Search Results

an underappreciated librarian running things through all the behind-the-scenes work she does without complaining So when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival this year with the fact that Win was able to come And I am more than this man can comprehend.”

In Skyhunter, the first book in Marie Lu's young adult Skyhunter duology, Lu offered complex motivations Situations on Bastion are complicated by longstanding rivalries, the suspicious circumstances surrounding She has missteps and recognizes an immediate need to develop a thick skin—as well as feeling the complicated In book two of the series, Breen Siobhan Kelly is coming into her own. Roberts has already set up the situation, and Bree is coming into her own, growing more powerful, figuring

on a boom over those two young people, just kids, and I pity them because they have no idea what's coming The author mentions much of the music she finds powerful and inspiring or comforting, and she references

The pain of his compulsion to use and his longtime inability to stop causes him to share multiple times His candor and vulnerability in taking the reader through the depths of his experience are commendable drug and alcohol damage to his body (and the desperate physical repairs needed, which held their own complications

Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare. Childhood friends Sam Masur and Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary Reunited in college, Sam and Sadie come together to try to create a masterpiece: a video game unlike any that has come before.

I enjoy peeking into Gay's thoughtful perspective and reading his often-incisive or poignant commentary Pryor and Eddie Murphy standup, or the power of monumental cover songs, or the poignancy of creating a community (Side note: I would love a separate list of the many musical, poetic, prose, comedic, and other works It is true that we are often implored--or compelled, especially by institutions that have the power to

Through a series of unexpected events, she is offered a mysterious job at a publishing company...but she and her grandmother are folded into what feels like an oddly tight-knit community of women. The spoon turns out to connect Lucky to a vast network of witches and her ancestors--through a front company I was excited about the premise of a sleek, powerful company serving as a front for a coven of witches pulling the strings (I admit, I was imagining something like the feel of Hench), but the company was

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm so excited to be reading the newest book by Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy 01 Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld I am so so SO excited to read this novel. Sally Milz is a sketch writer for a late-night comedy show, and she's sworn off love. Romantic Comedy will be published April 4. 02 Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken In Alexandra Bracken's

Harper often sets her stories in an Australian bush setting, and her somewhat spare writing style complements

The building of a seven-tower Trump property in Hrishipur comes into play in various ways, as poor workers enough to invest in the venture cling to what they perceive as the promise of the height of luxury to come

her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty wearing a clamshell bra, wiping away her complex

From Paul Holes, the detective who found the Golden State Killer, comes a nonfiction work about tracking But then her mother's boyfriend and his teen daughter Tallulah move in, suddenly Junie's community theatre

Jarrett builds a complex sense of self, linked to the horse and enjoying moments of autonomy related Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into fascinating, complicated aspects nor does she understand the multiple allusions Evelyn makes regarding her certainty that Monique will come No other book seemed to come up in conversation as frequently last year with my fellow book lovers as Tamar, Jane, and Tabitha become linked by complicated connections to one man.

wonderfully, but I felt impatient with the focus on logistics and the bullheaded man who ignored the coming The men's efforts are aimed at rescuing a bullheaded man who comes off as maddeningly foolish, while

Harper often sets her stories in an Australian bush setting, and her somewhat spare writing style complements

In Jo Harkin's debut novel world, many have elected to have the company Nepenthe remove traumatic or are beginning to have flashes of their erased memory, "traces" that disturb and confuse them, and the company Haig handles the complexities and challenges of the bizarre situation with heart, some wry humor, and His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to The stories that make up How High We Go in the Dark are steeped in death and in coming to terms with

the third book in the series appropriately reflects these kids' growing up and facing challenges more complex I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series

characters farther and farther toward tragedy as mainland men motivated by greed aim to destroy the community have escaped from trouble, while others are seeking peace and a simple life--make up a hardscrabble community The title of Harding's book comes from Shakespeare's Richard II: This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself The secluded community

But as Ursule comes of age, real sparks of power begin to emerge.

favorite fiction reads, from last year or from this one so far. 01 True Biz by Sara Nović True Biz is a coming-of-age True Biz is a coming-of-age story that also explores the importance society places on language; past The nearby ocean is a haunting presence but also a steady, everchanging comfort to Lucy. Lucy's creation of an imaginary, supportive mother and her loving responses to and comfort for Lucy in Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978.

The next choosing is coming up quickly, and Agnieszka is sure that her best friend Kasia will be next I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series

Sedaris In and among Sedaris's oddball, incisive, skewering observations are poignant, funny, heartfelt, complicated who died of suicide, and faces the decline of his nonagenarian father, with whom he has always had a complicated mother, pushing down her own anxiety and disinclination to be the center of attention--and eventually committing

In Spinning Silver, Miryem comes from a family of moneylenders who are on the verge of being unable to The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential Novik's story offers endless odd, lovely, unexpected, and complex elements.

powerful and heartbreaking in their copiousness--and in highlighting the brutality against women that has come

Depression rages, orphaned Italian immigrant Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company Grace is faced with compromises and tradeoffs, and she must decide where her own loyalties lie and determine

Starmetal Symphony series, the space opera August Kitko and the Mechas from Space, about deadly AI robots coming A century later, the Honeys' descendants and their diverse neighbors make up a hardscrabble community

I'm coming in early with my six favorite (and varied!) reads of February, but I feel recklessly sure of myself with just one Bossy review to come before the The female characters' stories are deeply intertwined; I saw some of the events coming but not others She is a preternatural--a human without a soul--serving on Queen Victoria's somewhat secret advisory committee

confront his past and consider the implications of the the Catholic church's deep influence on the community

Now Lily is struggling to process her own compulsions and consider their potential implications. of a school project, she finds the healing power of art--and realizes that trusting Micah with her complicated

Emily Nagoski, Come As You Are. What are you reading these days, bookworms? Florida coast and places in between while suspicious investigators track Billy to try to find answers. 03 Come Come As You Are is about the way women's sexuality works and why.

it may seem, this spoon connects her to a vast network of witches and her ancestors--through a front company and Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You. 02 Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall It all comes

Beagin offers comic contemporary fiction that promises to be wonderfully eccentric and unexpected. As she traces Kurt's comings and goings, she witnesses a tragic event in his life, which he blames upon

As the Depression rages, orphaned Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing As Italian immigrant Grace is faced with compromises and tradeoffs, she'll have to decide her own loyalties

Willingham and that things might turn out all right--if not neatly, then without unimaginable horrors coming

For some reason I didn't completely believe in Ash's frequent sexcapades with various people she meets matter-of-factly, and that in doing so she gains human connections that are fleeting, without boundaries, and comforting

past traumas and taking responsibility for her impulsive decision-making and the repercussions of her committedly

Here are six of my favorite fiction reads from last year--with more lists to come. They come up with an original enigmatic phrase and add attention-getting artwork, then spread mysterious I found some of the final portion of the book's unraveling of who could be trusted, what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing of the rest Separately they're formidable, but together, they build a collective power that is the community's only

It all comes down to having the right to make the choice. The female characters' stories are deeply intertwined; I saw some of the events coming but not others powerful social perceptions, men's lack of equivalent responsibility for the activities of their sperm as compared

As the book went on, I found myself regularly cringing over what horror might possibly come next, and

of my favorite reads of the past year by genre, the hits are going to keep coming! introduced in book one) expects adventure when she agrees to help save the magical world by serving as companion holding a straight razor and covered in blood, and her celebrity husband Jimmy Peralta, a 68-year-old comedian who's been making a recent comeback--is dead in the bathtub with a cut across his femoral artery. Paris being taken away in handcuffs, she knows that dark forces from her past will almost certainly come

Here are six of my very favorite historical fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! of Rae Lynn and Del, disparate characters in Depression-era Georgia who have two important things in common

She is a preternatural--a human without a soul--serving on Queen Victoria's somewhat secret advisory committee

early with this one since the month doesn't end until Tuesday, but I like my Greedy Reading Lists to come If a book blows my mind over the weekend, I will come forward with my formal regrets! I loved the women's complicated bonds, their crafty planning, their fights for justice, and their ability Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back But it is also largely about overcoming thwarted emotional connection and forging new ways of coming

Addison Allen's Other Birds is set on an island off the coast of South Carolina as main protagonist Zoey comes delightfully unguarded nature as she befriends her mother's neighbors and begins working for the charming complex's When one neighbor in the condo complex dies suddenly, Zoey embarks on a search for answers that leads

assertion (I'm paraphrasing) that he's really a simple, relatively uninteresting person without a lot of complex

Here are six of my favorite science fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! Interspecies relations are prickly, comfortable, romantic, puzzling, or all of the above. When Unit Four is taken onto the enemy alien ship as a prisoner and is unable to communicate with its Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir This sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth is a complex millions of miles from Earth, and he's got two dead crewmates, a chatty AI robot caregiver, a lot of complicated

Chakrabarti offers characters with complex struggles, hopes, and haunting memories who work to form deep He explores his Jewish faith, forms a community of friends, ponders life, then falls in love with a Southern While Lucy is in New York City reflecting on their relationship, he becomes drawn into a bare-bones yet complicated Jaryk unwittingly, then uncomfortably, then somewhat resignedly, becomes tangled in the complicated politics tensions during this significant portion of the book had me nervously dreading the tragedy that was surely coming

However, I was completely hooked not only by Jackson's story but by the character evolution, the loyal

While the ideas aren't complicated--which is the point of this book, after all: offering meaningful ways I didn't necessarily come away with new approaches (aside from entertaining the idea of incorporating

Here are six of my favorite mystery and suspense reads of last year--with another list to come! I was completely hooked by A Marvellous Light, and I tried to slow down my reading to make it last. Katherine Faulkner Faulkner's debut mystery is twisty and turny, with various potential bad seeds and complications the Bennetts is twisty without being manipulative, and the denouement felt satisfyingly layered and complex Then a hastily sent, coded message comes through to an underling in the Oval Office--and it seems linked