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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/26/24 Edition

    fake-marriage, tropical-island-set rom-com The Paradise Problem ; I'm listening to Moonbound , Robin Sloan's fantasy-science-fiction Six More Great Light Fiction Stories . 02 Moonbound by Robin Sloan In Robin Sloan's science-fiction-fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition

    01 Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik is the author of fantasy novels featuring battles within the books' alternate history, and the human protagonists are wonderfully faulted and fantastic

  • Review of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

    She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust Glory examines deep matters in a fascinating chain of events, reflections, unexpected do-overs, and fantastic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/22/24 Edition

    Reading Now I'm reading Lynn Painter's rom-com Betting on You; I'm listening to Gareth Brown's debut fantasy Number, and other books I haven't yet read. 02 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown In Gareth Brown's debut fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/15/25 Edition

    Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to A Steeping of Blood , the second in Hafsah Faizal's supernatural fantasy

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    This month my favorite reads were a historical-fiction fantasy set during the Spanish Inquisition; an adventure-fantasy inspired by a Chinese legend; literary fiction tracing life in a British boarding school and beyond; a Norse-inspired fantasy saga; a fun young adult, queer, medieval adventure romance I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or

  • Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge

    The Revenge Fantasies...and Revenge Enacted Whether it's about righting wrongs, saving face, renegade the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying. Echo Wife. 06 The Harpy by Megan Hunter This slim, intriguing book packs a punch, featuring revenge fantasies

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated. characters' energy is spent on pining and obsessing, where dramatic declarations overshadow a novel's fantasy The Knight and the Moth  is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters

  • Review of Endling by Maria Reva

    out, this oddball, zigzagging story explores broad themes of interconnectedness as well as revenge fantasies

  • Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth

    Elaborate mythology swirls around the mysterious author of the blockbuster fantasy series The Falling Goldhero, and fans dream up fantastical stories about the writer and his life.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/2/26 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Tasha Suri's rich story-within-a-story fantasy novel The Isle

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/6/23 Edition

    spreading happiness; I'm reading the third in Naomi Novik's dark, wonderful Scholomance series, the fantasy Novik is also the author of many other wonderful fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love. 03

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sara Holland's upcoming fantasy novel Break Wide the Sea ; I'm

  • Review of Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

    Mad is quickly developing revenge fantasies involving her dad, but a cross-country road trip in close

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/20/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Nocturne, Alyssa Wees's fantasy novel about a prima ballerina in 01 Nocturne by Alyssa Wees In Alyssa Wees's slim (it's 240 pages) fantasy novel Nocturne, set in the

  • Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

    One of my criticisms of the currently popular romantic fantasy Fourth Wing is that I wanted more more

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm reading A Restless Truth, the second book in Freya Marske's historical fiction fantasy Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy

  • Review of The Change by Kristen Miller

    the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying.

  • Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder

    Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong but I had trouble locking into the story's tone, which wavers into extended dark, vindictive revenge fantasies

  • Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    He's a fantastic character I loved. This great book by C.A. also want to read Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, which is a standalone book in the same series, is fantastic #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview 04 The Dog Stars ​ Hig somehow #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview 06 The Boy on the Bridge ​ Months into their save-the-world #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview What are your favorite post-apocalyptic

  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    pregnancy; the real story of a beloved figure from stage, film, and song; a missing-person mystery; and a fantasy in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of her sister's favorite fantasy Sarah Rees Brennan is also the author of the fantastic character-driven young-adult fantasy In Other

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition

    Kuang In Kuang's dark academia fantasy novel, Alice Law is a graduate student in a ruthlessly competitive

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition

    Chakraborty's Daevabad fantasy trilogy, The City of Brass ; and I'm reading Olivia Hawker's upcoming

  • Review of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

    over, paid for, published, successful, and various rights are sold all feels like a happy dream-state fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/21/25 Edition

    Schwab's historical fiction-fantasy story about vampires linked together through centuries.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition

    01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition

    Chakraborty I'm listening to the first wonderful installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy , and smart, with wonderful banter, a gruff and independent, saucy main protagonist in Amina, and a fantastic

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition

    In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

  • Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab

    Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, and in this final book, darkness threatens to upend the delicate balance the few, essential, magical Antari The fantastic main players are back: Kell, the ward of the Red London's royal family who once thought Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements The series is adult fantasy but would be appropriate for a young adult reader--if not averse to Lila's

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/30/24 Edition

    preacher Beth Moore's memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life ; I'm listening to Melissa Caruso's time-travel fantasy

  • February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Favorites of the Month Please enjoy this roundup of my six favorite reads of February--three medieval-set fantasy This fantasy novel about the power of storytelling was wonderful .

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/27/25 Edition

    rom-com I Hope This Doesn't Find You   here and my review of Liang's young-adult historical fiction fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/25 Edition

    And I'm listening to The Blood of the Old Kings , the first in Sung-Il Kim's fantasy series in which

  • Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

    death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical He imagines a rich imaginary world full of fantastical visions, and these thoughts sustain him through

  • Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

    I could have listed so many fantastic young adult titles here, but I picked these varied, wonderful six With true friendship, loyalty, and fantastic, clever, clever ladies overcoming obstacles in their paths

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/2/22 Edition

    Blanchet's young adult fantasy Neath Trilogy--and her debut novel--to be published next week. Blanchet In Blanchet's young adult fantasy debut, Herrick's End, Ollie's only friend has disappeared,

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition

    Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy Paper & Blood is a quirky, lighthearted fantasy with entertaining pop culture references, copious Scottish

  • November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, as an audiobook, which was narrated by the fantastic Lameece Issaq and Amin El Gamal irresistible main protagonist in the feminist Muslim character of Amina; and the sea adventure with various fantastical She realizes that the revenge fantasies that have been instilled in her since birth--along with a distrust Glory examines deep matters in a fascinating chain of events, reflections, unexpected do-overs, and fantastic

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: contemporary fiction, young adult, nonfiction, fantasy the power of menopausal women and the poignant strength of friendship; supplies satisfying revenge fantasies heroines unite against the book's sometimes caricature-like, purely evil bad guys by using their new-found fantastical The revenge-fantasy element is particularly satisfying. The book revels in wonderful LGBTQ love and tons of sexiness; fantastic New York-centric details; and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition

    stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra; Rachel Griffin's young adult fantasy often leaps over it. 02 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy

  • Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan

    She is also the author of The Khorasan Archives fantasy series (The Bloodprint is the first book in the

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a fun nonfiction book. 05 Silver Elite by Dani Francis While I should probably stop reading "romantasy" because I prefer my fantasy

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition

    excited to read this final installment in Freya Marske's Last Binding trilogy, a queer historical fiction fantasy-mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition

    the only home she's ever known in order to save her genetic brother, she realizes that the revenge fantasies

  • Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

    Morris offers some revenge-fantasy satisfaction, but there are some grave casualties in the world of

  • Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

    The sequel to Long's young adult fantasy/science fiction debut Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves takes

  • Review of The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike

    The details of everyday life are fantastic, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book--or any historical fiction/fantasy series you love?

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition

    This Woven Kingdom is the first in Tahereh Mafi's fantasy trilogy of the same name.

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    This month my favorite reads consisted of multiple fantasy reads, aka escapes from reality--one magical For my full review of this book--and for links to my reviews of other fantasy books--please see Voyage

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition

    newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy, to be published April 4; I'm reading a young adult fantasy

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