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Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two memoirs, two historical fiction titles, a science fiction story, and a contemporary fiction book. full review of Between Two Kingdoms. 03 The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye is historical fiction Kate Quinn is a master of historical fiction and is the author of the fantastic titles The Huntress, But this is a solid historical fiction story that I loved.

It's satisfying to witness the recognition and success within this fictional version of events. The cover and title gave me the initial impression that this was a light fiction book, but the topic

general, from Kate Bowler; The Saints of Swallow Hill, Donna Everhart's recently published historical fiction sometimes fails, and its captivating capabilities and wonders; Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir's space-focused science fiction that's filled with innovation, optimism, creativity, connection, and tons of heart. Sparks Like Stars, Nadia Hashimi's luminous historical fiction about a childhood lived in Kabul and a for Being Human. 02 The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart This Depression-era-set historical fiction

I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year. Elizabeth McCracken's The Hero of This Book (altbough McCracken asserts that this is not a memoir, but fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling actions; pushy manner; mental, emotional, and

Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's historical fiction mystery, based on real-life double agents fiction work about missing girls and the exploration of the futures that might have been. Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague.

This book is the perfect gift for someone who likes accessible, remarkable science factoids about the I've got lots of e-reading giftees on my fall and holiday gifting list--and I already offer many of my fiction Lewis's book) and/or books related to a specific interest of my giftee's (cooking, comedy, science).

favorite reads of the month: Hank Green's second book in his quirky, lovely, character-driven, big-hearted science fiction duology; A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi; it involves messy feelings and grief, yet it is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the two also put out science

I loved this science fiction debut. Cara is one of a dwindling number of traversers. is brothers with the prolific and talented young adult author John Green, and the two also put out science

More Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms can be perfect summertime reading. If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and often some laughs, you might also like the books Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Light Fiction Stories Six of My Favorite Rom-Com This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully The situation parallels in haunting fashion with the modern-day rejection by factions of our society of facts, sense, and reality; of negating science and evidence; and of dismissing educated, indispensable

Resurrectionist  and Caleb Carr's The Alienist , a suspenseful novel about the evolution of forensic science Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

training college for wartime dragon riders, Fourth Wing; I'm reading Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction discovery with an Irish financial crisis as its backdrop; and I'm listening to Ali Hazelwood's newest science-focused about dragons. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction interested in 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.

More Funny and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've If you're into lighter fiction with some romance and laughs, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. Have you loved any other romantic comedy or lighter fiction stories lately? This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved.

Ian McEwan's new literary fiction looks back upon our present with a cutting 2119 eye. two timelines a calculated rewriting of history, our brave and hubristic present-day existence, and fictional I treasured the crazy music and fads and troubled movies and serious science, serious history, serious upstaged by her egomaniac husband's much-hyped work, and she realizes that within the corona he has fictionalized For more Bossy reviews of literary fiction titles, please check out the posts at this link .

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whip-smart young Indigenous woman in a steampunk 1800s Nordic setting, with plenty of dragons, dragon science Breath delivers the dragons: in-depth training around being partnered with dragons, dragon-related science

of Cormac McCarthy's two books in his Passenger series, both released last year; and I'm reading a science-and-sex-focused suspicious investigators track Billy to try to find answers. 03 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science Nagoski builds her book around brain science and groundbreaking research to debunk myths about women's

She's using science to inspire the upending of the status quo for her largely female audience. This cover says "light fiction" to me, but by all accounts, this book has depth and addresses deeper involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Horse, the newest historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks; Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into science, art, and race as it

This spurred her to work hard enough to found a nonprofit, teach children math and science, and eventually nonfiction books, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

The Hero of This Book straddles the line between fiction and memoir, as the book feels like a deeply The freedom one fictional man grants you is immeasurable. The blurred line between fact and fiction allows the true heart of the book, a daughter's wonder, grief

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destruction drives the plot, and various characters' belief in their own judicious use of technology and science

