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- Review of Blood: A Memoir by Allison Moorer
There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says, "So many memories we share and purposely Moorer's love of music (including her passion to write, sing, and harmonize) links many of these memories
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work. But Cushla--along with many other citizens--is more and more astounded by the increasing conflict between of the story, vividly building the constant undercurrent of tension, the twinges of fear, the devil-may-care The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter Here One Moment tracks many characters' subsequent dilemmas and decision-making, in a few cases delving
- Review of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and with his intellectual and caring first love, Sylvia, who is coping with chronic pain and disability The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition
He's struggling to maintain two relationships--one with Naomi, a playful younger woman, and one with
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Belle is fearful--particularly for her mother's sake--that her father's true origins may be uncovered All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally. And she also realizes she may not be helping; she may be making everything worse. When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails
- Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails book that takes a very different look at unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/2/24 Edition
When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Julie Yip-Williams is a beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may full review of this book, please see Know My Name . 06 Open Book by Jessica Simpson Open Book is a mainly
- Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
She's spent her first year at school holing up and studying, maintaining a quiet life.
- Six More Time-Travel Stories to Dive Into
After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. Katy is deeply grieving while questioning her own life, including her marriage to a kind man.
- Review of Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
She maintains a best friend from childhood who talks Adina into publishing a book of her brief yet powerful The book becomes a polarizing work, with many responding positively to Adina's perspective and others Meanwhile the reader is privy to Adina's many missives to her extraterrestrial family--and their often-terse
- Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
danger Adelaide has never acknowledged outside the family yet has carried with her; the reasoning for maintaining
- Review of Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in which vampires mainly
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've loved so many She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back. But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention
- Six Backlist Summer Favorites
As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention
- Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia
Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time. them--homes they never desired but have been forced to take on; the mounting expenses of upkeep and maintenance It details the goings-on at an Indian Training School and the "restructuring" that cut off many American
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced Empire of Pain is essential nonfiction that details the shocking narcissism, relentless ambition and Click here for my full review of Empire of Pain. 03 See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain. For my full review, check out Young Mungo.
- Review of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
Now Smithy's out of prison and he mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits. that the mystery of the code in deceased author Edith Twyford's largely condemned, prejudiced stories may be linked to the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier--that is, linked by a hidden fortune
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/8/23 Edition
at night peers out the window to see him--he is armed, and to her horror, she sees him kill another man stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being with a man Now he's out of prison and mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits...but he's got a hunch that Edith Twyford's largely condemned, simplistic, prejudiced stories and the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier may be linked by a hidden fortune.
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many the women left behind as the men journeyed and sought to inspire songs and stories--often women who may She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. 03 The Guncle by The subtitle of Browder's nonfiction book is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight
- Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
Sci-fi books can be so lovely and weird and immersive, and the stories can dive into so many fascinating She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. For my full review, see How High We Go in the Dark. 04 Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu You may see You may be able to see much of this one coming, but the action-packed fight for justice coupled with
- My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads
As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
They've got so many ways of calling you a witch, they just change it to how it suits them. the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman at the time without a man Tamar, Jane, and Tabitha become linked by complicated connections to one man. search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open up The robot's appearance and his observations and questions upends many of the ideas Dex had taken for
- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining The robot's appearance and his observations and questions upends many of the ideas Dex had taken for
- Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
immigrants, he enjoyed making 'zines, searching for vintage records, and making sure he felt different from mainstream In Hua's view, Ken was as mainstream as they came. Over the course of many years, the author sorted through his feelings and memories, cherishing a folder
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition
forced to marry the cult's leader when she was thirteen and worked as secretary for "The Family" for many with dark humor--and a sense that the matter of who's taking care of who is not as cut-and-dried as it may In Hua's view, Ken was as mainstream as they came.
- Review of The Humans by Matt Haig
In Matt Haig's The Humans, an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth with a mission: to kill the man who has the visitor nevertheless assumes the appearance of Professor Andrew Martin and clumsily takes on the man's Meanwhile, he is having a deeply positive effect on his fake family, who have been in pain for years. Certain humans, in humid rainforests mainly, still do so. I love a book that looks at our many human absurdities through alien or other eyes.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/20/22 Edition
Her memoir focuses largely on her younger years, but also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Julie Yip-Williams is a beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may my full review of this book, please see Know My Name. 06 Open Book by Jessica Simpson Open Book is a mainly
- Review of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk
, joys, and his unexpected satisfaction in playing dramatic roles after a long career in fringe and mainstream He digs into details about process; many of his own (sometimes hard-won) revelations; his navigation
- Review of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
That means making tenuous alliances, honing her pickpocketing skills, and maintaining a cursory relationship Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire or the nonfiction book Wintering by Katherine May
- Shhh! Kid and Teen Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
The situation may lead to personal and career frustration--and maybe heartbreak. Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share If you've missed the hilarious Subpar Parks phenomenon, it may poster of a grumpy Yosemite review that always makes me laugh ("Trees block view and there are too many If so, this fall's Daughter of the Deep from this prolific author may need to go on the shopping list Blades presents her mainly simple, straightforward, lighthearted ideas with humor and heart.
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from May! trainer in the French Resistance despite the physical limitations caused by her prosthetic leg (which she gained Mary's foul treatment by her husband--and the community's unwillingness to protect her--may have you
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/8/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading what may be a perfect summer read with plenty of nostalgia; a dark I received a prepublication digital edition of this book, to published May 11, 2021, courtesy of Celadon Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen Cohen's debut, Sarahland: Stories, centers around characters who are mainly
- Review of Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
officer sending and receiving secret wireless signals, managing a network of agents across Europe, and maintaining Traitor served as a double agent for British intelligence against the Soviets, and detailed MI6 records may
- Review of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Brown details growing up female, Christian, and black within mainly with a name her parents gave her to intentionally create assumptions that it was the name of a white man
- My Twelve Very Favorite 2021 Reads
complex flavors, the frequently time-consuming and sometimes meditative preparations required, and her many Crying in H Mart is beautiful, painful, and evocative. 02 The Space Between Worlds by Micah Johnson In She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. 03 Cloud Cuckoo
- Review of 142 Ostriches by April Davila
like readers will be mentally way ahead of her on this, I didn’t mind seeing where things were going—mainly
- Review of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
In Hillbilly Elegy, Vance mainly shares the story of his own many, varied, and enormous life challenges He dips his toe into explaining a cycle of learned helplessness and notes how many people from his hometown (s) (and other people as well) may embrace and rely on cynicism and hopelessness.
- Review of The Painter by Peter Heller
I was hooked by The Painter's main protagonist Jim and his point of view. He has a painful history he's trying to accept and get past, but sometimes darkness seeps into his thoughts