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  • Review of Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of Daisy Jones & the Six, a book I really liked and that I included in the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music, as well as the books The Seven

  • Review of How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton

    this book is of interest to you, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: Renaissance-set historical fiction, two historical In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical I learned about Deaf history, culture, and the politics that have disrupted and damaged those in the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/5/22 Edition

    If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you can search

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/28/22 Edition

    If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you

  • Review of Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall

    Nothing to See Here and Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew (featured in the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Review of This Other Eden by Paul Harding

    Harding bases his slim historical fiction novel This Other Eden on a real-life, racially integrated island

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

    Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. full review of The Book of Doors. 05 Queens of London by Heather Webb Queens of London is fascinating historical Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/24/23 Edition

    listening to A Perilous Undertaking, the second in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical retired FBI agent is brutally tortured and killed nearby, Porter will need to delve into the area's history I loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's sassy Veronica Speedwell series of historical Perilous Undertaking, Victorian lepidopterist and adventurer Veronica Speedwell teams up with her natural-history

  • Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone

    You might also like the novels on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Lighter Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

  • Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    like Chris Bohjalian's witch hunt-focused Hour of the Witch or the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/29/22 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong, a recently published historical 01 The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong Addison Armstrong's recently published historical fiction The women's secrets could be their undoing, and they must each fight harder for their rightful places in history sacrificed everything to get her to the top, setting records that should cement her place in tennis history the American West, particularly focusing on Quanah, the chief of the most powerful tribe in American history

  • Review of Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

    Blau is also the author of six other books. Because of the music involved in the story, Mary Jane reminded me of the books on the Greedy Reading List Six

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition

    despair, and hope with a richly drawn Australian backdrop--while laying bare the country's often-painful history She exposes the raw truths of tough situations in character-driven historical fiction so deftly, I have I'm really greedily excited about reading all three of these books--historical fiction (Austraaaaalia

  • Review of No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler

    Kate's book Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six For more books I thought warranted five big stars, check out the Greedy Reading List Six Five-Star Bossy

  • Review of You Have a Friend in 10A by Maggie Shipstead

    If you like short stories, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Short Story Collections

  • Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

    Her sister steps in to help with their dad at home, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring

  • Review of Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

    If you like books that play with time, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you can search

  • Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom

    ICYMI: White Houses is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

    ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld In American Wife, Sittenfeld takes a few facts from Laura Bush's life and the Bush family history and

  • Review of Sleeping Giants by Rene Denfeld

    I mentioned Rene Denfeld's great book The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to

  • Review of Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

    I mentioned Dani Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating

  • Review of Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman

    If this book sounds intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List, Six

  • Review of Antarctica by Claire Keegan

    If you like short stories, you might also be interested the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Short

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/29/24 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kate Quinn and Jamie Chang's historical fiction novel about two disparate women in 1906 San Francisco, The Phoenix Crown; I'm listening to We Must Not Think of Ourselves, historical Stories of various characters are interwoven through the historical fiction novel and add depth to the Grodstein is also the author of Our Short History, The Explanation for Everything, and A Friend of the

  • Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

    I mentioned Spinning Silver in the Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love.

  • Review of Bear by Julia Phillips

    I mentioned Julia Phillips's fascinating novel Disappearing Earth  in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly

  • Review of The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy

    She's eager to dig in and learn more about her mother's wartime history, yet desperate not to be defined So if you're in for Fiona Valpy historical fiction like I now am, you have lots of lovely reading to

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/7/23 Edition

    mystery about race and history from David Joy, Those We Thought We Knew; I'm listening to the third book David Joy Toya Gardner has returned from Atlanta to her rural North Carolina town to track her family's history When two terrible crimes shake the small community, they also bring to light generations of dark history loved A Curious Beginning, the first book in Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/19/24 Edition

    For more cold-setting stories, check out my Greedy Reading List Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: a book that plays with time, a book that plays with memory, a musician's memoir, Roaring Twenties-set historical fiction, postapocalyptic fiction, and the But not everyone she's paying off can be trusted, some of her six children are undermining her, and goings-on

  • Review of The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

    ICYMI: This young adult historical fiction story was a five-star read for me. I adored it. Laura Amy Schlitz's book The Hired Girl is fantastic young adult historical fiction written in diary

  • Review of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk

    If you like memoirs, you might want to check out this Greedy Reading List, Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore--which links to six more memoir lists for you to dig into!

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

    Here are my six favorite reads of the past month, all of which I rated 4.5 stars. If you like World War II stories, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Females are overshadowed, abused, and generally wronged throughout the book, a reflection of realistic, historic

  • Review of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

    In The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical

  • Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder

    you like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction or Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This

  • Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger

    Egyptian artifacts, revelations about Alexia's mysterious father (and about her husband's centuries of history

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/21 Edition

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

  • Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

    based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although the author treats him very differently as a character--is the historical

  • Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati

    ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story has also written a series of four books in her Wilderness series, which sounds like an epic romantic historical

  • Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

    You might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/21/23 Edition

    A book that keeps coming to mind as I read this one is This Tender Land, historical fiction by William and the "restructuring" that cut off American Indians from their culture, their families, and their history character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although it treats him very differently as a character--is the historical

  • Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas

    Sherry Thomas also writes young adult fantasy books as well as historical romances.

  • Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout

    She read the words on the paper out loud: “History is not your destiny. Uncover your destiny, and you will remake history.” Stout is also the author of the Penelope Crumb series, the Not-So-Ordinary Girl books, and the historical

  • Review of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora

    You might also like the books I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Books about the Immigrant

  • Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo

    (I mentioned the author's Shadow and Bone series in the Greedy Reading List Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series, and I adored her Six of Crows duology even more.) Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse is made up of her Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and

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

    In The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans offers short stories centering around themes of race, relationships, identity, the fallibility of those shaping historical "fact," grief, and loss. In the longest story in the book, at approximately 100 pages, "The Office of Historical Corrections, " a black student from Washington, DC, finds herself involved in unraveling a complicated historical For my full review of this book, please see The Office of Historical Corrections. 03 Outlawed by Anna

  • Review of Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

    If you like this book, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Great

  • Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee

    Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six years teaching creative writing in the American

  • Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

    I recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light

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