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They had learned, fundamentally, every child washes in from the sea, washes up against the ankles of

spring, but it slipped through the cracks until two friends shared their rave reviews of the title this summer

Johnson also wrote the wonderful books The Theory of Everything and This Girl Is Different. 02 A Very Theodore Finch considers his balance between life and death every day, weighing the factors that entice loved all of these aspects of Benway's novel. 05 Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner Carver's life was rocked after When wild and awful, heartbreaking thoughts are flying after a tragedy, and when some people are focused Goodbye Days is so very very sad and so very very funny.

the countless incarcerated people in dire and heartbreaking situations--whether they are on death row after wrongful incarceration; on death row or imprisoned for life after being tried and convicted while children adults; incarcerated but should never have been placed in prison due to mental illness; or facing death after

Jack focuses on the meandering, excruciating, grace-filled romance of a star-crossed couple just after When we pick up with him at the start of Robinson's book, he has frequently been very drunk, often sleeping money he may or may not owe to unsavory characters--he drinks so much that in his sober hours he isn't ever willing to enter into such a fraught--and, at the time, illegal--relationship, one that is sure to at the very If we were the only ones left after the world ended, and we made the rules, they really might work just

She's determined not to stop until she finds out what really happened that summer.

year's gritty, character-driven mystery-thriller Blacktop Wasteland so much that it made my Six Favorite Summer Derek and Isiah were estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't

After four decades of successfully ridding the world of cruelty and destruction one person at a time,

Now I Rise, Lada is tough as nails but faulted, and we see her forge her identity more fully through every It's a little dark, consistently fascinating, sometimes funny, and very satisfying. and Storm, The Darkness emerges with a destructive and dangerous plan to crush everything Alina has ever In The Cruel Prince, Jude and her sister are sent to live with the enemy in the High Court of Faerie after

job, offering incredibly lucrative terms and making demands about having the biography released only after

​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after

husband abruptly leaves her penniless and alone, jumping on a ship departing Massachusetts shortly after

cutthroat tennis legend making a comeback, Carrie Soto Is Back; and I'm listening to Empire of the Summer a prepublication edition of this book courtesy of Ballantine Books and NetGalley. 03 Empire of the Summer Gwynne In Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C.

cookbooks in past book gift lists , and I'm dedicated to Kimball's Milk Street magazine, published every Half Baked Harvest: Quick and Cozy by Tieghan Gerard I mentioned Tieghan Gerard's Half Baked Harvest: Every

his career solving cold cases; and I'm reading Samantha Markum's young adult You Wouldn't Dare, about summer Only, the lengths Junie went to to keep their summer fling a secret might turn out to be unforgivable

Her psychic, emotional link to Red is thin, and she's not sure if she'll ever find him again. After the unprecedented twists and developments Talin experiences in Steelstriker, she must reimagine

I wondered if Less Is Lost would rely heavily on the context of the first book, and after reading it,

This was wryly funny, sometimes zany, and so very heartwarming. books I've reviewed . 06 The Knight and the Moth (Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig The shadowy, eerie to disappear, and Sybil doubts for the first time whether their collective purpose is holy and noble after

A new United States administration has been sworn in after a period of upheaval and upset.

is over and the knaffea is just a pleasant memory—like a lovely dream that you forget a few seconds after He does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the I pledged after reading this book I wasn't going to forget to not eat fish on Sunday or Monday because of supply and delivery patterns (I did forget this, but now after rereading my original review I'm reminded written a memoir about marriage, unexpected yearnings, and the messy process of finding herself again after

with family drama and dating again, Definitely Better Now ; and I'm listening to Jacqueline Harpman's eerie It feels like every messy part of her life is about to converge in a destructive collision. Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange.

Rwanda and through six other African countries—with her tough, hustling older sister Claire—during and after In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, Wamariya recalls her experiences through

And inside the enigmatic pages are the words Any door is every door.

And if you're interested in My Very Favorite Bossy Reads of Last Year across all genres, check out the "You don't know how beautiful you are" types of lines; unrealistically convenient run-ins; not-dead-after-all I was glad when Laura began to allow herself to be vulnerable toward the end of the novel, and I very

about a young poet hyper-focused on her interactions and romantic encounters; The Project, Courtney Summers's to Frances so far as she pursues a reckless dalliance with a married man. 02 The Project by Courtney Summers My book club is reading this suspenseful young adult book by Courtney Summers. one as a favorite of his while we talked about reading and books on his Maybe I'm Amazed podcast last summer

royalty Lila loves to hate; Rhys, Kell's prince and brother; and one of my favorites, Captain Alucard Emery Necessity makes for strange bedfellows; as crisis after crisis erupts, situations require ingenuity,

relationship with his father to sharing how he attempted to cope with the loss of his mother decades after

deflect racism from casting heads and writers; and digs in to try to be one of what he hopes will be an ever-increasing various early road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after landing very few roles, and consistently stereotypical ones at that. and grilling about where he was "from," and he wondered if this acting thing would ever work out. service to others, and he tried to reconcile his two seemingly conflicting paths, wondering if they can ever

In "Happily Ever After" the main character faces the possibility of not being able to have a biological Through the artist's gimmicky attempts to try to move on, the story shows the limitations of an apology after It was the winter after the most depressing election of my adult life, a low point for my faith in the

It meanders as Beard is unmoored after heartbreak and betrayal, and her dear friend is dying.

Teenage Andra wakes up after being cryogenically preserved for a century-long journey to a new planet

Yet Lena, in a wheelchair after being stricken with polio, is bright and driven--and would much prefer

family is lovely, and there's a subplot in which Jack and his brother Hank are furious with each other after

she rides her mule Eugenia through all the hollers and up through the mountains, delivering sought-after

I loved every bit of the story of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her

After the World Falls Apart I have a fascination with postapocalyptic and dystopian books, and I think Teenage Andra finally wakes up after being cryogenically preserved for a century-long journey to a new

I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adult books, and I just mentally added In the I hold every memory of him like a match I let burn down to the end, singeing my fingers until it hurts

It's possible very little in the book was changed in light of real-world events, but, and maybe this is unreasonable, but I very much wished that Martin's pre-Covid-19 version of events had been purely technological advancements that allowed for the scientists' and government's responses in the novel, and I'd very After she spoke at our library foundation event last year, my book club read this book together.

thirteen-year-old Frank Dunn experiences crises of faith during the unforgettably complicated and tragic summer secrets, adultery, accidents, suicide, and murder shape the lives of those in New Bremen that fateful summer refers to the grace of God that Frank experiences during the crises and uncertainty and pain of that summer

insights, and the vulnerability she shares about difficult periods in her own life and moving forward after

Zamora takes us through what often feels like his literal step-by-step journey, without summarizing or of Shrines of Gaiety. 06 Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Marcellus the octopus is the very After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian

Just be glad I don't name stuff after myself.

intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

Why do we keep going for thirty years after our bodies can no longer reproduce? missing girls, you might also like the book Before She Disappeared, although the tone of that book is very

Anton is searching for redemption after horrific events surrounding his students and school. I would very happily read a full Little House on the Prairie -length series about Bertie and her life

Their secret tryst at the end of season one ended badly, and they've been far from friendly ever since their final season, they'll have to play nice--and get more intimate on screen than either of them ever intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction

Blair also lays bare her experiences with depression and her attempted suicides after heartbreaks; her --such as a disturbing movie seen too young and the long-term fright she and her sister experienced afterward

influence of drug cartels upon football officials, to the killing of the defender Andres Escobar, who died after

Six Four-Star (and Up) Bossy Historical Fiction Reads Historical fiction is one of my very favorite genres Here are six of my very favorite historical fiction reads of last year--with another list to come! (Check out My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads for my overall favorite reads from last year.) husband abruptly leaves her penniless and alone, jumping on a ship departing Massachusetts shortly after she rides her mule Eugenia through all the hollers and up through the mountains, delivering sought-after

It's full of rough characters and men eager to leave their pasts behind, including Patrick Sumner, a But the ship's fate proves more disastrous than Sumner could have imagined when a cabin boy is brutally Phillips Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after I still think about Disappearing Earth from time to time, long after reading it. The very existence of Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months