So far there's lots of action, some humor, healthy amounts of dragon page time, and far less angst and

This is Pike's second book in The Lost Queen trilogy. I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and this book reminded me of The Mists of The Lost Queen is currently in development for a television series, which is great news, unless it delays

the change of seasons--and who others avoid as actively as he avoids them--saves Emmaleen from being lost

utensils, living a life without work, not developing freckles in the sun, and not dirtying her hands, much less

which Gerritsen seemed to be building the foundation for in preparation for future books, and I was less

Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon's light fiction about a TV meteorologist who tries to set up her two bosses But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments

But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves.

linked Mayken and Gil--shadowy, dark forces; the scrying stone; their struggles to overcome broken and lost

After he lost his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, he returned to London, where he's cobbled together This also felt less gruesome than it might’ve been, which I deeply appreciated.

the power can be used for good (reminiscing, reliving beloved moments, spending moments with those lost

descendant's discovery of her family's link to mysterious deaths. "...People were wiser back then, and less

But instead, she found herself working three jobs, stressed out and without time to read, much less craft

But Beneath the Keep's events are almost universally bleak, with so much lost, so many horrors, so many instances of depravity and pure evil, good generally losing out to bad, and endless terrible impulses

This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose

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

He and others in his culture are made to feel less-than because the rules of the game have changed--hunting

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

“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?”

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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