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examines her relationship with her first husband and considers how he has always been somewhat of a mystery

Selingo dives into revealing the truth behind some of the mysteries of admissions (for example, how colleges "Early decision serves the needs of colleges and universities a hell of a lot more than it serves students

Stevens offers a bad guy who's easy to despise in this mystery with great passages about surviving in The horrific abuses of power, toxic masculinity, and the disturbing, predatory serial killing in the

ocean, interviewing the oceanographers, marine biologists, and geographers focused on exploring this mysterious

Three days later, she was recovered in a miraculous series of events that ended up with her rescue and Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after its breakup--and the crimes, mysteries

inhabitants, The Whalebone Theatre; and I'm listening to the first in Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series audiobook. 03 Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs begins Winspear's series

kids offers gorgeous images and factoids (in high quality Atlas Obscura style) of "100 surprising, mysterious But for holiday book gifts, other than providing the first in a fiction series I think they'd like, typically

Greene was a fair-skinned Black woman who hid her heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, and which would have been all but impossible for The tone of the book feels very earnest, and we spend a significant amount of time in Greene's thoughts power balance, nor the using-his-influence, spending-his-money, doing-his-bidding worker bee role she serves Marie Benedict is also the author of The Other Einstein, The Mystery of Mrs.

--she's left behind everything she knows in a desperate attempt to make things right by keeping her mysterious

When she finds a mysterious book her father had acquired, it shows January unlikely possibilities about

She is taken for ten years to serve him. I feel compelled to also mention that Novik has a series of nine books about dragons, the Temeraire series Check out my reviews of Lessons One and Two in the Scholomance series, A Deadly Education and The Last

My very favorite Bossy reads so far this year! connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the first in Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series, A Tempest Tempest of Tea: Blood and Tea #1 by Hafsah Faizal In the first book of Hafsah Faizal's Blood and Tea series

I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements

I felt as though he deliberately kept us in a plodding pace to emphasize the unwavering, repetitive misery explores the relentless oppression and hopelessness of slavery, the resigned existence of the imprisoned, masters But the white master of the plantation is Hiram's biological father, and composed young Hiram is set He may not inherit, nor may he rise above his station as owned and commanded by his white master. his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time and space.

and race in Britain; a revenge fantasy with magical realism interwoven throughout; and a new-to-me mystery

Mexico to the U.S. to reunite with her parent--and her disillusionment upon her arrival; and an upcoming mystery

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband has recently been mysteriously

When a series of vindictive, one-star reviews threaten their business, they must figure out who has it

Her clever behind-the-scenes revelations catch the eye of the darkest and most mysterious villain of The dry humor in Hench also reminded me in a way of the Murderbot series (I review the first three books

about talented but average-looking men dating gorgeous women...and then gorgeous pop sensation and serial In town, she'll always be known as The Girl Who Solved a Murder Mystery by Talking to Ghosts, with all

Flora's brother as well as their childhood friend, the laird's son, are both serving in the military, There's a low-key mystery Lexie is set on unraveling--key players are keeping secrets about events decades

Schwab Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series job of reinforcing characters from prior stories while introducing new ones; in this first of her new series Jensen The first in Jensen's fantasy series ticked many of my boxes--strong female main character, a I can't wait to read the next in this series, A Curse Carved in Bone .

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean series about a training Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing is the first in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrean fantasy series But a series of coincidences and misunderstandings lead to her being unaware until she arrives that the

There's a low-key mystery Lexie is set on unraveling (key players are keeping secrets about events from

Determined not to give up on the musical, Riley sneaks and works on a master plan for a performance-- The second book in this series is Dating and Dragons .

finding and spreading happiness; I'm reading the third in Naomi Novik's dark, wonderful Scholomance series here. 02 The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik A Deadly Education was the first in Novik's Scholomance series In The Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, the unlikely allied force of students faces

There are mysterious forces and machinations, many of which remain unclear to the reader until late in

I read the first in that series, The Magicians , for but me it was short on magic and fantastical elements

books that center around a podcast are Listen for the Lie and also the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series

This was not the kidnappers' intention, but in yet another turn, an oddball series of heroes emerge,

rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time  plays with time, and I love books that play

Mariana seems to think her reading of people's emotions as a therapist qualifies her to serve as a sort understandable lingering grief, and she spends lots of time during this life-and-death crisis and with immediate serial setup of key characters leaving off without finishing their illuminating thoughts in order to keep the mystery also offers a few links to his Silent Patient characters, including an oddly specific reference at the very

Wang is also the author of The Sword of Kaigen  and the YA fantasy series The Volta Academy Chronicles

and frank (her repeated mentions of "hairy buttholes" were jarring although these seemed intended to serve Much of the book feels like a series of heartfelt tirades and they're presented without a clear path

character is later key to bravely resolving the main and significant conflicts of the story when a mysterious mostly a story about feeling stuck, and friendship, and listening to your instincts, with vampires serving

largely stay in drunken, sunburned fogs of excess and denial, and they do it all against a luxurious, eerie solid suspense read with magnetic twists and turns--as well as the Hex Hall, Rebel Belle, and Royals series

must also face his innate hatred for his counterpart Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very Escape of Uriah Heep , The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door , Heartless , and The Shadow Histories series

Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know about Women by Maggie Mertens (2024) 1923: The Mystery The author's obsession with the sport serves as a catalyst to reflect with personal, sometimes poetic

It includes: shopping, watching TV, taking the better job, getting the bigger house, writing a semi-autobiographical But the definition of mad, on Earth, seems to be very unclear and inconsistent. The Murderbot series (check out my reviews of three first three books here; the others are searchable on this blog) is another, very different book that also does this wonderfully.

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very handsomely for her work.

author Cate Kay has written a bestselling postapocalyptic trilogy (which is about to be made into a series

; here are just a few: Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year Six Historical Fiction Mysteries

attention for her incredible genetic cloning advancements--but people have noticed that her husband is mysteriously

laugh-out-loud funny yet heart-breaking novel about first love and second chances, with a satisfying mystery

pasts; the rich fictional history of an esteemed figure in early twentieth century New York and his mysterious

Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader If you like historical fiction mysteries, you might try the books listed here: Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

A Winter in New York; and I'm listening to the first in Sara Donati's historical fiction Wilderness series So far Bruni explores reassuring data showing that all kinds of colleges can serve as jumping-off points tomorrow. 03 Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati In this first book of Donati's Wilderness series may have been a ruse to get her to New York--and then push her into considering marriage in order to serve

Rowling) Cormoran Strike series. What are you reading these days, bookworms? Whoever he is, the man seems very clearly to know Isla well--and he says he's messaging her from the Rowling) Cormoran Strike series. Click here for my reviews of books one through four of the Cormoran Strike series; and check out my Bossy

bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie , cruel power were disturbing, and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie There's another book planned for this series; I hope the tides of power have turned in Bethel in book