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Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land was a complex, heartbreaking, hope-filled, surprising, fascinating read. It feels unfair to compare Cloud Cuckoo Land to Doerr's beloved and quite different book All the Light Using the stories as a common point between the book's timelines sounded potentially gimmicky--and also with the famous ancient Cloud Cuckoo Land and its intentions. ("...was Diogenes writing lowbrow comedy He realizes that the truth is infinitely more complicated, that we are all beautiful even as we are all

She finds comfort in watching episodes of her local children's show, and she impulsively writes a letter

her destined path toward dark magic and destruction or to rewrite her future and envision something completely She finds comfort in watching episodes of her local children's show, and she impulsively writes a letter

The Last Ballad explores race relations and the fight for dignity in a 1929 North Carolina mill camp community The Last Ballad explores race relations and complicated relationships within a largely segregated living I read The Last Ballad with my book club, and this week I reviewed When Ghosts Come Home, Wiley Cash's

Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. This is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction read. Crying in H Mart is a complicated, layered love letter to Zauner's mother, who is dying of colorectal Zauner delves into her intense love for the complex flavors, the frequently time-consuming and sometimes Jean's story is lighthearted, romantic, and sometimes poignant with frequently silly, teenaged comments

Crying in H Mart felt like a complicated, layered love letter to Zauner's mother, who is dying of colorectal Zauner delves into her intense love for the complex flavors, the frequently time-consuming and sometimes increasingly capable of providing touch points for her mother--whether this takes the dietary forms of Korean comfort Her story is compelling and intriguing, whether or not you're familiar with her or her indie band.

Ford's memoir about growing up while her father was incarcerated and the complicated childhood that shaped I'm listening to this memoir by Michelle Zauner of the band Japanese Breakfast, which feels like a complicated Zauner's story is compelling whether or not you're familiar with her or her indie band. 03 Somebody's In her memoir Somebody's Daughter, Ford explores her complicated relationship with her mother, her endless loyalty to her younger brother, her complex feelings about her father and the idea of him returning

She comes from poverty and an unfavored area, and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship Johnson's explorations of the complicated intersections of class, wealth and poverty, control of valuable In some worlds, Cara recognizes common characteristics in those she loves or fears; she sometimes barely loved her as an unlikely heroine, and I loved that it wasn't too easy for her to attempt to address complex

Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience.

choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or the mortals she has come

Despite some small moments that felt heavy-handed, this is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction Yet the story Browder shares is so compelling, so shocking, and so intriguing, I didn't mind skimming specific without getting bogged down in the details, and the pacing of the book is appealingly quick and compelling like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling

shares her increasing annoyance at the bards' reported tales of Odysseus as he extends his outrageously complicated Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena bicker and take part in petty competitions with enormous repercussions.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; 01 When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash Cash, author of A Land More Kind than Home and The Last Ballad When Ghosts Come Home centers around racial tensions, political angles, and testing longstanding allegiances Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the sharing her increasing annoyance at the bards' reported tales of Odysseus as he extends his outrageously complicated

Jean's story is lighthearted, romantic, and sometimes poignant with frequently silly, teenaged comments

, his thought processes, what worked and didn't, and moments of despair so deep he couldn't imagine coming Haig lists positive things in the world (they're referred to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations

She comes from poverty and an unfavored area, and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship

constant loss of their beloved “mayflies” (other people, who live such relatively short existences compared protagonist Tom Hazard’s point of view, which evolves by the close of the story, the shift seemed to come

, we revisit the brave, faulted, irresistible character of Pippa Fitz-Amobi, who is drawn back into complex That is, until her friend Connor comes to her in a panic. Nothing is too easy, but the author doesn't rely on red herrings, merely offering complex, interconnected situations that require Pip, Ravi, Connor, and company to unravel them bit by bit, relying on hunches Her third book, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month. I can't wait.

