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Nora's ex is presented as such a full-on loser, it's hard to believe in their dating-to-marriage story ever Annabel Monaghan is also the author of Sometime Next Summer and other books. Two other light fiction books I've reviewed that involve the celebrity-love trope are Very Sincerely

historical forces that are at work and that are difficult to address, and he raises more questions than ever I read this book years after the hubbub about it died down, but I don't think (?)

You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances

Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Doctors and Friends. 03 This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub This Time Tomorrow was also one of my overall Very After an encounter with a fortune-cookie message and a flock of ravens who seem to be following her,

After leaving her position as a pastor and writing a book about the experience, Leaving Church, Taylor

Will they ever be able to trust each other again? And where is Sam? After the story's twist becomes clear, the rest of the book is a waiting game; the reader stands by while

My very favorite December reads! This feels like the most representative mix of Bossy Favorite Genres ever! relationship with his father to sharing how he attempted to cope with the loss of his mother decades after

Meanwhile, nearby, Ava's been kept quiet and controlled by her father her whole life--and he's after

For example, Clementine's aunt "only ever had two rules in this apartment--one, always take your shoes “My aunt used to tell me that summer nights in the city were meant to be impossible." Uh...what? Several of my Greedy Reading Lists highlight some of my very favorite books that twist time: Six Riveting

book one--is a motivator for action in Rule of Wolves, but Bardugo also delves into the complicated aftermath I need to begin again after refamiliarizing myself with how the books connect; I was overwhelmed by sorting

My very favorite October reads! He takes the reader on a roller coaster of emotions, and I love every bit of it. full review, please check out A Psalm for the Wild-Built. 06 How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every

eventually allowed Field to come into her fully realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch after

But as with every visit home, Kieran is reminded of a careless mistake he made as a teenager that led No one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of

My very favorite books from October! an older book I heard about while talking with my friend James on his Maybe I'm Amazed podcast last summer The music is all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. Novik builds upon her irresistible Scholomance world in The Last Graduate, and I'm so very glad there

In the months after that, he would sometimes ask her “How’s conquering the world going, my sweet ruthless

along with what I thought were perfect amounts of self-actualization and character development, without ever Vengeance Road is a rough and tumble story with enough suspense that I wasn't ever confident that the The before and after of certain pivotal events almost felt like two separate books, but I was hooked

I mentioned this book (along with Last Summer at the Golden Hotel and The Maidens) in the Greedy Reading

steadfast and unrelenting IRA paramilitary members but ended up emotionally and sometimes physically broken after

Our sense of self is very resourceful. People are booking restorations every day. People still want deletions....

"If you must look back, try to find the beauty and the benefit in every cruelty done to you.

She rings the bell at the finish of treatment and in the car immediately afterward, Nate, her husband her mother and herself when she was an infant after World War II. This book is generally very well received, so my bossy desire for more character development and motivation

They part ways, but the thought of her keeps him strong during the hardships and uncertainty of life after The action scenes, when they occur, are fast and furious, with aftershocks the characters scramble to

Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

straddles the line between meek and mild helpmeet and spirited, strong woman, and I was cheering for her every

In Blood, Moorer, after years of therapy, reflection, and working through her enormous rage and loss,

fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder mystery genre as a mathematician, exploring every

unfair to take any issue with the sometimes overwrought (to me) romance and extensive talking about every

My very favorite books from May! Father and daughter, brother and sister, and mother and father find their way back together after hurting And he finds that almost everything Emma has ever told him about herself has been a lie.

After Jason Dessen, a physics professor, is abducted from the street in Chicago, he awakens in a different figuring out the other elements at work--turns out to be more high-stakes and dangerous than Emika ever

I had no idea Nora Roberts had written any dragon books because, I realized, I don't know that I've ever So, things are upended for Breen in every way. Dragons are very much a side note in this book, alternately soaring in the sky and carrying Keegan to

scope of Vivian's reason for writing, but I didn't much care about this potential issue because I loved every At the very end of the book Vivian writes something wonderfully matter-of-fact to Angela regarding this Gilbert is a lovely writer who authored the very interesting nonfiction book Last American Man and the

Emmy-nominated writer Kalb saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them to

with lots of sexual tension along with some racy-steamy romantic interludes, and the book suited my summer

It threw me for a loop and I'm not sure I recovered from it; when I woke in the night after reading this

Now for the implausibility: There's repetitive (and after a time, for me, unconvincing) stated confusion affection, but Arthur's declarations about liking Linus just the way he is more so than anyone he's ever

Some of the wrap-up details near the very end felt a little bit unsatisfying, but resolving them cleanly My book club likes to tackle a mystery read as one of our summer books, and this was our most recent

My very favorite books from April! The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Ross Gay resolved to write about a joy or delight, large or small, every But as with every visit home, Kieran is reminded of a careless mistake he made as a teenager that led No one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of Danger and darkness lurk around every corner.

in a suburban community. 03 Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter I've been on a rom-com kick this summer

to cure his insomnia, Joe undergoes hypnotherapy...and finds out that he has bigger powers than he ever something to the effect of "Did all of these clothes that are lying around just walk themselves into every

each have reasons to mistrust other creatures, but they have to trust and rely on each other more than ever I love that the crew of the Wayfarer feels like a close-knit group of summer camp counselors somehow,

excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story to dive into on a hot summer's

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

There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has explored every different what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the bad guys are truly evil, very This book was also one of my Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

I loved this one for a summer read!

After Ruth's father was killed by his brother in a grab for power, Ruth's mother married another member The songs are all included again at the very end of the book, by which point the listener understands

My very favorite books from December! Girl. 04 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after

picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, we decided it would make a great summer

By the time summer is over, Mary Jane understands how many more possibilities there are for her future than she's ever dreamed of, and she has in turn changed those around her.

dark, brooding, funny Scholomance series about a magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. prepublication digital edition of this book courtesy of NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group. 03 Very Winfrey's Very Sincerely Yours is light fiction that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise

I loved every bit of this. Oh, Olive!