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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/25 Edition
If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or simply get Owen back to his own
- Review of Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
entrap" subjects, so now she's in the private sector, working for shadowy bosses who are directing her actions While Bruno at first seems old-fashioned, telling his stories and considering the shape of history, he
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition
and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history
- Review of The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3) by Naomi Novik
And Novik offers touching moments when surprising truths about El's, Orion's, and their parents' histories and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history
- Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now
Sometimes I find that I have to suspend my disbelief about human behavior in order to delve into a light fiction
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
disappeared mysteriously in the early twentieth century—she begins a quest to discover the truth about her history judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history
- Review of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
I could not have predicted each version of me that I shifted into, but through my history, one constant
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Wilkerson is exceptional at laying out absurdities, horrors, disturbing historical events, shocking trends
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
moment with some implausible early details in Holidaze, which I sometimes struggle with in lighter fiction
- Review of The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
tension is finally spoken aloud, although not resolved, and the mystery twists to involve personal histories
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/26/25 Edition
Issues of memory, chosen family, history, loneliness, and love shape Vuong's novel.
- Review of Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan
the lurking folklore figure that seems to signal death and destruction, and the despairing community history
- Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
Renkl is also the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last
- Review of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Some of the story felt tedious, as with the ongoing saga of securing a water source and the extensive history
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/10/20 Edition
involving unapologetic body positivity, and I hope Bea doesn't fall into the somewhat common light fiction
- Review of The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus
Isabel is drawn to Jack, and she ultimately feels destined to head to sea--in a time in history when
- Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
case, a former priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts' past histories
- Shhh! Coffee Table Bossy Book Gift Ideas
at the story behind the music from one of our greatest songwriters. 02 Our America: A Photographic History Burns has been making documentaries about American history for over four decades, and his sense of the Burns offers a selection of photos highlighting a range of experiences from our 200 years of American history
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/16/24 Edition
Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life
- Review of A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
It was her duty, as a guardian, to put into action the beautiful ideal of hope. protagonists' roles shift yet again, so that "guardian" and "thief" labels are muddied, characters' histories
- Review of The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Under, as well as two books about the English language, Mother Tongue and Made in America, and A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Really Short History of Nearly Everything.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/18/24 Edition
strange place, by a river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory of his own name, his job, or his history
- Review of Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
make ends meet in California and drifting a little bit--oh, and she's been telling her parents about fictitious
- Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
Now she must delve into the darkness of her history to try to save her mother--and uncover her own true women discover strange, unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history grave danger--and unlock remarkable freedom for each of the women long plagued by their complicated histories
- Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships
- Six More Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year
long-distance boyfriend) David in London, they cook up detailed research plans and immersion in the history tension is finally spoken aloud, although not resolved, and the mystery twists to involve personal histories is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account for her ability to act and function
- Review of All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
agent, has returned to his hometown in Charon County, Virginia, to serve as the first Black sheriff in history
- Review of Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Crouch
strange place, by a river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory of his own name, his job, or his history
- Review of Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history teacher after calling out
- Review of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Harrow, with imperfect characters, a noble, messy quest, layers of history, and a captivating end.
- Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Sports and Recreation Nonfiction
sports shape our culture's thinking, dreams, notions of success, and more. 02 Why We Love Football: A History iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures—baseball immortal Pete Rose—and an exquisite cultural history
- Review of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
backgrounds of her notable, famous, wealthy family members, their personalities, quirks, shortcomings, key histories As she sorts through the past and works to find support and to function more fully in the present, she
- Review of All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing the painful truth of her own traumatic history
- Review of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
teammates, and the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, a televised program at the heart of CAPE, or Criminal Action Adjei-Brenyah offers glimpses of characters' histories and their lives before the tragedies that led
- Review of True Biz by Sara Nović
I learned about Deaf history, culture, and the politics that have disrupted and damaged those in the
- Review of When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
McLain had me hooked on the vivid Northern California setting, imperfect Anna's rich and rocky history McLain had me completely hooked on the vivid setting, Anna's rich and rocky history, her search for answers
- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
Repeating history that had left living memory was an all-too-human tendency...
- Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
Egyptian artifacts, revelations about Alexia's mysterious father (and about her husband's centuries of history
- Review of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
When William's painful history resurfaces, it shakes the entire family with its repercussions.
- Review of Habits of the Sea by Shea Earnshaw
More Books to Explore Shea Ernshaw is also the author of The Wicked Deep, A History of Wild Places, Winterwood
- Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
feels compelled to take another path, rush to check on a loved one, or take some other seemingly odd action In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships
- Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik
and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
Despite their history, her breathless reactions to Wes didn't feel built upon factors I could believe
- Review of Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
of indigenous tradition into Daunis's everyday life, pivotal moments, and her personal and cultural history I was distracted by some jumpy transitions between action, thought, and feeling, especially in the earlier sections of the book, but Boulley weaves fantastically fluid and frequent details of indigenous tradition into Daunis's everyday life, pivotal moments, and her personal and cultural history.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/11/24 Edition
The janitor is a cultural outsider with a complicated history, and what he lacks in training he makes
- Review of The Levee by William Kent Krueger
by William Faulkner‘s story The Old Man and is set at the beginning of the worst flood in American history
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history
- Review of The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
There's a book within a book here, and the fictitious author of the stories has approached the murder
- Review of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
As Emily digs into the villa's complicated and dark history and delves into the past, the growing tensions
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition
and a web of lies that may get them both killed; and Jennifer McMahon's dive into a family's haunting history But disaster strikes, and Jax finds herself trying to unravel the twisted, complicated history of her family and its land--a history Lexie was researching and had become haunted by.


















































