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between details of a life of moneyed ease and an abandonment on an unforgiving, uninhabited island after Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian At the very least it becomes clear that he will pay no dowry in order to make another match for her. After a harsh winter, her guardian's ships sail by again, but veer away after spying her.

Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and Beatriz Williams is also the author of The Summer Wives, The Wicked City, A Hundred Summers, The Secret

to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after her mother and herself, and if her mom has taught her anything, it's the pain of experiencing loss after favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

The ending isn't unexpected, but it does feel hard-fought and satisfying. 04 Life After Life by Kate In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships I read (listened to) the immersive story about do-overs from Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, at the recommendation Click here for my full review of Life After Life. 05 In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Dannie is on the aimed to help her sleep during this difficult time induces an incredible side effect: when she sleeps after

Blue Sisters explores three surviving sisters' messy paths into and out of grief after the loss of their Avery, the oldest, ten years sober, is a married lawyer (her wife is her former therapist, eek) making Bonnie, Avery, and Lucky come together and push each other away throughout the story. I stayed very nervous while the three survivors made destructive decisions that seemed destined to cause

01 A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham The summer Chloe Davis was twelve, six girls went missing By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, convicted attempts to deflect casting and writers' racism; and digs in to try to be one of what he hopes will be the ever-increasing Riley is murdered after gaining his freedom, which makes those involved in the case wonder: if Riley As one theory and suspect after another emerge, Farrell, Hardy, and PI Abe Glitsky must unravel what's

doing so may require her to jump into Green's timeline, and she knows that there's no assurance she'll ever A meeting of the two characters could alter their lives forever. I was very close to abandoning the book. But I'm glad I stuck with it. later point of view made for a far more cohesive story--and that's saying something, as the novel is, after

Razorblade Tears is a brutally violent story shadowed with heartbreaking regret and a fast read, and after Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't his gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer I still think of this book from time to time, long after reading it.

of Stuart Turton's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle are fascinating: Evelyn Hardcastle will die every But every day Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. But being able to track every detail and how it fit wasn't required (I kept reminding myself that I was She's determined not to stop searching until she finds out what really happened that summer. I thought this was lovely. 05 Jackaby (Jackaby #1) by WIlliam Ritter “I prefer to look after myself,

Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke? Niall, the single-minded, lovable oaf of a hostage negotiator reels after the siege. While Camilla struggles to manage her single-parenting life and career after the tragedy, Luke's disappearance

Lisa Jewell In Lisa Jewell's psychological thriller None of This Is True, successful podcaster Alix Summer This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having

The story explores cycles and links through history, considering how each of us may live on after we're The intersection of the two characters alters their lives forever.

shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after Harriet Kline Kline's poignant, lovely book explores a family's emotional missteps and enduring love after Harriet Kline's This Shining Life tracks Ollie's attempts to make sense of things after his father Rich's The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails Alexander shares the trauma surrounding this enormous loss--which occurred days after Ghebreyesus's fiftieth

Not every title fits neatly in this category; one is a grandmother's story as told by a granddaughter After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare various early road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after relationship with his father to sharing how he attempted to cope with the loss of his mother decades after He takes the reader on a roller coaster of emotions, and I love every bit of it.

But when Frank's brother shoots a dog going after the family's sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events Broken Country is a study of an extreme, life-and-death-stakes fallout after heartbreaking tragedy,

It seemed very odd that Millie--who is so focused on goals, doing her duty, behaving in a manner that's beyond reproach, and keeping her head down--didn't feel squirrelly about this setup, and that she didn't ever are just versions of what she was willing to go along with--without asking any questions--from the very After an unlikely moment of tragedy upends everything, each character seems to misinterpret it and also this culminating situation of neglectful, inept damage that is ultimately inflicted by practically every

Jess and Storey are childhood friends who spend their summer adventures exploring striking, remote areas This summer they head to Maine to camp, fish, and hike. After weeks in the wild, they're shocked to come upon a town that's been blown apart. irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo discovers her strength, drive, creativity, and vulnerability after Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very

Danger and darkness lurk around every corner for grumpy, powerful El and her classmates. In The Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, an allied force of students faces the aftermath are separated; greed, power plays, and corruption are as present in the worldwide magical enclaves as ever the weight of the world on their shoulders--and it really does seem to be up to them to save everyone after

We don't know what we're buying until after we experience it. neuroscientists and psychologists that the teenage brain is still maturing throughout high school...every Jeffrey Selingo is also the author of College Unbound and There Is Life After College.

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become And there's an interesting boy she keeps running into, regardless of which paths and options she alters yourself on the line for other people, the bravery of falling in love, and the importance of treasuring every Meanwhile Frida gives birth to a child, Wanda, who she names after the storm, and who has a special gift that she couldn't hack medical school--she just didn't go the first day, or the second, or any day after

she rides her mule Eugenia through all the hollers and up through the mountains, delivering sought-after local schoolchildren) by the local doctor and his colleagues, initially so insistent about studying every

, and just as I do every year, I loved my historical fiction reads in 2023. to bite her tongue, and she feels like the poor treatment her husband shows her may be deserved, as after life's purpose is meant to be made up of motherhood, catering to her husband's needs, and keeping house, after best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises to look after The two had eloped just months after meeting, which led to Jacob's being disowned by his wealthy family

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian 03 How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur In How to Be Perfect

My very favorite Bossy February reads! between details of a life of moneyed ease and an abandonment on an unforgiving, uninhabited island after Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian Her voice is a striking, uniquely nasal Southern drawl, and her Netflix special "I'm Every Woman" features But after his younger sister Lizzie evades her grandmother's attempts to bring her from England to the

with his peers, reflecting on the works and his reactions to them, and searching for and finding peace after Patrick Bringley, a former New Yorker  staffer, after facing the tragic death of his beloved brother, spent in full-time work standing and observing and contemplating seems to have allowed him some healing after

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark 01 Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland Two families meet for the summer at their formerly sought-after resort in the Catskills, but the Weingold and Goldman families aren't as close as they It feels like a perfect book for summer reading.

