Search Results

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

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.

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

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 premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love  is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the Alex ( a handsome, charming man new to town) feels plausible, and I accepted the difficulties each faces This young adult story is sweet and fun; the pacing often feels somewhat slapstick and frantic--as is

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

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

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.

The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting 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

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.

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.

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

books about 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.

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

books about 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.

This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer.

books about 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.

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

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

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

In The Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, an allied force of students faces the aftermath This didn't make The Golden Enclaves the most darkly fun, deeply emotional, or captivatingly paced book The largely somber tone appropriately reflects these kids' growing up and facing challenges more complex The story features instances of rape, abandonment, witch hunting, and attempted suicide.

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.

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

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 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

respectively, and when Rule of Wolves picks back up with these characters, they're all coping with loss, facing danger, and braced for destruction as Fjerda invades.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama's book about facing adversity other methods of coping, reminding herself of what's what, and ways in which she carries on in the face

But she's soon faced with issues beyond missing him: he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle Robin comes face to face with some of her most enduring past horrors, juggles her abandoned past and

Strangely, Anna looks a lot like Zoe, so she's faced with the village's pain and suspicion everywhere "A frenzied psychological thriller, superbly paced." Thank goodness for Lois Duncan (Stranger with my Face!) or I would have been completely out of luck.

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 Viv has no interest in), Grace The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop

But some clients are beginning to have flashes of their erased memory, "traces" that disturb and confuse Harkin tracks four main characters as they cope with what they may have lost, what might be gained from facing individuals' requests--and potentially illegally--leaving patients with significant emotional fallout as they face the confusion of suddenly facing their painful pasts.

The painting referenced in Dominic Smith's novel title is a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter- Ellie, now a celebrated art historian, is potentially facing a disaster in which her forgery comes to

Collapse, we catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot, who in this seventh book in the series is faced In Red London, Kell's brother king Rhy Maresh is facing spreading resistance and assassination attempts

For me, there was a little bit of excessive detail in some of the racy moments, and the copious page

reinstating memories at individuals' requests--and dealing with the significant emotional fallout as people face the pain and confusion of facing their pasts.

The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn.

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past Pretty Funny for a Girl. 04 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face But she's soon faced with issues beyond missing him: he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle

Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing 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

Clementine doesn't believe in the time slip, but when she's faced with its reality, she seems to somehow admittedly, during a harried moment, yet later Clementine doesn’t remember this striking coincidence when faced

Wang's memoir illustrates her family’s gritty determination in the face of extreme poverty and the many When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared one of them might, the family's security Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

offers meaningful insight, gritty truth-telling, and wry humor as she shares her experiences surrounding facing limbo and her life in treatment, from moments in which she reckons with her mortality to the terror of facing Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

Resolutions were graceful and fitting without being too easy. In Dark Triumph, the book's point of view traces events concurrent with those in the first book, so the I love Bardugo's pacing, dialogue, twists and turns, character development, all of it, and I gave this These six books were published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces Queen of the Tearling traces the backstories of key characters and offers varied points of view.

When she takes up the mantle of the greatest power in the land, she faces resistance, danger, and complications

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

, unplanned pregnancy, substance abuse--and also the complicated joy of having friends like family, facing But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living But when her last remaining parent figure disappears without a trace, Tamsin is forced to go to great

swirls of truth; all the pieces make sense, but after the slow build of the majority of the book, this pacing

The group faces real challenges, and some characters don't make it through the battles and sometimes-messy

But the war is raging, leadership is clearly keeping secrets, and working with the ruthless, deadly dragons She shows kickass stubbornness in the face of adversity--even if, within the book's various dangerous seemed that Violet might well do herself in by ignoring and pushing through her physical issues while facing