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- Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman
as she tries yet again to be a loyal friend, refrain from punching people in the nose, and save the world
- Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage
He and Emmy have always irritated each other, and their age difference meant they were in different worlds
- Review of Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein
Avery has to figure out quickly if she can come to terms with her potential new role in the gymnastics world Orenstein didn't hit any false notes for me and kept me satisfyingly wrapped up in the elite gymnastics world
- Review of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White
Starmetal Symphony space opera series, Gus is a jazz pianist whose biggest hope for the pending end of the world
- Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading
Orenstein didn't hit any false notes for me and kept me satisfyingly wrapped up in the elite gymnastics world The premise of Dear Emmie Blue made me wonder if the story would feel too far-fetched. Click here for my reviews of Lauren's The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words, The Soulmate one of them), Bea is surprised when a show producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would
- Review of A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
To tell them to the outside world is unheard of, dangerous, the ultimate shame.” Within the world of the book, these women are without freedoms or exposure to the outside world; their
- Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
behavior, who seem untrustworthy and whose accounts feel unreliable, and in a grim, twisted, mysterious world
- Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
, wife, and friend as she tries to figure out how to say goodbye to her longest, best friend in the world
- Review of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
adjusting to the showy personas she's encountering and to participating in the process of shifting her words It also seemed as though their sex life would have felt more intriguing and would have carried more weight about the events surrounding Helen's sister's death, or their relationship, or something else that would I was imagining that eventually Helen would dig further into her past and complicated trauma, so that
- Shhh! Bossy Gift Ideas: Books about Media, Movies, and Music
Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World Shhh! and Ebert often disagreed--on which movies to review, the wisdom of casting choices, which of them would
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
I worried that they would be insufferable martyrs I wouldn't believe in. complicated interpersonal conflicts, and the band's mysterious breakup, which broke hearts around the world stumbles into a warehouse party full of misfits embracing their otherness, Elise begins to see that the world
- Review of Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher
I was curious to find out if Cher would provide more reflection around events as she grew older and more This is very minor, but Block's occasional emphasis on certain words and infrequent, but present, perplexing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/24 Edition
This book returns to the world of Elfhame, and I think it's important to first read the Folk of the Air
- Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
The author is deeply connected to nature and has a poet's way with words as she explores the wonder of I listened to The Comfort of Crows as an audiobook, but I think this one would have been even better
- Review of Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne
she does not love or feel the way others do, so she mimics body language and borrows others' caring words Yet she seems to be frustrated and indignant that those without her mental health condition would be concerned about sociopaths' sense of nothing to lose--and that others would be concerned about suffering
- Review of Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
As always in Cormoran Strike world, the details of the crime are often grisly and disturbing.
- Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
point of this book, after all: offering meaningful ways to be and to keep hope and be a light in the world
- Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
is funny without trying too hard, and his tone is accessible even as he takes the reader deep into worlds worthwhile issues without ego, and in being actively involved in improving the lives of others around the world I love to laugh at Sedaris's darkly funny reflections about the world and society--and at his recognition
- Review of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
A programmer is a diviner of possible outcomes, and a seer of unknown worlds.
- Review of A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas
Charlotte's various views on the world are absolute gems, and I absolutely love spending time in her
- Review of This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
“We are, on this earth, so incredibly small, in the history of time, in the crowd of the world, we are
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
Romance may be the world’s oldest cult.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/19/22 Edition
"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."
- Review of Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Welcome to Matthew McConaughey's world! When I started this book, I messaged my friend Hannah: "It's Matthew McConaughey's world and we're all
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/22 Edition
author of The Wife Upstairs), Lux is a frustrated young woman who's just done what she said she never would But the couple's grand plans to sail the world have come to a standstill.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/21 Edition
revenge; and Sally Rooney's heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about two young people from different worlds recently messaged my friend Hannah about how I'm feeling about this book: "It's Matthew McConaughey's world
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy, loosely set in the worlds
- Review of Writers & Lovers by Lily King
tension (one that exists in both of these King novels) that made me worry whether the presented situation would restaurant and the twisted but familial community forged among the stresses and frantic pace of that world
- Review of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Feyre is drawn into a dangerous, glorious faery world of wicked beasts and complicated alliances to live kingdom in the nonsensical way specified after the fact; the absurdity that a ruler who was centuries old would
- Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp
comfortable with the compounding lies that were key to Kate's playing the role of an author out in the world author of Just for the Summer (one of my Favorite Rom-Coms of the Year last year), Part of Your World
- Review of The Empress by Laura Martinez-Belli
Charlotte, called Empress Carlota by the people, is behind the scenes in Mexico running things for Napoleon III are maddeningly following their own whims and wielding the power here as they are everywhere in the world
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/27/23 Edition
space opera series The Starmetal Symphony, Gus is a jazz pianist whose biggest hope for the end of the world
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/13/23 Edition
, wife, and friend as she tries to figure out how to say goodbye to her longest, best friend in the world
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
and your husband goes by on the Gator and you are positive that this is all you've ever wanted in the world
- Review of Sarahland: Stories by Sam Cohen
rooted where universal experience intersects with the uniqueness of Any Woman’s experiences in the world
- Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks
in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Martha Jackson dive into the art world
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/21 Edition
Jude is the exiled Queen of Faerie, scrambling to make a living in the human world by freelancing, carrying When her twin sister Taryn arrives in the human world, fearing for her life, Jude finds herself drawn
- Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
unforgivingly cruel ice of the first book, and I found myself missing the richness of that earlier world
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/21 Edition
brave young woman shaped by her Native American heritage; and a young adult book set in an alternate world NetGalley. 03 Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter In Body of Stars, debut author Walter imagines a world
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I listened to The Comfort of Crows as an audiobook, but I think this one would have been even better In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/25/22 Edition
retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark in a world
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
(Although I really would have enjoyed having a futuristic ability to create fact webs, detailed maps Curious Beginning. 04 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton “There are very few certainties in this world Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would have allowed it,
- Review of Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
Years later Rose is a world-renowned physicist working to unlock the secrets of the hand and the curious
- Review of State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
to an underling in the Oval Office--and violent terrorist attacks soon begin taking place around the world
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/31/22 Edition
station, Lucrezia struggles to get to know her new husband--and to figure out how to exist in this new world
- Review of Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Isobel's needlework and the colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous
- Six More of My Favorite Literary Fiction Reads of the Year
Both the world and the characters' personal lives are complicated, messy, wonderful, and fragile. threatens to fall apart--both individually and also to collectively fall away from each other in a way that would
- Review of Wild Life by Keena Roberts
Roberts reflects upon her identity and place in the world in a raw and genuine way that I found gripping Her disparate life experiences ultimately lead her to think deeply about her place in the world, her
- Review of A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
I would light the fire. I would heat up this whole room. And when that didn't work--I would burn this kingdom down to ashes, turn all its men into smoke. I would, I would.
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather
















































