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Click here for my full review of Flying Solo. 02 Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Jimenez offers humor romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part of Your World access to health care, domestic abuse, and emotional abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring Told in alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny For my full review, check out Part of Your World. 03 One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston McQuiston's love

Aye, that's what yer maw said"), for adventure and more of their somewhat grumpy attempts to save the world The story lagged a little for me with the accounts of past battles and war stories; extensive details

Alderman offers a dive into a future world that's crumbling due to greed, disregard for the environment twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing the world Meanwhile in Singapore, survivalist Lai Zhen has temporarily evaded a would-be assassin. When Martha and Zhen connect, the collision might just change everything...for everyone in the world. The behavior of three key tech billionaires might seem like the symptom of all the biggest world problems

The world, the girl knew, was worse than savage, the world was unmoved. of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries of the natural world Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it. There's a ton to unpack here, including the exploration of the good and evil warring within each of us

These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world. When the long-lost sisters do unexpectedly cross each other's paths again at last, the world's seams The weight of the world is on Vasya's shoulders in this book as she attempts to survive while saving Maguire shatters the reader's preconceived notions while crafting a richly imagined world--one which of, banishes her to a deserted island, Circe perfects her witchy powers, tames beasts, considers the world

Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing

loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War I love how Blake shapes a story in which privileged education comes up against gritty, real-world life We can see that Natalie believes she is as flawless as her painstakingly curated posts would have others Tremaine is single-minded about protecting her daughters and trying to secure futures for them in a world But if the truth of Saoirse's secrets came out, it would upend her existence, and she is terrified that

He says that the kingdom and magic itself are reliant upon Vera's time-travel back to Arthur's world, feel free to check out these Bossy reads about knights . 03 Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei In a near-future world reeling from environmental catastrophe, oceans have risen and destroyed the cities along the world's Their oldest sister, Nora, left home years earlier to try to help develop crops to sustain the world.

centuries, from Renaissance Italy to the present day, Chevalier's story skips through deadly plague, war

Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous Schwab Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series The Fragile Threads of Power  is set in the world of Schwab's Shades of Magic, with a return to the four magic but separated by doors, which were created in a desperate attempt to protect the magic of each world One may upend everything across four worlds--and one may possibly be able to save them all.

and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre ​ The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

Wylla's own mask is outdated, and scavenging the cutting-edge mask would give her powers she couldn't I can't wait to read more of this immersive world and of Haddon's compelling story.

Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's woman-centric account of events surrounding the Trojan War listening to Haynes read her highly entertaining woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War

Conflicts between Korea and Japan and war and occupation swirl around them and those within their orbits

The Daily Show 's Michael Kosta recounts his youth as a pro tennis player (#864 in the world), an assistant attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man traveling the world University of Michigan--while spending evenings working out a stand-up routine--Kosta abandoned the world The commitment necessary for success in the world of comedy somewhat mirrors the work ethic necessary

The standouts for me in First Light were the Greenland setting, the alternate world, the bitter cold, which was one of the last great expeditions in the Age of Exploration. 06 To the Bright Edge of the World When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious To the Bright Edge of the World is a story of discovery, adventure, tedious slogging, danger, and self-revelation stories, and they work well here, causing the characters to broaden their views of the great unknown world

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed adventures, and offer a glimpse into the author's newest world-building Naomi Novik's newest work, Buried Deep ,  is a collection of thirteen stories that span the worlds of And "The Long Way Round" is a tantalizing peek into Novik's next world, with a savvy, gruff female captain The dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal to their riders, Novik explores world

India generally keeps her strong opinions about the world to herself (or shares them with her two kids This is your wide, strange, remarkable family in the world, she said. They were able to infer a great deal about the world and how it works--far more than I would have anticipated While I did find myself cringing and wishing she followed through on the birth control that would ensure

01 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires the

If the land of milk and honey produced no further milk, this meal proclaimed, then we would sup of the ways, and she struggles with her role in perpetuating elitism while envisioning rebuilding a more just world repeatedly demonstrates the hubris of the uber-wealthy upper classes in the environmentally devastated world Money talks--and money is the only thing that buys food in a smog-ruined world.

scarcity, and, in the end, encouraging a critical look at what we feel is our duty to one other in this world I loved this story about an expert in poisons, with banter and clever deduction in an imagined world. Kingfisher imagines richly imagined fantasy worlds, and within them she slots fantastically imperfect who built her identity as a woman dedicated to her family, her religion, and her community, found her world While sharing what she learns was her husband's extended infidelity and her world-stopping surprise at

Ruth Reichl was editor in chief of Gourmet and a world-renowned food critic for The New York Times, and essential to Reichl's ability to properly assess the level of service and the food quality everyday patrons would She reveals absurdities and excesses in the restaurant world while clearly remaining the head of the Bourdain does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after endless evenings happily watching multiple television series featuring Anthony Bourdain traveling the world

You can click here to read her opinions in her own words. the population has been cut by more than half, inland seas spread across the globe, and much of the world's variation, richness, and natural world no longer exist.

