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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/31/21 Edition
I received a prepublication copy of this book, published May 11, 2021, courtesy of Alcove Press and NetGalley
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/20 Edition
Fable is the first in a two-book series, and the blurb promises "romance, intrigue, and adventure." Murder in Old Bombay will be published November 10, 2020. What are you reading now?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/23/23 Edition
Deepti Kapoor; I'm reading The Passenger, the first of Cormac McCarthy's two books in his Passenger series Passenger #1) by Cormac McCarthy The Passenger is the first of Cormac McCarthy's two books in his Passenger series explore how feelings are at the center of women's sexuality; and explain how women's sexuality is as varied
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition
from Ava Glass; I'm listening to The Becoming, the second book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series son of Russian dissidents as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every Heart Legacy #2 by Nora Roberts In The Awakening, the first book in Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series In book two of the series, Breen Siobhan Kelly is coming into her own.
- Shhh! Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
British Baking Show, hosts a Netflix cooking show, Time to Eat, and this is the companion book to that series to streamline meal preparation, precise instructions, and make-ahead and freezer tips for recipes as varied multiple other cookbooks, the memoir Finding My Voice, and a trilogy of novels in her Amir Sisters series The book includes an index of every song listed inside. 05 Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint in case you find yourself in the middle of an English Murder Village straight from a quaint mystery series
- Review of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls #2) by Hank Green
Like Mary Poppins, this story is practically perfect in every way. For my review of the first book in this series, please see An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about either book in this series?
- Review of The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore
makes enemies of multiple fellow contestants, she struggles with the staged and manipulated nature of every fighting against her feelings for the producer--and he is fighting against his feelings for her--with varying
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition
Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Shadowed Land , the third in Signe Pike's wonderful Scottish series 01 The Shadowed Land (Lost Queen #3) by Signe Pike I loved the first story in this series, The Lost Queen I thought the second book in the series, The Forgotten Kingdom (you can find a link to my review below Gwynne is also the author of book two in this series, The Hunger of the Gods , the series Of Blood and Bone, and The Faithful and the Fallen series.
- Review of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Grohl eagerly credits his varied and numerous musical influences in The Storyteller, and the feel is reminiscent of the fervor and intensity of his conversations in the fascinating documentary series Foo
- Review of The Blighted Stars (Devoured Worlds #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe
O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir universe-spanning drama in The Blighted Stars , and it sets up complexities for the books to come in this series O'Keefe is also the author of the The Protectorate series and The Scorched Continent series.
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
The songs are all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/16/24 Edition
This is the sixth installment in Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series, but it can be read as a stand-alone Leigh Bardugo is also the author of Ninth House , Hell Bent , the King of Scars series ( Rule of Wolves is book two), the Six of Crows series, the Shadow and Bone series ( which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series ) and The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition
father's death, Intermezzo ; and I'm listening to the first in Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven fantasy series playful fantasy book (see Hench and Starter Villain ), and I'm hoping Rachel Aaron's Tear Down Heaven series Rachel Aaron is also the author of the DFZ Changeling series, the Heartstrikers series, the Crystal Calamity series, and other books.
- Review of Maddalena and the Dark by Julia Fine
story set in 1700s Venice in which two young women's lives and destinies become intertwined through a series Nevertheless, Luisa and Maddalena become fast friends, and their link grows every deeper.
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
Lockwood notes that she is not a Christian but is very much “of” the church because of her upbringing This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you
- Review of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
soon finds herself navigating the complex world of seers, frauds, and holy men vying for the king's favor He has been cursed for generations to serve a series of crooked masters and their offspring, with no Meanwhile, Luzia can't trust those competing against her for favor, as dark forces lead one after another ( Rule of Wolves is book two), the Six of Crows series, the Shadow and Bone series ( which I mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series ) and The Language of Thorns: Midnight
- Review of Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
But once the fantasy elements became the focus, the story felt more like a series of ethereal concepts constricting-and-controlled scenario is orchestrated by an evasive, sinister, and, I felt, annoying man (every
- Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
my personality or my humour thrives on more than being able to see the same person at the same time every Caroline O'Donoghue is also the author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature, Promising Young Women, and the teen series
- Review of The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
I delighted in every bit of Jansson's book and loved it so, so much. Jansson is also the author of the fanciful children's books in the Moomin series as well as the short
- Review of American Girl by Wendy Walker
And those rules stayed in my head, each and every one. Charlie is whip-smart intelligent in her evaluation of the facts of the complicated series of events. (Side note: the storyline concerning the scholarship and her stepfather had me on the verge of screaming
- Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II
Abriel's grandmother Vera lived with the author's family when Abriel was growing up, and she was immersed Abriel offers a vivid account of the fear and dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young --as we are startled at the end of every winter. We shall think: oh, I had quite forgotten....
- Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
I don't think it benefited me to listen to The Last Magician, the first in Maxwell's series, as an audiobook , what with the jumps through time; varied points of view; layered disloyalties, misdirections, and motivations The second and third books in this series are published; I seem to often start series and have to wait
- Shhh! Bossy Nonfiction Book Gift Ideas
premise of this book, I knew I was hooked: When Prince’s 1987 record Sign o’ the Times was rereleased in 2020
- Review of Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Family Family offers so much varied love and acceptance, discovery, and renewed connection. When are They going to make this into a television series, hmmm?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition
novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted and Spinning Silver as well as the Scholomance series Novik has also written a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series.
- Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Every year, ever since the girls were born, I have blown out the candles on my birthday cake and wished people of course have individual reactions to such a state of grief and might be inspired to cope in varied
- Review of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Every discovery made, every hour spent in someone else's sheets, every conversation and collaboration
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition
and her most likely candidate is a grumpy minotaur (who's also her teacher, oops) who also needs a favor The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn. Wang is also the author of The Sword of Kaigen and the YA fantasy series The Volta Academy Chronicles
- Review of The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder mystery genre as a mathematician, exploring every The stories aren't connected by characters or settings, and they vary in their setups. The mystery stories within the story are intriguing, and I loved paying attention to their varied structures
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition
of an author developing early-onset Alzheimer's who relies on a superfan to help her finish out her series 01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series She's months late delivering the newest installment of the series, and her publisher and fans are losing
- Review of Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler
challenges led to his eventual emergence as the children's book author of the successful Hank Zipzer series Henry Winkler is the author of the Hank Zipzer series (Niagara Falls, Or Does It? is the first) and the Ghost Buddy series.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
by Freya Marske A Restless Truth is the second in Freya Marske's queer fantasy mystery Last Binding series 03 How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur In How to Be Perfect
- Review of Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo
neuroscientists and psychologists that the teenage brain is still maturing throughout high school...every I found it oddly calming to read about the varied, specific criteria desired by these varied college
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
Publishing Group: Ballantine, Delacorte Press. 02 Happiness Falls by Angie Kim For the rest of our lives, every tell Arthur that she's been dreaming of the decrepit, rambling house for years, and that she has some eerie
- Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore
The songs are all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition
to the fourth installment in Deanna Raybourn's irresistible Veronica Speedwell Victorian-era mystery series Emma Makepeace returns in the second book in the series, The Traitor, and when one thing leads to another Raybourn I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series In this fourth book of the series, Veronica is lured by the promise of an elusive butterfly and an invitation
- Review of The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie , cruel power were disturbing, and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie There's another book planned for this series; I hope the tides of power have turned in Bethel in book
- Review of The Spy Coast (The Martini Club #1) by Tess Gerritsen
Maine, the town has drawn multiple former intelligence agents (they make up the "martini club" in the series This was a great setup for a series. I'd like to read more Gerritsen novels. Tess Gerritsen is the author of the 13-book Rizzoli and Isles mystery series as well as many other books
- Shhh! Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
It requires an engagement of every sense.... I mentioned another title (The World's Most Adventurous Kid) from the Atlas Obscura series last year This series of books is so beautiful and odd and captivating, I just love giving them as gifts. 02 Cloud spent a year traveling the United States in search of the greatest golf experience available, playing every
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition
Reading Now I'm reading the seventh installment in Martha Wells's fantastic science fiction Murderbot series Schwab's return to the world of the Shades of Magic series (Kell! Delilah Bard! new characters!) System Collapse, we catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot, who in this seventh book in the series The first two books in the Shades of Magic series are A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows
- Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Blackwater Falls is the first in a planned series. Ausma Zehanat Khan is the author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series (The Unquiet Dead, The She is also the author of The Khorasan Archives fantasy series (The Bloodprint is the first book in the series).
- Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
largely stay in drunken, sunburned fogs of excess and denial, and they do it all against a luxurious, eerie solid suspense read with magnetic twists and turns--as well as the Hex Hall, Rebel Belle, and Royals series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the second in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrian series, Iron Flame 01 Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros I wanted to love Fourth Wing, the first in this series, But I do love a dragon book, and so far the second in the series offers more page time for the talking
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/10/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the second in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Hell Bent, in for adults whose story line is not connected to the Grishaverse, is the first in Bardugo's Alex Stern series I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series. and the King of Crows duology discussed here, which is expected to be the end of the interconnected series
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series by Robert Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith I'm listening to The Running Grave, the newest in the mystery series In the newest doorstop of a book in the series, Cormoran Strike is cursorily on a health kick, he and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/12/21 Edition
Grohl credits his varied and numerous musical influences and it feels reminiscent of his conversations in the documentary series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. 03 This Shining Life by Harriet Kline Young
- Review of You Are Here by David Nicholls
But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there I adored every moment I spent with these characters, particularly while witnessing their hesitancy blooming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition
sent to live with relatives for a hot summer; I'm reading the first of Alex White's Starmetal Symphony series from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White In the first book in Alex White's space opera series I really enjoyed Alex White's Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe, the first in the Salvagers series That first book in the space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/14/23 Edition
Yellowstone National Park, The Ranger; and I'm listening to the second in an irresistible historical fiction series Study in Scarlet Women was the first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series I'm listening to the audiobook of the second in Thomas's Lady Sherlock series, in which Charlotte Holmes
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/7/23 Edition
Thought We Knew; I'm listening to the third book in Deanna Raybourn's wonderful Victorian England mystery series Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn In the third installment of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of