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- 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 Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
and when Rule of Wolves picks up with these characters for book two, they're all coping with loss, facing danger, and are bracing for destruction as Fjerda invades Ravka.
- Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
felt so easy for Eve to plan to enter into single parenthood despite the many practical challenges she faces
- Review of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
The men abandon, bluster and condescend, are weak to temptation, plod along in the face of destruction
- Review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
This young adult story is sweet and fun; the pacing often feels somewhat slapstick and frantic--as is
- Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
settings, her wonderfully imperfect and intriguing characters, her foreboding undercurrents, and her pacing
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and poignant. The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored I Loved Being with Jen list as well as a list of reasons why he's glad their relationship is over--tracing
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition
#LGBTQ, #youngadult, #mysterysuspense 02 A Very Punchable Face Has Colin Jost lived long enough to He started A Very Punchable Face with a story that is really his mother's (to be fair, it's interesting (For my full review, see A Very Punchable Face.) Scruffy, hot-tempered, baby-faced Simon evaded a position in the Confederate Army for years by passing
- Review of Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face Lucy by the Sea captures an otherworldly feeling of drifting in time while facing horrifying, previously
- Review of The Excitements by C. J. Wray
The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing began writing what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
undocumented workers; the family members experience years of constant fears of deportation; and then they must face The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced Yet there are bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other
- Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
curiosity about being with another man; "The Long and Painful Death" follows a writer at a retreat who faces Click here to read my rave reviews of Claire Keegan's novels Foster and Small Things Like These and her
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason
The tone is spooky and the story moves at a measured pace.
- Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.
- Review of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
(Eventually I just had to brace myself with reminders that I am a grown woman capable of reading a spooky I really liked Sager's pacing and his smart laying out of the story elements in a not-melodramatic way
- Review of The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition
She's also facing complex issues surrounding belonging, the frightening limbo of the undocumented, and
- Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Quinn traces the lives of the unflappable orphan Cristabel Seagrave, her stepsister Flossie, and her The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting
- Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear
the unpleasant reality of post-war tragedies feels like plausible human nature, the postponement of facing
- Six More of My Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year
check out Will They or Won't They. 02 The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman Hoffman's novel is about facing 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/21/22 Edition
Can they learn to trust each other and face the past in order to move forward? When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared, the family's security and future may be
- Review of Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
in again to the complicated, tragic reunion of former college roommates; from a mourning elderly man faced
- Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
until they're faced with increasingly complicated life challenges as they try to balance their careers
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading in the Past Year
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. in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing (And check out my rave reviews of book 1, A Curious Beginning; book 3, A Treacherous Curse; book 4, A
- Review of Red Notice by Bill Browder
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 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
Her childhood trauma has a strong hold on her, and only when she begins to face it can she fully realize
- Review of Love, Lists and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
The tension that keeps Jo and Alex apart feels plausible, and I accepted the difficulties each faces
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/14/21 Edition
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 The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling
- Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jaouad offers a powerful memoir about coping with leukemia and facing After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare writers; and digs in to try to be one of what he hopes will be an ever-increasing number of diverse faces pivotal moments with each of his living sisters, discusses his sister Tiffany, who died of suicide, and faces
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition
second in the series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced
- Review of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Cassie's years-long hiatus sloooooowed the pace of the book too much for my taste.
- Review of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
pivotal moments with each of his living sisters, discusses his sister Tiffany, who died of suicide, and faces
- Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Other characters in the novel face mutation-related difficulties--including Wren's new friend, who finds
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Meanwhile, Annie, who was literally created to serve Doug, is learning, evolving, growing, facing internal
- Review of Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati
But she's determined to follow her own path--and her strong-willed decisions fly in the face of rigid
- Review of Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone #1) by Alexandra Bracken
But when her last remaining parent figure disappears without a trace, Tamsin is forced to go to great Along the way, they face deathly threats, mysterious magic, a tangled web of lore and superstition, and
- Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
As he faces a scheduled yearly vacation to Hilton Head, he attempts to get rid of his wife's belongings
- Review of Light Changes Everything by Nancy E. Turner
But I found the pacing somewhat jarring and uneven. development or experience the intensity of the exciting events because of feeling yanked back and forth in pacing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
story about time travel gone wrong--and a connection from the future that could be one man's saving grace
- Review of All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
and by her unreliable narrator Isabelle, who is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing
- Review of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
The pacing is slow, and the book is largely made up of various characters talking about conflicting memories
- Review of My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan
But I absolutely loved how Una was a strong, determined, gritty young woman in the face of so many enormous the tone of Hanan's book is such that it feels evident that the reader won't be left unsatisfied or facing
- Review of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
the acknowledgments, the authors reference wanting to create a Romancing the Stone-type playful, fast-paced
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition
Days, and other books. 02 The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced
- 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
- Six 2020 Mysteries for You to Check Out
I really liked Sager's pacing and his smart laying out of the story elements in a nondramatic way--allowing The story keeps a patient pace as Captain Jim uncovers clues, uses deduction, and emphasizes loyalty He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the
- Review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Plunging into the unforgiving, beautiful, wild land, the women face dangers and surprises in order to And each ended the night full and happy with the rare glow that comes from knowing your very being has