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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/8/24 Edition

    Horton's Glorious Revenge, Lizzie Pook's upcoming (January 16) novel of Victorian England and Arctic mystery Then a mysterious stranger arrives--seemingly drawn by her wavering between life and death--and promises

  • Six Fascinating Books Set in Maine

    1960s; historical fiction about a midwife that's based on a real historical figure; the first in a mystery I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. The mystery of what happened to the man is a subplot that winds through the story.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition

    narrative nonfiction set in the late nineteenth century West; I'm reading Kate Morton's dual-timeline mystery Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of coming home.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition

    I loved last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made In Razorblade Tears, two men are coping with the tragic, violent, mysterious deaths of their married

  • Review of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

    Tom's future interest in the mysterious, lost corona is part of his overall fascination with the decades around us, Tom, our academic protagonist says: I prefer teaching the post-2015 period...when waves of fantastical

  • Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner

    Then their run abruptly ended, and for the public, the reasons for their breakup were a mystery.

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

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series by Robert Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery

  • Review of We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

    Inside, the mysterious Nakagyō Kokoro Clinic for the Soul prescribes medicine to those looking for support

  • Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

    and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship or security aside from her employment for the mysterious But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking If you like books with a postapocalyptic feel, check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Fantastic

  • Review of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

    ICYMI: Daniel Mason's atmospheric, mysterious, languorous story is of a shy piano tuner's trip to Burma

  • Review of The Gunners by Rebecca Kaufman

    revisiting how shaped we can be by our youth and youthful connections, Kauffman weaves in some minor mystery

  • Six More Books about Brave Female Spies

    Graham's Cold War Cookbook. 02 Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams Williams's historical fiction mystery In Williams's historical fiction mystery, which skips back and forth in time, four years later, Iris's I looove a historical fiction mystery. you do too, you might want to check out the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books

  • Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

    Laura Amy Schlitz's book The Hired Girl is fantastic young adult historical fiction written in diary Laura Amy Schlitz has also written the children's book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village as well as Splendors and Glooms, a Gothic mystery about puppeteers that

  • Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition

    on the tone of this one yet; Connor is a little snarky, but I believe the plot is going to include mystery #LGBTQ, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense 02 A Very Punchable Face ​ Has Colin Jost lived long enough to Concurrently reading a young adult LGBTQ mystery, a comedian's memoir, and a historical fiction story

  • Review of Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

    My book club likes to tackle a mystery read as one of our summer books, and this was our most recent

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/11/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Lisa Gardner's newest Frankie Elkin missing-person mystery, Still Our Yesterdays; and I'm listening to Kirsten Bakis's gothic novel set on a cold, remote island with mysterious

  • Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary Kate Quinn is the author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and

  • Review of Fable by Adrienne Young

    young lady staring unflinchingly at the reader from the striking cover of Adrienne Young's young adult fantasy

  • Six Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year

    In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something two timelines, a decades-old tragedy, and a modern-day descendant's discovery of her family's link to mysterious There are two mysteries surrounding the Turner Tragedy: the whodunit aspect and the unexplained disappearance This is a long (it's almost 550 pages), winding story with complicated connections and mysterious motivations Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you

  • Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    posted about favorite reads from certain genres that I've loved reading in the past year: Six Four-Star Mystery Reads I Loved Last Year Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year Six Four-Star Historical Fiction For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels. 05 Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett In

  • Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads

    The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. an immensely readable book rich in period detail, great dialogue, and satisfying elements of love, mystery

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

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Cult Classic, Sloane Crosley's upcoming literary fantasy; Empire

  • Review of Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

    But she is incapable of BS and full of rage, fear, unquenched revenge fantasies, vulnerability, and the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/14/22 Edition

    Now I'm reading Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, the second in Elle Cosimano's playful Finlay Donovan mystery series; I'm reading Quantum Girl Theory, a recent gothic mystery about a finder of missing girls from Various misunderstandings during a publishing meeting about Finlay's upcoming mystery novel result in her receipt of a mysterious note implying that Finlay is involved in something sinister--and offering Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. 02 Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan In Erin Kate Ryan's recent gothic mystery

  • Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

    spoiled socialite—and one of the cons aims to right some wrongs in two of the characters' shared (but mysterious #mysterysuspense, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

    Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent Mysterious noises, inexplicable goings-on, the appearance of additional silent companions, haunting stories

  • Review of One Step Too Far (Frankie Elkin #2) by Lisa Gardner

    The heart of the mystery the emotionally tortured Frankie uncovers in the wilds of Wyoming in One Step Lisa Gardner's recent mystery One Step Too Far is the second in her Frankie Elkin series (the first was I love a character-driven mystery but haven't read any of Lisa Gardner's other series. author of Before She Disappeared, the first in the Frankie Elkin series, as well as multiple other mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition

    make: stick with her contentment and comfortable current life and husband--or fulfill the dreams and fantasy

  • Review of The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap

    affected by the complication of societal intolerance for gay relationships in this period), plus the mystery

  • Review of The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham Grant

    The story is more of a thriller than a mystery; after a time we aren't wondering what happened, rather

  • Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood

    Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery to this steamy interspecies romance Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre in the region, and she'd prefer to literally the Alpha of the Weres, and he's as unpredictable, volatile, and unforgiving as any Were stereotype Misery As a child, Misery was given up by her family and community as collateral to keep the peace. But Misery has her own reasons for willingly entering into this marriage--her best friend's safety may

  • Six Captivating Nordic Stories

    Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical fiction and fantasy humorous, and it includes Vikings, seafaring adventure, “nefarious company,” a town run by women, and “a mysterious

  • Review of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

    The first book in Mahurin's young adult fantasy trilogy was unabashedly dramatic and angsty, and I was

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition

    the Newman's Own brand. 03 The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/25 Edition

    As the community wonders at his mysterious appearance, they embrace Brandon, as he is ultimately named

  • Review of The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher #22) by Lee Child

    Reacher novels since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you only dabble in suspense, mystery #mysterysuspense, #series, #threestarbookreview

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

    that breaks and finds its way back together again; I Have Some Questions for You, a boarding-school mystery Jess Kidd is the author of Things in Jars, a mystery I gave four Bossy stars--and listed in two Greedy Reading Lists, Six Spooky, Gothic Tales and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You. Summer is ending, and there's a mysterious, unspoken, dark undercurrent at the Kinsellas'. It's about our societal obsession with tragedies and mysterious murders, and the tendency of bystanders

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition

    a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical mystery potentially heartbreaking and heartwarming book about unlikely friendship and a young man's bravery; a mystery

  • Review of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

    This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk. This is a fantastic blend of realistic complications, mistakes, adjustments, and spunk. #mysterysuspense, #southern, #fourstarbookreview

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/28/22 Edition

    lives in two eras and forced to choose; and I'm reading The Box in the Woods, a stand-alone young adult mystery time travel. 03 The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson The Box in the Woods is another young adult mystery Johnson's Truly Devious series offers dark scenes, wicked mystery, blossoming attraction, loyal friendships

  • Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Science and Nature Books

    They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling ocean, interviewing the oceanographers, marine biologists, and geographers focused on exploring this mysterious

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

    I've had a fantastic reading month. If you've read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/29/24 Edition

    soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical fiction mystery Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious

  • Review of The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

    act as a Hollywood movie star, linking the story's two timelines and revealing long-held secrets and mysteries

  • Review of Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan

    In Erin Kate Ryan's historical fiction mystery, she uses a fascinating story structure to explore different In Erin Kate Ryan's recently published historical fiction mystery Quantum Girl Theory, Mary Garrett focuses science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical fiction and offers a solid, twisty mystery

  • Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick

    In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/18/22 Edition

    his daring wife; I’m reading Steelstriker, the second and final book in Marie Lu's science fiction-fantasy

  • Review of The Harpy by Megan Hunter

    This slim, intriguing book packs a punch, featuring revenge fantasies mixed with magical realism.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/8/21 Edition

    Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/10/21 Edition

    bestselling author haunted by his secret; and I'm reading The Forgotten Kingdom, the second in Signe Pike's fantastic relentless oppression and hopelessness of slavery, the resigned, broken existence of the imprisoned, the masters But the white master of the plantation is Hiram's biological father, and composed young Hiram is set his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time and space. The details of life at the time are wonderful, and some characters wield magic and hold mysterious powers

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