But the moss is sentient, bossy, and suffering emotionally from having been left alone for so many years Rebecca Thorne is the author of many other books, including Can't Spell Treason Without Tea. King is also the author of many other mysteries. 03 Mother Tongue: A Memoir by Sara Novic When Sara Nović She told no one of the test results and became doggedly determined to remain in the mainstream, hearing

Abigail is a high schooler dating a man in his twenties, a former military man nicknamed War Crimes Wes The sudden death of a man who's Fred's doppelganger and a series of outlandish events lead to Fred's folded into the life of a nearby retirement community, all of his protests ignored as the rantings of a man Before he knows it, he's entrenched in living the lie that he is actually another man, and he's at a Meanwhile the potato famine ravages the mainland Irish population and all order seems lost.

Then Briar works their way into a temporary maintenance job at the school and soon realizes that their

She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back. But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

Briar works his way into a temporary maintenance job at the school and soon realizes that his old friend

Del and Dinah Newman, along with their sons Guy and Shep, have been mainstays on the TV for years.

I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment

She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing.

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman. the tension of living under false pretenses, fearing how tenuous the foundation of your life and love may

Wings is historical fiction that tracks the characters of (the real-life) Sarah Grimke and her enslaved maid In 1803 Charleston, plantation owners wield cruel and immense control over their many enslaved people enslaved people considered disobedient; the oppressive power exercised over the humans considered by many

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

suggest community resources for those who might benefit, run story times for littles, host book clubs, maintain

"I mean, there are so many people," [Ted Bundy] reasoned. "It shouldn't be a problem." Anyhoo! Many horrors play a role in warping these tortured souls, but what happens if we add a light dusting repeatedly checks in on years of multiple violent vehicular deaths due to a negligently designed and maintained doesn't address the question of why certain (few, in the scheme of things, although even one is too many people exposed to heavy metals and toxic waste would become remorseless, insatiable murderers and why so many

She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work. But Cushla--along with many other citizens--is more and more astounded by the increasing conflict between of the story, vividly building the constant undercurrent of tension, the twinges of fear, the devil-may-care The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter Here One Moment tracks many characters' subsequent dilemmas and decision-making, in a few cases delving

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

tour months, attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but Kosta mainly Kosta is so frank about his often-messy path as a young man--including an awkward sexual encounter in

tour months, attempts to improve ATP ranking, sleeping on floors, and struggling to focus as a young man His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but mainly focuses

She's asked to play the role of a maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman and play a key part in a complements it) often makes her wonderful books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man community, a long-ago loss of several of its beloved young people, and a fresh tragedy that brings the pain

It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a heartwarming story about determination and honoring old loyalties

in on her with his roommate, in flagrante delicto; her throwing up on his shoes; her deliriously e-mailing But I didn't love that a man was swooping in to help cement that who she was as a person was acceptable

A lady’s maid in love with the lady, racy scenes, angst, wonderful details of a life in service to a In this upstairs/downstairs novel, set in nineteenth century New York, Mary Ballard is a lady’s maid But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--with Naomi, a playful and uninhibited younger woman, and with his intellectual and caring first love, Sylvia, who is coping with chronic pain and disability The prose in Intermezzo is gorgeous and often feels poetic--in fact, many of the notes in the back matter

He's struggling to maintain two relationships--one with Naomi, a playful younger woman, and one with

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of outsmarting the canny and intelligent Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. Katy is deeply grieving while questioning her own life, including her marriage to a kind man.

Belle is fearful--particularly for her mother's sake--that her father's true origins may be uncovered All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally. And she also realizes she may not be helping; she may be making everything worse. When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails

When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails book that takes a very different look at unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many

When she finds that she's pregnant, she begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails

Julie Yip-Williams is a beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may full review of this book, please see Know My Name . 06 Open Book by Jessica Simpson Open Book is a mainly

and Sweet Light Fiction Adorable rom-coms feel like the perfect summertime reading, and I've loved so many She's fake-dating a nice man in order to keep his family off of his back. But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says, "So many memories we share and purposely Moorer's love of music (including her passion to write, sing, and harmonize) links many of these memories

She's spent her first year at school holing up and studying, maintaining a quiet life.

