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Kin Stewart will have to break all the rules of time travel to preserve the existence of his daughter Kin Stewart was a time-traveling secret agent in 2142, but he became stranded in the 1990s when a mission When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel Also, time travel! This totally hit the spot. This was also listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

01 This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman Allegra Goodman's This Is Not About Us is a story of an extended The story is told through multiple points of view as the various Rubinstein family members--grown children Then a strange man comes to town, telling Vera an unbelievable story of her true origins and her destiny He says that she is actually from Camelot, in King Arthur's time, and that he himself is Merlin. He says that the kingdom and magic itself are reliant upon Vera's time-travel back to Arthur's world,

reading The Other Valley, Scott Alexander Howard's literary speculative fiction about the implications of traveling back and forth through time; I'm listening to Abby Jimenez's newest story, another of her rom-coms with considers applying for the powerful Conseil, which makes decisions about who is allowed to anonymously travel 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. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In

This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty and devoted friendship, it doesn't fall back on The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without This book is part of my Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

What I'm Reading Now Here's what I've got going at the moment: a dark, intriguing story of interconnectedness about a family straddling cultures and in which family members to find their way back to each other by traveling Set on the shores of Lake Ontario and in gritty Berlin from the 1960s to 1980s, the story from von Palleske this book courtesy of Dundurn Press and NetGalley. 02 The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan A rich family story Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

funny, wonderful nonfiction; a doorstop of a book all your friends are talking about; a lovely, quiet story Monaghan's tone was spot-on, and her fake-dating story and characters had me abandoning real-life duties about travel, adventures, mishaps, shortcomings, true friendship, love, families, loss, aging, and the We meet two main protagonists: independent young adult Birdie, who travels from her rural hometown to The story is long enough to meander at times; we drift in and out of Birdie's and Meg's lives without

Davies's slim, luminous, heartbreaking novel sets a story of isolation and human connection against the But time was the worst thing; time, it seemed to him now, was the only thing you couldn't change; whatever Davies sets her slim, stark, beautiful, and heartrending story Clear  against the backdrop of the Scottish By the time John's wife appears--fresh from a rough sea journey, inspired to travel by a sense that John is also the author of the novels West  and The Mission House , as well as two collections of short stories

Various points of view and side characters sometimes make the story meander as Huneven explores fissures Phil travels worldwide for his job, and his more appealing personality and our peek into his viewpoint Viewing the family's story through different members' points of view allowed for rich context through varied perspectives, but this also felt somewhat jumpy as the story built. Wright, the former principal of Sybil's school), which adds to the sometimes-disjointed feeling of the story

But participation requires traveling to California, consenting to receiving mysterious, purportedly helpful application to the fields rejected, one is a hopeful participant, one lost a brother after he spent time The characters' back stories aren't exactly what they initially seem, and I appreciated the added depth The bond between the travelers was heartwarming, and they surprise each other and themselves with the

Quiet connections and reflections make the story, with understated poignancy, humor, and heartbreaking exist within his new idol's world, but we witness Noe's emotional maturity grow during the course of story Story was the stuff of life, and to realise you were inside one allowed you to sometimes surrender to On my first venture out of the country, I traveled to London and to a small town in County Clare, Ireland , with my cousin and aunt and uncle, and while this story is set well before I ever visited, Williams's

He repeatedly attempts to time travel to the night Amy disappeared, but the amount of time he can spend The structure of the story and its focus on Joe and his attempt to master time travel didn't allow me travel (as part of a classic time-travel conundrum involving alternate paths and lives). Yet I loved the premise of this story, and I do love a time-travel book and a mystery. , Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or some of the other time-travel stories I've reviewed.

