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- Review of Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson's wonderfully odd 1990s coming-of-age novel centers around teens Frankie and Zeke, their mysterious They come up with an original enigmatic phrase and add attention-getting artwork, then spread mysterious
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/21/22 Edition
Reading Now I'm reading Blackwater Falls, a recently published thriller by Ausma Zehanat Khan about the mystery Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas Seif work to solve the mystery of the girls' murders--running
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/29/24 Edition
soon-to-be-published young adult rom-com, I Hope This Doesn't Find You; and I'm listening to a historical fiction mystery Freddie is reported as having died, but strange and unnerving clues indicate to Laura that something more mysterious
- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with
- Review of The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
act as a Hollywood movie star, linking the story's two timelines and revealing long-held secrets and mysteries
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Science and Nature Books
They have a fantastic selection of titles, staff members offer spot-on recommendations (and sparkling ocean, interviewing the oceanographers, marine biologists, and geographers focused on exploring this mysterious
- Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
There aren't gray areas for the reader to explore where he's concerned; revenge fantasies are the logical
- Review of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
Family Upstairs, Jewell provides sinister goings-on, incredible cruelties, desperate self-preservation, mysteries #mysterysuspense, #dysfunctionalfamily, #threestarbookreview
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions The mystery of the book centers around a post-war haven for soldiers mentally and physically harmed by But the mystery takes a back seat in the book to Maisie's explorations of human motivations, her interest Check out this Greedy Reading List for Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
newest gorgeousness, a dystopian gem, and yet another of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Victorian mystery series, we learn more about Stoker's past, secrets, heartbreak, and motivations; are treated to more fantastic past, and Raybourn offers a number of explanations for some of the previous book's alluded-to personal mysteries
- Review of Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens
Stevens offers a bad guy who's easy to despise in this mystery with great passages about surviving in
- Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Is it possible that Marcellus somehow holds the key to finding answers about her son's mysterious disappearance An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head-
- Review of The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The fig tree offers the reader much of the material that fills in the blanks: what really occurred between Ada's parents over the years; which factors drove them apart and brought them back together; and the mysteries
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition
, Adam Hamdy's twisty mystery about interconnected characters. respectable citizen, and a disgraced police officer are intertwined through connections to a series of mysterious
- Review of We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/19/22 Edition
newest fiction, described as an Appalachian David Copperfield; and I'm reading Rachel Hawkins's upcoming mystery The Villa is gothic suspense set at an Italian villa, where dark mystery and wicked turns abound.
- Review of books 1-3 of the Murderbot series by Martha Wells
My smart friend Kathy mentioned these books on social media and was correct that these are fantastic. Rogue Protocol tracks Murderbot's travels to look into the goings-on of the questionable and mysterious
- Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one. I listened to Funny Story as an audiobook (narrated by the fantastic Julia Whelan). In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/6/23 Edition
Then a mysterious power begins calling to her. Looking for Jane is a story of three timelines linked through decades by a mysterious letter and enormously
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/13/23 Edition
client on the page and then in real life; and I'm reading Maria Dong's suspenseful novel that explores mystery is also a suspenseful page-turner, as Katrina follows various clues to try and resolve the menacing, mysterious
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
Katherine Arden finishes out the trilogy in typical mesmerizing fashion, with her usual masterful balance multimillion-copy bestselling book (or the Tony award-winning Broadway musical based upon it, or the fantastic interesting possibilities. 04 Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin The first book in Mahurin's young adult fantasy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo Rule of Wolves is the second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy
- Review of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
When she stumbles across extensive communications from Bruno, a mysterious figure who trains the young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
it, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after its breakup--and the crimes, mysteries
- Six Five-Star Bossy Reads to Check Out
The Autoboyography dialogue is fantastic and witty but feels effortless and like it comes from actual This is fantastic contemporary young adult fiction. I loved this fantastic memoir! Wood's memoir is heartwarming and funny and tragic and vivid. an immensely readable book rich in period detail, great dialogue, and satisfying elements of love, mystery
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/21/22 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading What Happened to the Bennetts, the upcoming mystery from the prolific 01 What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline In Lisa Scottoline's upcoming mystery What Happened Scottoline is the author of Eternal and 31 other mysteries.
- Review of The Project by Courtney Summers
of seeking and exposing the truth around her as a journalist, while Bea retreats into a reclusive, mysterious When mysterious events come to light that seem linked to the seemingly harmless, benevolent group The I'm intrigued by stories about secrets and mysterious communities or private groups, so the focus on
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/20 Edition
Historical fiction, light fiction, and fantasy/science fiction is the wacky concurrent combo working
- Review of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Similarly, when he stumbles onto a truth about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had The quiet main protagonist Bill is a hero; he musters forgiveness for painful events in his past while
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/20 Edition
I've got historical fiction/fantasy, royal historical fiction, and a compelling nonfiction story that
- Review of The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
or stops abruptly, and I find myself becoming increasingly frustrated by this method of prolonging a mystery
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/2/24 Edition
Inside, the mysterious Kokoro Clinic for the Soul prescribes medicine to those looking for support and
- Review of The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
intrigue and suspense; this is a patiently paced story of a time and place—which happens to have a mystery
- Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences. 05 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Atkinson's newest mystery in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while mysterious by the intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head-
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition
Moscow and Rules of Civility. 02 Troubled Blood by Robert Galbratih In the fifth installment of the mystery A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious So far it feels nicely paced, and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's
- Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II
Light We Cannot See; The Women in the Castle, which includes a complicated sort of bravery; and the fantastic There's a low-key mystery Lexie is set on unraveling (key players are keeping secrets about events from
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/21 Edition
themes about society's reliance on attention and outside stimulation; a gritty modern-day, small-town mystery
- Review of American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
Then mysterious threats and unexplained feminist changes begin appearing within the script, aimed at water (I'm sorry, but I can't stop the puns), making the reader wonder about the nature of multiple mysterious
- Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
setup of key characters leaving off without finishing their illuminating thoughts in order to keep the mystery
- Review of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
I resisted reading this young adult fantasy for a long while.
- Review of The Future by Naomi Alderman
A mysterious app on her phone seems to have all of the answers she needs--but Lai isn't sure what the
- ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021
We Begin at the End is a great character-driven, suspenseful mystery. If you like character-driven suspense and mystery books, you might also like John Hart's (grittier) books It features the fantastic characters from book one, and the plot picks up with a new version of the fight The connection between Marianne and Connell is the beautiful, haunting, swirling source of misery, heartache Lee's detail is just fantastic in terms of Green's emotions, hopes, dreams, everyday life at the time
- Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
Fiction Stories Set in the American West , Six Historical Fiction F avorites , Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Kate Quinn is also the author of the fantastic titles The Rose Code , The Diamond Eye , and The Alice
- Review of Grey Dog by Elliott Gish
But a young, half-feral female student and a shockingly unorthodox widow both seem to hold mysterious
- Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
boast forces Miryem into a position of meeting the tsar's impossible challenge, she finds that the mysterious interesting read. 05 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo The Night Tiger is a wonderful historical fiction mystery I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You. 06 Uprooted airborne dragon battles within the books, and yes, the human protagonists are wonderfully faulted and fantastic For the purposes of this list, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition
that may get them both killed; and Jennifer McMahon's dive into a family's haunting history that has mysterious
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/24/21 Edition
the attention of a nearby diner, who mistakenly interprets what's happening and leaves Finlay with a mysterious
- Review of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
made famous by a well-known author that is directly referenced within the text), so there isn't much mystery
- Review of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions
- Review of The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Harper's mysteries read like twisty character-driven Westerns set in Australia, and things aren’t always I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year.