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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/5/25 Edition
But a tragedy the day before their planned departure changed everything--and led her to a newly imagined
- Review of Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson
The end sections where events are clicking along, alliances are shifting and changing, and dramatic justice
- Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
Fiction Favorites At the start of the pandemic, I was particularly drawn to lighter fiction because the chances
- Review of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
The women frequently see the clear way but are usually powerless to effect change, so the men's missteps
- Review of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison
Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would change
- Review of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
The book Rusted Robots takes off like a rocket in popularity, changing almost everything in her life
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance
- Review of Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
But Libby receives a devastating diagnosis that changes everything: early-onset Alzheimer's.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition
But Libby receives a devastating diagnosis that changes everything: early-onset Alzheimer's.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition
But teaming up with their new client--a powerful male witch who's got it in for the king--could change
- Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
the fraternity boys from next door is dead, Lucy is missing, and Margot is keeping secrets that could change
- Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
layered situation and then turns it on its head; a wisp of a moment, a careless remark, or a premeditated change
- Review of This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
well as their their somewhat inexplicable but undeniable loyalty to each other), and witnessing the change
- Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason
the only way to understand the world as something other than a tale of loss is to see it as a tale of change
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/5/24 Edition
one-night stand with a cute neighborhood bartender leads to an unplanned pregnancy, and suddenly everything changes
- Review of Antarctica by Claire Keegan
A few small moments change everything; a dance, a look, a careless word, a cruel reminder.
- Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
and the devastating idea that a greater understanding and different decisions might have dramatically changed
- Review of Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in which vampires mainly serve as catalysts for change
- Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting changes
- Review of A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
I can't stop thinking about this fascinating near-future climate-change story of desperation, loyalty
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/10/24 Edition
considering individuals' views of fulfillment and whether two people can come together in a marriage, change
- Review of This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
overcome their worst impulses; some connect deeply with animals, music, dance, or writing in ways that change
- Review of Love, Lists and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
title) serves up depth: grief and loss, fractured futures, clinging to familial relationships, fearing change
- Review of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose
Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous people--is due for some changes
- Review of An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
And yet these are the same activities that change lives, sometimes all at once and sometimes more slowly , the way dripping water changes stone.
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
layered situation and then turns it on its head; a wisp of a moment, a careless remark, or a premeditated change book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional growth, potentially game-changing deliberate in his life choices as the book progresses, ultimately (briefly) showing a potentially game-changing
- Review of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Authors of time-travel books must decide whether characters may change past events or simply witness
- Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Lewis's transformation stirs up difficult memories and complex emotions surrounding Wren's mother's change
- Review of Homecoming by Kate Morton
a catalyst for Jess's arrival and amateur sleuthing, and it seemed strange not to witness the life-changing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/25 Edition
closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other titles with cold settings ), and climate change
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar I can't stop thinking about this fascinating near-future climate-change don't inspire great confidence, but collectively, they fight to find a path forward in a world that is changing
- Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia
He and others in his culture are made to feel less-than because the rules of the game have changed--hunting
- Six Great Stories about Robots
Phillips The dystopian future of Hum is haunting in its familiar elements, its plausible, terrible climate-change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/23/24 Edition
the rest of the plotting, dark, moody, sometimes exasperating bad guys (and girls) in an attempt to change
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Harvey emphasizes the urgency of the need for change and offers age-appropriate examples to help build which privileges your racial group at the same time," and she notes that we have the capacity to effect change overhaul some traditional tools and frameworks in favor of equipping white children to be part of the change book can go hand in hand with other excellent examinations of race, racial injustice, and effecting change
- Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
characters' exploration of the billion-dollar question: Who can rightfully claim to have invented this life-changing
- Review of The Trackers by Charles Frazier
a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers long-buried secrets that could change
- Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt
clever rebellions are entertaining to read about--and in Sharratt's account, lead to Hildegard's extreme change
- Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Yet I was frequently distracted by what felt like uneven pacing and tone and abrupt perspective changes
- Review of Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
The three timelines allow Marshall to showcase how situations have changed through the decades for women
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change
- Review of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
When those pulling the strings change the rules to force a dramatic showdown, key characters must make
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/6/23 Edition
When the two connect, they just might change everything.
- My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/12/24 Edition
family whose sons all seem cursed to die before their twenty-fourth birthdays has its luck begin to change
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/9/23 Edition
the Earth; and I'm listening to The Great Transition, Nick Fuller Googins's postapocalyptic climate-change
- Review of You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum
Nothing could change that. Right?
- Review of Outlawed by Anna North
schemes--some ill-fated--and begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change But grandiose plans don't always go off as planned, and making any change in a society so entrenched
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/21 Edition
I'm Reading Now I'm reading What You Can See From Here, Mariana Leky's novel about loss, grief, and change loss, when it does occur, takes everyone by surprise, and Selma's granddaughter, Luisa, is forever changed















