The Water Dancer traces the life of Hiram Walker, a "Tasked" man (the word "slavery" is rarely used in The author also wrote the memoir Between the World and Me. 02 The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz This book inspiration for the character of Merlin); and the complicating factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war

loyalty, and remains open to discovering new sides of herself and of those she has allowed into her inner world Gillig builds a layered fantasy world on elements of stone and water, and the moth symbolism changes The Knight and the Moth is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters longstanding nobles feels like an editorial on haves and have-nots that is relevant for the current real world

After years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by a brief family escape to a nature-filled wonderland (molded on tales they've heard of a lush, past world In no time at all, she would be a craver again.

all of those elements and more, unraveling the workings of a family in the South during the Vietnam War , including brothers at odds; as well as complex issues regarding corruption, prison, war, money, power

Tremaine is single-minded about protecting her daughters and trying to secure futures for them in a world The story would have stood on its own for me, but the references to the Cinderella story were a fun added

Tell me what you would tell a white woman, her face said. In Evans's story "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," Rena, a war correspondent, attends the wedding The danger is in chemicals and airports and refugee camps and war zones and regions known for sex tourism careless about her actions, doubles down in order to have something to stand for, and questions who she would It was a pitiful tally, because I had decided most of them would forgive anyone who harmed me, would

But now she's dying, and in a panic, she makes a magical deal in which she lives on...in the world of But wars are being waged, and Rae quickly figures out that she's not the heroine of the story. as a prophet telling the future--she figures out that she's not the only one who came from the "real world

Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the The book was, as one would expect, gut-wrenching to read as the destruction unfolded on these pages. Between 1868 and 1881 they would kill thirty-one million buffalo, stripping the plains almost entirely

awaits the final book in the series, and by now she feels like she personally knows the characters and world Maggie doesn't know how or why she's there, but she's certain that she's living within her beloved story world Will Not Kill Me shines in so many ways: Maggie's love of books, Maggie's entering into the fictional world Cleo and Ethan's world is turned upside down. Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead is darkly funny, moving, honest, messy, and lovely.

The Republican Party was (as we saw it) the party of war, big business, racism, and evangelical Christianity

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Iida Turpeinin's upcoming historical fiction novel Beasts of the 01 Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinin Turpeinin's novel Beasts of the Sea spans three centuries, through she could legally have a drink, dedicated to her family, her religion, and her community, found her world Kingfisher imagines richly imagined fantasy worlds, and within them slots fantastically imperfect and

series, an allied force of students faces the aftermath of their ambitious book-two plan to save the world The young people feel the weight of the world on their shoulders--and it really does seem to be up to Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story of witchcraft and the natural world, she explores three timelines of , struggle against the binds society attempts to put upon them, connect powerfully with the natural world

listening to Melissa Caruso's time-travel fantasy adventure--the first in a duology-- The Last Hour Between Worlds For Bossy takes on books about faith, please check out these books . 02 The Last Hour Between Worlds In fact, the whole world seems to be in horrifying danger. after all--and cooperate with her nemesis Rika Nonesuch, the cat burglar, in order to try to save the world I'm listening to The Last Hour Between Worlds as an audiobook.

There is no deed you could confess so dark that it would make me forsake you. You said of us once that we were quicksilver and the rest of the world mud. , shaped by Nature in the same mold, and whatever that signifies, it means that to spurn each other would We are the same, and to leave you would be to leave myself.” development, and A Treacherous Curse offers additional layers that drew me even more deeply into the world

He dreams of being a princess when he grows up, and he would like to be called Poppy and wear the dresses Poppy's family is full of love, and they fear for Poppy out in the world. on their bravery and unwavering devotion to each other in order to face the potential cruelty of a world

into the dynamic stirs up questions, disturbances, long-held resentments, and wonder about the outside world Norlin immerses the reader into the cloistered world of seven, each of whom is hiding from something, centering around a dramatic power shift and, ultimately, characters' newfound abilities to explore the world

with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which is a different timeline of the same world Alexander Howard's The Other Valley, teenaged Odile lives in an isolated community that's bordered by two worlds the powerful Conseil, which makes decisions about who is allowed to anonymously travel between the worlds to observe loved ones from a distance, she accidentally sees and identifies visitors to her own world

ICYMI: A death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking After a time, it seemed that the world inside the books became my world. The Enchanted brings us into the constricted world of a death-row inmate living in his "dungeon cell. He imagines a rich imaginary world full of fantastical visions, and these thoughts sustain him through affecting because of the weight of the situation and the powerful way Denfeld presents the inmate's inner world

Jimenez offers great banter and fantastic premises, and she works in real-world issues to add depth. actually a strong, determined woman set on protecting her daughters and securing futures for them in a world suitcase on the steps of the subway platform, she is determined to continue to try to be kind out in the world

historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful magical world which he feels simply because of Darnay's very existence--not to mention Darnay's more handsome, less world-worn stands on its own, but I did get bogged down by the extensive explanations of the workings of the faerie world

Why would you do this? Trying to live where you can never thrive? Up here, nice feels such an alien word. I loved the dynamic only relevant to the world's tiny population of astronauts, in which the space-station traveling anywhere, they reflect, while the astronauts headed to the moon are stepping onto another world

peek behind the scenes of a fictional 1960s sitcom is layered with the complex issues of the changing world dynamics of some longstanding relationships, and the behind-the-scenes peeks at a fictional television world

and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

Divya sets the scene in the world of 2095. Humanity around the world is reliant on homemade and commercially manufactured pills--for health, for health, autonomy, and freedom; sometimes-necessary compromises; and the promise for the future of the world The next day, the world is changed. Carls have cropped up in cities throughout the world. Years later Rose is a world-renowned physicist working to unlock the secrets of the hand and the curious

becomes determined to usher in a new age, where Excalibur will be reclaimed, Camelot will be secure from would-be misfits who don't inspire great confidence, but collectively, they fight to find a path forward in a world

Crying in H Mart is beautiful, painful, and evocative. 02 The Space Between Worlds by Micah Johnson In The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer secrets are revealed that connect various worlds and shake Cara to her core. In twentieth-century Idaho, elderly Zeno has lived a life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life

his digestion, ability to chew, and his taste--at the time, he was unsure how long-term the effects would friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes everything, opens up Sven's world There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant As always in the world of Cormoran Strike, the details of the crime are often grisly and disturbing. would have wanted.