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The war and all its deprivations seem relentless, but for Cristabel, there is a strange and guilty thrill later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young woman Unsinkable. 05 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino In Beautyland, Bertino offers a poignant, funny, strange Gwendoline has strong opinions and is feeling constricted in her prescribed royal role even without the

series by Rachel Hartman; and I'm listening to Harrow the Ninth, the second in Tamsyn Muir's very dark, strange It's the perfect reentry to the wonderfully cheeky, strong, faulted character of Tess as she tries yet

This is epic but never melodramatic, and I was hooked on the Viking-esque elements, the badass women The friends-like-family element and deep loyalty is strong among the members of Jack's group, and the

And their mother Christine is strong-willed and a force within the family, yet she has barely extricated

Gwendoline has strong opinions and is feeling constricted in her prescribed royal role even without the

01 Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian Bohjalian's newest book takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like young Mary Deerfield are suspicious and frequently considered dangerous.

Our Woman in Moscow, Beatriz Williams's historical fiction mystery, based on real-life double agents favorite read of the month); How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu's fascinating, disturbing, strange 01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams This was my favorite read of the month! In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American , she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different potential paths for interlinked young women

I love a spy book, a book about Russia, and a feisty, strong young female protagonist, and The Traitor

science fiction Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow; and Kelly Barnhill's speculative fiction, When Women book, to be published tomorrow, courtesy of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and NetGalley. 03 When Women but is being denied by the government and historians alike: a Mass Dragoning, in which thousands of women This is a gloriously feminist tale in which women force the world to consider rethinking their roles and worth by taking control and power and by making faulted men and meek women fear their wrath.

But the situation isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name I loved the key elements of this story: the capable con woman, the past coming back to haunt her, the In Steve Cavanagh's twisty mystery Kill for Me, Kill for You , two strangers, women bearing the brunt Ruth, a young married woman living elsewhere in the city, is brutally attacked in her own home--and the

I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kate Quinn and Jamie Chang's historical fiction novel about two disparate women 01 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek Thornton draws both of the women into his world by offering to be their patron.

I adored how Harrow intermingled the women's suffrage movement with the reemergence of witching and women's situations or dialogue distracted me from what felt like the heart of the story (the Eastwoods' helping women 02 The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden This is the third and final book in Katherine Arden's strong reading the Wicked Witch of the West story turned on its head as Maguire traced the origins of Elphaba, a strong-willed

The women realize they may know too much about where the bodies are buried--literally--to be allowed as a team once more, they realize they've been set up--someone has convinced the higher-ups that the women It's kill or be killed, and the seasoned women have to use their years of niche expertise, optimistic I loved the women's complicated bonds, their crafty planning, their fights for justice, and their ability While this book is a standout for me, you might also enjoy a different book about aging women taking

The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily , complex male characters the women love as family or romantic partners). Equation. 05 Normal People by Sally Rooney In Rooney's novel Normal People, Marianne, a solitary young woman

and The Painter. 03 A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas A Study in Scarlet Women irresistible heroine, but a fascinating examination of gender in Victorian society--and what happens when women returns in all of her feisty, unconventional, clever glory, despite the significant constraints on women

For my full review of this book, please see Nothing to See Here. 05 A Woman Is No Man In A Woman Is No are bright points: rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other, girls and women throughout the book--the food, spices, and meals that are a framework for much of the structure of the women A Woman Is No Man explores the incredible drive and bravery required by Rum's female characters to write She goes to sleep one night feeling satisfied, but she wakes up in another life: in a strange apartment

opportunity and second chances, Meet Me at the Lake; I'm reading a book club pick about three young Muslim women They're good young Muslim women...and they also know how to skirt the rules, cover for each other, and As the women prepare to graduate from college, one night of confessions could change their relationships

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 abilities repeatedly shield them from the most grave danger--and unlock remarkable freedom for each of the women

Although the three interconnected women faced sometimes staggeringly tragic challenges, Spera injects during the first chapter that Gertrude was going to feel like a caricature of a backwoods Southern woman And although the three interconnected women faced sometimes staggeringly tragic challenges, Spera injects

Johansen offers monsters, elaborate escape plans and rescue plots, and two strong, clever queens savvily Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman Jessica is a single mom, successful lawyer, and wise mentor to other women

Mackenzie is a sports agent who's constantly fighting against misogyny and double standards as one of few women and refusal to bend to societal pressures--whether by behaving in a more tough manner because she's a woman in a career where fewer women exist, or by using her femininity as a tool in that career.

bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other, girls and women find joy in secret reading and in books, women find strength and demand truth rather than secrecy, and thread throughout the book of the food, spices, and meals that create much of the structure of the women --but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history, one in which For my full review of this book, please see A Woman Is No Man.

