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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition

    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.

  • Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    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.

  • Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read

    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.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition

    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

  • Review of The Distance from Four Points by Margo Orlando Littell

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/22/22 Edition

    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

  • Review of Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

    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.

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/21/22 Edition

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition

    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

  • Review of Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

    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

  • Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood

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

  • Review of No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler

    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

  • Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

    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

  • Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out

    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

  • Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series

    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.

  • Review of Sandwich by Catherine Newman

    And the carefree vacations of the past feel light years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens

  • Review of Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Woolfolk Cross

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

  • Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year

    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

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    , 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

  • Review of Alias Emma (Alias Emma #1) by Ava Glass

    Alias Emma is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across hidden London, led by Emma Makepeace, a resourceful This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents

  • Review of Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

    The injustice of this leaves Eli in a murderous rage. He can't face any other possibility. In many ways, Boy Swallows Universe defies categorization.

  • Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West

    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

  • Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross

    I liked Divine Rivals and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised

  • Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    Flying Solo, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown, stinging from her recently canceled wedding, facing 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

  • Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

    through the destructive gossip app taking down reputations and revealing secrets, and they managed to trace Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and new faces

  • Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

    I loved it and rated the collection five stars. thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and sometimes their resignation in the face

  • June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    01 The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman Hoffman's novel is about facing dark realities, entering uncharted 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 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.

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    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 I adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending

  • Six Books I Want, Bossy Holiday 2022 Edition

    Alison Kimble's Strange Gods (published in 2021), Spooky arrives at a wilderness camp for troubled teens bracing King's glamorous mistress, who has borne him seven children, is enraged when Louis takes up with a fresh-faced

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/10/23 Edition

    Center's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) Hello Stranger, light fiction about an artist with temporary face finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition...then she wakes up unable to recognize faces

  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Gwynne traces the evolution of the Comanches--including their captivatingly described, unprecedented what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face

  • Review of Santa Ana by Addison J. Chapple with Rachael Flanery

    hallucinations late in the book felt like an opportunity to explore pure feelings and for the straight-laced

  • Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021

    touchstones: academic achievement and competition; cultivating and appreciating meaningful friendships; facing Despite some small moments that felt heavy-handed, this is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice, and in Red Notice, Browder traces He's specific without getting bogged down in the details, and the pacing of the book is appealingly quick

  • Review of Queens of London by Heather Webb

    If you like for the good guys to be rewarded and for the bad guys to face justice, stay tuned for the

  • Review of Honor by Thrity Umrigar

    Umrigar confronts in Honor are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing Yet I found myself repeatedly pulled out of the story by its telling--stop-and-go pacing, jarringly petty

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

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

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/21 Edition

    But a hotshot racer, a has-been treasure hunter, and others in their secret society know that the ship

  • Review of The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook

    I will tell you, if there is a thing harder than facing danger, it's knowing it's headed your way.

  • Review of Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans

    The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light

  • Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

    I adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending

  • Review of The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander

    You might also be interested in the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

  • Review of This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

    to follow Poppy's lead and lean on their bravery and unwavering devotion to each other in order to face

  • Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing

    Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while review, check out The Storyteller. 06 Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story by Jewel Never Broken traces Anyhoo, in this memoir, the singer-songwriter traces her Alaskan origins, her first singing performances

  • Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks

    Anna Frith emerges as an unexpected healer when her isolated village faces the terrors of suffering,

  • Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

    This fast-paced suspense read is the ultimate "trouble in paradise" story, with twist and turns that characters, but I was more than willing to roll with whatever Hawkins was laying out for readers in the fast-paced

  • Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

    I think the pacing and the fantastical worlds lend themselves well to audiobook form. There's love, but it is chaste (lots of gazing into each other's eyes and touching faces); there's one

  • Review of How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton

    you, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

  • Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

    The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and poignant.

  • Review of Blush by Jamie Brenner

    around a family winery and the three generations whose lives orbit around the vineyard and also features racy Blush also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women,

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