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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/5/21 Edition
Pulley's The Kingdoms, which involves historical fiction and time travel; I'm listening to Marie Lu's young adult science fiction book Warcross, the first in the series, which centers around an unlikely futuristic The Kingdoms is her second book. 02 Warcross by Marie Lu Emika Chen is an orphaned young woman in a futuristic
- Review of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
I listed the Queen's Thief series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series,
- Review of The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
This is Hargrave's first book for adults, but she has several other young adult and children's books
- Review of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
A successful young-adult author, shy Helen is excited to be part of the adaptation of her work into a
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/10/22 Edition
NetGalley and Regal House Publishing. 02 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long In Meg Long's debut young adult novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal sled
- Six Book Recommendations from Smarty Librarians
Next Read involve answering a few questions about your tolerance for violence, rough language, and adult Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
memoir from a larger-than-life performer; a comedian's funny memoir; a fast-paced WWII-set mystery for young out of a writing collaboration; and historical fiction with a touch of magical realism about a brave young In 1840 in London, young Arthur lives near the sewage-filled River Thames, desperate to escape poverty girl to a young adult facing missteps and disappointment, through her unlikely journey to stand-up, here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical fiction for adults
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
adult stretching her wings despite her limits--her mother's alcoholism, her father's death, and her Cushla is a young teacher (who also fills in at the family pub) living through growing violence outside novel was inspired by real events; Bright Young Women traces a serial killer targeting young women Jessica Knoll's novel Bright Young Women is inspired by real-life events: the targeting of a sorority I read Bright Young Women for my book club.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/21 Edition
Rachel Lynn Solomon's young adult novel Today Tonight Tomorrow feels like a smart, sweet read to start Jane is a young woman who is new to Birmingham, Alabama. Two of the neighborhood's cherished young wives, longtime best friends, died months earlier in a boating Tonight Tomorrow, my book club's first title of the year, and I do like the idea easing into 2021 with a young adult nemeses-fall-in-love premise.
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
01 Vengeance Road I loved this young adult Western, and not just because of its amazing cover. Kate is a tough young woman posing as a male cowboy. Nash, a wealthy young widow. This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the Carson is also the author of the Fire and Thorns series, four young adult fantasy books plus related
- More 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
Murdered in a Quaint English Village (a book I mentioned in a previous gift list ), as well as the young adult Truly Devious mystery series (here's a link to my review of book five , with links to each of
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Eastern Europe at the cruel end of World War II; and Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction about a wolf and a gritty young woman's desperate journey across a frozen planet Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish fighting wolf Iska, and their desperate In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal
- Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
The thief came and shattered what was left of young Griz's life. This is listed as an adult title but felt to me like a dark young adult postapocalyptic novel, and it Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted
- Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery series.
- Review of Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter
In the world of Laura Maylene Walter's just-published young adult novel Body of Stars, the patterns of felt extremely invasive and intrusive, especially when the boys and men felt entitled to examine the young Body of Stars reminded me in some ways of The Power because of the young women's influence over society
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road, fantasy about a headstrong young comedy and life, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama; and I'm listening to the first in the prolific Marie Lu's young adult fantasy Legend series. In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval
- Review of The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Black's Folk of the Air trilogy (I mentioned the series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series).
- Review of The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
I loved this smart, funny young adult book complete with Chinese folklore, a rock-solid friendship, creative I loved this smart, funny young adult book--the first in a series--complete with Chinese folklore, a For a different (not young adult) book I also loved, which centers around superheroes, loyalty, revenge
- Shhh! Science and Nature Bossy Book Gift Ideas
inclusion of the viewer and the science focus reminds me of a different but favorite book gift of mine for young adults and teens, This Book Is a Planetarium (listed on a past book gift idea list, Shhh! An Immense World is the newest book by Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us , this young readers' version of Packing for Mars (originally published for adults--another great gift idea) feels like a great bet for keeping curious young people engaged with science and space.
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Young Cordelia is becoming aware of her mother's significant power and reach, and she is terrified senseless Jacob has been scrabbling for existence since he was a young boy. beginning to be known as Fagin--and gradually, driven by a measure of empathy, taking in and training young begins before World War II and spans to the end of the twentieth century, we begin with the story of a young Patrick Ryan is also the author of The Dream Life of Astronauts , Send Me , and young adult novels.
- Review of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot
- Ten Bossy Spring Favorites
Green In John Green's nonfiction book Everything Is Tuberculosis , he tells his story of befriending a young adult novels An Abundance of Katherines, Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Before he can set out for Arizona to try to win back his young love, his estranged brother dies, and For one year when they're young adults, the sisters reach mindboggling heights of fame as the pop duo of an extreme, life-and-death-stakes fallout after heartbreaking tragedy, but it's also a story of young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/14/21 Edition
about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in which people aren't always what they seem; and a young adult mystery with heart, the second in a series.
- Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI. 05 Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in Young adult Josie is Girl One, the first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male When her mother disappears, Josie begins to track down the other Girls, and together the young women
- Review of How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
I love a Gold Rush story, a young adult story, a story about brave young women meeting challenges.
- Review of The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
loved the glimpses into Greta's musical aspirations and inspirations--and the brief exchanges with her young Smith is also the author of nine books for young adults, including The Statistical Probability of Love
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
This is a departure from many of my more playful Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites The details of Yip-Williams’s childhood and the obstacles she overcame to simply be alive as an adult Kalanithi, a young neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts Bowler, a young mother and divinity professor coping with long-term stage IV colon cancer, shares her
- Review of The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
security and without providing any foundation for her life--and are largely not even present, forcing young If you like stories about young protagonists facing challenges and realizing their fortitude, you might also like the standout books on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books.
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You
Veronica is a curious young Victorian-era lady with progressive ideas, and I adore how matter-of-factly A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the long-ago mystery. Jackaby is the first in the young adult supernatural mystery series of the same name, and in it, author Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would have allowed it, There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young
- Review of Here For It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas
I mentioned this book (along with the new mystery The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins and the young adult
- Review of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science-fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story.
- Review of Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young I mentioned this book (along with the epic science fiction/fantasy To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and a young adult historical fiction story set during the Gold Rush, How Much of These Hills Is Gold) in the Greedy
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
There is plenty of substance and depth in this young adult title to captivate adult readers.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition
01 The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee Centuries later, Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost Schwab publishes adult books under this name (and young adult books under the name "Victoria Schwab")
- Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young and Other Words , The Soulmate Equation (a favorite), and Autoboyography (another favorite and a young adult LGBTQ+ gem). 05 Beach Read by Emily Henry Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements
- Review of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
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
- Review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Despite the mysterious disappearances of children that are at the heart of the story, this primarily felt young adult and light to me. It is told in young Jai’s point of view and primarily focuses on his outlandish ideas for becoming a
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites, The details of Yip-Williams’s childhood and the obstacles she overcame to simply be alive as an adult Kalanithi, a young neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts Bowler, a young mother and divinity professor coping with long-term stage IV colon cancer, shares her
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/21 Edition
finding identity, eschewing societal fears and superstition, and belonging; a mystery novel about a brave young woman shaped by her Native American heritage; and a young adult book set in an alternate world where North It's 1894, and seventeen-year-old Ada is a newlywed, falling into the path set out for her as a young When she meets Jamie, a handsome young man on her brother's hockey team, he seems like a much-needed As each young woman enters her magical "changeling" period in which her permanent markings (which carry
- Review of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
In A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while. I liked the brave young female protagonist in Maas's book Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1), but I
- Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
The young men Orenstein interviewed share their experiences with intimacy, yearn for bigger conversations Orenstein, who also authored Girls & Sex, wrote Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent So she spent two years interviewing young men ages sixteen to twenty-two of different races, straight adults, 60 percent of whom said they and an adult had not had a conversation on these topics. Orenstein pushes parents and trusted adults to "challenge the unwritten rules of male socialization,
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures it's 1930 in the Kentucky Appalachians, and Amanda Rye is a traveling packhorse librarian, a widowed young The MacInteers--tough yet tender mother Rai, her clever daughter Sass, playful young adult Finn, and
- Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
This was the author's first young adult book. When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious
- Another Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
For one year when they're young adults, the sisters reach mindboggling heights of fame as the pop duo Before he can set out for Arizona to try to win back his young love, his estranged brother dies, and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/20 Edition
But I'm still excited to read Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy book, the first in Lu has written the Legends, Young Elites, and Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy Casey is in the awkward, sometimes painful age and stage of shifting from young adulthood to being a
- Six Books about Brave Female Spies
For my full review, see The Huntress. 03 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein In Wein's young adult historical The plane's young pilot and its passenger are best friends, but only one of the girls survives. worth a slot on your to-read list. 05 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin This is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second, Blood by Blood, is also great). Yael, a tough young woman who escaped from a concentration camp, has been training as a spy for years
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
this book, please see Life After Life. 05 Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon This light fiction young adult novel offers (reluctant) romance, best friendships, dance lessons, glimpses into the future, a In the newest young adult book by Nicola Yoon, teenaged Evie Thomas is reeling from her parents' divorce
- Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You
Bohjalian's Hour of the Witch takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like main protagonist young I loved that Novik began putting more of the school's fate in the hands of her young characters--and Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. 06 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather.
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
The thief came and shattered what was left of young Griz's life. This is listed as an adult title but felt to me like a dark young adult postapocalyptic novel, and it Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted
- Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Then Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred Schwab publishes adult books under this name (and young adult books under the name "Victoria Schwab")
















































