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control, secrets of all kinds are revealed and key characters must each determine their courses of action This is enjoyable light fiction, and I had fun with the various siblings' stories and with the glamorous

role he may have played in adding to his playmate Cletus's potential anguish over his father's tragic actions Much of his largely autobiographical fiction explored loss--he was haunted by losing his own mother when

This is a lovely light fiction story with elements that offer appealing weight.

O'Farrell imagined Agnes, wife to John (the fictionalized William Shakespeare character) as an independent

Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and is also the author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, a light fiction

And Novik offers touching moments when surprising truths about El's, Orion's, and their parents' histories and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

Wilkerson is exceptional at laying out absurdities, horrors, disturbing historical events, shocking trends

If you love Carrie Fisher, you might also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book

conflicts and political upheaval won't touch them out in the wild, and they figure that the charged friction

Now she must delve into the darkness of her history to try to save her mother--and uncover her own true women discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history grave danger--and unlock remarkable freedom for each of the women long plagued by their complicated histories

stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life, and after lots of scrapping and scrambling, the rest was history

Blake Crouch writes character-driven science fiction that I love (Dark Matter is another of his that I adore a character-driven science-fiction tale. Also, time travel!

Under, as well as two books about the English language, Mother Tongue and Made in America, and A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Really Short History of Nearly Everything.

and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history

Read was one of my favorite books last year, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction

The early sections of the book focus on language, but that angle doesn't carry through the book in a you might like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction

Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian

entrap" subjects, so now she's in the private sector, working for shadowy bosses who are directing her actions While Bruno at first seems old-fashioned, telling his stories and considering the shape of history, he

Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles are some that have stuck with me in one way or

compelled to take a different path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships

at the story behind the music from one of our greatest songwriters. 02 Our America: A Photographic History Burns has been making documentaries about American history for over four decades, and his sense of the Burns offers a selection of photos highlighting a range of experiences from our 200 years of American history

I loved this science fiction debut. Cara is one of a dwindling number of traversers. She weaves songs into her stories and personal history, and the placement of the music feels seamless of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

since 1997, so whether you're committed to the series or you only dabble in suspense, mystery, or crime fiction

I could not have predicted each version of me that I shifted into, but through my history, one constant

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

Just look at this gorgeously mesmerizing cover for Marie Lu's latest young adult science fiction/fantasy

Some of the story felt tedious, as with the ongoing saga of securing a water source and the extensive history

Renkl is also the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last

In Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao blends Chinese folklore with science-fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story.

case, a former priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts' past histories

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Anthony Doerr's upcoming literary fiction tale of interconnected

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

This young adult science fiction story has an irresistible premise: teenaged Romy is the sole survivor

and NetGalley. 03 No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood No One Is Talking about This is fiction

light fiction novel The Unsinkable Greta James, Greta is an up-and-coming indie rock star whose father

McLain had me hooked on the vivid Northern California setting, imperfect Anna's rich and rocky history McLain had me completely hooked on the vivid setting, Anna's rich and rocky history, her search for answers

This is a lovely light fiction story with elements that offer appealing weight. And for more summer reads, see the Greedy Reading List Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism

And you can c lick here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action

I'm Bossy about buying and merchandising fiction for my kids during the year, as in: "Here is a tableau But for holiday book gifts, other than providing the first in a fiction series I think they'd like, typically

I adore a character-driven science fiction tale. Also, time travel! This totally hit the spot.

This is a nice mix for me to have going on at once: a fictional, varied look at modern feminism and race

of indigenous tradition into Daunis's everyday life, pivotal moments, and her personal and cultural history I was distracted by some jumpy transitions between action, thought, and feeling, especially in the earlier sections of the book, but Boulley weaves fantastically fluid and frequent details of indigenous tradition into Daunis's everyday life, pivotal moments, and her personal and cultural history.

Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life

author’s note at the end outlines the often ignored life-and-death tragedies that inspired this work of fiction

agent, has returned to his hometown in Charon County, Virginia, to serve as the first Black sheriff in history

strange place, by a river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory of his own name, his job, or his history

and contribute to her fear, her reluctance to trust, and her doubts about what is fact and what is fiction

fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate selves in this science fiction

His various early actions that felt critical toward Olive also didn't feel resolved. I adore the will they/won't they fall in love tension, and lately I've really enjoyed lighter fiction

Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history teacher after calling out