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And Rocky is facing a mysterious, possibly grave, illness that doctors find difficult to diagnose.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery that plays with time, Wrong one of my favorite authors, Claire Keegan; and I'm listening to Janice Hallett's unreliable narrator mystery 01 Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Things Like These. 03 The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett Janice Hallett's The Twyford Code explores a mysterious he's out of prison and mainly resists sinking back into illegal habits...but he's got a hunch that the mystery

ICYMI: The second in Johnson's young adult mystery series offers growing friendships, determined sleuthing Stevie Bell solved one mystery last year--the mystery of her murdered classmate. But just as she's pulling closer to solving the original mystery that drew her to Ellingham Academy ( And far from forgetting about the decades-old mysteries of Ellingham Academy, Stevie is more obsessed She kept me hooked and moved things along while not making me feel mystery-manipulated.

own origins, practical Bethany has the power to jump in and out of books, immersing herself in the fictional characters to root for--and satisfying and intriguing intersections between Bethany and Owen and the fictional

and cures, attempts to locate a species of dragon, and a large-scale, high-stakes conflict involving action-packed But the mysteries surrounding the power of their enemies, her own dragon, and the future of her beloved The ending leaves us on another cliffhanger and sets up potentially intriguing, mysterious conflicts

For my full review, see One to Watch.) 03 Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery by Nev March It's 1892 in British-controlled He becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery he keeps reading about in the newspaper: two young ladies Nev March won the Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award for her debut title. involving unapologetic body positivity, and I hope Bea doesn't fall into the somewhat common light fiction

Nagamatsu's science fiction centers around a resurgence of an ancient Arctic plague. the virus passes like a whirlwind through societies and nations around the globe, Nagamatsu's science fiction

Henry Thornton is a wealthy railroad magnate and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary Five years later, the crown reappears--spurring more mystery and questions than answers.

This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic A Passage North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes

But these four fiction works and two nonfiction titles resonated with me, each offering glimpses into Rum's female characters--but also many other real-life women in comparable situations--to write a new history

This book was mentioned in Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year. wrote One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow, which was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West.

installment in Hafsah Faizal's young adult Blood and Tea series offered intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery , terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action, and vampires.

I'm listening to Stanley Tucci's memoir Taste: My Life Through Food; I'm reading Alex White's science fiction and The Tucci Table. 02 A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White In Alex White's science fiction When cool Leo reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material for his

family drama and dating again, Definitely Better Now ; and I'm listening to Jacqueline Harpman's eerie, mysterious Harpman's slim novel is mysterious, eerie, and strange.

read it in one rainy afternoon, and included it in my Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction

For me, this was nonfiction that was so compelling it read like fiction. Macintyre's nonfiction book was wonderful; it really read to me like fiction. carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction to the productive understanding of our nation's past and current racial situation, including a basic history Significant scientific advancements regarding mental illness were made possible because of the genetic material

connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge--and her growing wonder at the mysteries dragons, dragon-related science, emotional and physical ties to dragons, and the cultural importance, historical Because the restrictive Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous In LaValle's magical, dark Western, people tend to disappear whenever Adelaide's mysterious trunk opens

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading an upcoming mystery set in glamorous Capri by Katy Hays, Saltwater year, the wealthy, powerful Lingate family returns to Capri as thought to quash rumors about Sarah's mysterious

Sometimes I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about human behavior in order to delve into a light fiction Management sends lonely, steady, pushed-around Linus, a case worker for magical children in orphanages, to a mysterious Linus is expected to report back with details about what Arthur Parnassus, the mysterious master on site

Sometimes in order to delve into a light fiction book I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about laugh-out-loud funny yet heart-breaking novel about first love and second chances, with a satisfying mystery

I've got a mysterious story with an unreliable narrator and an imagined nationwide hubbub (a la "baby Jessica" and the well), the third and final book in a captivating fantasy trilogy, and a lighter fiction

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Carley Fortune's newest light fiction about a missed opportunity

In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star I've been on a light-fiction kick lately, but I need some depth in my lighthearted reading in order to

dark academia novel, Blood Over Bright Haven ; and I'm reading Frances White's fantasy story about mysterious The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes

VenCo offers feminist, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed witches bound together by mysterious forces who undergo Then a mysterious power begins calling to her. Through a series of unexpected events, she is offered a mysterious job at a publishing company...but

installment involves technology of the time, ancient Egyptian artifacts, revelations about Alexia's mysterious father (and about her husband's centuries of history that predate her), more racy moments and attractions

I've been on a rom-com kick this summer, and while I'm picky about my light fiction reads, I've laughed through characters' fixations on details of who said what and how, (mis)interpretations of looks or actions