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For my full (rave) review, please click here. 03 Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach Science Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal; Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void; Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex; and Grunt: The Curious Science of

Resurrectionist compared to Caleb Carr's The Alienist , a suspenseful novel about the evolution of forensic science

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The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories

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The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn; I'm listening to my first Zadie Smith novel, the Victorian-England-set historical fiction Quinn's historical fiction offers the stories of multiple women in a females-only Washington, D.C. boardinghouse In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully

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The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is a historical fiction art-focused mystery told in two timelines husband and wife writing team of Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos) offers a gorgeously wrought historical fiction This was immensely satisfying historical fiction. You can click here for lists of more historical fiction novels and historical fiction mysteries I've

I've got these books going at the moment: recently published fantasy-historical fiction, the second in novel about an unconventional family in late 20th century Manhattan, Victorian-England-set historical fiction

grief, loss, family conflicts, strangers' bonds, and sticky moral dilemmas related to a speculative-fiction allows those who are grieving or coping with tragedy to soften their emotions and emerge better able to function

danger and solving the mysteries in book six of this series, Raybourn repeatedly evokes images of the fictional In the sixth book of the wonderful Deanna Raybourn's  feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction there's plenty of intrigue, and Raybourn evokes repeated images of mountain climbing in the Alpenwald, a fictional

Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of story inside a story), and the ability of those with money and power to manipulate the truth into pure fiction often more interesting and potentially bolstering to a powerful persona than the elaborately imagined fiction

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Henry's story-within-a-story adds a historical fiction element to her signature big-hearted, banter-driven I loved the historical fiction aspect of Margaret's recounting of her history. my favorite books the year I read it, and it also made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction my review here , and you might like to check it out on the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Light Fiction

This historical fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave You can find more Bossy historical fiction reviews at this link .

second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy; Yaa Gyasi's story about family, clashing cultures, and science and faith; and a light fiction read about pen pals (and a modern-day Fred Rogers-esque television personality Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise gravitating toward lighter stories like Very Sincerely Yours lately, and I need to create another light-fiction For other light fiction books I've enjoyed, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the recently published Red Dog Farm , Nathanial Ian Miller's fiction about a young man growing up in Iceland; I'm listening to Colson Whitehead's fiction based upon a real-life boy's reform school, The Nickel Boys ; and I'm reading Laila Lalami's recently published literary fiction

Grey Dog begins as an immersive historical fiction story of a young teacher with a shocking past in This is a feminist historical fiction story in which women--long kept quiet and still, supervised to I loved the setting and detail of the historical fiction story, but I became fully hooked as the tale You might also like my Bossy reviews of other historical fiction books set in the 1900s .

Ocean Vuong's literary fiction offers unexpected bonds between characters coping with desperation, addiction The section on hog butchering may be an eye opener for anyone (anyone?) The unexpected bonds that form throughout the book, both at the fictional fast-food chain HomeMarket This is literary fiction with a bite; Vuong's prose is often luminous or gritty, and the author doesn't

Check out these Bossy links for more romantic novels or lighter fiction . Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Light Fictions Reads of the Past Year Six More of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads of the Past Year Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading , and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories 01 Funny Story In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge

In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of Rednecks offers a mix of fictional and real characters in this riveting tale of rebellion and oppressive The true events that inspired the book are shocking and often read like fiction--the cutthroat, sometimes Mountain, and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

which is set during a devastating earthquake, Tilt ; I'm reading Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction Emma Pattee is a climate journalist as well as a fiction writer. for this novel. 02 The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian In Chris Bohjalian's newest historical fiction

The list includes: literary fiction that's part of an interconnected series; a romantic story about starting over; a memoir focused on the 1960s; historical fiction about a midwife that's based on a real historical figure; the first in a mystery series centered around former CIA agents; and literary fiction/historical fiction based upon disturbing events on a real-life, racially integrated island off the coast of Maine Historical fiction? Check. Maine setting? Check.