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past month, in no particular order: No Cure for Being Human, a funny, raw, thoughtful memoir about facing offers meaningful insight, gritty truth-telling, and wry humor as she shares her experiences surrounding facing The Saints of Swallow Hill traces the paths of Rae Lynn and Del, disparate characters in Depression-era Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants. present-day story alternates with peeks back in time to life before this space mission, which show Grace

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Alias Emma, a fast-paced new mystery from Ava Glass; I'm listening This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents Flying Solo, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown, stinging from her recently canceled wedding, facing

I've also had three Bossy five-star reads in 2023, and I'm hoping I rack up some more for a post to be in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing a day, a week, and a month and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace check out The Trackers. 06 As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.

But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living

beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many heartbreaking aspects of facing family but also holds meaning for anyone considering the way they live and how they might choose to face details of Yip-Williams’s childhood and the obstacles she overcame to simply be alive as an adult to face realization that at some point desperate hope for survival must somehow transform into efforts to find grace

of page time spent on figuring out the potential logistics of shoring up the levee, which slowed the pacing William Kent Krueger is also the author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land.

Sheriff Brody Dern must face his own postwar demons when he confronts a Native American World War II William Kent Krueger is also the author of The Levee, Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land. 02 Ghost Station

Zhang's detail was wonderful, and her characters make noble sacrifices and face impossible choices. Zhang's detail was wonderful, but the pacing was slow--detailing Lucy and Sam's (and their parents' long-ago Characters make noble sacrifices and face impossible choices, make heartbreaking missteps, and come to Covid-era, pre-election, and while facing pre-pandemic, depressingly modified holidays might not be the

The writing style involves a lot of telling, which seemingly intentionally slows the pacing--and which threatened with imprisonment; experiences cruel and potentially fatal betrayal by one of their own; faces Yet because of the pacing, I didn't necessarily feel on the edge of my seat while I read about all of And it's the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News

failings and disappointments, deep connections forged in precious, everyday moments, and incredible grace interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

meticulous research behind the tale, and the inspiration for the story, but I struggled with the slower pace In a later timeline, an Australian rare book expert discovers tiny treasures in the book's ancient binding Yet the pacing was slow for me, so it took me some time to get through this one.

For my review of William Kent Krueger's book Ordinary Grace, click here. 02 Fugitive Telemetry by Martha It also features racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women, an element They're each coping with loss, facing danger, and are bracing for destruction as they grapple with their

characters sometimes seemed slow to catch on to the implications of events, but the story kept a steady pace The title Fallen seems to refer to Rachael's fall from grace, but the matter of determining who is pure and deserving of grace, who is forgivably faulted, and who is seemingly respectable yet driven by desperation

in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and his old friend Raco

and the stories can dive into so many fascinating big-deal issues--like feeling a greater purpose, facing She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the former fighter pilot turned reality star who hopes for a miracle; and Nilah, a privileged and daring racer Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants.

The woman's graceful ability to cope with her past trauma and dark history inspires Greta, who struggles As she traces Kurt's comings and goings, she witnesses a tragic event in his life, which he blames upon A deadly event means Katrina must face the secrets of her own hidden past.

Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants. present-day story alternates with peeks back in time to life before this space mission, which show Grace on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is vividly set in Europe and Russia and was a rare five-star-rated read for me. writers; and digs in to try to be one of what he hopes will be an ever-increasing number of diverse faces

She faces unknown dangers and heartbreaking betrayal in this fast-paced novel. Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across London and through an underground and by her unreliable narrator Isabelle, who is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing

Hoffman's novel is about facing dark realities, entering uncharted territory, leaning on music as a solace When the two face off, they each have something to prove--to their families, their exes, those who have The Second Ending is about self-discovery, facing dark truths, taking a terrifying leap out of the safety

Grace has been unceremoniously kicked out of her uncle's house without a reference for the years of service best friend Viv, whose parents want her to marry and settle down (something she has no interest in), Grace The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop We see Grace become won over by the creaky old store and by her gruff boss, the shifting role each woman The love for books that grows in Grace--as well as the essential role of reading and the collective escapism

World, Abby Jimenez takes on a meet-cute between a rural renaissance man (he's the small-town mayor, a graceful abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring powers of privilege and responsibility are faced

Warsaw Ghetto--of making a life within its prison walls and of finding resistance and even love in the face finds love in unlikely places, recalls his life, and finds ways to try to make a difference in the face

that explore mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

a day, a week, and a month and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace optimistic methods of coping, reminding herself of what's what, and ways in which she carries on in the face As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.

