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Baby by Chris Belcher; Raising a Rare Girl by Heather Lanier, Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations and abused, opening her own long-closed (and hitherto unknown to her) file and seeing for the first time her fully realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch after living through the page time I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout this book.

whose biggest hope for the pending end of the world was to play at the most epic goodbye party of all time I think it's time for me to read more Alex White books--I've heard that the alien novels The Cold Forge

greedy about reading lists like I am, you can also check out the lists I posted last year around this time funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time Charlotte's various views on the world are absolute gems, and I love spending time in her point of view Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Emma Makepeace returns with new enemies in her sights--but this time

However, the forbidden attraction in Silver Elite lasts a tantalizingly long time, and while the "romantasy

authors, Maggie Shipstead; The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Collections to Wow You. 02 The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times this hefty expansion of the 1619 Project, which was spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones at The New York Times

That is the whole premise of this life, of this time we have with each other. in doing so she gains human connections that are fleeting, without boundaries, and comforting in a time

Astrid is always on time. And her sense of what it's possible to achieve within windows of time is practically her superpower. hand, Max is always crashing in late for their dates and dashing off abruptly in the middle of their time Astrid's apartment to kidnap her--she has organic chemistry to study for and she really does not have time Lessons in Chemistry explores deep issues, conflict, and dark times, yet offers hope and joy.

As time passed, their dynamics became more complicated, tangled in the messiness of growing up together

papers and her own visions; meeting largely with aggression, lies, and immense challenges; at other times I've underlined many, many meaningful passages in Revelations, and I found exploring this time through Margery's imagined point of view to be fascinating, particularly the everyday details of life at the time

Wright positions Restell's career and wealth within the volatile events of the time--particularly society's

I feared this was the best of times; I hoped it could not get any worse. H. G.

her father, who has Parkinson's disease; she pays the bills; her mother spends the majority of her time But there's little time for introspection when so much needs doing day to day.

country who is advancing medical techniques and is sought out for her helpful salves and methods in a time

The Comfort Book is the newest book from Matt Haig, author of the novel How to Stop Time and the memoir and they serve as an uplifting collection of reassurances that are perfect for giving as a gift. 02 Time Hussain Nadiya Hussain, former winner of The Great British Baking Show, hosts a Netflix cooking show, Time In Time to Eat, Hussain offers weeknight meal solutions, ways to streamline meal preparation, precise More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays), and he has a new book out in time for the holiday gift-giving

And their residue is all around us, all the time, but we don't even know it. dark adventure tale with roots in Jewish folklore, and puppets (which may or may not come to life at times

Obscura: Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid by Dylan Thuras Here's a little pseudo travel for Pandemic Times: Atlas Obscura's book for kids offers gorgeous images and factoids (in high quality

The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light But Evans was an open, loving, inclusive, curious faith leader, and it was a pleasure spending time with

self and meaning--while coping with versions of the universal challenges women have faced throughout time I felt uneasy a good bit of the time I was reading this, and I never predicted where Cohen was taking designer jeans, burned CDs, the existence of OkCupid) cement the reader entertainingly in specific times

I felt somewhat impatient with the amount of page time in the book spent on tedious matters such as filling I loved Marcellus the octopus, and I decided not to spend time considering the potential issue of the

“It was a long time ago now, and it was yesterday.” Ursula didn't survive her own birth. But she got another go-round at life, and that time she survived being born--only to die young in an At times Ursula's decision-making and her unknowing shifting of situations has immense personal impact I feared I'd get turned around in time by listening to the book rather than reading it, but narrator

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

the societal opposition to it; how she missed some world-changing musical movements because of her timing Don't Tell Anybody is at times funny with a tragic undertone, as in the recounting of the song Lucinda

Do you have all-time favorites you always recommend to others? What makes them your favorites? The Sparrow took a little time to get going for me, but then I was blown away. Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of the time

But the shrouded girls begin to disappear, and Sybil doubts for the first time whether their purpose

Cate is at times a young dreamer, a haunted lover with a hardened heart, a wildly successful author dipping

There's a ton of steaminess as Lilah and Shane at times can't deny their attraction and act upon it. Despite some of the questionable, haunting choices that are made at times in the story, I was so taken stumbles into a crime--a gunman is wandering a big-box store, shooting--she draws her gun for the first time But a young woman in that time has little say over her destiny.

Serrano dives into fan disputes big and small, including "Who was the best dunker of all time?" Rowling I'm just finishing the Harry Potter series for the third time (I read it once on my own before Miranda, a book of life skills for young people, a gorgeous coffee table book that encourages armchair travels

of say-so and constant fear of the enslaved, Eckstine builds a rich story of detail of life at the time

both in class and at the library where Owen's mom works--and where Bethany seems to spend all of her time how it all works are laid out as we dive in; we briefly dabble in well-known books and characters at times Riley is also the author of the Half Upon a Time and Revenge of Magic series.

a book about books, but I was confused as to why the characters would seek out and spend prolonged time Who would give him the benefit of the doubt so many times?

lives of three women in Utah Territory in 1857 and of the burgeoning Mormon faith in that place at that time Hawker is skilled at using well-researched details to bring to vivid life a place and time in history Mormonism offered these people hope--for, during that time, the church espoused its great dream of building

The skips through time wonderfully shape the story and create fascinating pacing as Lucrezia enjoys moments Sofia, Emilia, and Jacobo aren't given extensive page time but serve pivotal roles in the story and in

daughters without editing out her intimate experiences and frustrations, general insecurities, and her travel

I wished for more page time spent on everyday tasks and activities (cooking, shifting household modules , travel, and communicating), which were all carried out in Jetsons-level, fascinating, futuristic ways

More from Amie Barrodale Amie Barrodale is also the author of You Are Having a Good Time and William

The towers of justice are built one brick at a time. We have more to build yet.”

mention of the Temeraire series, below) and Pride and Prejudice , and it made me grin with glee the whole time

It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance. and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other times

personality and political aspirations and her son Nick's coming into his own, and I wished for more page time I found myself wishing for more page time spent with Nancy and her political life and for more family

of course, that of all the feelings of my youth that would pass, it was this one, of an abundance of time

Frankie travels the country tracking lost women, moving into communities with little more than a change

All-out treatment, we tell the incurably ill, is a train you can get off at any time--just say when. We are going through a societal learning curve, one person at a time.

We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through.

I often have a tough time reading about protagonists who are making poor choices, but the book's dark

, the inserted odd, prolonged asides halt the progression of the story, often taking extensive page time

By the time summer is over, Mary Jane will understand how many more possibilities there are for her future than she's ever dreamed of. 02 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine nonfiction ode to settling in, stepping back, and slowing down, she explores her own experiences with times

Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. Morton Morton offers a Secret Garden-type tale for grown-ups, with twisty stories connected across time I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he navigated tough situations and emerged with hope because of them), he emerges as a fantastic, oddball, singularly heroic character I loved spending time

-and it's all centered around independent women with unconventional women's roles in society at the time Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of the time length and depth when there's space to air out the story somewhat--and because of the energy and page time

They begin to forge a stronger bond (despite how irritating they each find the other), but there's no time I think this was because of personal timing and my reading-during-vacation distraction circumstances,

neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts about existence and little time There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advance reader's copy, so this likely Kate Bowler's book No Cure for Being Human is a five-star, all-time favorite read of mine.