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#LGBTQ, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense 02 A Very Punchable Face ​ Has Colin Jost lived long enough to He started A Very Punchable Face with a story that is really his mother's (to be fair, it's interesting (For my full review, see A Very Punchable Face.)

But for every person whose contentment and fulfillment come from faithfully executing a predetermined Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be offers varied ways to think about college and the increasing pressure ideas, to give your brain a vigorous workout and your soul a thorough investigation, to realize how very

Clavin traces the tensions and factors that led the town of Tombstone to live on in infamy in this very Tombstone traces the tensions and factors (including Western justice and on-the-fly policing; varied

Their lives have gone in different directions, and they've always been very different in many ways, yet each character; their writing challenges in trying to dive into each point of view while trying not to favor

Another book with a character based upon Nathaniel Hawthorne--although it treats him very differently

I admit that I had trouble getting through the first part, but I'm so very glad I stuck with it. had some trouble adjusting to the pacing of the book; it's structured into 1,001 short segments in varied story builds to show how individuals on opposite sides of the issue and of the wall are at heart the very

heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined power and scope of gene engineering, the world on the verge realizes that he's been infected by a virus--one designed to make him seem uninfected, then to modify his very He’s becoming stronger and smarter every day--but he’s also being hunted down for potential destruction

They're fascinating and written about very different topics--race and incarceration, mental illness, A 2020 New York Times article, "Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?"

image of Debbie Reynolds as her mother, and Star Wars was in my mind as the enormously popular movie series There are fun and frenetic scenes about meeting the varied demands of an enormous star, and Lane explores I very much cared about Kathi and Charlie's struggles together and as individuals, and I laughed a lot

01 Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein Nineteen-year-old Avery Abrams was set to be the next big gymnastics When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did become an Olympic champion) talks her into helping him coach Hallie, a young phenom at the gym where Avery What are some of your favorite lighter fiction books?

Our sense of self is very resourceful. People are booking restorations every day. People still want deletions....

Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of What are some of your favorite book club books?

woman is one of many civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

Two other light fiction books I've reviewed that involve the celebrity-love trope are Very Sincerely

The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

I'd love to hear: What are some of your favorite memoirs? 01 Here For It by R.

Not all of the members of my book club felt as strongly about this one as I did, but I adored every bit What are some of your favorite historical fiction books?

Lady Tan's Circle of Women is my first book club read of 2024, and wow, does this one start off with

And there is so very much else to delight in here. Brennan mentions Tamora Pierce's Immmortals series (the first book is Wild Magic) as inspiration for

new edition of this title is in the works that will reflect relevant factors and events through early 2025

A horrific car accident with her father at the wheel changed her family forever when Shannon was very

I listened to The Safekeep , which was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, as an audiobook.

Which was either very sexy or very creepy, depending on your opinion of me. interludes that break up her story felt jarring to me, but her account was honest, raw, sad, and sometimes very

The very end of the story brought to light a sudden burst of twisty complications and cemented the course

road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very

Some of the wrap-up details near the very end felt a little bit unsatisfying, but resolving them cleanly

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her I listened to the first installment in Shannon Chakraborty's Amina al-Sirafi fantasy series, The Adventures strategically and to great comic effect) fairy tale, and I delighted in the story itself as well as the varied I am alllll in on this series and can't wait for the second installment.

continues regularly listening to and transcribing Om's confidential sessions with Big Swiss, then not very

The very end of the book quotes from a personal set of writings and for some reason this felt a little

What are some of your favorite books about the immigrant experience?

And I love that this is my first review of 2024. Bring on the weird and wonderful books!

I very much enjoyed her vulnerability as a young woman and especially the glimpses we got into her self-assured

spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness) within a tiny, very

Now First of all, seeing the gorgeous colors and designs of these three covers together is making me very

Unlike other witches whose powers peak during certain series, Clara's powers as an Ever span all of the Griffin's second witch-focused, standalone book is scheduled for publication in 2022.

loose end and it seems assured that it will be wrapped up, but the specifics aren't laid out, and the very

I very much enjoyed the matter-of-fact acceptance of Kiran and his interests, his expression of his identity

Reporter Sunny's connection to the two performers and their past was intriguing, and I very much enjoyed

These complicating factors often lead to invasive measures unlikely to prolong life but very likely to

missing girls, you might also like the book Before She Disappeared, although the tone of that book is very

Like every boy in Lee County I was raised to be a proud mule in a world that has scant use for mules. You have to wonder how much of the whole world's turning is fueled by that very fire.

The mother is also intent on controlling every nuance of every conversational exchange, and she is outrageously And the reveal toward the end of layers of tragedy felt far-fetched; how was the very existence hidden

It is about seeing yourself as the main character in a very interesting—or maybe even quiet—life that

This is not sentimental and is very powerful, and I've already been brought to tears while listening

reading A Rip Through Time, the first in Kelley Armstrong's time-travel historical fiction mystery series working-class Glasgow family and young gay love; and Tokyo Dreaming, the second in Emiko Jean's young adult series A Rip Through Time #1) by Kelley Armstrong In the first book of Kelley Armstrong's Rip Through Time series 02 Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart In the second novel from the author of Shuggie Bain, which won the 2020

The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to

Bennett also wrote a very different book, The Vanishing Half, which I found powerful and fascinating.

The last quarter of the book involved some transformation, action, and surprises, and the ending is very

This book was published in 2014, but I finally read it this year and am so very glad. I found them all fascinating and very different from each other.

The songs are all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands