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In the first book in Alex White's Starmetal Symphony space opera series, Gus is a jazz pianist whose My obsession with the irresistible dry humor, grudging and undying loyalty, and love for the series The The robots and the imminent demise of the human race that they seem perched to enact serve as a catalyst I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series That first book in that space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and

And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well. I was so happy to realize this is the first in a planned series. Sign me up for every bit of this!

In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre (in the audiobook this is pronounced very emphatically as "FAY-ruh") and her spotty success with hunting I've been told that the series strengthens over time, so I plan to take a breather and then read the next in the series, A Court of Mist and Fury.

Finishing School series, Etiquette & Espionage ; I'm listening to An Unexpected Peril , the sixth book in Deanna Raybourn's great Veronica Speedwell series; and I'm reading We Don't Talk about Carol , Kristen This is the first in the four-book young adult steampunk series Finishing School. I loved the first book in Gail Carriger's five-book (plus a prequel short) Parasol Protectorate series (There are currently nine books in the series, with a tenth scheduled for publication in 2026.)

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series includes The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; A Closed and Common Orbit; Record of a Spaceborn Few; The Galaxy, and the Ground Within; and a series prequel, A Good Heretic She's also the author of a A Psalm for the Wild-Built (the first in the Monk & Robot series) and its

I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I very much want to read. He also wrote a very different book, The Girl in Green, about a British journalist and an American private #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview

detail and thrills and chills of Viking-era Norway held so much promise, I'll give the next book in the series I gave this first book in the series three stars, which for me meant it had promise but didn't knock chills of the story held so much promise, and the next two books show positive reader reviews, this series #nordic, #Vikings, #series, #fantasyscifi

In this fourth installment of her Murderbot series, Wells provides another short (176 pages) book in (For one thing, the shows and serials were trying to communicate accurately with the viewer. little lighter on delightful Murderbot introspection than the previous books, but I'm all in on this series Have you read this or others in the Murderbot series? Are you as taken with this series as I am? #robots, #series, #fantasyscifi, #fourstarbookreview

of a famous Jane's story) are published, so there will be no impatient waiting for the others in the series an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

There are two other books in Turner's Sarah Agnes Prine series that I haven't yet read, but they look very promising. #historicalfiction, #Western, #series, #threestarbookreview

The second installment in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series is satisfying and comfortable, as In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic In book two of the series, Breen Siobhan Kelly is coming into her own. I posted that I was reading this, a fellow reader reminded me that the third and final book in the series

The author plans to write more books in The Lillys series.

I read this young adult mystery in a day, it was so good. I loved Pippa and Ravi, and I'll definitely read the three other books planned for the series. writing her college application essays, but she is doggedly determined to get to the bottom of this mystery I mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read as well I'll definitely read the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Girl (and the two additional books planned for the series

This is the second in Schwab's first series for adults, Villains. I very much enjoyed Schwab's young adult Shades of Magic series; the first title is A Darker Shade of As of August 2020, there's no publication date for a third in the Villains series. #fantasyscifi, #series, #threestarbookreview

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother In Rebecca Serle's One Italian Summer, Katy is reeling after the death of her beloved mother, who was I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age. Rebecca Serle is also the author of In Five Years, The Dinner List, and When You Were Mine.

I'll definitely read the next in this series. realizations--as well as the resolutions and the fantastic setup for the next middle-grade book in the series Story Thieves is the first in a five-book series by James Riley. Riley is also the author of the Half Upon a Time and Revenge of Magic series.

, several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series. Dragons are very much a side note in this book, alternately soaring in the sky and carrying Keegan to But if The Dragon Heart Legacy series remains a cozy, convenient, wine- and romance-focused story with I'm in for the second book in this series, fall 2021's The Becoming, but I thought that the series was

There's a brief, sexy, rooooomantic discovery-encounter that's in keeping with the rest of the book's The second in Mahurin's Serpent & Dove series is Blood & Honey, with the third book, Gods & Monsters,

frenemies; and the gloriously dramatic young adult debut from Shelby Mahurin (with a second in the series 01 A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which powerful than any of her classmates realize--fears she might accidentally take him out before she can master Holly Black The Queen of Nothing is the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series).

Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival I love Young's tone and the characters she's created in this series. I wish there were a third book in this series coming from Young.

The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in White's Salvagers series I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy.

This second book in Naomi Novik's Scholomance series builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous forces Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling realize, which is just how El wanted it--feared she might accidentally take out Orion before she could master slow down and savor Novik's irresistible Scholomance world while reading The Last Graduate, and I'm so very glad there will be a third book in this series.

I loooved this witty, romantic, action-packed steampunk novel--the first in a series--from Gail Carriger Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series takes place in Victorian London, and the immensely appealing Carriger has written five Parasol Protectorate series books and a short prequel, so if you're up for This book was part of the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love. #historicalfiction, #fantasyscifi, #LGBTQ, #series, #fourstarbookreview

#fantasyscifi, #series, #youngadult, #russia, #fourstarbookreview

All three books in this series held up for me in a big way. The Bear and the Nightingale is the first in the series, and The Winter of the Witch is the final book #fantasyscifi, #russia, #youngadult, #series, #fourstarbookreview

Katherine Arden finishes out the trilogy in typical mesmerizing fashion, with her usual masterful balance This book follows the other books in the series, The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower I highly recommend this series. #russia, #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #fourstarbookreview

But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fantasyscifi, #series, #fourstarbookreview

My very favorite books from December! When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Lincoln Highway, click here. 05 Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith I'm all in for the Cormoran Strike series In the fifth installment of the mystery series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

I gave this first book in the series three stars, which for me meant it had promise but didn't knock I’d forgotten that there was a second book in this series, American by Day, which I now recall that I #nordic, #heartwarming, #series, #fourstarbookreview 05 We, the Drowned ​ I own this book. humorous, and it includes Vikings, seafaring adventure, “nefarious company,” a town run by women, and “a mysterious #nordic, #series, #historicalfiction What are your favorite Nordic-set or -focused books?

