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- ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021
My son is reading it and isn't quite as enamored of it as I am, but he does think it's really good. Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this. She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents their years together (and apart) are an anchor of sorts, regardless of their status: “He brought her goodness
- Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock Holmes, and putting to good
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition
events lead to Charlotte's assuming the identity of a made-up detective, Sherlock Holmes, and putting to good
- Review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers
Common Orbit; Record of a Spaceborn Few; The Galaxy, and the Ground Within; and a series prequel, A Good
- Review of Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Kent has also written a book based on true events in 1825 County Kerry, Ireland, called The Good People
- Review of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents ' books In a Holidaze, The Unhoneymooners, Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, and Love and Other Words
- Six Historical Fiction Favorites
Vera and Edith in Hungary and Germany during the war; in Naples as they adjusted to post-war floods of food
- My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books
has never met, in the conversational tone of a pen pal writing to someone who will love her and her words She uses Old Norse words in her speech and thoughts; she frequently mentions bravery, combat, wisdom, eager to learn how to be more independent, and she’s smart and accurate with so many of her pure and good please see When We Were Vikings. 06 Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Anna doesn't put up with any good Donoghue weaves a good amount of fact into this story.
- Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
charming young Mimi shows Joan how to pin her hair and carry herself, and David halfheartedly attempts to woo Laura Amy Schlitz has also written the children's book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/5/22 Edition
So this had better be GOOD.
- My Very Favorite 2021 Reads So Far
My son is reading it and isn't quite as enamored of it as I am, but he does think it's really good. Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this. She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents their years together (and apart) are an anchor of sorts, regardless of their status: “He brought her goodness
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now
heartwarming 02 Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel Boy oh boy, this fifth book in the series is so very good I lurv them, and this one is really, really good so far.
- Review of Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Moore's books Heft and The Unseen World also look good, but I haven't read them yet.
- Review of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
If you're in the mood for more light fiction, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six
- Review of The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Lucy Foley's The Hunting Party hit the spot for my reading mood and kept me guessing about the details
- Review of The Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family conflict, and dark, brooding woodland Rory Docherty has returned to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time
- Review of the Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Pitting "true believers" against dark, feared forces turns what the village believes to be good and pure
- Review of A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler
Fowler also wrote A Good Neighborhood, which I had some issues with, although the topics at its heart
- Review of The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck
She's beginning to wonder if good can possibly overcome evil in this interminable war, but her ragtag
- Review of Outlawed by Anna North
begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change by wielding its power for good
- Review of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
They were brilliant in their avarice, quarrelsome beyond imagining, ready to die for bad and good ideas
- Review of Recursion by Blake Crouch
Recursion is more fantastic character-driven science fiction from Blake Crouch, and I found this sooooo good
- Review of My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
I'd had My Lady Jane on my to-read list for a couple of years, and the only good news resulting from
- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
This suited my reading mood perfectly.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/9/22 Edition
novel First Time for Everything, Danny Scudd has spent five years trying to make good on his dreams.
- Review of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
organizations that purport to value racial diversity and inclusion, then unapologetically points out where good
- Six Book Recommendations from Smarty Librarians
During the early months of the pandemic, I was in the mood for a solid dystopian, postapocalyptic read
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/28/22 Edition
Twenty years later, Chloe has more good days than bad.
- Review of The Light After the War by Anita Abriel
routes to survival as single young women in Naples along with jarring adjustments to post-war floods of food
- Review of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Whenever characters believe other people are unequivocally good or evil, just know: they're about to
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
everyday brutality, corruption, and the general neglect of people and possessions and reveals imperfect goodness
- Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts
The Dragon Heart Legacy series remains a cozy, convenient, wine- and romance-focused story with some good-and-evil
- Review of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
and groups that inspire fanatical loyalty, but wished for more answers, more exploration, and more food
- Review of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
In good news, the hotel crisis seems poised to bring together the families and the younger generations
- Review of The Course of All Treasons: An Elizabethan Spy Mystery by Suzanne M. Wolfe
reading over a long weekend: an Elizabethan mystery, complete with fantastic details of the dress, food
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
(The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones & the Six, mentioned below.) this list, except that somehow I still haven't read it--as well as A Long Way Down, Slam, How to Be Good
- Review of Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil #2) by Kevin Hearne
Minor note: thank goodness Saxon Codpiece returned for book two!
- Review of Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
Some shared wisdom, some showed caring through food, and one memorable acquaintance spoke to her about
- Review of One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
If you like this book, you might also like the young adult mystery A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly
- Ten Bossy Spring Favorites
Desperate for food and shelter and tired of overstaying her welcome and never having security, she was , preserved seeds for the future--if they can trust each other long enough to work together for the good For my full review of Wild Dark Shore , please check out this link . 09 Famous Last Words by Gillian Famous Last Words is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister. For my full review, please see Famous Last Words . 10 Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall In Hall's Broken
- Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
the grid in rural western Massachusetts who preach love, share belongings, farm and harvest their own food person (character) in a complicated situation, desperate for connection, and okay, I was taking Mia's word
- Review of Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo
He was given College...is an emotional decision, one economists refer to as an "experience good."
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/24/21 Edition
Korean-American heritage, her feelings of being caught between two cultures, and her intense love for Korean food
- Review of The Empress by Laura Martinez-Belli
, savvy, hardworking, and she loves her adopted country of Mexico--the landscape, the language, the foods
- Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories I Loved
The Second-Chance Stories I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity
- Review of With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
than you did before—about physical attraction, former passions, what’s funny, and even what tastes good
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
This was sooooo good, unexpected, sweeping, and compelling.
- Review of City of Windows (Lucas Page #1) by Robert Pobi
I adore a setup where a gifted detective is brought back onto a case because he or she is just too good Boy, did Page try to leave, and with good reason. But he's baaack, baby!
- Review of Normal People by Sally Rooney
their years together (and apart) are an anchor of sorts, regardless of their status: “He brought her goodness
- Review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
intimate secrets and they yours, where the stench of refuse mixes with the delicious tang of Indian food















