But a hotshot racer who's on the run, a has-been treasure hunter looking for redemption, and the rest former fighter pilot turned reality star who hopes for a miracle; and Nilah, a privileged and daring racer

a day, a week, and a month and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace The tone is spooky and the story moves at a measured pace. consistently bizarre, at times base, and often darkly funny as her characters alternately dive into and avoid facing

suicides after heartbreaks; her long-term, mysterious physical challenges and symptoms; and the multiple rapes Blair's MS is a significant shaping force in her life, and she speaks with grace and openness about the Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

The nationwide movement away from dying at home has been driven in some cases by panic in the face of With this new way, in which we together try to figure out how to face mortality and preserve the fiber mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.

If you're intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality each disparate world--and finding to their surprise that they have connected with a place, with its pace

tale-telling and often-discussed folklore-based beliefs about life, curses, demons, and home remedies in the face Abuse, rape, cycles of aggression and emotional coldness, misogyny--her childhood is an avalanche of language is sometimes tragically beautiful, and other times frustrating when it means characters aren’t facing The pacing of the book is frenetic; it feels like it runs along in great leaps, then it jumps and skips

The first half of the book felt slowly paced and was spent with Wallace in limbo, being told how many that explore similar themes, check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

Cosby; a light fiction story that's multigenerational, features a winery backdrop, and references racy So far this is a lovely light fiction story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form Krueger also wrote Ordinary Grace, reviewed on the blog here.

of the past two books, the Bayview Four solved mysteries and established their own innocence in the face Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and some fresh faces

there are many opportunities to feel defeated, and notes that it’s easy to understand why doubt and rage and disbelief emerge in the face of enormous pain and tragedy.

practical but deeply held connections; and life and death--particularly, how to live fully and how to best face If you're intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.

The settings range from the South to rural Ireland, and characters face temptation, betrayal, crushing Keegan's settings span from the South to rural Ireland; her characters sometimes face crushing loss or Click here to read my rave reviews of Claire Keegan's Foster and Small Things Like These.

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story It's the 1990s, and Carrie is facing what in tennis is considered a geriatric age--as well as all the

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily Memoirs of Stockholm Sven. 02 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face for too-easy deception, and that seeing others take advantage of her innocence would make for nerve-racking on real-life double agents in the Cambridge Spy Ring--is vividly set in Europe and Russia and was a rare

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My favorite elements were the action sequences, the opportunities for humor, and the pacing of this 640 the dragon element kept me reading with fingers crossed that the story would take off and eclipse the pacing the Empyrian series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced

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She reflects on how to best bravely and honestly face the reality of her experience and its implications She faces the myriad challenges of reliving and asserting her decades-old case yet again, against continued account of her teenage years and all that occurred after her attack inspired a simmering, murderous rage

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loved seeing Ren's procedure as he prevented issues, coped with challenges, headed off trouble, and faced A couple of other potentially disastrous and complex situations were faced and addressed, and I enjoyed

I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality, and Kate Bowler's No Cure for Being Human is another excellent book about facing mortality and was a five-star read for me.

premise of this lighthearted, romantic, zany rom-com long enough to buy into the story of an artist with face finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition...but then she woke up unable to recognize faces

The book traces The Tearling's attempted ascent from a kingdom crushed by famine, feudalism, and unrest I'm curious to see if the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty in the face

Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the

As Philpott wonders with dread what else could go awry, she faces that she has subconsciously believed Philpott faces the unwelcome yet freeing reality that so much is out of our control, and she considers

The Piano Tuner is a strange, slowly paced adventure story but also an anti-imperialist, pro-music take