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- Review of Two White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack by Heidi von Palleske
In von Palleske's novel, two young boys share the experience of a tragic accident.
- Review of The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) by Naomi Novik
The young wizards hold the future of magic in their hands, in a sense, and their halting, experimental
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/16/20 Edition
Stars Set in Ireland in 1918, The Pull of the Stars follows a nurse, Julia, doctor, Kathleen, and a young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/20 Edition
Kendrick does a great job of positioning herself outside Hollywood as she was when she was young in order
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Frankel Frankel's story of a nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/14/21 Edition
jilted wife who's out for revenge; and Sally Rooney's heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about two young
- Review of The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
Lexie's sabotage of Jax's friendships at a young, vulnerable age seemed too easy for Jax to move past
- Review of Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis
The setup of how the best friends met (Emmie released a balloon with a message when she was young, and
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Barker's novel features Janet, a misunderstood, mocked, badly treated young woman coming of age in a
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad.
- Review of Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
McDaniel's novel Betty--set in the foothills of Appalachia and based upon her own family's stories--a young
- Review of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
imprisoned for life after being tried and convicted while children, but punished as though they were adults and EJI also doggedly manage to change some important laws that stop the imprisonment of minors in adult
- Another Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You
The tone frequently felt geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/21 Edition
White Queens and the One-Eyed Jack by Heidi von Palleske In von Palleske's modern gothic novel, two young
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
distance, she accidentally sees and identifies visitors to her own world--and they're the parents of her young
- Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year
But Fowler did an excellent job of delving into the all-consuming obsessions the desperate young Alva patterns, and, most importantly, she transports the reader into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
Her mother confided her darkest secrets to young Brodeur as though she was a friend, and she drew the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/8/22 Edition
powers (yet maintains her new, successful career as a children's author--with promise of becoming an adult
- Review of The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Each of the three main protagonists here is a young woman in the midst of her own high-stakes crisis,
- Review of Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
the human interest story behind the politics of the many events I remember from the news when I was young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
So when young hotshot Dominic Yun shows up and, as a male, automatically has the ear of their misogynistic
- Review of Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans
faith beginnings and her evolution into the liberal Episcopalian author and speaker she became as an adult
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/22/20 Edition
who becomes pregnant and is ultimately sent to prison in “the land beyond the seas"; Hazel, a savvy young
- Six 2020 Mysteries for You to Check Out
Sager has crafted a compelling Gothic suspense story in which we're along for the ride as Maggie, a young He becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery he keeps reading about in the newspaper: two young ladies
- Review of Wild Life by Keena Roberts
Roberts's desire for self-sufficiency and her powerful instincts, even as a young girl, are captivating
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
Luna and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/20 Edition
Ellie's sick of what many of her fellow female students put up with from young men who won't hear no
- Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina
Child by John Hart I loved John Hart's brusque, determined Clyde Hunt, the scrappy and unstoppable young
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI
Child by John Hart I loved John Hart's brusque, determined Clyde Hunt, the scrappy and unstoppable young
- Review of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
Several characters seemed unappealing and potentially too-obvious drivers of complications (the young
- 2025 Bossy Fiction Ideas for Your Holiday Gift List
A Twisty, Fast-Paced, Con-Artist Mystery 01 First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston Elston's first adult novel
- Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year
Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/3/21 Edition
Princess Diarist was Fisher's last book, published in 2017 and based upon the diaries she kept as a young
- Six More Short Story Collections I Loved
grandparents lived and where she was born, here offers stories spanning forty years, featuring women, men, and young
- Review of A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
the perpetuated cruelty of her female characters against their daughters, daughters-in-law, and other young
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Arthur, the young, haunted-seeming caretaker of the estate, seems resigned to her presence even as he
- Review of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Vance shares his unlikely, circuitous route to an emotionally and financially stable adult life. childhood that often centered around upheaval, danger, and despair to an emotionally and financially stable adult
- Review of All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger
patterns, and, most importantly, she transports the reader into the gruff but hopeful mindset of a young
- Review of Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
He falls hard for young Doris despite their brief conversation.
- Review of the Cormoran Strike series books 1-4 by Robert Galbraith
into things in an unlikely rush. 04 Lethal White by Robert Galbraith At the start of Lethal White, a young
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
Meanwhile, Guerrero is young and often sounds like it as she flits from topic to topic in her account
- Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Much like The House in the Cerulean Sea, the tone of this book for adults was earnest and felt to me
- Six of My Pandemic-Era Book Buys
emphasizes that we are all called to be part of the movement. 04 A Witch in Time From the publisher: "A young
- Review of A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
She didn't seem intelligent (or, again, alluring enough for an educated young man like Xavier, who purports
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Novels for Everyone on Your List
In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious
- Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp
Xavier is a young veterinarian who feels grumpy, exhausted, and as though he may be losing faith in humanity
- Six Short Story Collections to Wow You
She also wrote the Apothecary trilogy for young readers. 04 Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash In Nothing
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad.
- Review of In Pieces by Sally Field
Therapy (and her acting as a sort of therapy) eventually allowed Field to come into her fully realized adult
- Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
pregnant and is ultimately sent to prison in Australia, “the land beyond the seas"; Hazel, a savvy young
















































