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- Review of No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler
re-tabbed everything, and would have been perfectly willing to read the book again in its entirety right
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition
For more more more memoirs that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating
- Review of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
phenomena, and odd events cause some of the guests to doubt their own senses of what is real, what might others aren't tuned into, if she's mentally ill, or if the ghostly voices are real and influencing her actions
- Review of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Although he is high king, Gen's temper still flares, he behaves spontaneously when he might stop and
- Review of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Have you read Hello, Sunshine, The First Husband, Eight Hundred Grapes, or any of her others?
- Review of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this around information, manipulating social media, and knowing her superhero foes' habits and weaknesses) might sidekicks continued to crop up in others' employ, following the money and reinventing themselves as people might If you like this book, you might like those as well.
- Review of How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six
- Review of When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Were Dragons feels like the perfect book to read if you're a woman frustrated by recent changes in our rights
- Review of The Witch Elm by Tana French
of these characters felt lacking in humanity on some level, yet French made me sympathize with their plights
- Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
A seasoned and a rookie con artist together set their sights on taking advantage of a spoiled socialite—and one of the cons aims to right some wrongs in two of the characters' shared (but mysterious and complicated
- Review of Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
of (warranted) Madonna worshiping; a wise, fiery, kind older mentor in all things gay culture and in fighting
- Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper
Kieran's father is suffering from memory issues and wanders at night, and his mother is readying to move
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
her contentment and comfortable current life and husband--or fulfill the dreams and fantasy of what might
- Review of The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
I feared any Vivi and Heather resolution would be unsatisfying, but it felt just right.
- Review of the Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
dark force to later more fully realized appearances, for example) meandered along and I thought they might
- Review of Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) by Martha Wells
It might be a little heavier on the dry details of the machinations of various operations and a little
- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
blasted island and find her father again, she'll have to make her way in a rough world made for men--and fight
- Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Suddenly she's plunged back in time to begin the holiday anew and try to get things right, Groundhog
- Review of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Through asking for deeper thought, engagement, and action from all of us, Brown pushes the reader to You might want to check out So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo or Raising White Kids: Bringing
- Review of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Jason struggles to determine which reality of the multiverse is true and how the hell he might get back Crouch's Dark Matter is a fascinating blend of action-packed and poignant.
- Review of The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction
- Review of A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi
I admit that based upon the premise, I feared that painfully sentimental tones might creep into the book
- Review of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni
the idea that adhering to a more rigidly set out life plan or attending a more exclusive institution might
- Review of One Day in December by Josie Silver
and she can't explain it, except to feel that this is what people mean when they say "love at first sight tell Sarah the truth, and she's not even sure Jack remembers their non-encounter--much less that he might characters had juvenile-seeming reactions that I found frustrating (for example, calling a moment's sighting
- Review of The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan
lost dreams, fading possibilities, boredom, and disappointment, but they also clumsily come together, fighting
- Review of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Waters is also the author of Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, and The Night Watch.
- Review of Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
gay senator, and who (along with his president of a mother) actively and passionately supported LGBTQ rights
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In Green's insightful hands, he illustrates how the modern-day fight against TB--with conflicts about
- Review of Untamed by Glennon Doyle
This might have served as a unifying framework for her thoughts and her exhortations to the reader.
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Books about Media, Movies, and Music
books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other new-to-you titles that might
- Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Sports Nonfiction
books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other new-to-you titles that might
- Review of The Empress by Laura Martinez-Belli
I mentioned this book (along with The Fighting Bunch and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) in the Greedy
- Review of Moonlight Drive by A.R. Hadley
If you like stories about music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/21 Edition
After eight long years, Reyna convinced her reluctant father to bring the children to Los Angeles, but
- Review of With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
go on tour with his band to open for a major act, and just as he's letting his hopes soar that this might
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/18/21 Edition
If you like witchy books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Wonderfully Witchy
- Review of The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Nannerl, a musical prodigy in her own right, is tempted by attaining fame equal to her brother’s likely
- Review of Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
I worried that a book revisiting Olive might feel indulgent or unnecessary, but this is a deep look at
- Review of One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Bea finds the proposal laughable, then considers what it might mean for her career, for promoting body She didn't lose sight of embracing each new experience while reflecting on what she wanted her future
- Review of Godshot by Chelsea Bieker
mother-daughter relationship, and elements of misogyny, battle for control of the self, and the strong female fighting
- Review of books 1-3 of the Murderbot series by Martha Wells
If you think you might want to read these, just know that you do. I gave all of these four stars.
- Review of A Deadly Education: Lesson One of the Scholomance by Naomi Novik
dark magic--more powerful than any of her classmates realize, which is just how El wants it--fears she might
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
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- Review of Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
Briar is a serpent handler who came into leading the area's gas station church after being struck by lightning
- Review of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
time spent on Feyre's thinking and wondering and imagining, and I felt impatient about getting to some action importantly, a character who has shown herself to be an immature human, however charmingly spirited she might The tail end of the book picked up considerably in action and intrigue (and earned the book an additional
- Three Memoirs I'm Reading Now, 10/7/20 Edition
If you like memoirs, you might also like to take a look at the Greedy Reading List Six Illuminating Memoirs
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/21 Edition
This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. The thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not what you might expect
- Review of Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
I mentioned this book in Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition.
- Review of Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Howl, a challenging scavenger hunt competition that spans the city of Seattle and can last all day and night
- Review of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
He explores what he presents as destructive Appalachian cultural norms—fighting, distrusting the government


















































