they've always been very different in many ways, yet the women have been through difficult and joyful times

man working in a warehouse in the seaside town where she's staying temporarily, she invites Felix to travel

Dean's escape from media scrutiny leads him to rent Evvie's apartment for a time.

Chronic Illness--Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller, Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations and abused, opening her own long-closed (and hitherto unknown to her) file and seeing for the first time her fully realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch after living through the page time I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout this book.

neurosurgeon facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, found himself with many thoughts about existence and little time There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advance reader's copy, so this likely

Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness I loved reading this and loved spending time with Michelle Obama. his dogged determination in comparing notes and working cooperatively with others--even when his full-time

This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved everything about it. There's a ton of steaminess as Lilah and Shane at times can't deny their attraction and act upon it.

Rory Docherty has returned to rural North Carolina with a wooden leg and haunting memories of his time I loved the glimpses of rural life and of the specific place and time that Rash crafts so well.

historical fiction story, inspired by the real-life Sarah Grimke, and includes excruciating details of the time Louis, and Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time

I'm having a tough time with the premise of this one but am curious as to whether I'm missing something

Migrations follows Franny as she travels farther from civilization and safety--and as she considers what

(And I had an uncharacteristically tough time noting any editorial issues because I was so captivated her, really sees her, and she finds herself wanting to let someone into her own world for the first time in a long time. unrealistically easy (although I admit that cruising along with the story made me happy at the same time -type closure for both felt too convenient, and even a little dismissive of the complexities of the time

wonderfully oddball Stevie Bell as she takes her sleuthing skills outside of Ellingham Academy for the first time

The Women in the Castle offered a new-to-me angle on the events and surrounding circumstances of the time

"summer reads," but they were my favorite reads 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

Bossy Romantic Favorites The heat of August feels like a perfect time to dive into recently published The banter made me laugh at times, and I bought the attraction between Katie and Hutch, as well as the

As we say in Arabic, Time doesn't change; time reveals.

She met an early, untimely, dramatic end, and we witness the first time that the supernatural version

Meanwhile our main protagonist is a middle-aged woman appealingly muddling along at times, doing her

I had a tough time pinning down the tone in this roller-coaster story--I wasn't always sure whether Zusy

Our time here is limited, gone in the blink of an eye.

Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice shifts through time and points of view to explore outrageous wealth, ruthless

primary caregiver for her father, who has Parkinson's disease; her mother spends the majority of her time

In Hard Cash Valley, we spend page time with small-time drug dealers, cockfighting masterminds, Filipino William was a promising character, but we don’t have much time with him.

upon arrival (capturing periodicals on microfiche) is somewhat dry and isn't given significant page time

Inti and Aggie Flynn grew up spending time with their father living off the grid and become attuned to , her own often uncontrollable tendencies (eating most meals in bed and aiming to spend significant time

written in a copy of the novel, a seeming suicide, a disappeared body, and other mysterious circumstances tie Much of the page time in The Other Side of Night is spent with characters who exhibit odd, unexplained

I only wished this were longer so I could spend more time in Sheldon's head and in his company. I only wished it were longer so I could spend more time in Sheldon's head and in his company.

Charlotte's various views on the world are absolute gems, and I absolutely love spending time in her

For a time, Wizenberg is at a loss to explain much more than the power of her shifted desire. Because it is difficult for her to elucidate, it is at times also a challenge for the reader to fully Life, a home management book that I adored the cozy idea of in my early married days (my love of and time

Timothy Egan is also the author of The Worst Hard Time, fascinating narrative nonfiction about the Dust

were some steamy moments, but the sexiness often felt violent, the racy talk didn’t land for me and at times Even solid mentor Jim inexplicably says to Dani about Nick's appeal, "Keep spending time with him, on

I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas. I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations

it, but Poppy has convinced Alex to join her again on vacation to try to recapture their effortless times She'll just push down her strange feelings about Alex and pretend that fateful time never even happened

This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang I fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time

Barbara Robinson's 1971 holiday classic every Christmas season around here, and I love it every single time

The majority of page time is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness Agnes befriends a local priest who is sympathetic to her situation, and in time it becomes clear that I still think about this book from time to time, and I read it years ago. I only wished it were longer so I could spend more time in Sheldon's head and in his company.

nineteen or twenty, your life is governed by debts and favors, promises to pick up the check or drive next time

I found that I missed a more narrative arc here--I would have loved spending more page time in her daily family and work life and seeing time pass in both respects.

whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time A lot of page time was spent on logistics and on explaining why magical processes and machinations functioned

The stresses and pulls on their time as they've grown have caused them to grow apart, so a vacation together

feverishly to harvest the cherry crop without the usual support of workers due to the virus, and to make the time

The story is funny, sometimes grotesque, at other times sweet, and full of surprises.

Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. heartbreaking, heartwarming echoes and swirls of themes and details that repeat and connect through time

fractured nature of the fight in The Golden Enclaves meant that I didn't get to spend extended page time

As another girl disappears, this time one she's tenuously connected to, and when she realizes that aspects They begin to forge a stronger bond (despite how irritating they each find the other), but there's no time I think this was because of personal timing and my reading-during-vacation distraction circumstances,

maddeningly following their own whims and wielding the power here as they are everywhere in the world at this time I think the shifting back and forth in time could have felt jumpy, but it worked well for the story's

audiobook at 1.75x speed, which significantly shortened the 32-hour, 42-minute audiobook listening time

I would have liked more introspection, but I loved spending time in Kendrick's funny, honest, often wonderfully I loved spending time in her funny, honest, often wonderfully wacky point of view.

With everything going wrong, El and her friends must do the unthinkable yet again: this time they must