I love character-driven science fiction stories. Recursion also appears in the Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes. 02 The Long Way to Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. travel, teen angst, and this gorgeous cover. At one point Andra calls her friend Zhade (who is from a time 1,000 years past her origin time) an insult

Handsome Gio, son of the ill owner, explains that the store is in danger of being shuttered. I will, after all, happily read stories about talking dragons, or fantastical worlds, or time travel, She traveled with almost nothing...but she did bring her unwieldy, heavy home gelato maker? promising love without attempting to address any of this, except for the need to create angst in the story Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

The first in Holland's ocean-focused young adult fantasy series leaves much of the story for later books She hopes to travel to the home of the fae (making out with her fiance and would-be assassin all the that Cyrus and his motivations are not what they seem, and a surprising new layer begins to shape the story I was left wanting more regarding most aspects of the story, and it felt as though Holland was saving A very minor but distracting note: the smell of petrichor is mentioned thirteen times in the story.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a Maine-set small-town story, Shannon Bowring's debut novel The Sebastian de Castell's series of the same name, Spellslinger ; and I'm reading Elif Shafak's interconnected story told in three time periods, There Are Rivers in the Sky . There Are Rivers   in the Sky traces the stories of these three characters living alongside rivers in Everyone thinks they're the hero of their own story.”

betrayal, and shock, nor does she mine those experiences for drama or sit in them for a gratuitously long time illustrates Hatmaker's vulnerability as she searches for a way out of grief, fights to simply function, then travels I love reading the stories of lives lived, so I frequently read memoirs. If you're interested in the stories of famous or little-known people's lives, you might want to check

Bird Isabella Bird's nonfiction account of her 1873 travels through the rugged, wondrous American West characters she encounters in the west combined with her mix of no-nonsense practicality and ambitious traveling There's relatively little page time spent on the later years of Hildegard's life at the abbey. in a family of difficult men, living on a rural Colorado peach farm--its existence in that place and time , and I didn't mind predicting portions of where the story was going.

Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month: time travel, historical fiction, a mother's time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power of hate--and goddess--and the children being horrifically neglected as the women enjoy proximity highs when Ursa time-travels The time travel itself is fascinating. Donoghue builds a rich story around the real-life figures of Eliza Raine and Anne Lister.

Bertinelli's memoir Getting Naked ; I'm reading Ian McGuire's newest, unrelenting, suspenseful novel White River Crossing ; and I'm reading Saara El-Arifi's novel Cleopatra , an empowering, fascinating story told Becoming Perfectly Imperfect by Valerie Bertinelli Is my intrigue with this book due to my One Day at a Time List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer . 03 Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi This is not the story In Saara El-Arifi's Cleopatra , the author tells the story from Cleopatra's point of view of the infamous

This darkly funny story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted When June witnesses Athena's death and then mysteriously comes up with a story about Chinese laborers World War I, she covers her tracks to avoid anyone's asking: But wasn't Athena working on a similar story actions to Yellowface readers and panicking at the idea that the origins of and true credit for the story shared feelings concerning the ways in which her whiteness is holding her back from telling diverse stories

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to a story about redemption, forgiveness, and books, which is Wedding People ; and I'm reading Bonnie Blaylock's Appalachian-set 1930s historical fiction about a traveling on Your Sudden Disappearance. 03 Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock I love a historical fiction story Bonnie Blaylock's Light to the Hills , it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling She makes a special connection with a mountain family facing tough times despite their double work at

This gem from Mitchell is a set of six intriguing tracks through time that are full of surprises. David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks is a set of six intriguing tracks through time that are full of surprises This book is part of my Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty I loved every bit of the story It was time for something new. , interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances, and the power goddess--and the children being horrifically neglected as the women enjoy proximity highs when Ursa time-travels The time travel itself is fascinating.

ICYMI: I loved being along for the ride with Moyes's five strong women characters as they traveled through Time flew. You may predict the broad strokes of where this story is headed, but Moyes lays out such rich detail Plus One, The Girl You Left Behind, The Ship of Brides (mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories Another book I loved about traveling librarians was The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.

societal norms on their head and exploring unorthodox relationships, futuristic possibilities, and stories within stories that illuminate people's complicated natures. At rock bottom, she allows her subconscious to develop a rich imagined world and story completely unlike emotions and emerge better able to function without debilitating sorrow, but participating requires traveling One had a rejected application, one is a hopeful participant, one lost a brother after he spent time

This slim book tells the story of a small crew of astronauts in the twenty-second century who are searching somaforming, human space flight has been revolutionized; synthetic supplementations allow humans to travel We were kings without enemies, children removed from time. This book is quite short, and I wished for more time with and development of the characters. The ending felt somewhat abrupt, and the story is without a clear resolution.

