“He loses his wife so he stirs up an army to bring her back to him, costing countless lives and creating Oenone loses her husband and she raises their son. Which of those is the more heroic act?”

read A Play for the End of the World, How to Be Perfect, These Impossible Things, Reminders of Him, Less Is Lost, and Hester, which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Another Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories

of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about books, second chances, and finding hope when all seems lost

headstrong fellow writer; and in So Late in the Day, a man reflects on what might have been with his lost

the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

blemishes and pain, and some of her life-and-death decisions required fortitude that it's tough for her to lose

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the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program about finding

influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most of all, faith—in some cases, lost He struggles to move forward, but he feels stuck, as though part of him will always be lost. Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right their wrongs; then

Mukherjee's The Dream Builders doesn't pretend that neatly wrapped-up loose ends are always possible,

Click here for my full review of Steelstriker. 02 The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young In Young's story, loosely Nora Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost

He delves deeply and deftly, cutting to the quick and avoiding what in less skilled hands could have

tough young heroine's gritty problem-solving, and largely about believing in the impossible and never losing

haves and have-nots is as pronounced as ever in Hess's novel, and literal barriers keep the struggling less

She is told she will receive zero support from the baby's father; she loses two roommates due to the baby's crying; she receives little practical help from her mother; and she loses her job.

But tea monk Dex finds himself wandering and yearning--for long-lost crickets' nighttime noises, and

Lily is desperate to scrape out a living after losing the family ranch and all her life dreams that went

She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

We see Grace become won over by the creaky old store and by her gruff boss, the shifting role each woman

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The boys and the members of their entourage each fight to tie up loose ends in their lives, explore new Even when all hope should be lost, each character in its own way continues to press on.

Meanwhile, Charlotte feels like she's losing her grip on reality and begins acting more erratically than

the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost

But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments

be someone to heal you; witch can be the Devil, or witch can be a woman so beautiful she makes you lose But tea monk Dex finds himself wandering and yearning--for long-lost crickets' nighttime noises, and

those without her mental health condition would be concerned about sociopaths' sense of nothing to lose

Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy, loosely set in

consumer seeking an institutional partner to build a product--a thinking, sociable, working adult--and less

I wanted a little more character development for Franny and Hayes so they felt more unique and less expected

Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the

, starts with a devastating ending (the demise of a character, caused by nefarious magicians) and a less-than-promising

Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose

The Forgotten Kingdom, the second in Signe Pike's fantastic series set in sixth century Scotland (The Lost NetGalley and Celadon Books. 03 The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike This is Pike's second book in The Lost I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and so far this book is reminding me of The

It's starting to seem like a vigilante killer may be on the loose, taking justice into his or her own The women are becoming less afraid--but the young men who have behaved abominably and often criminally

slips potential evidence into her pocket, gathers and questions those she thinks are suspects, and bosses

Harkin tracks four characters as they cope with what they may have lost, and whether it's best to leave

adores books and reading, but her emotional passion for literature is a negative in the eyes of her boss

Connor Prince is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program

Amy Harmon is also the author of Where the Lost Wander, What the Wind Knows, and other books.

mysterious mission whose purpose and execution he'll have to unravel if he's to possibly survive--much less But tea monk Dex finds himself wandering and yearning--for long-lost crickets' nighttime noises, and

And liking Nathan is starting to feel like less of an act than simply a reality.

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I wished for more of a focus on the character of Tess and her personal story--and less on political strategies

Now Clementine must figure out if her heart is strong enough to cope with losing the unlikely love she's

religious faith and life from across the globe; and she's the only Black person at work and has a terrible boss

the link between the mysteries and dangers facing her crew, and must decide whether to prioritize her lost-and-found review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, click here. 03 A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi Miriam lost projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History Museum, putting Boss

And then Sherlock Holmes had turned out to be a woman with loose morals and no remorse.

Indiana—a state that had lost 25,000 men fighting the Confederacy just a half century earlier—would soon

We approximate our way into maturity, often following some loose idea of what we believe grown-up life

"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."