But when most of the guests fall violently ill at the reception, Olive's own luck seems to be changing

within the relationships she lays out, and you may not be able to anticipate who's going to have a life-changing A couple of these stories left me wishing for more, but Meloy doesn't leave you hanging, instead drawing

Sex; and Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. 04 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change

gradually, driven by a measure of empathy, taking in and training young people who are also fighting for a chance

Although she wasn't trying to change her status from introvert to extrovert, she did want to open up

Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change.

too rigid) but also for how to become more aware of issues surrounding local eating and how to effect change

There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt, The Star Garden, and Light Changes

just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advanced reader copy, so this may well have changed

there's significant summary, and as events move along during the late phase of the story, we see abrupt changes

, sweat, and tears, and the appealingly messy second-chance attempts at being true to themselves and

Some characters behave nonsensically, scene changes and interactions sometimes feel abrupt and unlikely

about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance I loved the fake marriage, the push and pull of career and love, and the second-chance romance.

December , and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

community that wouldn't allow her to forget--all drove Arden to move and then move again, eventually changing

These days there's no more witching, no more will for spells and change in the world.

more stressful and Emma's mother shows up, will the potentially serious feelings between them stand a chance

When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she For my full review, please check out We All Want Impossible Things. 06 Changeless (Parasol Protectorate books and laughed out loud at the dialogue, Alexia's abrupt manner, and the delightful oddities in Changeless review (and a link to my review of the first book in the Parasol Protectorate series), please check out Changeless

And I was annoyed by Dane’s giving up on himself and then, late in the book—and possibly too late to change

shifts allow a story to go places it otherwise never could, allowing for unusual perspective, second chances intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Second-Chance

Nico's troublemaking and incessant challenges to the status quo serving as a catalyst for fast-paced changes

Johnson transports you to her late 1980s teenage bubble and allows you to live through her sharply life-changing Benway In Far from the Tree, Benway examines the pain of a young woman’s pregnancy and her permanently changed

stuck, and friendship, and listening to your instincts, with vampires serving mainly as a catalyst for change

Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence

includes some footnotes), desperately trying to establish whether there were signs, or if she has simply changed

including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge

is forced to consider her life and the person she's become--and determine whether she's capable of change

their departure before packing up to leave for good--and that's when she encounters something that changes

The capable Pamela yet again must take charge despite her fear and rage and pain.

his teacher and the other thieves in the area--and taking in young people who are also fighting for a chance

their relationship is discovered, they're cruelly punished by being abandoned on an island with little chance

The elaborate climactic scene was creatively gruesome—and I felt realistic disgust as a result.

Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change.

embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed chances

Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

What types of books are you reading, and have you found that your reading habits have changed during

I didn’t want to know all these words, charged with urgency and crisis.

imperfect parenting, compounding mistakes by clinging to fear or regret, and against-the-odds second chances into an engrossing, complicated family story of forbidden love, secrets, impending death, and second chances

In "Alcatraz," characters count on officially changing the erroneous facts of their family's history

The elaborate climactic scene was creatively gruesome—and I felt realistic disgust as a result.

significantly complicated by the fact that the potential victim is unknown-- and by the fact that those in charge

kingdom's evils are intensely detailed and extensively explored; this motivates characters to seek change

Appalachian cultural norms—fighting, distrusting the government and media, not believing hard work results in change

assume the conflicts and political upheaval won't touch them out in the wild, and they figure that the charged

could have been an interesting and charming memoir about growing up in Appalachia and the incredible changes

Andrew Sean Greer offers a story of enduring love, loss, chance encounters, friendship, adventure, and

about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance I loved the fake marriage, the push and pull of career and love, and the second-chance romance.

Silver offers a story with a missed-chances premise in which romance, drama, and an unwavering hope in One Day in December offers a missed-chances setup with enormous repercussions. Josie Silver also wrote an irresistible second-chances premise in her book The Two Lives of Lydia Hill

In We Are Called to Be a Movement, Barber makes an impassioned case for change and a "moral revival,"

Or will they have missed thirteen years of their lives--and the chance to figure out how the heck they