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  • Review of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

    often read like a romance novel featuring fairies; I listened to this as an audiobook and admit that at times There's a significant amount of page time spent on Feyre's thinking and wondering and imagining, and is so popular, this acronym is widely used in place of its title) which made me literally shriek at times way specified after the fact; the absurdity that a ruler who was centuries old would within a short time I've been told that the series strengthens over time, so I plan to take a breather and then read the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/10/25 Edition

    But now everyone thinks she's an arsonist, and the girl she was trying to date won't give her the time

  • Review of The Spy Coast (The Martini Club #1) by Tess Gerritsen

    building the foundation for in preparation for future books, and I was less interested in the page time

  • Review of Isola by Allegra Goodman

    this tale, and Goodman transported me into the details and (often infuriating) dynamics of life at the time

  • Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

    so clueless, and so insufferable, it's hard to imagine that either Hannah or Jack could have spent time she spends time with Jack, despite the fact that during this period she constantly questions her self-worth

  • Review of Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

    Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time. interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate places and times Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily

  • Review of You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn

    passion and, ultimately, a career, one for which he took a sabbatical from his steady acting job at the time I laughed out loud multiple times; Penn is funny without trying too hard, and his tone is accessible

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/10/24 Edition

    So far Wellness is darkly funny, intriguing, and, at times, poignant.

  • Review of The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Coates took his time building the story, and I felt as though he deliberately kept us in a plodding pace of these, Hiram must learn to understand and master his mysterious powers that allow for shifts in time The book was a slow mover; Coates took his time building the story, and I felt as though he deliberately suited the situation being explored, of the trapped and enslaved, but it was a struggle to read at times

  • Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks

    because of the author's painstaking research and the engrossing details she includes of life at the time

  • Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

    I was particularly taken with the echoes through time that linked Mayken and Gil--shadowy, dark forces

  • Review of System Collapse (Murderbot #7) by Martha Wells

    and trying to come to terms with its near-death experience, yet the page time spent on insecurity, fear

  • July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I might have liked more page time spent with Murderbot sorting through situations and humans' feelings It highlights unlikely loyalties forged during desperate times, terrible scenes of cruelty, and shocking I feared I'd get turned around in time by listening to the book rather than reading it, but narrator I read this rich, almost-600-page story on vacation, and I think my own timing was one reason I found The page time in Rule of Wolves was more evenly split between different characters--and especially as

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/25 Edition

    surgically alter her facial features for a sum that might keep her family financially stable for a time

  • Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year

    presents Charlotte Holmes, a clever, forward-thinking, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time brilliant yet shocking manner in order to shift her future, she goes so deeply against the standards of the time Scarlet Women. 04 Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier Hillier's thriller jumps back and forth in time Jennifer Hillier weaves a gripping story that jumps back in forth in time from when Paris was a young

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/22/22 Edition

    assumes the appearance of the human Professor Andrew Martin and clumsily takes on the man's life for a time Matt Haig is also the author of How to Stop Time, Reasons to Stay Alive, and The Midnight Library. 03

  • Review of Baby X by Kira Peikoff

    Kira Peikoff is also the author of No Time to Die, Living Proof, Die Again Tomorrow, and Mother Knows

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I scheduled a little Bossy break from posting until today so I could have lots of family time, but instead It's satisfying that Robin gets the majority of page time as she bravely infiltrates the UHC and works It was time for something new.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition

    rom-com Nothing Like the Movies ; and I'm listening to John Gwynne's Norse-inspired saga of life in the time

  • Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    desperate to save their society from the arrogant men and their unchecked power, but only turning the tide witch hunters as more devilish creatures than anyone they might be seeking to punish, and at the same time infuriating in its recounting of the horrific cruelties and tortures enacted against so many women at the time

  • Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson

    She's going to miss her family terribly, but she can't focus on quality time with them either. tracking down leads, all the while realizing that justice is often not served and fighting against time

  • Review of The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore

    At the same time, Jac is continually fighting against her feelings for the producer--and he is fighting

  • Review of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

    I was happy to spend time with Gen and Attolia again in this sixth and final book of Turner's Queen's I had a tough time following the political machinations in this book, but I was just happy spending time

  • Review of Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman

    Ruth is an independent thinker, which is a dangerous thing in this time and place. Leah Angstman is a historian who meticulously researched the time period of this book.

