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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Amor Towles's almost-600-page historical fiction story Lincoln Robert Galbraith's 944-page fifth installment in the Cormoran Strike series, Troubled Blood, and reading Six and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's twists and turns. 03 Six

  • Review of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

    Centuries after her death, spindly, awkward, cowardly historian Owen Mallory unearths her story--and If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or have a chance at a life together

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a favorite author's most recent historical fiction, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn; I'm listening to my first Zadie Smith novel, the Victorian-England-set historical fiction Briar Club by Kate Quinn In The Briar Club , Kate Quinn turns her considerable talent for bringing history Quinn's historical fiction offers the stories of multiple women in a females-only Washington, D.C. boardinghouse In her first historical fiction novel, Smith offers a Victorian England tableau featuring a wonderfully

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

    If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition

    scheduled for publication tomorrow, A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical One Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition

    Our main protagonist, Commander Graham Gore (based upon a real figure from history), has been whisked I mentioned Rene Denfeld's book The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition

    You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In

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

    If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

  • Review of The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

    War II-focused books here , and you can also check out my review of Kate Quinn's great codebreaking historical

  • Review of Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

    Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young

  • Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

    I loved the rich historical detail and meticulous research evident in the text.

  • Review of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

    Smith's historical fiction story in two timelines equally powerfully evokes the bleak Dutch winters of Ellie, now a celebrated art historian, is potentially facing a disaster in which her forgery comes to

  • Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

    into Hazard's wonder at new experiences and his and other characters' perspectives on the world and history If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories and Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes.

  • 2025 Bossy Book Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List

    Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! 7s" and much more, Serrano uses wit and helpful obsession to explore pivotal players and points in history For the History Lover 05 Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough

  • Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

    If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

  • Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

    You might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

  • Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

    I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and

  • Review of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran

    I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria

  • Review of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

    In The Vanishing Half, Bennett follows the history of the fictional Vignes twins, Desiree and Stella, This book is also part of the Greedy Reading List My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. #race, #historicalfiction, #siblings, #fourstarbookreview

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

    like to read fiction about music, you might also like the titles I included in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of In Memoriam by Alice Winn

    Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I.

  • Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music

    Six more that made my honorable mention list: Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays Shhh! and they can order almost anything they don't have in stock. 01 How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/20 Edition

    Light fiction, historical fiction mystery, and celebrity memoir. I recently offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism if that feels down your

  • Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne

    War II fade in contrast to the responsibility and haunting we witness as Gretel relives her personal history

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light you might like to check the site for other books in this vein, or check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore.

  • Review of Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    ICYMI: Morton masterfully weaves together timelines, threads of family history, and long-held secrets As Cassandra follows the trail Nell has laid out for her, she discovers more about her family's history Morton is masterful at weaving together several timelines, rich family history, intriguing discoveries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/21 Edition

    If you like books with wintry settings, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six small-town mystery with beautifully imperfect characters bringing it all to life; and a woman-powered historical

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of October. What were some of your favorite reads this month? Centuries after the death of the legendary Sir Una Everlasting , spindly, awkward, cowardly historian You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your In this historical fiction-fantasy, characters from Dickens's tale are plunged into a dark, powerful

  • Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads

    You might also like the books on my past Greedy Reading Lists Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads and Six If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs for Love . 02 White Houses by Amy Bloom White Houses  is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical

  • Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

    destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history For [Colonel] Mackenzie on the southern plains, Comanches were the obvious target: No tribe in the history If you like to read nonfiction, you may like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction

  • Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

    Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval Mary Sharratt offers an exhaustively researched, fascinating historical fiction account of the life of Mary Sharratt also wrote Revelations, historical fiction about the life of Margery of Kempe, a mother

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that have cemented her place in tennis history If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history

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

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the They're from other times in history. protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure from history

  • Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

    those who have struggled to America, imagining their salvation; and explores the binds of family and history If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Review of Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

    Ryan sometimes offers what feel more like lists of historical, societal events than developed factors

  • Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris

    If you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great

  • Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

    For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

  • Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

    If you like to read memoirs, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality , and Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite.

  • Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

    one of McCracken's short story collections, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, in the Greedy Reading List Six You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition

    1619 Project into a full-length nonfiction book putting enslaved people at the center of our nation's history If you like short stories, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times Magazine, an array of contributors reframe the history I'm listening to this book, which is rich with history--including that of Black music and appropriation

  • Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

    If you like memoirs, you might try the books on some of these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

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

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wingwalkers, an upcoming historical fiction novel (to be published In Taylor Brown's upcoming historical fiction novel Wingwalkers (to be published tomorrow), a former list that looks wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

  • Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

    For more books I've loved, check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories and Six

  • Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

    (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) This book made the Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. #historicalfiction, #london, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Review of Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

    After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/5/22 Edition

    Fortune's debut, Every Summer After, a story about mistakes, lost love, and new beginnings, told over six If you like short stories, you might also want to check out the stories on the Greedy Reading List Six Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. 03 And Then She

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/28/24 Edition

    01 Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles In Table for Two: Fictions, Amor Towles offers six short stories The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance

  • Review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

    The Personal Librarian is historical fiction about the real-life figure of Belle da Costa Greene, J.P The Personal Librarian is Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's historical fiction based on Morgan, including immensely valuable works essential to understanding the history of the written word

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