The Queen of Nothing is the final book in Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series). twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan) that did justice to the series

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm excited to the second, Harrow the Ninth. #fantasyscifi, #series, #postapocalyptic, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

This fantastic book is the first in Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series. Five books in the series have been published, and a sixth is scheduled for 2021. I love when I find a new-to-me series with multiple books already available for me to binge read. I can’t wait to read the others in this series. #mysterysuspense, #series, #historicalfiction, #london, #fourstarbookreview

I really liked Roth's Divergent, but the second book in that series fell off for me and I didn't read #fantasyscifi, #timetravel, #series, #dystopian, #fourstarbookreview

Webb provides multiple mysteriously missing persons, mixed motivations, naive characters who might be And a very minor issue: the "Hey, pretty girl" greeting from the recently met grown-man male detective I also loved Falco's back story and his mysterious contact Cross, and I'd love to see more of both of If you like mysteries, you might also want to look at the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries

I adored the first book in the series, Fable, in which the title character relied heavily on her survival

I knew immediately that I would definitely read the next in the series. of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) and The Lost Man, which I mentioned in my Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries

A Deadly Education is the first in Novik's Scholomance series, which is set at a magical school with classmates realize, which is just how El wants it--fears she might accidentally take him out before she can master El is grumbly and abrupt, not looking for friends-nor making very many--as she speaks plainly and bristles However, I am ALL IN on the series: El, Orion, the burgeoning alliances, and the twisty turns Novik has The Last Graduate, the second book in this series, is slated for publication in June 2021.

I read half but didn't finish this second in the Monsters of Verity series. This is the second in Schwab's Monsters of Verity series; the first is This Savage Song, which I gave #fantasyscifi, #youngadult, #series, #didnotfinish

The Books I'm Reading Now Library audiobook alert: I'm listening to the twisty mystery First Lie Wins Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. Ibrahim are septuagenarians feeling let down after the thrills, danger, and success of their first solved mystery For my review of the first book in this series, The Thursday Murder Club , please check click this link

Rachel Hartman is also the author of the Seraphina series. The second book in the Tess of the Road series, In the Serpent's Wake, was published last month.

(I mentioned her Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series twentysomething Krishan has moved home to live with his mother and grandmother in the city of Colombo, Sri He begins the long journey to the war-torn area of northern Sri Lanka to pay tribute to Rani, and he's

I very much enjoyed harking back to the childhoods of the Fetch, Row Finn, and Jonathan Tear to better I already miss my favorite characters from the series. read this ending to the trilogy before delving into the prequel because I'd read the others in the series

Henry's upcoming romance story-within-a-story, Great Big Beautiful Life ; I'm listening to the first mystery in a series, The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens; and I'm reading Charlotte McConaghy's haunting and mysterious Story , Happy Place , and Book Lovers . 02 The Life We Bury ( Joe Talbert #1) by Allen Eskens In this mystery This is the first in a series of three books about Joe Talbert. 03 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy When a mysterious woman washes up half-dead on the remote island of Shearwater, home of the world's largest

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Black Woods, Blue Sky , literary fiction about a single mother and mysterious ; and I'm reading Death at Morning House , a stand-alone young-adult mystery by the author of the Truly Devious series, Maureen Johnson. But Arthur is mysterious, and he's not who Birdie thought he was. is a stand-alone young adult novel by Maureen Johnson, who is also the author of the Truly Devious series

I didn't include some obvious options like the Harry Potter series or Roald Dahl's The Witches, nor did are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series romance of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander books and the angst, emotions, and forbidden love of the Twilight series I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more There are four books in this series from Harkness, and I found the others even more magical than this

Kills Well with Others , the newest novel in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Killers of a Certain Age series Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn The first installment of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series author of the wonderful Killers of a Certain Age , which was the first in the Killers of a Certain Age series And I loved A Curious Beginning , the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series (There are currently nine books in the series.) 02 The Antidote by Karen Russell A terrible dust storm

really enjoyed Hearne's Ink & Sigil last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Three Offbeat Series

lightfiction, #heartwarming 02 Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel ​ Boy oh boy, this fifth book in the series is so very good so far. #robots, #fantasyscifi, #series, #uniquePOV 03 The House in the Cerulean Sea ​ I like to listen to fantasy Management sends lonely, steady, pushed-around Linus, a case worker for magical children in orphanages, to a mysterious Linus is expected to report back with details about what Arthur Parnassus, the mysterious master on site

haunted by his secret; and I'm reading The Forgotten Kingdom, the second in Signe Pike's fantastic series But the white master of the plantation is Hiram's biological father, and composed young Hiram is set his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time and space. The details of life at the time are wonderful, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and so far this book is reminding me of The

band, its making, and its unmaking, through interviews with various characters that illuminate the mysterious their mesmerizing lead singer Daisy, the group's complicated interpersonal conflicts, and the band's mysterious The story has been adapted into one season of a television series.