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to read about people making unhealthy or unhelpful choices for themselves, so I spent a lot of time bracing

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

mind to inspiration and fulfillment in essays with topics ranging from skateboarding to masculinity to facing

This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer. The character growth surprised me and felt in line with the tone and pacing of the story.

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

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

Charlotte is faced with an unexpected client: Lady Ingram, the wife of Charlotte's dear friend and benefactor

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

William Kent Krueger is also the author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land.

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

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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

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

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.

characters' parts to keep the time-travel element wholly secret from those who would ultimately be faced

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

her obsession with Coach Taylor, persistent social awkwardness, Conan O'Brien's Christmas party and facing

She's bracing herself to leave behind her beloved teammates and Staxxx--but the corporate owners of CAPE

, they're faced with one challenge after another as they try to balance their careers with making space

Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

, unplanned pregnancy, substance abuse--and also the complicated joy of having friends like family, facing

But for now, Val is eking out an existence in the rugged city outskirts, facing danger from pirates,

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

characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and fresh faces

There are sections of sometimes tedious-feeling logistics, but the pacing of Fugitive Telemetry kept

Ginny is a fully realized character; Maggie is navigating a messy, complicated life with grace; and their

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.

for too-easy deception, and that seeing others take advantage of her innocence would make for nerve-racking

As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for

It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

The pacing felt uneven to me, and shifts in mood and manner sometimes seemed abrupt, so that it was tough

might happen, it will (a nomination for a Major Award; a celebrity romance; a monetary windfall; a face-saving

The memoir is structured with the engaging pacing of a novel--danger, discovery, redemption, and hope

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

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

began writing what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face

But she's determined to follow her own path--and her strong-willed decisions fly in the face of rigid

When the two face off, they each have something to prove--to their families, their exes, those who have

each disparate world--and finding to their surprise that they have connected with a place, with its pace

in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy too-easy deception, and also that seeing others take advantage of Molly's innocence would make for nerve-racking

optimistic methods of coping, reminding herself of what's what, and ways in which she carries on in the face

unorthodox searches for self and meaning--while coping with versions of the universal challenges women have faced

Strange murmurings about Ruby's past begin to surface, and Camden is forced to face questions about inheritance

Charlotte is faced with an unexpected client: Lady Ingram, the wife of Charlotte's dear friend and benefactor

Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while Through tracing the framework of and the growth and change of her relationship, Smith also explores gender Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

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

Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian, and the exploration of a rare Fascinating implications of a rare genetic condition? Check. In this tale, Bluet is one of the rare, real-life "Blue People" of Kentucky (those with the blood disorder the mountains, delivering sought-after newspapers and practical and fanciful books to families who rarely Bluet faces racial discrimination, misogyny, and some cruel and creepy handling in the name of scientific

This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while

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