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- Review of The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker
Jane is a young single mother and a librarian at the New York Public Library.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/26/25 Edition
Time Is a Mother , and other books. 03 The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker Jane is a young
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge terrible crime: killing his mother, a mean, reviled lunch lady long perceived as an enemy of the town's young But the young man, a self-taught artist, is counting on Bob and an unorthodox approach to figuring out
- Review of The Summer War by Naomi Novik
The day young Celia's oldest brother Argent left the house in their war-torn homeland, determined to
- Review of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age centers around a young Black babysitter, her employer, and the complicated nature of their
- Review of Blood: A Memoir by Allison Moorer
Award- nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult instilled a love of music in her, and raised her--although not always competently--until she was a young
- Review of The Fraud by Zadie Smith
with it in an unorthodox, secret, wonderful fashion that serves to advance her cause for two specific young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/20/23 Edition
T. seem to have been thrown forward in time and into the thick of young adulthood.
- Review of What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky
Those around Selma work to quickly come to terms with their finite existence, and young and old members mortality in the text and there are allusions to intimacy, the tone of the book feels geared toward young
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Young Lucrezia is lucky enough to exist outside of palazzo scrutiny, free to follow her own imagination Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/12/26 Edition
Aubrey Price, a local bartender, was orphaned as a young woman when her parents were killed in a hit-and-run
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/5/25 Edition
Married Landon was having a passionate affair with a beautiful, spunky local young woman, Lo Bailey,
- Review of Bug Hollow by Michelle Huneven
Bug Hollow spans decades, tracking grief and then the life paths of Ellis's sisters (particularly young
- Review of Less Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer
We could go back further still and try it all over again with what we know; try to be young together Young and foolish and happy. But I have an easier solution: Just take the ordinary time machine.
- Review of What Remains by Wendy Walker
In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial
- Review of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
When a local young woman goes missing, Chloe fights her rising panic. Is there another killer who preys on young women, one paying homage to the twentieth anniversary of her
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/16/25 Edition
Barker's novel features Janet, a misunderstood, mocked, badly treated young woman coming of age in a
- Review of Heart the Lover by Lily King
of our female narrator's senior year in college, she becomes friends with Sam and Yash, two vibrant young
- Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality
Young Ollie finds people confusing. novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
She's examining the shape of her childhood and young adulthood: the evangelical church she grew up in A scholar of the occult, his assistant, a young woman with ghostly experiences, and the future heir of
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
reveals disturbing, ongoing abuse and frightening misuse of power while positioning Britney as a strong young
- Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
The young people feel the weight of the world on their shoulders--and it really does seem to be up to Bossy review of this book, check out The Golden Enclaves. 04 The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy--loosely set in
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition
Catalina is a high-energy coming-of-age novel about a spirited young woman trying to save everyone she
- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
In Erlick's debut novel, each adult in the world can know the length of their life if they choose to. In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Tuesdays in Winter, Lily King's newest collection of stories; Jessica Anya Blau's 1970s-set story of a young Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside Blau In Blau's gleefully 1970s-set novel, Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from emotional innocence to young adulthood, she comes into her own, and it's a joy to watch it all unfold.
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister, recording artist Shelby Lynne, were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult
- Review of The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass
I love a spy book, a book about Russia, and a feisty, strong young female protagonist, and The Traitor
- Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason
Mason's characters range from a young couple in love, escaping their rigid Puritanical community; to
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads
Young Jude and Faha's grown twins, Tim and Tom, bring the baby girl to Dr. In John Green's nonfiction book Everything Is Tuberculosis , he tells his story of befriending a young Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian On the side, she shows her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying
- Review of Antarctica by Claire Keegan
In just a few of the stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience
- Review of Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle's Lone Women begins in 1915 with a determined young woman, Adelaide Henry, covering her
- Review of The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3) by Tana French
this third novel in French's series, the community reels over the disappearance and death of a local young
- Review of King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
couple staying nearby seem to have dark secrets, the rumors they had heard on the mainland of missing young
- Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
Signal Fires begins with three teenagers drinking in 1985, a car accident, a young doctor Ben Wilf, who Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Their astronomy-obsessed young son Waldo befriends the retired Dr.
- Review of The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Adunni is a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and Adunni is a young teen growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off by age She's a tough young woman determined to have a voice and emerge from her oppressive situation, and she's
- Review of The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah
She cares for her captivating young cousin, finds peace in the natural world around her, and retreats believe in "magic" connected to the dismantled, carefully arranged elements of clocks by an independent young
- Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
She's young and hungry--and thrilled that she's about to get her first really big client.
- Review of This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
Goodman thrusts the reader into the fraught dealings among husbands and wives, wives and wives, young
- Review of Isola by Allegra Goodman
Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian
- Review of Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
during the past month: The Princess Diarist, by Carrie Fisher, based upon the diaries she kept as a young month: Maggie Shipstead's interconnected stories about two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young the natural world and in everyday tasks; The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's story about a young by Alexandra Andrews When young, ambitious Florence implodes her burgeoning publishing career during book, please see An Altar in the World. 07 The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré Adunni is a young
- Review of Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki
I loved the father-daughter bond, and Opal is a wonderfully quirky, self-possessed young person.
- Review of Secondhand Daylight by Eugen Bacon and Andrew Hook
Green is just an ordinary young guy, dancing, drinking, living it up.
- Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/8/23 Edition
In the stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being a mischievous child raised by his older brother and hadn't yet become the convicted criminal of his adulthood
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year
For my full review, please check out this link . 02 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Elston's first adult Ruth, a young married woman living elsewhere in the city, is brutally attacked in her own home--and the
- Review of The Light After the War by Anita Abriel
Vera and Edith are such a complementary WWII partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young and Germany during the war; their wonderfully brave, practical, creative routes to survival as single young Then Abriel introduces another enormous shift that shakes things up enormously yet again for both young Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young
- Review of All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
Bringley and his wife have two young children by the time he ends his stint at the Met and shifts into
- Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and


















































