And now every time you cross it again, it just gets grayer and grayer until one day you look around and

Spoiler: a dragon appears at the very end of the book, laying the groundwork for more dragon page time

Yet the pacing was slow for me, so it took me some time to get through this one.

invested in Gazala's young life; the concessions, cleverness, and compromises necessary during desperate times

years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time To save their treasured family time together, Rocky may have to share secrets she never intended to reveal Margo butts up against--and at times, dismantles--frustrating societal expectations and double standards From the overworked dad trying to make it home in time for his daughter's musical, to the mother of two

It's time for the foooood books! Ruth Reichl was editor in chief of Gourmet and a world-renowned food critic for The New York Times, and I wondered at first if Bourdain's "I'm tough, I've been pretty screwed up at times, and I'm also sometimes before I spent endless evenings happily watching multiple television series featuring Anthony Bourdain traveling

communication, which the author well knows can be a fraught, necessarily inventive and flexible, complex, time-consuming down the street from each other and are ecstatic to be pregnant with their first children at the same time After a time the mystery is no longer a mystery; the main unknown is which form the community's renegade

The details of running the Canadian river, traveling and camping, and Jack and Wynn's friendship itself life in 1924 South Carolina were wonderful, and I still think about this book although I read it some time I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout this book.

I Told You; I'm reading a light-fiction romantic comedy about a fake relationship, Ann Liang's This Time you might also like the titles on my Greedy Reading List Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing. 02 This Time It's Real by Ann Liang In Ann Liang's light fiction rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old

communication, which the author well knows can be a fraught, necessarily inventive and flexible, complex, time-consuming

Archie begins wondering about unexplained aspects of his own family history, and when he and his aunts travel

and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other times feverishly to harvest the cherry crop without the usual support of workers due to the virus, and to make the time Vera Wong is running a largely unvisited tea house, lamenting her grown son's lack of time for her, and particularly Mason's gorgeous writing (the final chapter is a particular knockout), but I did take a long time North Woods. 05 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times

(Side note: hearing "sweetheart" as his dirty-talk nickname for her felt jarring to me every time.) on that Michelle was having thoughts of suicide and that Grant was in the wrong place at the wrong time I also had a tough time with the premise of this one but remained curious as to whether I was about to

But she's gone through a breakup because of her partner's betrayal, and she's having a hard time getting Then Florence's beloved father dies, and she returns to her hometown for the first time in many years elements (the missed deadline driving the story's initial tension that was all but forgotten for a time

, historical fiction set in 1926 jazz-era London; I'm reading Kevin Wilson's newest, Now Is Not the Time Life After Life, Human Croquet, When Will There Be Good News, and many more books. 02 Now Is Not the Time Check out this link for my review of Kevin Wilson's Now Is Not the Time to Panic.

neighborhood and its' Jewish and Black families' purposes and missions, which sometimes intersect and other times 01 Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle Every time Daphne Bell meets a potential love interest, she receives

I took a break (and apparently coped with my own jaded feelings) and tried again, the second time around

Gillian McAllister is also the author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time, a book I loved, as well as Famous Last

She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer She's hacked into the game plenty of times and glitched the system to work in her favor.

This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved it. retired from tennis at the top of her game, as the best player in the world and the greatest of all time I suspect that as with Daisy Jones and the Six and its page time spent on the music world, bandmate negotiations Carrie is back, but she's also considering her life beyond tennis for the first time, and this leads I flew through this story--it was solidly a "right book at the right time" situation for me, and I also

Migrations follows Franny as she travels farther from civilization and safety--and as she considers what

-type closure for both felt too convenient, and even a little dismissive of the complexities of the time

faulted, imperfect Jenna Chen to live as her perfect, beautiful, Harvard-bound cousin Jessica for a time More Ann Liang love I fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real

funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time After four decades of successfully ridding the world of cruelty and destruction one person at a time, Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. “If only time could be seen whole, then you could see the past remaining intact, instead of vanishing I loved reading this and spending time with Michelle Obama.

man working in a warehouse in the seaside town where she's staying temporarily, she invites Felix to travel

I loved that Giuseppe the dog is given so much page time and importance here.

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Mystery Reads This is the time in the year when you may be asking yourself greedy about reading lists like I am, you can also check out the lists I posted last year around this time stumbles into a crime--a gunman is wandering a big-box store, shooting--she draws her gun for the first time Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. It's satisfying that Robin gets the majority of page time as she bravely infiltrates the UHC and works

into with her eccentric friends, and how Galland deftly places the reader in the story's place and time

out: the friends' falling asleep in each others' arms at the lake house, which was mentioned multiple times

Four people are connected across time and geography in Richard Powers's sweeping story of their lives

also the owner of the Books are Magic bookstore in Brooklyn, New York, and she's the author of This Time

is immediately evident once again, and they revisit old memories, compare notes, and treasure their time

The Everlasting is filled with rich adventure; twisty jaunts through time; tragedy and loss; dark turns

I hope you've been able to take some time for yourself this holiday break and read some great books. There was the time he kidnapped a neighbor's pet goose, the time he accidentally aided and abetted a

mystery series showcases Stevie Bell's instincts, doggedness, and ability to uncover the truth, this time

This was a sweet world that I loved spending time in, and the fact that absolutely everything works out

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading First Time for Everything, the upcoming novel (to be published 01 First Time for Everything by Henry Fry In Henry Fry's new (to be published tomorrow!) novel First Time for Everything, Danny Scudd has spent five years trying to make good on his dreams. pilgrimage across Europe and the Near East, sharing Julian's papers and her own visions, meeting at times with aggression, lies, and immense challenges; at other times feeling her hope and religious fervor

By the time she attended her mother's school along with her beloved brother, Roy had already adapted

Novelist Alice just met Felix, but she invites him to travel to Rome with her.

But a medication aimed to help her sleep during this difficult time induces an incredible side effect At the same time that Lydia is actively living life in her everyday sad reality in which Freddie is gone

He uses his decades of research into moral psychology to explore a timely, potent issue: the power in And while an attempt to understand the underpinnings of these conflicts feels more timely than ever,

to-read list, including: Corrag by Susan Fletcher; The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec; A Witch in Time Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the time infuriating injustices perpetuated against the female characters--who like the real-life women of the time Kathleen Kent offers a historical fiction tale centered around Martha and the twisted paranoia of the time the family in The Heretic's Daughter, with a vividly imagined setting and wonderful details of the time

We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through.

Hillier's thriller jumps back and forth in time, deftly weaving a web of secrets and lies, daring escape As a woman once reminded her a long time ago, the common denominator in all the terrible things that Jennifer Hillier weaves a gripping story that jumps back in forth in time from when Paris was a young

desperately yearns for some measure of independence, which is not easily available to the women of that time But a young woman in that time has little say over her destiny.

Rachel Lynn Solomon crafts another sweet, quirky, funny, romantic young adult story that plays with time She was harassed and publicly shamed as a result, so her time at her state university is bound to be Barrett can't decide if this time loop is a dream come true--or a living nightmare. is excellent at building wonderfully imperfect characters and irresistible premises that play with time

I'm watching The Good Place for the third time, this time with my youngest, and I love hearing his references and a heartwarming reminder that there are thoughtful, kind, well-meaning people out there spending time

01 Horse by Geraldine Brooks In Geraldine Brooks's newest novel, Horse, she links three moments in time But she's gone through a breakup because of her partner's betrayal, and she's having a hard time getting Then Florence's beloved father dies, and she returns to her hometown for the first time in many years

I blew through this novel, and the whole time I was reading Saoirse , I held my breath that it would

Wellness is darkly funny, intriguing, and, at times, poignant.