  • Review of Evil Eye by Etaf Rum

    to attend therapy to learn to cope with her anger, even though she's sure therapy is just a waste of time

  • Review of Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

    I'm a big fan of Western-set stories and the hardscrabble details of life at that time, particularly

  • Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

    In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. Suddenly she's plunged back in time to begin the holiday anew and try to get things right, Groundhog But I easily suspended my disbelief regarding Mae's being whisked through time, and I loved that the I read In a Holidaze during Christmas week, and it was a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes

  • Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out

    That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may Now I'd like Miller to write more books about varied topics, because I like spending time in her head At times there is some silliness and some superficial focus, but I felt as though Simpson was laying Interestingly, she spends a lot more page time on John Mayer than Nick Lachey—and provides what ultimately

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition

    But I do love a dragon book, and so far the second in the series offers more page time for the talking

  • Review of Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

    interconnectedness of the characters and the details of household life and power structures of the time I wondered if the timing of this reading experience was going to be enjoyable--reading a book about the The details of the time, household life, and gender, vocation, and familial power structures were wonderful

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/4/22 Edition

    heritage in order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time She explores his decision to take an active role in determining the time and place and conditions of

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/8/25 Edition

    01 Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser File my reading of

  • ICYMI: My Very Favorite Reads from the First Half of 2021

    I post a monthly wrap-up of my favorite reads, but now that 2021 is halfway over, it feels like time The Great Mistake feels like a beautiful love letter to turn-of-the-century New York and at times its The author has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily The story is steamy and romantic at times without being dramatic. Lee's detail is just fantastic in terms of Green's emotions, hopes, dreams, everyday life at the time

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    family lives in New York City, and Vera's parents, Anne Mom (her stepmother, a stay-at-home-mom at times girls, who have bonded over the years like family, begin to disappear, and Sybil doubts for the first time

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I blew through this novel, and the whole time I was reading Saoirse , I held my breath that it would and relationship with Caesar (and the partnership's political implications in the world), but by the time

  • Review of Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

    of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the time Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical thriller with fantastic details of the time that infuriating injustices perpetuated against the female characters--who like the real-life women of the time

  • Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper

    Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me.

  • Review of Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder

    There's a ton of steaminess as Lilah and Shane at times can't deny their attraction and act upon it.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/5/24 Edition

    on providing for her family, works aboard The Titanic, while the later timeline takes place in the time

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/9/24 Edition

    boundaries they can push and how many lines they're willing to cross in order to uncover the truth in time

  • Review of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni

    I'm currently solidly on the sidelines of college application hustle and bustle, so it seemed like time You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, insightful, thorough, down-to-earth New York Times

  • Review of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

    Cuckoo Land (which is the name of the book-within-a-book) connect these characters across space and time because of the various timelines and characters, but as he began to deeply interweave the stories across time "Some stories," she says, "can be both false and true at the same time."

  • Another Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    There was the time he kidnapped a neighbor's pet goose, the time he accidentally aided and abetted a

  • Review of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell #3) by Deanna Raybourn

    the whereabouts of a man who went missing during a fruitful archaeological dig in Egypt--at the same time

  • Review of Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

    Victorious in war, unchallenged by foreign foes in North America for the first time in its history, the fascinating, as were the details of Comanche life and the Comanches' collective transformation over time

  • Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction

    World's Toughest Solo Ocean Race by Pip Hare The boat picks up another wave and surfs again, faster this time record that still stands--and who was also at the center of the biggest sports-gambling scandal of all time

  • Review of When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

    It's necessary for the plot for Alex to wait an interminably long time to review mystery items she is agency; they may choose to transform, to leave, to seek greater freedom--or they may opt to bide their time

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/8/24 Edition

    Full-force details of foot-binding, and See doesn't stint on the page time spent on the topic.

  • Review of Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road #1) by Rachel Hartman

    Without airing out all of the family's dirty laundry, let's just say that this time Tess has really taken It addresses female empowerment within the frustrating constraints of the time, laying out some hopeful

  • Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads

    society—make sense of political violence once they have passed through the crucible and finally have time researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction at times A 2020 New York Times article, "Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?"

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