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Women in fiction

Friday posts focusing on one female character, whether or not she is liked or appreciated.

What matters is that she has something to say.

Heroes, villains, and everything in between – including spoilers, so proceed with caution! Read the posts here.

Favorite Reads

Not the best, but the ones I loved reading in 2014 and 2015.

Diversity in Reading Posts

Including the “My Story Isn’t the Only One Worth Telling”: Why Diversity Matters series (1, 2, 3) and the So You Want to Stop Distancing the Other recommendations series (1).

Must Read Rec List

Books I Reviewed:

•  American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
• Serena by Ron Rash
• Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
• The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
• The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Pre-blog Books:

•  The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• Blindness by Jose Saramago
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• In the Woods by Tana French
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
• The Stand by Stephen King