story themes are often haunting, always powerful, and wonderfully In The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, In Evans's story "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," Rena, a war correspondent, attends the wedding Through the artist's gimmicky attempts to try to move on, the story shows the limitations of an apology In the longest story in the book, at approximately 100 pages, "The Office of Historical Corrections,

01 Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser File my reading of

The Sleeping Giants story is shown through interviews and journal entries. inspired to write this book after his son asked him to build a toy robot and requested a full back story

Unity Project world seemed outlandish, and various revelations about what was truly going on in the story I'm intrigued by stories about secrets and mysterious communities or private groups, so the focus on

It's necessary for the plot for Alex to wait an interminably long time to review mystery items she is agency; they may choose to transform, to leave, to seek greater freedom--or they may opt to bide their time

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Down Comes the Night, a young adult fantasy story featuring magical See Here and Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew--featured in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories Through the voice of the fictional Ziggy, a dance instructor and key connector of various figures in the storied

Lange's Irish family story centers around Sunday Brennan, who has returned home to her New York hometown seems assured that it will be wrapped up, but the specifics aren't laid out, and the very end of the story

This is an engaging and quick read, and the old-fashioned mystery stories within the story are intriguing The murder mystery stories were written decades before the book's present-day events take place and are There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder The stories aren't connected by characters or settings, and they vary in their setups. The mystery stories within the story are intriguing, and I loved paying attention to their varied structures

Small moments in this young adult book ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships, Small moments ring true, and the story feels primarily about relationships with a witchcraft background

the whereabouts of a man who went missing during a fruitful archaeological dig in Egypt--at the same time

mystery at the heart of the book seems only to be solvable by the biggest book nerd in existence; and the story's

I was completely taken with the compelling story of the spunky main players; the shockingly blatant, pervasive cheating and stealing by those in office locally and across the state; and the way the story that's before I realized that friends of ours are from Athens, which added a layer to the legendary story Had you ever heard of this story?

It's satisfying that Robin gets the majority of page time as she bravely infiltrates the UHC and works

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Tessa Harris's recently published World War II-set story Beneath you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories