Search Results
519 items found for "race"
- Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into
She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the optimistically planned during her mom's illness, and she's set on revisiting the places her mom has raved When Katy wakes up one day faced with her actual own mother standing in her hotel lobby in the prime But she is incapable of BS and full of rage, fear, unquenched revenge fantasies, vulnerability, and the
- Review of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
This is a wonderfully paced and recounted Cold War-era true story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, The Spy and the Traitor is a wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue Ben Macintyre deftly traces the webs of deceit, greed, bravery, and the desire for heroic glory that
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing
- Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
But after raving about it for two years it seemed time to stop letting this second installment languish about Alexia's mysterious father (and about her husband's centuries of history that predate her), more racy
- Review of Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/20/23 Edition
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition
Amina soon finds herself tangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while facing complicated
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
But I was challenged by frequent issues with story elements, tone shifts and uneven pacing, and character He’s a teen with the potential for having a temper, and I would expect some measure of rage from anyone
- Review of The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) by Maureen Johnson
librarians at the public library, this girl from Avenue A who read Greek and slipped into one of the rare Johnson is a master of pacing.
- 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
- Review of Burst by Mary Otis
to read about people making unhealthy or unhelpful choices for themselves, so I spent a lot of time bracing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition
But Titus is facing challenges beyond the obvious--like the effects of generations of racism in his small
- Review of World Running Down by Al Hess
And a typical day might involve facing mortal danger from roving pirates, cyborg animals, certain AI
- Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/17/24 Edition
And the carefree vacations of the past feel light years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens
- Review of Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Review of Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
mind to inspiration and fulfillment in essays with topics ranging from skateboarding to masculinity to facing
- 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 Anyhoo, in this memoir, the singer-songwriter traces her Alaskan origins, her first singing performances
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/14/23 Edition
Charlotte is faced with an unexpected client: Lady Ingram, the wife of Charlotte's dear friend and benefactor
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/13/23 Edition
William Kent Krueger is also the author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land.
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
I loved the books here so much, I rated each of them 4.5 or 5 Bossy stars. But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living
- Review of Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott
Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past
- Review of Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells
There are sections of sometimes tedious-feeling logistics, but the pacing of Fugitive Telemetry kept
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
Bess, stuck at home, traces Cy's optimistic travel route on a map (and, disturbingly, struggles multiple supplies, neglected farm work, and animals' and humans' desperate need for food and safety, the wives must face I loved this. 06 Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the This was really nicely paced with gripping details of the trek and of Lee's life on the road. This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/8/24 Edition
Story by Emily Habeck Wren's kind, artistic, loving--and recent--husband Lewis has just received a rare Other characters in the novel face mutation-related difficulties--including Wren's new friend, who finds
- Review of Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes) by Mindy Kaling
her obsession with Coach Taylor, persistent social awkwardness, Conan O'Brien's Christmas party and facing
- Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
The pacing of First Light is a little slow at first, and I would have liked to see more science-based This is Phillips's first book, and the author builds the story's pace steadily toward a crescendo. beautiful nonfiction book, which includes striking black-and-white photographs by Frank Hurley, Alexander traces
- Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
It's 1789, and in a rural Maine community, a local man turns up dead--frozen face up in the Kennebec But he had been one of two men charged with the rape of one of Martha's best friends, and now the sole
- Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
I thought this was wonderful. 02 The Grace Year by Kim Liggett It feels like freedom, but we know it's The Grace Year is the type of book I could’ve stayed up all night reading.
- Review of The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
characters' parts to keep the time-travel element wholly secret from those who would ultimately be faced
- Review of Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall
Randall offered about everyday life during different eras, but the fifty-two sections and rambling pace I’ve seen girls who got raped, blamed themselves, not the man, then got talked into thinking sex was But the pace of the book felt distractingly rambling to me.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/5/23 Edition
She's bracing herself to leave behind her beloved teammates and Staxxx--but the corporate owners of CAPE
- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
, unplanned pregnancy, substance abuse--and also the complicated joy of having friends like family, facing
- Review of The Maid by Nita Prose
for too-easy deception, and that seeing others take advantage of her innocence would make for nerve-racking
- Review of The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy
Ginny is a fully realized character; Maggie is navigating a messy, complicated life with grace; and their
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition
Twenty years later, Hazel is working in a rare bookshop when she unwraps a package and can't believe you, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/24/24 Edition
, they're faced with one challenge after another as they try to balance their careers with making space
- Review of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for
- Review of Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/11/23 Edition
But for now, Val is eking out an existence in the rugged city outskirts, facing danger from pirates,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/4/23 Edition
characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and fresh faces
- Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
The pacing felt uneven to me, and shifts in mood and manner sometimes seemed abrupt, so that it was tough
- Review of Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
might happen, it will (a nomination for a Major Award; a celebrity romance; a monetary windfall; a face-saving
- Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen
unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the universal challenges women have faced
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
After a slow start, the story pace picked up, and I was really curious to follow these characters to But when an old friend calls, he's faced with the classic "getting the band back together" temptation
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/23/23 Edition
I'm listening to a fast-paced Libro.fm audiobook (Libro.fm supports local bookstores!)
- Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
began writing what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition
listening to this as an audiobook, and it's such a slow build, I'm both eager for it to ramp up in pacing in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns; and she offers more of her excellent pacing
- Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti
each disparate world--and finding to their surprise that they have connected with a place, with its pace
- Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
optimistic methods of coping, reminding herself of what's what, and ways in which she carries on in the face