I loved this story about an expert in poisons, with banter and clever deduction in an imagined world. but she's plainly dressed, tall, work-driven, and uninterested in social niceties, so she spends her time and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe, and leave her personal research behind to travel

In All Fours , Miranda July offers the story of an unexpected midlife journey, in which a semi-famous using the $20,000 windfall she was to spend on her NYC trip), wandering the nondescript town, making up stories But I settled into the constant unease of traveling alongside a character whose author seemed hell bent I appreciated the exploration aspect of the story, and ultimately I could appreciate its existence within actress, and director, July is also the author of the books The First Bad Man and It Chooses You and the stories

about the Westminster Dog Show, Dogland ; I'm listening to Carys Davies's luminous historical fiction story account, Tomlinson focuses on one promising show dog, Striker, and his handler, Laura King, as they travel overweight in America. 02 Clear by Carys Davies Davies sets her slim, stark, beautiful, and heartrending story is also the author of the novels West and The Mission House , as well as two collections of short stories months, attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man traveling

The early scenes felt zany and disjointed, even without the time travel element. calm and thoughtful perspective offered by Zada's later point of view made for a far more cohesive story The story centers around Green's activities, but because of the shift in point of view away from his own, he largely drops out of the plot and the story takes off without him. spot-on predictions and savvy intuition allow for the resources for the most interesting portion of the story

Taylor Brown offers up a suspenseful, adventure-filled story in Wolvers. Trace Temple is a disillusioned, angry young man whose family lost its ranch after hard times. This is an outdoor adventure story that explores tensions between the preservation of nature and development I was surprised by Trace's slow, powerful transformation and by the arc of this beautiful story. The wilderness setting and suspenseful story reminded me of Peter Heller’s books like The River, The

01 Clear by Carys Davies Davies's slim, luminous, heartbreaking novel sets a story of isolation and human Davies sets her stark, beautiful story Clear  against the backdrop of the Scottish Clearances of the By the time John's wife appears--fresh from a rough sea journey, inspired to travel by a sense that John But the world of the story is grounded in day-to-day stressors and challenges. Brendan is not the main protagonist, despite the novel's title, yet he is central to the story in that

His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the Keefe's new book is Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks. by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story or Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes, or these Bossy reviews of books that play with time. In his second novel, Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart offers the story of a working-class Glasgow family and

killer in the 1970s, Bright Young Women ; I'm reading Ann Liang's novel based on myth, A Song to Drown Rivers Tallahassee, she becomes convinced that what happened to Ruth is linked to the sorority attack, and she travels I'm reading Bright Young Women for my book club. 02 A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang In Ann Liang's A Song to Drown Rivers , Xishi is a beautiful young woman who makes her village of Yue proud, for she I fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real , read it in one rainy

travel and is the first in a series. If you like short stories, you might also want to check out the stories on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections to Wow You, or you might like some of these other collections of short stories back through time. He repeatedly attempts to time travel to the night Amy disappeared, but the time he can spend in the

In a fascinating, heartwarming, lovely account, Tomlinson spends three years traveling dog shows across At times he good-naturedly highlights the absurdity of this world, at least for those looking in from focuses primarily on the path of one promising show dog, Striker, and his handler, Laura King, as they travel

astronauts orbiting the earth at seventeen thousand miles an hour, clinging to Coordinated Universal Time Some of those on the ground try to insist upon imposing barriers upon the space travelers. The six space-station astronauts are circling the earth without traveling anywhere, they reflect, while down of human space exploration in light of the growing promise of robots' clean, streamlined space travel The story within the space station is emotionally full but quiet plot-wise in contrast to the workings

