The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails

This ending to Green's duology has tremendous heart without ever flirting with sappiness, deep meaning It has tremendous heart without ever flirting with sappiness, so much meaning without being pedantic, Like Mary Poppins, this story is practically perfect in every way.

Field to come into her fully realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch in In Pieces after

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

crisis—especially as related to veterans—and some criticisms of the military treatment of health and humanity after The audiobook was narrated by Dick Hill, who has a voice that sounds very similar to Sam Donaldson in This felt very retro to me, and I admit that I often found myself thinking of the narrator’s voice rather

The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after fighting in World War II. Had you ever heard of this story?

of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

perfect shallow dive into a wonderfully imperfect character, Bea, and her increasingly complicated life after

In Glendy Vanderah's Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death

frustration at Taft's ineffective response--and at the many missed opportunities she sees before and after

My very favorite Bossy April reads! I wasn't ever sure who was responsible for the multiple tragedies at the heart of the story, and the ; finding the strength to go on despite few options; and the surprise of new determination and hope after

trusted ladies of the court--all are betraying her in one way or another, and one unmitigated disaster after

I finally read (listened to) this book after my friends Sara, Kiki, and Stirling repeatedly recommended

became frustrated with Beth's careless, repeated, willfully risky behavior in what she clearly knows--after

behavior seems to be getting more aggressive, more entitled, and more dangerous, and Ellie can't fight off every man on behalf of every woman who needs protection. They sometimes have to go to great lengths to do so because everyday dangers loom around every corner But the issues Hutchison explores are very real and weighty, and there is far more meat to this story Waters was really interesting in ways I didn't anticipate, and I also like Hutchison's writing style very

Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year And check out My Very Why not take this fantasy all the way, after all?).

no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after Then Hig gets an indication that he is not alone and that there is life out there after all. Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after But bringing back their surprising findings might very well mean the wholesale rounding up and destruction

It requires an engagement of every sense.... neither plant nor animal, live for millenia, and are microscopic yet make up the largest organisms ever spent a year traveling the United States in search of the greatest golf experience available, playing every course ever to host a US Open as well as 200 other well-known and much-beloved courses and hidden gems They need and appreciate our business now more than ever!

I listened to Wintering as an audiobook and very much enjoyed Rebecca Lee's narration. May is also the author of The Electricity of Every Living Thing as well as other books.

"By its nature, every secret contains the power to destroy something."

So much of what I do in this yard is only ever an exercise in hope. adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending alterations

All the Missing Girls, which I thought was interesting in its structure (it begins in the present day after

by misleading details or bogged down by red herrings, and that he struck what was for me a perfectly eerie But when her kind husband passes away suddenly just after the wedding, pregnant Elsie and her tedious

Anton is searching for redemption after horrific events surrounding his students and school. I would very happily read a full Little House on the Prairie-length series about Bertie and her life.

Gentry’s mom is a wonder, but her ability to keep things in perspective and forgive after the crescendo

first of five books in Maas's series of the same name, young Feyre (in the audiobook this is pronounced very that she didn’t somehow intuit that she could save an entire kingdom in the nonsensical way specified after

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,

Rwanda and through six other African countries—with her tough, hustling older sister Claire—during and after In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, Wamariya recalls her experiences through

Especially after a point about halfway through the book, abrupt scenes and exchanges, short glimpses

The Unhoneymooners is fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina Lauren book. After he is presented as perfect boyfriend material, he doesn't believe her when she tells him about I listened to The Unhoneymooners and it was fun escapism, even if it's not my very favorite Christina

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

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

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

Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

​ Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after

Who are the villains and who are the heroes--or is everyone and is every creature a mix of both?

After he lost his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, he returned to London, where he's cobbled together strengthening; her fiance is insufferable; his ex-girlfriend is emotionally unbalanced; and it's all very little boy, and while Billy can't recall many of the details, he's clearly been shaped by this trauma ever They're such excellent partners, they couldn't ever jeopardize the career setup so important to each

But when her kind husband passes away suddenly just after the wedding, pregnant Elsie and her tedious

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

birdwatcher in my household as a birthday gift, and it's been living prominently in the family room ever Almost two hundred years after Darwin discovered the striking, social, crow-like falcons confined to They need and appreciate our business now more than ever!

Bunch: The Battle of Athens by Chris DeRose The young men of McMinn County, Tennessee, are coming home after

She fought to get off the godforsaken island where she'd been stuck for years after her father abandoned

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

Fitz-Amobi, an excellent student, workaholic, and perfectionist, has been wondering whether Sal killed Andie after

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

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

protagonists here is a young woman in the midst of her own high-stakes crisis, and none of them expects to ever The sisters are meanwhile trying to find a way back together after grave betrayals and years of broken

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

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

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