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spinster sister Hester sees how Cordelia shrinks away from her mother and the intense power that the evil woman Hester and her friends--with Cordelia's help--set out to fend off the woman's murderous intentions. This story felt smart, strange, and intriguing. I can't wait to read more books by this author.

But she developed a strange itch in her foot. Russia and the Ukraine, Mila, along with so many others, enlists to fight alongside countrymen and -women the contrast between active female roles in the Russian military and the more peripheral positions women Click here for my full review of The Diamond Eye. 04 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Click here for my full review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. 05 Upgrade by Blake Crouch Main

surprise. 03 The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong

For my full review, check out The Love of My Life. 03 A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by A Study in Scarlet Women, the first in her Lady Sherlock series, presents Charlotte Holmes, a clever, forward-thinking, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time in which women have little Click here for my full review of A Study in Scarlet Women. 04 Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier , she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different potential paths for interlinked young women

In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval desperate for adventure; she is pushing at the edge of the disappointingly limited possibilities for young women frustrated, then furious, about the double standards, injustices, and power inequality between men and women There's a "woman dresses as a man to escape gender limitations" trope; the story emphasizes loyalty,

Vasya is an irresistibly and wonderfully strong and defiant main protagonist, and Arden includes lots Vasya is a young woman now, and she must consent to an arranged marriage or enter the convent--but Vasya Vasya is an irresistibly and wonderfully strong and defiant main protagonist, and Arden includes lots

Deanna Raybourn's  feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries, Veronica remains a strong

ICYMI: Morton offers a strong historical fiction mystery, with assumed identities, dual timelines, twists

book The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to a wonderfully strange story about the absurdity of human Beautyland is strange, poignant, and funny. later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young woman Walsh is also the author of Becoming Bonnie, Side by Side, A Betting Woman, and The Call of the Wrens

DeLozier showcases historically accurate, dangerous demonstrations of men's fears of capable, educated women storylines for the twin sisters diverge and serve as important elements in the plot and in the young women's

With plenty of youthful explorations of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, plus young women striving to strike structures of the time, Shoulder Season spans forty years, an important love triangle, and the course of a woman's I very much enjoyed her vulnerability as a young woman and especially the glimpses we got into her self-assured training and strict rules surrounding Bunnies' behavior (and even their allowed body movements), and the women's

But the women's impassioned brunchtime discussion about the plot of Finlay's suspense novel--along with He is in love with and married to a wonderfully strong woman, Irene, "Attolia"--and she is the real power

It's part historical fiction with wonderful World War II details and part sassy modern-day tale about women But as the first woman admitted into Harvard's library, the first female foreign news correspondent for

The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential Ji Lin doesn’t fit the mold of a typical woman from 1930s Malaysia or that of the British colonists living She speaks her mind and ruffles feathers even as she exploits assumptions about women, sexual attraction The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from

She's reporting on the case of Meena, a Hindu woman who was brutally punished by her village and her could enter a casual romantic entanglement--while she desperately fights for justice regarding another woman's While throughout the book Smita is (at least initially) reluctantly working to aid a woman in need, various

The women realize they may know too much about where the bodies are buried--literally--to be allowed I loved the women's complicated bonds, their crafty planning, their fights for justice, and their ability Yet Kingsolver keeps Demon's voice strong even as he falters and as everything he has counted on seems morning self-greeting), but I thoroughly enjoyed and felt calmed by listening to this wise, kind, savvy woman

Greene was a fair-skinned Black woman who hid her heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, and which would have been all but impossible for a Black woman to fill because of racism and the race-based constraints of the day. Morgan's potential open-mindedness about race seem wildly optimistic in light of his voiced views about women Christie, The Only Woman in the Room, Carnegie's Maid, and Lady Clementine.

Now Clementine must figure out if her heart is strong enough to cope with losing the unlikely love she's and I loved that the relationship between Clementine and her aunt is said to have been special and strong

character secretly meets a stranger for intimacy--despite actively feeling disgust and complicated and strong believe that after all of the trauma and betrayals—and what ultimately felt like thin bonds holding the women

She felt that once she developed a strong female character with her own rich backstory, Fortune was able

The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's book about a strong young woman in rural Nigeria who shows emerge from her oppressive situation against all odds, and she's wonderfully spirited, creative, and strong Namesake by Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and final book in Young's duology about the wonderfully strong

are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual desire but not subjects of sexual pleasure; where sex is used as a weapon against women; and where women believe their bodies are broken And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy Come As You Are is about the way women's sexuality works and why. how feelings are at the center of women's sexuality; and explain how women's sexuality is as varied

successful podcaster Alix Summer is celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at the local pub when she meets a strange woman, Josie, also celebrating her birthday. Her "birthday twin" begins popping up where Alix is, and she's got a strange, disturbing life story to She's falling for her famous client, the musician Trace Thorne--but when a woman shows up claiming to

Kate is a tough young woman posing as a male cowboy. Turner's story is inspired by her family's memoirs, and her Sarah Prine is a strong woman living on the Walk on Earth a Stranger tells the story of Lee, a young woman with a powerful secret: an ability to Yet I'm also fascinated by the optimistic explorer spirit--and I do love reading about strong female characters in a time when the world around them didn't always support women's strength and determination

attention to unspoken bonds, deep and unorthodox friendships, makeshift families, legendary dogs, and strong

dedicating themselves wholly to being submerged in magical waters and conveying their visions and dreams of Omens She starts to question the motivations of those with influence, including the Omens themselves. Lena, Valerie, and Bev are inexorably connected, and Valerie's survival depends upon the other two women's I love a Maine setting, a missing-persons story, and a tale of brave women thriving in a traditionally

Eldest daughter Orsola Rosso is forbidden from working with glass because she's a woman. Mackenzie is a sports agent who's constantly fighting against misogyny and double standards as one of few women

The Books I'm Reading Now For my book club I'm reading Lady Tan's Circle of Women, Lisa See's newest story of women in ancient China; I'm reading Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge, Lizzie Pook's upcoming 01 Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See No mud, no lotus. Lady Tan's Circle of Women is my first book club read of 2024, and wow, does this one start off with

and I'm reading Kate Manning's Gilded Mountain (to be published tomorrow), historical fiction about a strong young woman and her mining community in 1900s Colorado.

Quinn's historical fiction offers the stories of multiple women in a females-only Washington, D.C. boardinghouse But none of the women is precisely as she seems.

gloriously unapologetic competitor, an emotionally closed off romantic partner, a dedicated daughter, and a woman And her dedicated manager Gwen is an inspiring, strong, independent woman who believes in any goal Carrie

02 The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young In Young's story, loosely set in the world of her Fable series, strong I was thrilled to find that Young's wonderful, signature strong-young-female protagonist-in-a-man's-world A strange fellow offers to lead Ollie to Gwen. In Hartman's Tess of the Road, Tess doesn't fit the mold of an obedient, quiet young woman in her medieval

While Chelsey struggles to be patient with the young woman who is coping with layers of trauma, she realizes When she comes home alive, only Chelsey finds it strange that Ellie has left her captor and remains alive I also found it strange that Chelsey operated as a solo actor in the investigation to the extent she

I was taken with the first half of this book--a rural cult, a teen mother, a strong female protagonist Self-pity from a man was something she could not abide, not when she had a woman's issues to deal with The Invisible Hour begins with the story of Ivy, a feisty young woman who becomes pregnant, is threatened

There's an enormous career shift that felt an awful lot like a woman giving up a career for a guy, although As a former Mainer, I loved that the book was set in Maine, but I didn't get a strong sense of the place

This selection might be the perfect coffee-table perusal for the vinyl lover in your life. 06 The Only Woman by Immy Humes The Only Woman is made up of 100 group photographs, each showing a lone woman in a male-dominated present and from countries around the world, Hume highlights photos emphasizing the concept of "the only woman Visually striking, The Only Woman features unknown and famous women who are astronauts, conductors, writers

One standout for me was the strength of the women in the face of men's abuses of power and physical cruelty gender roles and the reimagining of a rigid faith, marriage/child/parental/educational expectations for women , adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fascinating details of life at the a young volunteer, Bridie, over the course of three tumultuous days as the fiery, complex, capable women Donoghue immersed me so fully in the moment-by-moment health and emotional crises; the women's determined

company...but she and her grandmother are folded into what feels like an oddly tight-knit community of women about the premise of a sleek, powerful company serving as a front for a coven of witches pulling the strings

Cora is a strong young ballet dancer when she meets her future husband, and it is excruciating to repeatedly

Cribb, Widow of the South by Robert Hicks, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy b y Karen Abbott, and Enemy Women It is a strange thing, after all, to be able to return to a moment, when it can hardly be said to have detail the hardscrabble life of a newly freed Black person—and the often desperate circumstances of women (especially Black women) without men to protect them at the time.

Story, Dana Schwartz's young adult gothic mystery, it's 1817 in Edinburgh, and Hazel Sinnett is a young woman desperate to become something women in her time do not: a surgeon. But when she's kicked out of his lectures because she's a woman, she realizes a chance encounter with particularly inclined to search for opioid drug addicts like her--in fact, no one seems to believe the young woman

manner in which Violet attempted to free herself from the shackles of marriage and the subsummation of a woman me of the measures taken by the main protagonist in another book I recently read, A Study of Scarlet Women

late grandmother, based on voicemails from and exchanges with with the formidable, fiercely loving woman She's reporting on the case of Meena, a Hindu woman who was brutally punished by her village and her Through Bell's voice we also learn what has shaped the other women of the family: we hear rich stories the difficult relationship between Bobby and her daughter (Kalb's mother) and how it affected each woman's Rebecca Donner's nonfiction work All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days is The True Story of the American Woman

regrets and irritations, and as a reader I was left wondering if much of it was driven by hormones and strong

not only helps rebuild communities destroyed by war, but along with her ambitious, inspired team of women for a book topic when she stumbles upon the bare-bones story of Jessie and the Cards, as the group of women

robot-focused story (A Psalm for the Wild-Built), the newest novel by the fantastic Blake Crouch (Upgrade), a strange The strong, ruthless, intelligent women in Harrow the Ninth absolutely steal the show--which is saying The story is full of heart and strange, captivating details of Chambers's imagined world--and of an unorthodox

character-driven mystery offers an imperfect, unassuming heroine obsessed with solving the cold cases of missing women She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing women and girls the authorities haven't been able to find. Frankie travels the country tracking lost women, moving into communities with little more than a change She cares about the women she's seeking, and she's not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions.

Frankie and Zeke want to create something--something strange, something people will notice, yet something The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--all centered around a young woman determined Years of Lenni and Margot. 06 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change explores the power of menopausal women In Kristen Miller's novel The Change, set in Mattauk, Long Island, three women cope with various challenges The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes

in the story Grey, Kier, and choice members of their army are assigned to the protection of a young woman The magic in Bovalino's world is strange and the circumstances around the island feel like a grayscale

Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated When her mother disappears, Josie begins to track down the other Girls, and together the young women discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history