Stedman A Far-Flung Life is an epic family story of generations carving out existence in remote Western Meanwhile, Lauren Okie playfully works every imaginable trope into both the story Katie and Tyler are essays, he brings his edgy, offbeat humor, acerbic observations, and surprising heart to recounting stories about travel, adventures, mishaps, shortcomings, true friendship, love, families, loss, aging, and the

This was also listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

installment of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series was a fun, darkly funny, feminist story It was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and The Antidote tracks multiple characters to tell a story of caution, folly, and redemption: a Prairie Gillian McAllister is also the author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time , a book I loved and not only listed in my Greedy Reading List Six More Time-Travel Stories to Explore , but included as one of my favorite

For my full review of this book, please see Listen for the Lie . 04 Smart Historical Fiction with a Time-Travel Twist The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley This captivating story involves time travel, but it's For my full review, please see The Ministry of Time . 06 A Funny, Steamy, Sweet Rom-Com Funny Story by Emily Henry Funny Story  is the perfect rom-com read. For my full review of this book, please see Funny Story .

that centers around feminism and building new perspectives; historical fiction about a traveling librarian in 1930s Appalachia; a luminous story of astronauts on the International Space Station; and a novel Wang doesn't shy away from a dramatic reckoning for the story's main characters in the end. The story showcases a love for books and the power of the written word. The bad guy in the story is pure evil, and there's little doubt he'll get a comeuppance by the story's

She's going to miss her family terribly, but she can't focus on quality time with them either. order to grasp the fascinating changes here, and Jackson's recaps are skillfully interwoven into the story However, I was completely hooked not only by Jackson's story but by the character evolution, the loyal If someone had laid out the events of this book before I could read the story as presented by the talented The unexpected twists and turns kept me riveted while Pip's unfailing bravery and her hero's struggles

I love Aaron Falk stories and I loved the twisty interconnectedness of the characters in Exiles. I wasn't ever sure who was responsible for the multiple tragedies at the heart of the story, and the I'm in for all Jane Harper and all Aaron Falk stories! Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. The unexpected twists and turns kept me riveted while Pip's unfailing bravery and her hero's struggles

fascinated by the optimistic explorer spirit--and I love reading about strong female characters in a time I read this story as an e-book and was therefore robbed of gazing at this gorgeous cover. "Stories, Jessilyn. We tell ourselves the wrong stories.” profession was tainted by traveling butchers and thieves), and his gallant, grumpy, well-read, mischievous Paulette Jiles Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling

Early on, I found the academic focus somewhat tedious, but then the story builds into unexpected, often They are not allowed to touch each other but may speak, and to bond and pass the time, they share stories By the time John's wife appears--fresh from a rough sea journey, inspired to travel by a sense that John But the world of the story is grounded in day-to-day stressors and challenges. This story is beautiful and powerful.

memoir, Being Henry; and I'm reading Secondhand Daylight, Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook's science fiction story about time travel gone wrong--and a connection from the future that could be one man's saving grace. 01 North Woods by Daniel Mason Mason's novel tells the story of a New England house in the woods by tracking The story explores cycles and links through history, considering how each of us may live on after we're Winkler brings heart and honesty to the story of his life so far, and I love it.

often-overlooked, glum, not particularly academic or talented middle brother Roric (whose mother was a lowly traveling Roric and Celia forge a bond, with Celia nurturing his abilities and taking time with him, and Roric The story dives into the plot with little hesitation (we do have to get going, after all--we only have wrought fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted  and Spinning Silver  as well as the story

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Edan Lepucki's science-fiction time-travel novel, Time's Mouth 01 Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki When Ursa was a child she was horribly abused by her father, and while When she flees to remote California, her ability to travel through memory to revisit the past secures But Ursa's ability to travel through time has, unbeknownst to all, passed on to Ray's child Opal. He single-mindedly travels through Reconstruction-era United States on a search for A.J.

After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave books, but clearly I need to keep at it, because aside from Hour of the Witch and the difficult but riveting story The Guest Room, I still haven't read many others I want to: a book about the Armenian genocide This is the gorgeous cover of the edition of the book I read--and owned at one time--and I adore this