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An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head-

After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would Bea consider starring in a season of Main I adore the colonial Indian setting and the emotionally closed off but exceptionally kind and wise main

Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with

In the main character's take on "the portal," as she refers to the internet, she straddles the line between But a dramatic, shocking change occurs in the main protagonist's situation in the second part of the There are too many beautiful, heart-wrenching passages from this section of the book to quote, and Lockwood's

My very favorite books from May! But all of these players and times feel mainly to be in place to serve as a structure for our true main upon the framework of facts from the lives of Julian of Norwich and what is known of the life of our main Our main protagonist puzzles and angers those around her by challenging the limitations of what women I underlined many, many meaningful passages in Revelations, and I found exploring this time through Margery's

growing up between two cultures while shining in its details: wonderful dialogue, messy moments, and the main Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman.

How long do you keep it up, how far do you go to find a man like this? US Marshal's determined search for John himself, the distraction of a clever, brave woman, and the pain As always, her main characters are richly layered, struggle with terrible circumstances, retain strong the end of the story, the text briefly references Captain Kidd from Jiles's News of the World ("...a man

This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man. But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty

Novik is also the author of other fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted and Spinning

Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated Welga is drawn back into intelligence work in order to identify and fight this new enemy--an enemy that may But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which The management of many large-scale issues and their side effects are shown in shades of gray rather than

Novik is also the author of many other wonderful fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love. 03

also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike Saturday Night Live years, her writing and collaboration enthusiastic, full of wonder about the world, and unfailingly optimistic (with a slight, wonderful edge), my main

You may want to check my past Bossy gift idea lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what may Listen for the Lie  offers a fascinating story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main The main protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one.

and revelations and long-held secrets that seem destined to shake up everything for our modern-day main life--all the heartbreak, career maneuvering, mistakes, joys, victories, the sordid details of her many

Much of the fever pitch of support and hatred for Jesus occurs off the page, when the book's main character other experiences (and often-dangerous adventures), so his role in her story is primarily as a faithful man

Keegan's slim book may seem cozy and quiet at first, but she beautifully illuminates tiny moments alongside Small Things Like These illustrates how a series of what may seem like largely inconsequential moments The quiet main protagonist Bill is a hero; he musters forgiveness for painful events in his past while

miss sex" seems to come out of nowhere; sexual innuendos seem to come at strange, inopportune times; a main There are many dramaaaaaatic teen angst moments here ("As if knowing him would somehow make me want him

Mary was a captivating main protagonist--alternately desperate and hopeful, but always dogged in her

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take family living two hundred years apart in the same house, making you wonder how reliable any of our main But the great young adult fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist

In Rachel Hawkins's new mystery The Wife Upstairs, each of the main players and their histories aren't Each of the main characters is consumed by wealth, class, and appearances, and hearing about superficial

Our brave main protagonist (and rebel) Talin is forced to submit to the Federation's morally questionable Lu offers up their smoldering romance from a distance, focusing mainly on their emotional connection

Many people in Harkin's world have elected to have the company Nepenthe remove traumatic or upsetting Harkin tracks four main characters as they cope with what they may have lost, what might be gained from facing the truth, how painful experiences may have shaped them in essential ways, and whether it's best to leave forgotten pain behind. Others are haunted by what may have been lost, but may imagine far worse scenarios and higher stakes

I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he navigated tough situations and emerged with hope Who is the man? Can he be trusted? Is any of this even real? Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. He wants to grow up and become a journalist, but for now his main goal is trying not to attract too much In many ways, Boy Swallows Universe defies categorization.

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty Napolitano Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful explores family bonds, broken connections, forging through pain When William's painful history resurfaces, it shakes the entire family with its repercussions. The ways in which the family members reconvene were not neat or without pain, but were intriguing. Kuang This darkly funny story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted

I found the main protagonist largely off-putting; she seems scattered beyond her understandable lingering The main suspect felt almost comically sinister, creepily suggestive, and overly familiar--although his

In Cristina Fernandez's new young adult book How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying), main protagonist

The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen other and work together to determine who is responsible for the destruction; how each of their pasts may While reading, I imagined how Clinton's experiences as Secretary of State and First Lady may have informed

Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main Rachel is an Irish university student working in a Cork bookstore, dating a boring but reliable young man (who does not have sex with her clients, as she keeps explaining to them) who is fake dating a nice man

