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It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other. together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials, it doesn't take long for them to realize that Art The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the right-hand-man); the unorthodox and touching loyalty within a reimagined Gwen-Arthur relationship; and

The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is a historical fiction art-focused mystery told in two timelines In 1938, runaway heiress and aspiring artist Juliette Willoughby gives up her inheritance (and dark family modern-day timeline follows Caroline and Patrick through twists and turns, through the ins and outs of the art

Dutch winters of the 17th century and grimy, volatile 1950s Brooklyn, along with fascinating details of art and art forgery and a tense undercurrent that kept me hooked. Ellie, now a celebrated art historian, is potentially facing a disaster in which her forgery comes to The Last Painting of Sara de Vos twists through betrayal, love, lots and lots of art, loss, fear of For more novels I've read and reviewed that focus on art, please check out this link .

Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary Yet I loved the rich early-1900s San Francisco setting, the focus on the arts, the strong women characters exhaustively researched the era, prominent figures, and circumstances within San Francisco for women, artists

Morgan's vast collection of valuable manuscripts and artwork (which decades later became an invaluable Belle mixes with high-society white figures of the time who wield control over both the financial and artistic

Wilson's wonderfully odd 1990s coming-of-age novel centers around teens Frankie and Zeke, their mysterious artistic Zeke is an artist, also a loner, and he's fascinating to Frankie. They come up with an original enigmatic phrase and add attention-getting artwork, then spread mysterious out of control, exploring Zeke and Frankie's potential responsibility as the creators of the original artwork

The Marriage Portrait offers wonderful details--of food, palace life, clothing, and art--as well as a

explores issues of racism, corruption, generational privilege, betrayal, forgiveness, and the power of art But the young Black artist encounters a local Confederate statue that is still standing, and its existence The issues it raises are powerful: generational racism and privilege, the power of art, and abhorrent the North Carolina mountain setting, and the story's social commentary on race, racism, power, and art

stories in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Martha Jackson dive into the art story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into fascinating, complicated aspects of science, art

Zhang's dystopian story Land of Milk and Honey; and I'm reading a young adult, lighthearted story of King Arthur's descendant, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love. 03 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other. together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials, it doesn't take long for them to realize that Art

Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art commission to a leisurely country-wide In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the Royal Artifactual Guild, become an underground adventurer, find artifacts, and secure her own future The cover is arresting, and the sparkles and art are a nod to the novel's fantasy genre. strong bonds; and, ultimately, moral reckonings about the search for, sale, and amassing of ancient artifacts

around the world...and how it set the stage for the environment, creatures, and world we know today. 04 Art Day by Day by Alex Johnson In Art Day by Day, editor Alex Johnson offers snapshots of important moments in art history, through interviews, accounts, and records from art historians and experts. Day by Day offers unexpected gems from art history. has key information, dates, births, deaths, and moments that have shaped our culture and our world of art

Because of all of this, SecUnit isn't working as it should, despite ART's best attempts at repairing I love being back in the middle of the deep, irritation-filled, intensely loyal SecUnit and ART friendship

In Evil Eye, Etaf Rum (author of A Woman Is No Man) considers a small-town North Carolina artist, mother Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history teacher after calling out

The various "let me teach you about" types of asides regarding art and social constructs of the time,

fake marriage, comeuppances for the greedy bad guys, our main protagonists' falling deeply in love, art

The cover art and title of How to Read a Book  gave me the impression that Wood's novel was likely going

In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI. 06 Gwen & Art It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials, it doesn't take long for them to realize that Art The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the For my full review, please see Gwen & Art Are Not in Love.

As the book progresses, Cyrus seeks meaning in art, in a close, sometimes-sexual friendship, and in the For me, the book really took off and intrigued me once Cyrus traveled to New York to visit an artist

Oceanography of the Moon reads like a romance, with superlative moments, emotional encounters with art This book felt somewhat like a romance, as characters swoon, repeatedly cry over art and music, feel

Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd The Final Act of Juliette Lloyd  is a historical fiction art-focused In 1938, runaway heiress and aspiring artist Juliette Willoughby gives up her inheritance (and dark family modern-day timeline follows Caroline and Patrick through twists and turns, through the ins and outs of the art fake marriage, comeuppances for the greedy bad guys, our main protagonists' falling deeply in love, art But the young man, a self-taught artist, is counting on Bob and an unorthodox approach to figuring out

Speedwell teams up with her natural-history and mystery-solving partner Stoker to try to prove that local art in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists

the Outer Banks" of North Carolina and is finishing her freshman year in college at a small liberal arts

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the novel Liars , Sarah Manguso's exploration of art, marriage, Their inspiration and passion seem to complement each other's hopes and dreams in a web of artistic creativity

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical In 1938, runaway heiress and aspiring artist Juliette Willoughby gives up her inheritance for love, then

For my full review, check out The Vaster Wilds. 02 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Lex Croucher's It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials, it doesn't take long for them to realize that Art The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the For my full review, please see Gwen & Art Are Not in Love. 03 To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit

Plus, ART is back! Oh, ART! But there's enough room for ART to show its awe-inspiring battle readiness and its tender side too--and

01 How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The cover art and title of How to Read a Book gave me the impression

He seeks meaning in art, in a close, sometimes-sexual friendship, and in the idea of trying to craft

oneself. 03 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art

fair-skinned boy is sent to the mainland in an effort to better his circumstances and so that he may take art

When Lily explores poetry as part of a school project, she finds the healing power of art--and realizes

Trackers, wonderfully detailed historical fiction set during the Great Depression that centers around art the Bone, the first in Alexandra Bracken's young adult fantasy series of the same name, which offers Arthurian The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

Viva sees Charlotte as self-obsessed and unreliable, while Charlotte imagines herself an artsy, nonconformist Viva dances and thrives in the rigid, exacting, unforgiving yet artistically expressive environment, largely eschews drinking, and she takes the jobs she must in order to sustain her dancing lessons and art-focused

In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly shady, and certainly When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val follows her--and uncovers long-buried

Land. 05 1000 Record Covers by Michael Ochs This book is a few years old, but the collection of cover art from albums from the 1960s through 1990s highlights an often-overlooked art form perfect for music lovers

course of a year: a selective private university, a large public flagship university, and a liberal arts

from their pharmaceutical giant Purdue--while making lavish donations of their opioid profits through art

Speedwell teams up with her natural-history and mystery-solving partner Stoker to try to prove that local art in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists

01 Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon's paranormal, interspecies-romance Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the Royal Artifactual Guild, become an underground adventurer, find artifacts, and secure her own future The cover is arresting, and the sparkles and art are a nod to the novel's fantasy genre.

and Chakrabarti's writing--about New York's bustle, small-town Indian life, the power of music and art

But Murderbot isn't working as it should, despite ART's best attempts at repairing it and the Preservation

Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into science, art, and race as it

In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

I'm mesmerized by this gorgeous cover art. three volatile young people--bored photographer Veronica; her best friend, mischievous performance art

The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

In Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac, a woodworker and a con artist and street performer In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends

Fisher is candid, funny, charmingly offbeat, and she's mastered the art of honest self-examination.