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Barbara Robinson's 1971 holiday classic every Christmas season around here, and I love it every single time

The details of the time, household life, and gender, vocation, and familial power structures are wonderful Each of these books is a story about class and gender and power in its own way, told in disparate times

Especially during Pandemic Times, one of the genres I find myself gravitating toward listening to is you're perfect just the way you are" messages might have had more impact for me if they'd been shown at times Now for the implausibility: There's repetitive (and after a time, for me, unconvincing) stated confusion

whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time A lot of page time was spent on logistics and on explaining why magical processes and machinations functioned

watch its favorite show, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon (although I might have liked more page time

long-term romances with various of their mutual friends, breaking Raine's heart a little more each time

I had a tough time pinning down the tone in this roller-coaster story--I wasn't always sure whether Zusy

wonderfully oddball Stevie Bell as she takes her sleuthing skills outside of Ellingham Academy for the first time

which the madness is normalized. 02 This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps Celebrity memoir time exchange for an honest review. 06 My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times

Interestingly, she spends far more page time on her relationship with John Mayer than on her life and She seems like a good egg, and I really liked spending time with her through this memoir.

It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

upon arrival (capturing periodicals on microfiche) is somewhat dry and isn't given significant page time

Now I'd like Miller to please write more books about varied topics, because I like spending time in her

written in a copy of the novel, a seeming suicide, a disappeared body, and other mysterious circumstances tie Much of the page time in The Other Side of Night is spent with characters who exhibit odd, unexplained

It took me a little time to get into Cash's Last Ballad.

Meanwhile our main protagonist is a middle-aged woman appealingly muddling along at times, doing her

That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may Now I'd like Miller to write more books about varied topics, because I like spending time in her head At times there is some silliness and some superficial focus, but I felt as though Simpson was laying Interestingly, she spends a lot more page time on John Mayer than Nick Lachey—and provides what ultimately

Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice shifts through time and points of view to explore outrageous wealth, ruthless

primary caregiver for her father, who has Parkinson's disease; her mother spends the majority of her time

Painter spends significant page time on what is essentially the idea that one character or the other

But spending time working together for once allows both Rowan and Neil to notice aspects of the other are and who they want to be, and that their intense experiences during the story's short window of time

“We are, on this earth, so incredibly small, in the history of time, in the crowd of the world, we are

was going to involve characters continually making bad decisions, which is a setup I have a difficult time

Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. heartbreaking, heartwarming echoes and swirls of themes and details that repeat and connect through time

nineteen or twenty, your life is governed by debts and favors, promises to pick up the check or drive next time

As another girl disappears, this time one she's tenuously connected to, and when she realizes that aspects They begin to forge a stronger bond (despite how irritating they each find the other), but there's no time I think this was because of personal timing and my reading-during-vacation distraction circumstances,

The Civil War Books This painful, terrible time in our nation's history makes for some poignant, brutal at the end of the Civil War, amid the confusion and desperation and cruelty and kindnesses of that time characters to cross unlikely paths, caused characters to avoid making important discoveries until the timing often desperate circumstances of women (especially Black women) without men to protect them at the time

Our time here is limited, gone in the blink of an eye.

The story is funny, sometimes grotesque, at other times sweet, and full of surprises.

She spends substantial page time laying out the weaknesses of our country's health care system, and she Miller's view gets broad at times, and her focus occasionally seems to stretch beyond the scope of what

"summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a summer past, and they all stand the test of time In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add

man working in a warehouse in the seaside town where she's staying temporarily, she invites Felix to travel

Rory Docherty has returned to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time I loved the glimpses of rural life and of the specific place and time that Rash crafts so well.

There remains a lot of page time spent on the enjoyment of refreshments (tea or wine, anyone?)

This is the gorgeous cover of the edition of the book I read--and owned at one time--and I adore this

one because I felt that Taylor's personality came through in it even more fully, and I adore spending time

neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts about existence and little time There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advance reader's copy, so this likely

The stresses and pulls on their time as they've grown have caused them to grow apart, so a vacation together

Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fantastic details of life at the time Jesus's role in Ana's story is as a faithful man who disagrees with the politics of the faith at the time

audiobook at 1.75x speed, which significantly shortened the 32-hour, 42-minute audiobook listening time

Haig is also the author of the fiction titles The Midnight Library and How to Stop Time.

Sometimes Dolly lets them fall, but other times her songs about freedom (with her metaphors of butterflies

Charlotte's various views on the world are absolute gems, and I absolutely love spending time in her

I'm having a tough time with the premise of this one but am curious as to whether I'm missing something

Timothy Egan is also the author of The Worst Hard Time, fascinating narrative nonfiction about the Dust

Covid-era, pre-election, pre-pandemic-modified holidays might not be the best timing for me to be reading What's working for your reading life during these odd times?

Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness I loved reading this and loved spending time with Michelle Obama. his dogged determination in comparing notes and working cooperatively with others--even when his full-time

Migrations follows Franny as she travels farther from civilization and safety--and as she considers what

Over time, the eldest boys begin to fracture the family with their unrelenting violence, destruction, (It’s noted that at the time, some significant blame for mental illness was typically laid at the feet

behind his decision and explores the importance to him of taking an active role in determining the time