Meanwhile, she uses a foundation of the social science of power and belief to explore out the many ways Fernandez's young adult book How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying), to be published tomorrow, our main

Kira Marchand, an infectious disease specialist, is the main protagonist in Doctors and Friends, and Then fatigue she just couldn't shake, no matter how many hours-long naps she fell into. Along with her new mutt Oscar, Jaouad embarked on a 100-day, 15.000-mile trip, visiting many of the people

Fletcher And there may be no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at The main protagonist Griz is tough as nails and determined and wonderful, and things do ultimately improve It's a true life-or-death dilemma for a man with two stark options: safety and loneliness or potential Against enormous odds, the team may just be finding some of the lifesaving answers they were sent to character in common between the two books; this person appears at the end of The Boy on the Bridge but is a main

are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing and an unsympathetic main Meena, a Hindu woman who was brutally punished by her village and her family for marrying a Muslim man small villages of her home country--and her journalistic discoveries threaten to unearth the painful Meanwhile, Smita is drawn to an Indian man she meets on assignment. In one example among many, Smita actively asks a companion a personal question, then shares with the

husband, her always-furious oldest daughter, her absent middle son, her broken life, and her relentless pain Situations aren't black-and-white, and terrible pain sometimes leads to intense realizations in what Our main protagonists are satisfyingly clever and resourceful, but they meet with plausibly complicated

focused on shutting off the outside world, but the demands of a six- and nine-year-old reeling with pain To honor his friend, he'll need to be strong enough for Maisie and Grant, despite his own pain and fears I really wanted to stay in Patrick's point of view, and I didn't feel that we gained much insight or Rowley is from Maine and now lives in Palm Springs, and he also wrote The Editor and Lily and the Octopus

Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain. captivating retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana, with immersive details and an irresistible feminist main character fighting for a voice and for power in a man's world. She is smart, eager, passionate, and determined--and an irresistible main protagonist.

I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he navigated tough situations and emerged with hope Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. Who is the man? Can he be trusted? Is any of this even real? He wants to grow up and become a journalist, but for now his main goal is trying not to attract too much For my full review, check out The Lost Man.

disjointed to me when he delved into some of the regional goings-on that weren't seemingly related to the main And many Green Bank locals don't want to abide by the Quiet Zone rules at all--and don't.

I loved the main characters' fashion, banter, and stubbornness. imminent demise of the human race that the robots seem perched to enact serve as a catalyst for the human main communicate with its handler, it begins to understand that all is not black and white, and that it may Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot

I loved being along for the ride as Harper's story unfolded, and I was all in for the main protagonist Harper is also the author of Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) and The Lost Man, which I mentioned in my

her ex-husband William, characters from earlier Strout novels, leave New York City to stay in rural Maine

Both of the main characters are orphans, both were raised by indulgent, imperfect uncles, and both are

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty

balance of magic, religion, love, passion, family duty, adventure, and search for meaning—and all with a main

science fiction novel, Mandel plays with time and time travel as well as mysteries surrounding what may But all of these players and times feel mainly to be in place to serve as a structure for our true main

I lugged all three of these physical books with me on vacation to Maine, and if I forget to stage a beach scam of a career pays the bills, but it doesn’t pay enough for Lily to deal with the sight of Leo, the man

forced to marry the cult's leader when she was thirteen and worked as secretary for "The Family" for many Young's pain in both avenues is substantial and horrifying, and she is brutally honest. Sea, familiar Strout characters Lucy Barton and her ex-husband William flee New York City for rural Maine It's 1926 in London, and recovery from the Great War inspires many in the city to dive into the wild An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head-

In A Woman Is No Man, Etaf Rum explores the often powerless and essentially voiceless status of her female The dark basement where a main character spends most of her time adds to the claustrophobic feel of that The story is built around the women's constant pain, with wives being beaten almost universally within --but also many other real-life women--to write a new history, one in which they enjoy freedoms and a What did you think of knowing something bad was going to happen to a main character?

appreciated that the will they/won't they romantic tension hinges on factors somewhat outside of the main

I laughed, rooted for the main protagonists and their allies, and loved the twists and turns and realizations

And I am more than this man can comprehend.” After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood I found Bree's main love interest Nick a little overbearing after a time. I felt a little disjointed by the many elements of the Shadowborn, Legendborn, multiple Merlins, shapeshifters The story's many correlations to slavery in the South are fascinating and chilling.