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I was hooked throughout A Thousand Ships. 02 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson In The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating journeys She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking secrets are revealed that connect various worlds and shake Cara to her core.

teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other Appalachia-set books: Serena, The World Girls like it sad, with a thousand-yard stare out to the distance as you gaze upon the horrors of war Dartmouth grad Phil Klay's National Book Award winner Redeployment, the author shares short stories about war powerful emotions, troops haunted by decisions and unforeseen dangers, painful adjustments to life after war

premise for me: a flawed human gets another shot at existing in this unpredictable, problematic, glorious world Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II.

Lorne Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would ) by Rebecca Yarros Violet Sorrengail has been training as a dragon rider for 18 months at Basgiath War

“What started the war, Pa?" His eyes settled on me. "Stories, Jessilyn. the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News of the World Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader , providing eager listeners along his route with news from the world. Click here for my full review of The News of the World.

Front the Following Sea, upcoming historical fiction by Leah Angstman, it's 1689 and King William's War When she angers a local warlord and must escape her world, she's relieved to secure promises of transport out--but those who would help her have one condition.

Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is You would not think it to look at us, so alike in outward semblance, but there are many different sorts Witch is just their nasty word for anyone who makes things happen, who moves the story along. at the same time it's horrifying to consider the realities of the Witch Craze of the English Civil War But of course, he is God--he must have known exactly what men would do, and not cared, or else figured

#1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series, about a war But the war is raging, leadership is clearly keeping secrets, and working with the ruthless, deadly dragons

friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes everything, opens up Sven's world There's a minor, secondhand, yet powerful focus on the brutality and destruction of war, but also significant

is himself torn between family duty, secrets, and doing "one right thing," a way of navigating the world Sylvie's torn feelings and warring sense of duty and desire for youthful joy and carefree moments felt

Harrow has crafted a lovely adventure through different wonderfully imagined worlds (including the early but sometimes dark and destructive forces surrounding the explorers and collectors venturing through worlds honest review. 05 The Bone Clocks by Davi Mitchell Teenager Holly Sykes is suddenly drawn into the world She disappears from her family and leaves behind a tragic mystery, while in her forays through new worlds Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like

straddling cultures and in which family members to find their way back to each other by traveling around the world NetGalley. 02 The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war and all of this against a background of Beirut, a city shaped by and "smoldering with the legacy of war

Blakemore Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War Hart's debut novel links women in three timelines through blood and a powerful connection to the natural world In Weyward, Emilia Hart's story of witchcraft and the natural world, she explores three timelines of , struggle against the binds society attempts to put upon them, connect powerfully with the natural world Isobel's needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous

choices large and small cause enormous repercussions for an individual--and sometimes for the entire world on the character of Ursula, her relationships with members of her family, and details of life during World Wars I and II. This would be a captivating book even without the redoing-life element.

evade evil and develops into a beautiful heartbreaker of a story about duty, family, and love in Civil War-era

fiercely loyal, savvy, and crafty main protagonist Tamsin as she struggled to find her place in both worlds Please click here for my full review of Time's Mouth. 05 World Running Down by Al Hess Hess's dystopian Al Hess's World Running Down tracks the adventures, challenges, unexpected meetings, and joys of a trans For my full review of this book, please see World Running Down. I absolutely loved Tesh's writing, the scope of her work, her characters, their connections, the world-building

Would there have been the same wars, massacres, persecutions, and crusades?

She writes songs about "sex, love, and the state of the world," and in one instance describes musical The enthusiasm of my obsession with her book News of the World was (borderline? full-on?) Paulette Jiles also wrote News of the World, Simon the Fiddler, and The Color of Lightning. , wife, and friend as she tries to figure out how to say goodbye to her longest, best friend in the world Maame explores Maddie's search to establish herself in the world, and I loved rooting for her the whole

hooked, witnessing Hartnett's delightfully faulted, oddball characters making their way in a messy world In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world

Lockwood is a poet, and Priestdaddy illustrated her truly quirky and off-kilter poet's view of the world outrageous, frequently rude and exceedingly upsetting, clever, and annoying, and it's followed by a Part II Part II of No One Is Talking About This is meaningful and poignant and heartbreaking, and it brought heart-wrenching passages from this section of the book to quote, and Lockwood's poetic view of the world despite how disturbing I found it--and 5 stars for the heart-wrenching, pure beauty of much of Part II

Donoghue immersed me so fully in this world that everything else fell away for me. The country is reeling at the end of World War I. constant push and pull of life and death--a microcosm of what is occurring on the battlefields and in the world sometimes desperately creative attempts to preserve lives; and the occasional triumphs that the rest of the world

Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many scenes surrounding the Trojan War listened to Haynes read her highly entertaining woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War

The title of Harding's book comes from Shakespeare's Richard II: This earth of majesty, this seat of evokes the harsh landscape and the characters' connection to the weather, the terrain, and the natural world

a favorite author, Eowyn Ivey; I'm listening to Southern comic Leanne Morgan's memoir, What in the World she traded her safety and Emmaleen's for the false promise of an idyllic life immersed in the natural world Eowyn Ivey is also the author of To the Bright Edge of the World , which I listed in the Greedy Reading What in the World?! I'm listening to What in the World?! as an audiobook.

