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culinary origins; his experiences starring in the food-focused movies Big Night and Julie and Julia; and varied Listening to the author read his favorite recipes rather than reading them myself didn't leave me with

Doctors and Friends was written before the Covid-19 pandemic and published in the fall of 2021. It's possible very little in the book was changed in light of real-world events, but, and maybe this is unreasonable, but I very much wished that Martin's pre-Covid-19 version of events had been purely technological advancements that allowed for the scientists' and government's responses in the novel, and I'd very

The very early scene-setting didn't feel as authentic to me as the rest of the book. afterward, she says "...that [old] January probably would've slathered herself in glitter, put on her favorite The sections of this light fiction book that are about writing light fiction felt very true and real.

Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite

Here are some of my favorite books on this theme. Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every deed a consequence, and in every love and every sorrow truth--or nothing at all.” emotionally invested in Nora's story although I appreciated the implications of her experiences and was very Very very happy.

era when this was not the norm, and the details of her care for new mothers and babies was one of my favorite

The section of limericks centered around dogs and their rude behavior wasn't my favorite, but I sometimes

learned to run the Hamptons store Barefoot Contessa--necessitating extended time apart from Jeffrey and a very Samantha Harvey Samantha Harvey's novel Orbital is garnering attention as the winner of the Booker Prize 2024

Elizabeth McCracken; I'm reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the first in Becky Chambers's Monk and Robot series The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite Chambers is also the author of the Wayfarers series; click here to read my review of The Long Way to

Ursa's own son Ray is shown some favoritism but is kept in the dark about his mother's ability.

Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year I'd love to hear: What are some of your favorite memoir reads?

I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books offers that very thing. I'd love to hear: What are your favorite (fiction or nonfiction) books about tough lady spies? found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Nightingale is Kristin Hannah's very I would have been in favor of having the romantic element being tied up without the Eve aspect, or having

last year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads list. Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't

thoughtful and self-effacing, curious, sensitive, and I reveled in his explorations of his own glorious favoritism

French is the author of six books in the Dublin Murder Squad series: In the Woods, The Likeness (my absolute favorite of hers), Faithful Place, The Trespasser, Broken Harbor, and The Secret Place, plus the stand-alone

This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites, Her, waiting on the street in Paris while he visits his favorite bookstore but she's too sickly to climb

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

My book club read this refreshing twist on one of my favorite historical fiction book topics, World War

made it onto two Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year and My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books.

The Time-Travel Books What are your favorite time-travel books? Very very happy.

Along with number rituals and frequent mental images of scenes from her favorite children's book, tracking

are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy: Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series Which witchy books are your favorites? 01 The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. There is a lot more sexy yoga here than I could have dreamed of, plenty of romance, so very much wine I think the second book in the All Souls series (Shadow of Night) is even stronger, as it delves more There are four books in this series from Harkness, and I found the others even more magical than this

grating aw-shucks quality that was important to the character's development, and while she shed this in favor fascinating dynamics of Evelyn's romantic and professional relationships, which were without question my favorite

Here are some of my favorite books on this theme. Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every deed a consequence, and in every love and every sorrow truth--or nothing at all.” emotionally invested in Nora's story although I appreciated the implications of her experiences and was very Very very happy.

Vern! This is by the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but Highfire is decidedly for adults. My favorite dragon books are the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik; His Majesty's Dragon is the first.

Maisie is one of my favorite characters, but she struggles with her self-esteem and seems open to verbal

Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer Macintyre also wrote the fantastic Spy and the Traitor, which was one of my Six Favorite Nonfiction Books

The beauty of the complementary, mismatched partnership between Devlin and Falco is my favorite aspect adult mystery with a nerdy heroine and a dark plot twist; and a prolific mystery author's first in a series I kind of love reading such different books at one time--a book for every mood.

The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels to her mother's favorite

"If you must look back, try to find the beauty and the benefit in every cruelty done to you. Some of my absolute favorite aspects of the book were the various characters the Martels encounter, characters

01 The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells You can click the links here to find my full Bossy reviews It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful. Click here for my glowing reviews of the first three books in this series and click here for my reviews The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human , and I enjoyed them both.

It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The Murderbot series is funny and poignant and odd and wonderful. The sequel, Devil in the Device, is set for publication in August 2021. 03 Machinehood by S.B. The sequel is set for publication in September 2021. The next books in this series are Waking Gods and Only Human, and I liked them both.

Are any of these favorite authors for you?

connection on a cruise to Alaska; and I'm listening to Nora Roberts's first book in The Dragon Heart Legacy series recommendations so that I could beef up my Dragons shelf on Goodreads and put together a post of my favorite , several people asked if I'd read Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series.

Do you have any favorite books that involve time travel? In despair about having had a rotten holiday and realizing that future holidays at her favorite place

important assertion from Lucy; she is finally owning who she is as well as her story, her choices, and her very important assertion from Lucy; she is now owning who she is as well as her story, her choices, and her very My favorite Elizabeth Strout books are Anything Is Possible and Olive, Again.

My friend James mentioned this book as a favorite of his when we talked about reading and books on his

Henry's Beach Read was one of my favorite books the year I read it, and it made it onto the Greedy Reading

thousands of titles; my double- and sometimes triple-stacked bookshelves; the fact that many of my favorite

Sutanto's Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers; and I'm reading the slim, powerful nonfiction The Secret Book of Flora Lea is scheduled for publication May 2. 02 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Sutanto Vera Wong is running a largely unvisited tea house, lamenting her grown son's lack of time for When a dead body shows up in her tea house, Vera takes charge of what she is certain is a murder. How to Say Goodbye is scheduled for publication July 18, 2023.

That was their favorite tool. Iron Widow is Xiran Jay Zhao's first novel, and it's labeled as the first in the Iron Widow series, so

In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose When the authorities require too much time and evidence to take control, the varied women he's left in rich early-1900s San Francisco setting, the focus on the arts, the strong women characters, and the varied

boys for over a century, shares a tale of racial injustice, abuse and horrors, terrible fear, and the very we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every

written by chefs and by people who are obsessed with food, and the books listed here are some of my favorites and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl Garlic and Sapphires may be my favorite Then the layers of crisp and sweet and soft intermingle, a series of surprises. Confidential thirteen years ago, well before I spent endless evenings happily watching multiple television series Reichl includes her own photographs and some of her favorite recipes, which together make the book feel

This is the first in Muir's Locked Tomb series, and I'm currently listening to the second, Harrow the The third book, Nona the Ninth, was published in fall 2022. a casual mention around the neck of another character across the world in another time; and we see varied NASA contact, Molly, who sends her audio messages (and occasionally forwards along episodes of Romy's favorite

Avery, the oldest, ten years sober, is a married lawyer (her wife is her former therapist, eek) making Bonnie, Avery, and Lucky come together and push each other away throughout the story. I stayed very nervous while the three survivors made destructive decisions that seemed destined to cause

about a magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Sincerely Yours, lovely light fiction Novik's Scholomance series is set at a magical school with two routes out for its students: a grueling Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. prepublication digital edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group. 03 Very Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

Do you have any favorite books set where you live? I loved every bit of this story. IA series of elaborate falsifications, outrageous subterfuge, and outright lies creates a tangled web Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series

As Evie's putting her former favorite romance books into a Little Free Library, a wizened old woman approaches

Riddle You may already know that I love a time-travel book (see my lists of favorites below).