Artie Dam is a high school history teacher, father to a grown son, longtime husband to his wife, and Her pain and the mysterious sources of her frequent agony affected every aspect of her life, and Dunham Through years of various mysterious, excruciating, debilitating ailments, conditions, and limitations

they have any hope of rewriting their tale--and of saving the island--they must identify and stop the mysterious

kids offers gorgeous images and factoids (in high quality Atlas Obscura style) of "100 surprising, mysterious I'm Bossy about buying and merchandising fiction for my kids during the year, as in: "Here is a tableau But for holiday book gifts, other than providing the first in a fiction series I think they'd like, typically

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Jane Harper's newest Australian-set Aaron Falk mystery, Exiles; adapt her surprise feminist bestseller into a movie--without losing her integrity or being derailed by mysterious But the year-old mysterious disappearance of Kim Gillespie, a young woman from the area, hooks Falk and Then mysterious threats begin appearing within the script, aimed at the writers who are picking apart

I loved Soulmate Equation for solid light fiction. It's fun and romantic with great characters. We Begin at the End is a great character-driven, suspenseful mystery. If you like character-driven suspense and mystery books, you might also like John Hart's (grittier) books The connection between Marianne and Connell is the beautiful, haunting, swirling source of misery, heartache of essential projects—the creation of Central Park, the founding of the Met Museum and the Natural History

mother and daughter, which also plays with time; and The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh's contemporary fiction The tone of this feels like contemporary fiction, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller

Morris's All Her Little Secrets, a fast-paced Southern mystery that also explores issues of race and Morris A faction of my book club attends (virtually, the past couple of years) our local Library Foundation's Morris is one of our picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, we decided

In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main character Rachel is an Irish

loyalty, and I rejoiced when his characters crafted their chosen relationships into a satisfying pod that functioned This book was listed in the Greedy Reading List Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year.

Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties band on its In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties (The fictional band focus reminded me, in a good way, of Daisy Jones and the Six.) Utopia Avenue contains endless imagined cameos, fictional adventures, and gems of wisdom from real-life

recently listed some of my favorite romantic, light stories in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Light Fiction

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a light fiction book about a dedicated single mom who gives love another try, listening to a fantastic audiobook of Abi Daré's Nigerian-set fiction, and reading the big-hearted young female pirate; specifically: The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren's newest light fiction

I'm reading Nocturne, Alyssa Wees's fantasy novel about a prima ballerina in 1930s Chicago and her mysterious listening to Rebecca Makkai's novel I Have Some Questions for You (also to be published tomorrow), about a mysterious boarding school and a return to the case and all the past issues it raises; and I'm reading the newest mystery time reading missing-children stories, and somehow I missed that key aspect of Willingham's newest mystery

Cummins offers a fictional Mexican family’s urgent motivation, incredible fortitude, fears, failures, Through her American Dirt characters (both sympathetic and unsympathetic), Jeanine Cummins offers one fictional The balance of unlikely joys and brutality puts fictional but plausible faces on an important situation

other letters; and I'm reading Matthew Norman's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) music-focused light fiction lovers, teammates, and the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, a program at the heart of CAPE, or Criminal Action

The trick occurs early (also, one major aspect of the true situation directly echoes a fictional setup made famous by a well-known author that is directly referenced within the text), so there isn't much mystery

music and the bonds between mothers and sons, Little Wonder; and I'm listening to Sally Hepworth's mystery

the foggy coast with its literal deadly pitfalls hidden throughout the sand perfectly reflects the mysterious

fascinating journeys through the multiverse, her various lives, and her alternate selves in this science fiction But when one of Cara's eight remaining selves mysteriously dies while she is world walking, shocking

Everyone assumes she killed Savvy, and Lucy can't escape the suspicions and resentment surrounding the mysterious she swore she'd never do: return to her hometown and the scene of Savvy's murder to try to solve the mystery

golden-child student and star athlete--positioned for attention in a mosque--for the police to take action Detective Inaya Rahman and Lieutenant Waqas "Qas" Seif work to solve the mystery of the girls' murders Ausma Zehanat Khan is the author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series (The Unquiet Dead, The You might like some of the other mystery and suspense titles I've reviewed on this site.

The mystery's investigative work involves the somewhat tedious examination of online messages, and the destructive callousness and powerful mob mentality that can persist online in real life as well as in the mystery There's an extremely disturbing scene as a climax to the mystery. But the building of the mystery is satisfying, and having spent five prior books with the main characters

This element doesn't exactly lend the novel a mystery feel, but there's an undercurrent of uncertainty