Described as Mean Girls meets The Parent Trap, Together for Never explores each girl's point of view, and after complications of potentially blending a family and the layers of complexity involved in sharing a parent after

Atkinson is also the author of Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After Life, Human Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Sixteen-year-old aspiring writer Frankie is just trying to get through summer

I loved every bit of this story. Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises to look after The two had eloped just months after meeting, which led to Jacob's being disowned by his wealthy family

Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very For the rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and Marnie, a playful copy editor who prefers solitude after her own divorce, fall into a companionable rhythm I loved this literary fiction--the increasing vulnerability and search for connection after heartache

The ending isn't unexpected, but it does feel hard-fought and satisfying. 04 Life After Life by Kate In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships I read (listened to) the immersive story about do-overs from Kate Atkinson, Life After Life, at the recommendation I'll post my full review of Life After Life next week! aimed to help her sleep during this difficult time induces an incredible side effect: when she sleeps after

listening to How to End a Love Story, a story by Yulin Kuang about two young adults whose paths cross years after 01 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary because of its origins in Beijing's Summer

For my full review of Utopia Avenue, click here. 02 The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez On The other is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly For my full review of this book, see The Happy Ever After Playlist. 03 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby Annie After a slow start, the story pace picked up, and I was really curious to follow these characters to Taylor Jenkins Reid is also the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Maybe In Another Life, After

his family's cattle farm in Iceland, appreciating the beauty of nature, the relief in green shoots after But he yearns to see more of the world, and after he journeys to Reykjavik to study at the university

The reality-show setting and LGBTQIA+ representation in Ever After flips the traditional fairy tale Dev has dedicated his career to the reality dating show Ever After , helping to shape it into the popular

Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader I adored every bit of Jiles's story--Captain Kidd's reluctant but gentlemanly involvement and his voice Jiles also wrote Simon the Fiddler, set after the Civil War, in which Captain Kidd makes a brief appearance

I've been listening to two great, very different books and reading a third. After Hitler's invasion of Russia, Mila becomes a lethal hunter of Nazis who earns the nickname Lady to herself, she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer

Maggie just can't figure out who's still alive and who would suddenly be after revenge. She also suspects that she can't trust the Agency after a data breach revealed the names of the Malta Now they operate as a team to try to determine who is after Maggie and why.

and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of Nothing is too easy here, nor is it ever melodramatic in Napolitano’s hands. I loved this book. of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

Every character grapples with obligation, safety, and family issues. I mentioned Damnation Spring along with Tokyo Ever After and Good Girl, Bad Blood in the Greedy Reading

Fifty-year-old Elle is in her happy place--the house where she's spent a whole life of summers. example, “I’ve never been able to make myself throw up, no matter how hard I try" follows some pages after with no bearing on anything significant that nevertheless kept jumping out at me: almost all--possibly every

For my full review of Utopia Avenue, click here. 02 The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez On The other is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly For my full review of this book, see The Happy Ever After Playlist. 03 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby Annie After a slow start, the story pace picked up, and I was really curious to follow these characters to Taylor Jenkins Reid is also the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Maybe In Another Life, After

They clash, hurt each other deeply, and wonder if they can ever reconcile. Along with the brothers' divergent paths forward after loss, their distinct voices--one machine-gun-like just-out-of-college, contract-worker brother who feels socially awkward and is doubting his chess prowess after

Stories Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year You can also check out My Very Favorite Bossy This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to come after

of a close-knit network of community members) and a successful city doctor with expensive taste and very Meanwhile every visit to Daniel and his town builds up Alexis, fills her heart, teaches her about unconditional Jimenez is also the author of Life's Too Short, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone #1), and The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone #2), which I included on the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories

son of Russian dissidents as they work to evade the thousands of cameras documenting London citizens' every Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

and go-to grains, all built around the idea that "simple is something so perfectly constructed that every are friends with José Andrés, head of the nonprofit World Central Kitchen, which feeds populations after From Lahmajoun Flatbread prepared after a Beirut explosion in 2020 to Ukrainian Borsch offered to families

challenges of three strong women in her life: her best friend Zikora, a successful lawyer who must regroup after Drawn to locals like high schooler Betty Campbell, who is physically and psychologically changed after

Lockwood notes that she is not a Christian but is very much “of” the church because of her upbringing But it's truly unlike anything I have ever read, and the second section, which is an enormous departure wonders about whether she has a claim to beloved extended relatives who shaped her life but are not, after issues; and she considers her potential legacy to her own child—all while panicking about who she is after This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you

My very favorite Bossy November reads! Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very But after Sciona blasts the competition at her entrance exam and is admitted, she finds that not all The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn. Main protagonist Violet Powell is being released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving