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- Jan 24
Review of The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff's beautiful and brutal novel The Vaster Wilds follows a young servant girl running from the Jamestown colony's disease and...
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- Jan 18
Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose
Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman in a steampunk 1800s Nordic...
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- Jan 17
Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
LaValle mixes a Western setting with strong feminist messages, magical realism, haunting elements, and the terrifying, freeing truth in...
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- Jan 16
Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske
Marske's quirky, funny, richly imagined magical world, complex character-building, relationship exploration, and storytelling continues...
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- Jan 11
Review of Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Lisa See offers a vivid peek at the lives of women in 15th century China, complete with a fascinating female-doctor element that kept me...
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- Jan 5
My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads
My very favorite reads of 2023! I post my favorite reads each month, and I was having such a great reading run, in late spring I posted...