But it looks like she may have to rely on her annoying next-door neighbor Wes to try to gain the attention

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

She maintains a best friend from childhood who talks Adina into publishing a book of her brief yet powerful The book becomes a polarizing work, with many responding positively to Adina's perspective and others Meanwhile the reader is privy to Adina's many missives to her extraterrestrial family--and their often-terse

danger Adelaide has never acknowledged outside the family yet has carried with her; the reasoning for maintaining

different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in which vampires mainly

For my full review, check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler I listened to Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive history of the Sackler family as traced Empire of Pain is essential nonfiction that details the shocking narcissism, relentless ambition and Click here for my full review of Empire of Pain. 03 See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Rachel Lynn Douglas Stuart is also the author of Shuggie Bain. For my full review, check out Young Mungo.

It had shaped who she was in many senses, but now she was a grown woman with a full life, and she was There's a lot of pain here. I felt like I was following her on her honest, zigzagging, messy journey toward gaining more of an understanding Regarding their talking through their past together, Moorer says: "So many memories we share and purposely

Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time. them--homes they never desired but have been forced to take on; the mounting expenses of upkeep and maintenance It details the goings-on at an Indian Training School and the "restructuring" that cut off many American

Sci-fi books can be so lovely and weird and immersive, and the stories can dive into so many fascinating She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. For my full review, see How High We Go in the Dark. 04 Warcross (Warcross #1) by Marie Lu You may see You may be able to see much of this one coming, but the action-packed fight for justice coupled with

Now Smithy's out of prison and he mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits. that the mystery of the code in deceased author Edith Twyford's largely condemned, prejudiced stories may be linked to the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier--that is, linked by a hidden fortune

at night peers out the window to see him--he is armed, and to her horror, she sees him kill another man stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being with a man Now he's out of prison and mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits...but he's got a hunch that Edith Twyford's largely condemned, simplistic, prejudiced stories and the vanishing of his teacher so many years earlier may be linked by a hidden fortune.

Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Natalie Haynes's mythological retellings put women at the center of many the women left behind as the men journeyed and sought to inspire songs and stories--often women who may She must cobble together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the Adam Bosch--a man who will otherwise almost certainly be the source of her undoing. 03 The Guncle by The subtitle of Browder's nonfiction book is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight

They've got so many ways of calling you a witch, they just change it to how it suits them. the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman at the time without a man Tamar, Jane, and Tabitha become linked by complicated connections to one man. search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open up The robot's appearance and his observations and questions upends many of the ideas Dex had taken for

Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining The robot's appearance and his observations and questions upends many of the ideas Dex had taken for

As teenagers they run from a prescribed future as maids in the small town, where tragedy in the form The other twin marries a dark-skinned black man and lives as a black woman.

immigrants, he enjoyed making 'zines, searching for vintage records, and making sure he felt different from mainstream In Hua's view, Ken was as mainstream as they came. Over the course of many years, the author sorted through his feelings and memories, cherishing a folder

forced to marry the cult's leader when she was thirteen and worked as secretary for "The Family" for many with dark humor--and a sense that the matter of who's taking care of who is not as cut-and-dried as it may In Hua's view, Ken was as mainstream as they came.

In Matt Haig's The Humans, an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth with a mission: to kill the man who has the visitor nevertheless assumes the appearance of Professor Andrew Martin and clumsily takes on the man's Meanwhile, he is having a deeply positive effect on his fake family, who have been in pain for years. Certain humans, in humid rainforests mainly, still do so. I love a book that looks at our many human absurdities through alien or other eyes.

Her memoir focuses largely on her younger years, but also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike