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serving as mediator between wealthy vacationers temporarily in the park and the working-class full-time Charlotte's various views on the world are absolute gems, and I love spending time in her point of view

Inti and Aggie Flynn grew up spending time with their father living off the grid and become attuned to

The Gothic Undercurrents It's the perfect time of year to read some spooky, dark, gothic tales. irresistible Bridie are her striking and unfailingly loyal sidekick Sadie; Ruby, who is both a tender tie Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent

The majority of page time in the historical fiction title is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fascinating details of life at the time Jesus' role in Ana's story is as a faithful man who disagrees with the politics of the faith at the time Over time their eldest boys begin to fracture the family with unrelenting violence, destruction, and century medical care and exquisitely detailed glimpses into daily life and the workings of society at the time

It happens all the time. First, they refused to believe me. Then they shamed me. and abused, opening her own long-closed (and hitherto unknown to her) file and seeing for the first time

Frances spends most of her page time in self-obsessed analysis and introspection or making sweeping,

Girl One reminded me at times of Body of Stars, but this book held together more successfully for me,

By the time summer is over, Mary Jane understands how many more possibilities there are for her future

downs, her drinking-related missteps, and her failed loves (including, interestingly, a lot more page time

mix of different genres I read concurrently are usually reactive--a result of my library hold list timing Are you a one-book-at-a-time reader, or do you dabble with reading different types of books at once?

For a time, I confused some of the seven characters and their significant others, and the fact that I

I'd toyed with starting a book blog for a long time because of my bossy feelings about the books I read

The majority of page time is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness

retired from tennis at the top of her game, as the best player in the world and the greatest of all time

light "summer reads," but they were my favorites from a summer past, and they all stand the test of time In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add

for me, but in this case, I felt Faulkner deftly crafted Helen as naive, overwhelmed, lonely, and, at times

After all, last time around, all kinds of horrible things happened as she dug into (and solved, thank

of Maine last week, seeing family and old friends in my former hometown, it seemed like the perfect time

somewhat (for some of the characters, more than they realize) come together for their annual getaway, this time

instruments as instruments of death, what felt like overwrought narration of the audiobook, and the amount of time

and weight of various factors on another person and their unique life, but I had somewhat of a hard time

The boys and the members of their entourage each fight to tie up loose ends in their lives, explore new The mystery skips back and forth in time, and four years later, Iris's twin sister Ruth finally receives Cuckoo Land (which is the name of the book-within-a-book) connect these characters across space and time

her father, who has Parkinson's disease; she pays the bills; her mother spends the majority of her time Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness Experiences. 03 Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Jen Beagin's literary fiction novel is consistently bizarre, at times

it's 1817 in Edinburgh, and Hazel Sinnett is a young woman desperate to become something women in her time

third of the way through the audiobook, I was still questioning whether I was interested in investing time

Interestingly, she spends far more page time on her relationship with John Mayer than on her life and She seems like a good egg, and I really liked spending time with her through this memoir.

But when time goes by and Ada doesn't conceive a child, she is suspected of witchcraft, of causing trouble

realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch in In Pieces after living through the page time

there been very much healing from the pain of a young woman's disappearance that occurred at the same time

Fletcher was tough to read at times because of the frequent reckless, life-and-death, sometimes ill-advised

But despite the page time we spent with him in The River--when I felt a deeper connection to the character

At times the retracing of the town's history and the backgrounds of those involved in the climactic ride

“I suppose I could spend time theorizing how it is that people are not bad to each other, but that's

Before crossing over from the living forever, Wallace spends time in a mysterious in-between place (a

lovely debut from Rachel Beanland starts off with some rough events, and frankly I had a little bit of a time

answering a few questions about your tolerance for violence, rough language, and adult content; desired time

colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman at the time and the book within a book, the witchy focus, the renegade feminism, and the details of life at the time

Ruth is an independent thinker, which is a dangerous thing in this time and place.

The Sparrow took a little time to get going for me, but then I was blown away. Gilded Hour explores how these women's abilities and constraints intersect with women's rights of the time

But spending time working together for once allows Rowan and Neil to see sides of the other person that I hope this weekend holds some cozy reading time with books you love.

experience the intensity of the exciting events because of feeling yanked back and forth in pacing and in time

That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and I understand

I read Ford's memoir Somebody's Daughter around the same time I read the memoir Crying in H Mart by Michelle

necessary to have that be a discovery rather than allowing the full love story to grow without the first-time

Christina Lauren's heartwarming, funny story featuring strong friendships, plus it's steamy and romantic at times 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

mystery, complete with fantastic details of the dress, food, street life, and royal court tensions of the time

So far it feels nicely paced, and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's

The very end felt a little abrupt to me, but by that time I had already become satisfied with the lead-up

legitimately help us understand what motivates people's fanatical behaviors during this ever-restless era--a time

for a weeklong visit of east coast colleges with a touring company, Jessica's hoping for some quality time