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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/25/23 Edition

    included the wonderful Ron Rash short story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay in my Greedy Reading List Six loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/21 Edition

    If you like books with wintry settings, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six small-town mystery with beautifully imperfect characters bringing it all to life; and a woman-powered historical

  • Review of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang

    For more dystopian stories, check out Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the upcoming The Secret Life of Flora Lea, historical fiction with this book is of interest to you, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik

    and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history I mentioned Uprooted (and Novik's Spinning Silver) in the Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Hoffman's light-fiction novel about music, dark secrets, zany hijinks, and redemption; Beyond That the Sea, historical Ending. 02 Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash Beyond That, the Sea is a lovely character-driven historical I loved witnessing the growth of each of the relationships in this character-driven historical fiction If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List, Six The Celebrants centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six, died

  • Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen

    If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/3/23 Edition

    If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition

    If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

  • Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo

    I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Leigh Bardugo's interconnected Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows

  • Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

    (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) This book made the Greedy Reading List for My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads. #historicalfiction, #london, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

    If you like to read memoirs, you might try the titles on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality , and Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition

    scheduled for publication tomorrow, A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical One Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light you might like to check the site for other books in this vein, or check out the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore.

  • July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 02 The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's The bedrock for Lucky Red is made up of wonderful historical fiction details of life in the dusty, volatile

  • Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

    I loved the rich historical detail and meticulous research evident in the text.

  • Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

    If you like stories about witches, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    If you're interested in books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

  • Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris

    If you like World War II-set books, you might also like the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Great

  • Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

    destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history For [Colonel] Mackenzie on the southern plains, Comanches were the obvious target: No tribe in the history is Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

  • Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

    If you like memoirs, you might try the books on some of these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

  • Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

    Sharratt's carefully researched, richly detailed historical fiction is based on the life of the medieval Mary Sharratt offers an exhaustively researched, fascinating historical fiction account of the life of Mary Sharratt also wrote Revelations, historical fiction about the life of Margery of Kempe, a mother

  • Review of Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    ICYMI: Morton masterfully weaves together timelines, threads of family history, and long-held secrets As Cassandra follows the trail Nell has laid out for her, she discovers more about her family's history Morton is masterful at weaving together several timelines, rich family history, intriguing discoveries

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/13/24 Edition

    Our main protagonist, Commander Graham Gore (based upon a real figure from history), has been whisked I mentioned Rene Denfeld's book The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/3/24 Edition

    You might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories. 03 Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley In

  • Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

    I mentioned Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and

  • Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

    You might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

  • Review of Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

    After recently pulling together the Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave

  • Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

    those who have struggled to America, imagining their salvation; and explores the binds of family and history If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two new novels from favorite authors who each include sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that have cemented her place in tennis history If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six destruction; details of Comanche life; and their position as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history

  • Review of News of the World by Paulette Jiles

    This is character-driven historical fiction at its best. This is character-driven historical fiction at its best. I loved loved loved it. #historicalfiction, #civilwar, #southern, #fivestarbookreview, #newsoftheworld

  • Review of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle Moran

    I was hooked on the behind-the-scenes feeling of Moran's historical-fiction conversations between Maria

  • Review of In Memoriam by Alice Winn

    Alice Winn's gorgeous, brutal, captivating historical fiction In Memoriam  is set during World War I.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/16/22 Edition

    1619 Project into a full-length nonfiction book putting enslaved people at the center of our nation's history If you like short stories, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times Magazine, an array of contributors reframe the history I'm listening to this book, which is rich with history--including that of Black music and appropriation

  • Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

    For other postapocalyptic stories I've loved, check out Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels and Six More Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels.

  • Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/18/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wingwalkers, an upcoming historical fiction novel (to be published In Taylor Brown's upcoming historical fiction novel Wingwalkers (to be published tomorrow), a former list that looks wonderful), and Fallen Land, a title I loved and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War.

  • Review of The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

    This book is part of the Greedy Reading List Six Captivating Nordic Stories. #nordic, #historicalfiction, #witches, #fourstarbookreview

  • Review of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathanial Ian Miller

    you like books set in the unforgiving cold, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken

    one of McCracken's short story collections, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, in the Greedy Reading List Six You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing

  • Review of Forty Autumns by Nina Willner

    For historical fiction about female spies, you might want to check out the Greedy Reading List Six Books

  • Review of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

    Maxwell wrote six novels and a memoir, Ancestors.

  • Review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

    The Personal Librarian is historical fiction about the real-life figure of Belle da Costa Greene, J.P The Personal Librarian is Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray's historical fiction based on Morgan, including immensely valuable works essential to understanding the history of the written word

  • Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading and Six More Great Light Fiction Stories.

  • Review of The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker

    Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker is the first in a completed trilogy of the same name that links historical This book is mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Captivating Nordic Stories.

  • Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason

    sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the other's history If you like books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories

  • Review of The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

    This Depression-era-set historical fiction story tracks characters in intensely difficult situations a tale of intense hardship, bad luck, and rough circumstances in a difficult period of our nation's history

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/5/22 Edition

    Fortune's debut, Every Summer After, a story about mistakes, lost love, and new beginnings, told over six If you like short stories, you might also want to check out the stories on the Greedy Reading List Six Every Summer After is a love story told over the course of six summers and a weekend. 03 And Then She

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the They're from other times in history. protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure from history

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/24/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Last Green Valley, World War II-set historical fiction by Mark Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from Kate's book Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six

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