Hamptons village to be a nanny, but the community has recently been rocked by the disappearance of a young woman Strangely, Anna looks a lot like Zoe, so she's faced with the village's pain and suspicion everywhere youngadult, #mystery, #siblings 03 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ​ It's been years since a local young woman #youngadult, #mystery 04 Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know Samira Ahmed offers two story lines of young women Two hundred years in the past, Leila is a young Muslim woman struggling to survive.

twisty mystery is set against the backdrop of an unforgiving winter on an Australian island, with two women Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands

then I began listening to the book's relentless, churning roller coaster of hopes, dashed dreams, and strong

frequently unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the universal challenges women collection of stories felt rooted where universal experience intersects with the uniqueness of Any Woman

Michaelides has woven Greek mythology, references to ancient ceremony, and superstition into this dark In the first story of the collection the Sarahs are college women, and Cohen takes tongue-in-cheek potshots In other stories, Cohen recasts Sarahs and explores various roles for women, different searches for self A Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan and a Bible-era trans woman are two of So far this is a weird and edgy

Sittenfeld's wonderful second short-story collection, we meet imperfect characters, often fortysomething women Throughout the book, characters, often middle-aged women, consider art, expression, love, respect, friendship violence is so out of character for Luke, the hostages are never identified, and Luke was behaving strangely Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily , complex male characters the women love as family or romantic partners). Equation. 05 Normal People by Sally Rooney In Rooney's novel Normal People, Marianne, a solitary young woman

a few elements of the mystery didn't diminish my enjoyment of the fast-paced tale in which a young woman Married Landon was having a passionate affair with a beautiful, spunky local young woman, Lo Bailey, predicted a few elements of the big reveal, I was intrigued by how Lo turned the demonization of the Oth er Woman

a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly West Virginia Mine Wars and thousands-strong What brings the book to life are versions of the real-life figures of Mother Jones (the elderly woman once called The Most Dangerous Woman in America) and the sharpshooter Sid Hatfield; and characters like

Now Clementine must figure out if her heart is strong enough to cope with losing the unlikely love she's

This is epic but never melodramatic, and I was hooked on the Viking-esque elements, the badass women

Bracken's story offered sassy banter that I loved, a great enemies-to-(not-quite)-lovers setup, a strong

highlights of Big Time for me were two clever, funny stories I really liked, "The Secret Meeting of the Women " (featuring various real-life female celebrities as part of a private club through which they pull strings

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

When a local young woman goes missing, Chloe fights her rising panic. Is there another killer who preys on young women, one paying homage to the twentieth anniversary of her

Gwendoline has strong opinions and is feeling constricted in her prescribed royal role even without the I loved the strong female protagonists and their fire and grit and growth.

his 1940 Ford, driving fast, avoiding federal agents, and living with his grandmother, a healer with strong

look at the music business, musical creativity and songwriting processes, and body-image pressures on women

They part ways, but the thought of her keeps him strong during the hardships and uncertainty that follow loved, News of the World and The Color of Lightning, as well as one I haven't read but intend to, Enemy Women

This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman story you might expect This sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman This is my first Sarah Gailey book, but she's authored many others, including Upright Women Wanted, Magic

But I absolutely loved how Una was a strong, determined, gritty young woman in the face of so many enormous

She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing Frankie is an equal-opportunity problem solver, but I admit that I missed the focus on searching for women

But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study may When she alludes to mysterious connections between the women--and a long-ago crime--she threatens to

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

eccentric family and a broad surrounding cast of characters--and it's all centered around independent women with unconventional women's roles in society in nineteenth century New York City. The Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of

I had a tough time with the implausible details but appreciated the strong female characters and the broken mother-daughter relationship, and elements of misogyny, battle for control of the self, and the strong strongest and most cohesive part of the story came toward the end, with a search and some resolution, strong

them: Namesake is Adrienne Young's second and, sadly, final book in her duology about the wonderfully strong , ruthless, clever young seafaring woman, Fable; A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, one of my two favorite Equation, my other favorite read of the month, Christina Lauren's heartwarming, funny story featuring strong Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and, sadly, final book in Young's duology about a wonderfully strong , ruthless, clever young seafaring woman.

trilogy; and I'm reading the upcoming (January 9) young adult rom-com Dungeons and Drama, about a young woman Rachel Hawkins When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's North Carolina's richest woman Strange murmurings about Ruby's past begin to surface, and Camden is forced to face questions about inheritance