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  • Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason

    In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together to Eason's science fiction mystery Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, a templar, Iari, and a spy, Gaer, have

  • February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    the aftermath of World War I in this irresistible first installment of Winspear's 18-book historical fiction Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. Walsh I loved each of the historical fiction story's two timelines--following a stewardess on board The

  • Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/25/22 Edition

    The cover and title gave me the impression that this was a light fiction book, but the topic and tone But Paris is even more concerned that because of the publicity, the fiction of her current life that

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction behind-the-scenes peeks at the residential rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned

  • Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

    Shark Heart was surprisingly poignant speculative fiction.

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I had several literary fiction reads, a dystopian fantasy, and a fun nonfiction book. check out Silver Elite . 06 O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker O Caledonia  is a modern classic, literary fiction

  • Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out

    Heartwarming books and quirky fiction were two types of stories that suited me then and still hit the If you're looking for more great fiction you may have missed, you might also want to check out the Greedy conditional loyalty, and he allows characters to craft chosen relationships into a beloved pod that functions

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/15/22 Edition

    This cover says "light fiction" to me, but by all accounts, this book has depth and addresses deeper involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction

  • Review of Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman

    This is a perfect light-fiction read that's fun and funny, but never silly.

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    interested in this book, you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition

    book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series; and I'm reading Flying Solo, Linda Holmes's light fiction Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction

  • Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

    I love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or the spot for me with trademark Bardugo detail and world-building that set a dark, rich scene for the action

  • Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks

    ICYMI: Geraldine Brooks crafts a historical fiction story of 1666, a year in which disease, fear, and

  • Review of Good Material by Dolly Alderton

    Alderton's literary fiction rom-com is a funny, poignant, and sometimes frustrating deep dive into the

  • Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    04 Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction In the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of the Night, Fast the Wolves. 05 How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Nagamatsu's science fiction This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

  • October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful emerges as unlikely from the boozy, smart but lazy, bitter character, remains in place within this fan-fiction

  • My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far

    the Month 01 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarer #1) by Becky Chambers Chambers's science fiction In The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers Chambers's story is science fiction that's full of heart, heartbreak, and hope. In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

  • Review of Homecoming by Kate Morton

    Morton's newest historical fiction involves two timelines, a decades-old tragedy, and a modern-day descendant's and a formidable figure, but due to her grave illness and her unconscious state, she is only seen in action

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/29/22 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical fiction 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The

  • Review of Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison

    Harrison's nameless (fictional) narrator is coping with multiple miscarriages, fertility treatments,

  • Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh

    Unsinkable is historical fiction by Jenni L. Walsh that's set in two timelines.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/22/22 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin, charming historical fiction set during World War II; I'm reading Matt Haig's fascinating, thought-provoking science fiction The

  • Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

    The Invention of Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes It's uncomfortable, disturbing, and infuriating to read historical fiction about the actual horrors that Mermaid Chair, and The Book of Longings, which made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition

    candid memoir, Being Henry; and I'm reading Secondhand Daylight, Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook's science fiction

  • Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

    Ninth House, fiction for adults, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition

    read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction

  • Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia

    A book that kept coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William

  • Review of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long

    I was hooked by Meg Long's debut young adult science fiction novel about tough young Sena, her skittish In Meg Long's debut, the young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    loved reading this past month: a beautiful, poignant nonfiction book about living and dying; a science fiction story about an inherited villain's career, heavily featuring savvy and communicative cats; a historical fiction featuring female doctors, set in 15th century China; a gothic, magical-realism Western; a historical fiction

  • Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith

    up emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Review of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    If you like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading This is a great example of a light-fiction-feeling romance that deals with weighty, meaningful themes

  • Review of Weyward by Emilia Hart

    The female characters are often strong, and there's often lush historical fiction detail.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition

    Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/7/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's recently published science fiction How High virus begins pass like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    with emotional barriers to a deeper connection, and the agency is focused on trying to take down the fictional

  • Review of The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

    The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is a fictional account of an interracial music duo's rise to success If you like fiction about music, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    illustrating the interconnectedness of grief, love, community, and nature in this heartwarming literary fiction The ending section is lovely, with heartwarming promise, hope, resolution, and a fig-tree-related revelation Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the

  • Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year

    I recently posted about Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year, Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year, Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year, Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year. Elizabeth McCracken's The Hero of This Book (altbough McCracken asserts that this is not a memoir, but fiction Her mother's volatile emotions; upsetting and controlling actions; pushy manner; mental, emotional, and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/10/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an mental illness and coping with depression; and The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson's science-fiction 01 The Guncle by Steven Rowley In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming fiction The Guncle, aging

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    characters--as well as a romantic story that tackled weighty issues (my favorite kind), and a historical fiction Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

  • The Bossy Five-Star Reads So Far This Year

    01 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery--based on real-life In Beatriz Williams's historical fiction, Our Woman in Moscow, it's 1948, and Iris Digby, her American In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition

    Choo is also the author of The Night Tiger, a title I listed in my Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction

  • Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

    Gupta explores her Indian American culture, her parents' expectations, society's pressures, and the fiction

  • Review of The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod

    Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life Axelrod offers a light fiction romance that's heavy on engaging passages about making music, band life If you like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/6/22 Edition

    Lostetter's standalone science fiction about AI, a space crew, friendship, and bravery. Lostetter Activation Degradation, standalone science fiction from Marina L. Lostetter's book started off with a lot of logistics that slowed things for me, but as of page 66 the action

  • Review of Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson

    This literary fiction from Ash Davidson is wonderfully wrought, with lots of tense undercurrents, heartbreaking This literary fiction from Ash Davidson is wonderfully wrought, with lots of tense undercurrents, a growing

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition

    book in his quirky Ink & Sigil fantasy duology; The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd's historical fiction Sue Monk Kidd spins this historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes Monk Kidd also wrote The Book of Longings, which made it onto my Greedy Reading Lists Six Historical Fiction

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/8/24 Edition

    Emily Habeck's odd and sweet novel Shark Heart: A Love Story; I'm reading Heather Webb's historical fiction

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