“I needed a book written by someone who exists in that foggy space between the common cold and terminal She traces her own debilitating symptoms and her significant, life-threatening complications and severe

That is, until her friend Connor comes to her in a panic. Holly Jackson's third book in this series, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month, and I can't wait

to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work at this lodge, and that things are more complicated

each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's beginning to wonder if she continues to leap into commitment

like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling starting to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work here, and that things are more complicated each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's beginning to wonder if she's attempting to leap into commitment

Wilson's bubbly personality comes through in these essays, and her show business experiences were interesting Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian (Saturday Night Live), and writer, shares essays and

, and Lange generally delivers resolutions that aren't always surprising but that I was glad to see coming

stoop and declares that she will not leave the house for all the silver in Seville, but I--being hard compelled Meanwhile, pious, black-cloaked Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, comes to town. and wild accusations raised, and the men drum up hysteria, fear, and finger-pointing throughout the community It's satisfying to watch as members of the community begin to recognize the witch hunters as more devilish

reintroduce wolves into the Scottish Highlands and to overcome personal tragedy; The Wreckage of My Presence, comedian and NetGalley. 02 The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian

Thank you for spending some of your precious time on this site, commenting to me here or otherwise about

It's a complicated situation, but that didn't sit right to me without more of a reckoning.

Meanwhile, pious, black-cloaked Matthew Hopkins comes to town and begins being called the Witchfinder

temptation to lament to her as if the sorrow were his, when the whole brunt of trouble was already coming Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time; Jack's and

moonlights as a pit fighter and is "a sleek goth avatar of pain"), as well as potentially ill-advised companions

conversationally takes us through her youth in Scottsdale, Arizona, her awkward years, her discovery of her comedic Her mother is presented sympathetically while coming off as odd, and Lockwood herself takes on a somewhat of a nearby toxic waste dump as a likely reason for widespread and devastating health effects in the community

It feels appropriate to have complicated feelings about this book.

partners like Nadia (an accountant who moonlights as a pit fighter), as well as potentially ill-advised companions Louis, and Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time

What Hailey doesn't anticipate is that the community will assume she's been taken by the highway killer I found some commonalities between Dark Roads and another suspenseful read I recently read and was engrossed

premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief, and the twist I never saw coming Our main protagonists are satisfyingly clever and resourceful, but they meet with plausibly complicated There was a twist that I didn't see coming, and I thought it worked beautifully.

how to find value and passion in them; siblings and spouses alternately support each other and vie to compete

she lives, but she often feels buoyed or hindered by a feeling of déjà vu, and occasionally she feels compelled

Practical Zoya struggles with her inconvenient romantic feelings for Nikolai (and vice versa) and begins to come a focus of book one--is a motivator for action in Rule of Wolves, but Bardugo also delves into the complicated

Each possibility of a present and future is built upon different combinations of decisions Nora could Some lives are notable, others comfortable, and still others are full of pain. She often feels buoyed or hindered by a feeling of déjà vu, and occasionally she feels compelled to take it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without easy or saw-it-coming Now she's coming to terms with the recent and tragic loss of the person she loved and the future she

We like to add books by some of the authors we hear to our reading list for the coming year.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Down Comes the Night, a young adult fantasy story featuring magical 01 Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft I love the setup of Saft's romantic young adult fantasy novel , Down Comes the Night. We like to include books by some of the authors we hear to our reading list for the coming year.

Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was Chief of police Kate Burkholder, who was once part of the local Amish community herself, is called in But Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the mystery's resolution coming, and I was of grace, who is forgivably faulted, and who is seemingly respectable yet driven by desperation to commit murder is more complex and surprising than it initially seems.

which a Golden Age movie star is plunged into the future, where her old-fashioned views and strategies come

of humor interspersed with the action and lots of (literally) flowery language (characters in love communicate

Chief of police Kate Burkholder, who was once part of the local Amish community herself, is called in

Vincent has tried to make his own suffering as great as possible behind bars by eschewing distraction and comfort Fun fact: Whitaker is eager to be in contact with his readers and will comment on Instagram if you mention In interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily, complex taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents (who raised her) for help, but she's not comfortable

When events come to a head and the O'Banion brothers must flee down the Gilead River--in hopes of meeting aunt--their recently orphaned neighbor Emmy and their steadfast best friend Mose don't hesitate to come

between generations' plans for the business and for their individual futures; and basic, intensely complicated how to find value and passion in them; siblings and spouses alternately support each other and vie to compete