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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/17/26 Edition
01 Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw The stormy night Clay Lockhart's wife and children die, he flies
- Review of Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/23/26 Edition
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- Review of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green
In Green's insightful hands, he illustrates how the modern-day fight against TB--with conflicts about
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
People don't like to hear it but I think they might not mind reading it on a card.” You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing
- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might If you're interested in books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Mysteries I Loved in the Past Year
Raybourn This fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and suspense, loyal about where the bodies are buried--literally--to be allowed to drift away into the world without a fight I loved the women's complicated bonds, their crafty planning, their fights for justice, and their ability Belgravia. 03 The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Emma Makepeace returns with new enemies in her sights
- Review of How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
the power of books takes a tough situation that ends in a death and allows for a fresh start--which might
- Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
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- Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience
But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or
- Review of Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows #1) by Devney Perry
You might predict that Odessa will be the unlikely heroine of this story when you find out that she has Dear reader, she is going to end up being brave, and finding love, and and Doing the Right Thing. The dialogue is sometimes dramaaaaatic, but generally the pacing rolled right along in this one.
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
If you like books about magic, here are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy Reid is a straitlaced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong. I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more When Zeus, fearful of what she might be capable of, banishes her to a deserted island, Circe perfects
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/21 Edition
A borrowed car and an open mic night open up new possibilities while a fight with her dad sharpens her
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
seem to be following her, Cutie begins to believe that the curse Uncle Horace keeps mumbling about might be real--and that it might have been connected to the deaths of her parents.
- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
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- Review of Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/25 Edition
If you're interested in or enjoyed this book, you might want to check out a favorite book of mine, Madeline Trying to do the right thing seems not to work out very well for Denny.
- Review of Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright
But Restell's story also swirls with weighty issues still relevant today--women's rights and autonomy ; the fight for fair wages; power abuses; class divides; societal pressures; wealth, privilege, and power events of the time--particularly society's changing reactions to birth control, abortion, and women's rights
- Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
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- Review of Trip by Amie Barrodale
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- Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past
- Review of Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
His wonderfully eccentric characters and story scenarios might seem self-consciously zany in another
- Review of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
unspecified) town dies mysteriously, Cordelia's mother insists they leave town in the middle of the night , and she sets her devious sights on bewitching a wealthy squire and sinking her claws into his fortune
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/25/25 Edition
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- Review of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
reflects on human nature, recognizes the intense delights of food and love and friendship, shines a light thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman story you might
- Review of Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
See presents Yunxian as a feminist in many ways, but doesn't allow her to feel more modern than might
- Review of Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
writing the nuclear energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight
- Review of Bunny (Bunny #1) by Mona Awad
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/25 Edition
01 I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom Gazala must be crafty, humble, and alert to get by as a Jew while I'll Be Right Here tracks decades in their lives, including victories, pain, unorthodox choices, and allows those who are grieving or coping with tragedy to soften their emotions and emerge better able to function After a canceled flight, a carload of people head on a cross-country journey to the "poppy fields," as
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
Cruel forces wield ruthless power in the dark land below--and those in charge might destroy him if he hope in a devastating prison of a situation, he begins the trajectory of becoming an unlikely hero who might
- Review of Yearbook by Seth Rogen
“Never quit, but sometimes do quit, ’cause you simply might not be that good at some shit.” For more more MORE memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition
But when Madison and her best friend go missing that night, Emmy realizes the girls have been keeping
- Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
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- Review of The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/26/25 Edition
precautions taken, life vests forthcoming, and she can probably even film from the deck of the boat...right Ocean Vuong is also the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous , Night Sky with Exit Wounds , Time
- Review of Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story by Max Marshall
to money, some live together, and in many cases they demonstrate a desire to have a good time, which might
- Review of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
I kept wondering if a stronger editorial hand might have tightened up the story so its essence could
- Review of All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
the disparate-seeming story that soon emerges, beginning with the premise of a serial killer whose actions key character gives up everything to relentlessly seek out a dreamlike possibility of something that might
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
It seems inevitable that the reflections of someone facing death might lead a reader to consider their Other books on my to-read list that loosely fit within this category include: If you like memoirs, you might farewell to her family but is also meaningful for anyone considering the way they live and how they might
- Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts' past histories that might
- Review of The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
current life, the husband she loves, and her kids--or upset everything to explore the fantasy of what might The characters' duplicitous actions were difficult for me to empathize with; their romantic plights felt Yet the characters felt largely lacking in introspection or even action.
- Review of The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus
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- Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Each day Addie wakes up a stranger, even to someone she spent the night with. I mentioned this book (along with The Fighting Bunch and The Empress) in the Greedy Reading List Three
- Review of Conform (Reform #1) by Ariel Sullivan
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- Review of The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
You might mean well but hurt them anyway.
- Review of Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3) by Rebecca Yarros
and cures, attempts to locate a species of dragon, and a large-scale, high-stakes conflict involving action-packed jealous of the armor that holds you when I can’t, the sheets on your bed that caress your skin every night
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition
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- Review of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
references to Dante's Inferno and its circles of hell as Alice and Peter journey through their own eight
- Review of The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman
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