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- Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper
one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of a young
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War
The young couple find one another and bond to each other in their desperate run to escape the devastated precedes her novel Lila and takes the form of the aging Reverend's recollections and letters to his young Gilead is largely an exploration of the Reverend's complicated relationship with his troubled young namesake
- Review of The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Vasya is a young woman now, and she must consent to an arranged marriage or enter the convent--but Vasya
- Review of The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
Samrina Khan, the head epidemiologist; single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
In Claire Keegan's slim novel Foster, a young girl in Ireland is taken by her unreliable, frequently Makkai Makkai's boarding school-set mystery offers depth as it exposes age-old power mismatches; offers young
- Review of Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Later in the book Adina visits a revamped Beautyland as an adult, and the large store offering "beauty
- Review of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
But the young woman he has found may have died of an ancient virus, and thawing the body for study could
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
Meanwhile, Guerrero is young and often sounds like it as she flits from topic to topic in her account
- My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
Way to a Small, Angry Planet, the first science fiction title in Becky Chambers's Wayfarers series, young Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978. Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young
- Review of Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
That is, until a young girl appears, battered and bruised, and is resistant to help but clearly in need
- The Bossy Five-Star Reads So Far This Year
Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change the trajectory of her tough young
- Review of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
But she got another go-round at life, and that time she survived being born--only to die young in an
- Six Four-Star Historical Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
But when young Lucrezia's older sister dies suddenly before her scheduled marriage to the ruler of Ferrara Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl
- Review of The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod
Young Toni crosses paths with Sebastian Quick, an older, wiser guy who just might offer her a way out
- Review of Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
published earlier this month, takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like main protagonist young
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
Luna and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/13/22 Edition
She plucks Monique, a promising young magazine writer, out of relative obscurity for the writing job,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/14/22 Edition
She's struggling both emotionally and financially as she tries to support her two young children.
- Review of The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy #1 by Nora Roberts
It's a romance, in that the brooding young man Keegan who leads the clan and who seems sure to become
- Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Now retired, Carrie is a spectator at the US Open when she sees her record challenged by a young upstart
- Review of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives by Mary Laura Philpott
When you’re an adult who thinks your own churning mind is what keeps everything safe, it’s called anxious
- My Favorite Science Fiction Reads of the Year
Click here for my full review of Baby X . 03 The Measure by Nikki Erlick In Erlick's debut novel, each adult In Nikki Erlick's debut novel, one morning, each adult around the world receives a mysterious box with
- Review of True Biz by Sara Nović
But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student
- Review of Writers & Lovers by Lily King
She's in the awkward, sometimes painful age and stage of shifting from young adulthood to being a grown-up
- Six More Books about Brave Female Spies
Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young
- Review of The Arsonists' City by Hala Alyan
The story is told in two timelines, one as young Idris and Mazna are brought together by tragedy and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/21 Edition
Those around Selma work to quickly come to terms with their finite existence, and young and old members
- Review of The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose
The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II.
- Review of The Harpy by Megan Hunter
Lucy and Jake are the parents of two young boys.
- Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo
A rebellious young woman who left her Amish culture behind and became estranged from her family has returned
- Review of Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
(I can’t get over the story of young Anna taking the bus from Maine to New York City with her brother
- Review of The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
The Invisible Hour begins with the story of Ivy, a feisty young woman who becomes pregnant, is threatened
- Review of The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber
skeptical consumer seeking an institutional partner to build a product--a thinking, sociable, working adult
- Review of The Unwilling by John Hart
But Hart also offers the hope of young love, the bedrock of true friendship, and brothers and their father
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/10/21 Edition
Now I'm reading The Guncle, Steven Rowley's sassy, heartwarming fiction about an uncle caring for his young
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
Child by John Hart I loved John Hart's brusque, determined Clyde Hunt, the scrappy and unstoppable young
- Review of The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
with the mark of the Prophet and was promised to him, but she was far from the submissive, obedient young
- Review of The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
I’m not sure how to feel about the construct of having a young woman’s desire to gain acknowledgment
- Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker
Jane (the character is inspired by the author's own ancestor of the same name) is a tough young woman
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition
In The Invention of Wings, young Hetty, whose real name is "Handful," is given to eleven-year-old Sarah
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/21/22 Edition
The hearing headmistress (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student Charlie
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/4/21 Edition
magical school filled with evil and darkness; and Very Sincerely Yours, lovely light fiction about a young
- Review of Normal People by Sally Rooney
Marianne, a solitary young woman living in a large house outside of town, and Connell, a popular athlete
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/18/21 Edition
Lucy and Jake are the parents of two young boys.
- Review of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
institution, trying to piece together what is real and what is imagined--with the help of a modern-thinking young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/23/21 Edition
01 Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy From a young age Inti realized she had a particular
- Review of We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Walk and Duchess are an unlikely pair, a milquetoast cop and a defiant young teen.
- Review of Hard Cash Valley by Brian Panowich
Having Dane feel petty about the attention his young nephew received from Dane’s girlfriend felt off,
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Harvey emphasizes the urgency of the need for change and offers age-appropriate examples to help build young
- Review of A Burning by Megha Majumdar
In contemporary India, Jivan, a young Muslim girl, becomes tangentially entangled with the wrong people
















