In Marie Lu's young adult dystopian series starter Legend, the Republic and Colonies war with each other Legend touches on but doesn't fully explore potentially intriguing aspects of Lu's world--the history

I felt like the story started off slowly, but once the world was built and the background established The first part of the book felt clunky to me, bogged down by explanations of how Aaron's imagined world the Bex-Adrian friendship, client-bodyguard relationship, and growing attraction--made me wonder what would Now that the world of the books has been built, I expect the second installment to move along at a nice

Violet Sorrengail has been training as a dragon rider for 18 months at Basgiath War College, but a real-life

In Taylor Brown's recently published historical fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War one evening, tabbed many, many passages, immediately bought my own copy, re-tabbed everything, and would control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after cancer treatment ("Who would

It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires many in the city to dive into the wild

O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , in which the heir to a galaxy-wide mining fortune And would that be the worst thing in the world, after all? I'm reading Catalina courtesy of Random House Publishing Group: One World and NetGalley. Cornejo Villavicencio is also the author of The Undocumented Americans . 03 The Blighted Stars (Devoured Worlds O'Keefe's Devoured Worlds series, The Blighted Stars , studious Tarquin Mercator is the unlikely heir

Aye, that's what yer maw said"), for adventure and more of their somewhat grumpy attempts to save the world The story lagged a little for me with the accounts of past battles and war stories; extensive details

In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences Wamariya shares her views of the world, her often jarring experiences in the US—with her sister and family

Humans around the world are bound by the necessity and pleasure of eating, and there is no faster way I mentioned another title (The World's Most Adventurous Kid) from the Atlas Obscura series last year unfamiliar or mysterious environments, and her newest book, Fuzz, promises to do this again for the world the Void; Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex; and Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War . 04 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Anthropocene is the current geological age, and Green delightfully subjects a wide range of aspects of our world including the QWERTY keyboard, Canada geese, Super Mario Kart, the Bonneville Salt Flats, whispering, the World's experiences both old and new, who doesn’t rely solely on familiar routines or dated information about how the world takeaways from morality and ethics writings and lessons to craft this guide to how to behave in the world , kind, well-meaning people out there spending time reflecting on how best to be a human in today's world

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it. There's a ton to unpack here, including the exploration of the good and evil warring within each of us The world, the girl knew, was worse than savage, the world was unmoved. of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries of the natural world Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous

We also read A Play for the End of the World, How to Be Perfect, These Impossible Things, Reminders of Lucrezia's shrinking world made me feel claustrophobic on her behalf and paranoid about everyone's potential solitude together, wondering about and worrying about their daughters, each other, themselves, and the world It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires many in the city to dive into the wild Remarkably Bright Creatures has a lot of heart, and I felt cozy in my confidence that all present situations would

Alderman offers a dive into a future world that's crumbling due to greed, disregard for the environment twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing the world Meanwhile in Singapore, survivalist Lai Zhen has temporarily evaded a would-be assassin. When Martha and Zhen connect, the collision might just change everything...for everyone in the world. The behavior of three key tech billionaires might seem like the symptom of all the biggest world problems

and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre ​ The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery double agent for Britain’s MI6, to be appointed Resident in the KGB—and to ultimately help end the Cold War He does an excellent job of immersing the reader in Cold War-era mindsets, priorities, and sometimes

There is talk of war's return, and three warriors will shape the future of the land of Vigrid: a noblewoman

Click here for my full review of Flying Solo. 02 Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Jimenez offers humor romance while incorporating weighty issues into her light fiction opposites-attract story Part of Your World In Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez takes on a meet-cute between a rural renaissance man (he's the small-town Told in alternating points of view from Daniel and Alexis, Part of Your World is romantic, often funny For my full review, check out Part of Your World. 03 One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston McQuiston's love

Come Home; A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes's woman-centric account of events surrounding the Trojan War listening to Haynes read her highly entertaining woman-centric version of events surrounding the Trojan War

all of those elements and more, unraveling the workings of a family in the South during the Vietnam War , including brothers at odds; as well as complex issues regarding corruption, prison, war, money, power

Emily Tesh's debut novel is a space opera about war, duty, brainwashing, escaping limitations, and reinventing

Conflicts between Korea and Japan and war and occupation swirl around them and those within their orbits

The world, the girl knew, was worse than savage, the world was unmoved. of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries of the natural world Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it. There's a ton to unpack here, including the exploration of the good and evil warring within each of us

Tell me what you would tell a white woman, her face said. In Evans's story "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," Rena, a war correspondent, attends the wedding The danger is in chemicals and airports and refugee camps and war zones and regions known for sex tourism careless about her actions, doubles down in order to have something to stand for, and questions who she would It was a pitiful tally, because I had decided most of them would forgive anyone who harmed me, would

The Water Dancer traces the life of Hiram Walker, a "Tasked" man (the word "slavery" is rarely used in The author also wrote the memoir Between the World and Me. 02 The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz This book inspiration for the character of Merlin); and the complicating factors of bloodthirsty vengeance and war

The standouts for me in First Light were the Greenland setting, the alternate world, the bitter cold, which was one of the last great expeditions in the Age of Exploration. 06 To the Bright Edge of the World When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious To the Bright Edge of the World is a story of discovery, adventure, tedious slogging, danger, and self-revelation stories, and they work well here, causing the characters to broaden their views of the great unknown world

Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed adventures, and offer a glimpse into the author's newest world-building Naomi Novik's newest work, Buried Deep ,  is a collection of thirteen stories that span the worlds of And "The Long Way Round" is a tantalizing peek into Novik's next world, with a savvy, gruff female captain The dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal to their riders, Novik explores world

01 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires the