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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

​ 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

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!

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

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

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

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

Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer

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

with lots of sexual tension along with some racy-steamy romantic interludes, and the book suited my summer

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

"If you must look back, try to find the beauty and the benefit in every cruelty done to you.

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

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

my full review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes After of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

But as with every visit home, Kieran is reminded of a careless mistake he made as a teenager that led No one's forgotten the heartbreak of that day, nor has there been very much healing from the pain of

Some of the wrap-up details near the very end felt a little bit unsatisfying, but resolving them cleanly My book club likes to tackle a mystery read as one of our summer books, and this was our most recent

Meanwhile, nearby, Ava's been kept quiet and controlled by her father her whole life--and he's after

each have reasons to mistrust other creatures, but they have to trust and rely on each other more than ever I love that the crew of the Wayfarer feels like a close-knit group of summer camp counselors somehow,

picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, we decided it would make a great summer

The Rose Code  is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer Shipstead is a wonderful writer, and I loved every word of this.

Will they ever be able to trust each other again? And where is Sam? After the story's twist becomes clear, the rest of the book is a waiting game; the reader stands by while

Teenage Andra finally wakes up after being cryogenically preserved for a century-long journey to a new

I had no idea Nora Roberts had written any dragon books because, I realized, I don't know that I've ever So, things are upended for Breen in every way. Dragons are very much a side note in this book, alternately soaring in the sky and carrying Keegan to

Flying Solo has been on my to-read list all summer.

Emmy-nominated writer Kalb saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them to

My very favorite books from May! Father and daughter, brother and sister, and mother and father find their way back together after hurting And he finds that almost everything Emma has ever told him about herself has been a lie.

I hate that I'm even typing this after my gloriously high expectations, but the middle of this book was

It was published five years after the first book, but I read them without a large gap of time in between I very much enjoyed Schwab's young adult Shades of Magic series; the first title is A Darker Shade of

After Jason Dessen, a physics professor, is abducted from the street in Chicago, he awakens in a different figuring out the other elements at work--turns out to be more high-stakes and dangerous than Emika ever

to cure his insomnia, Joe undergoes hypnotherapy...and finds out that he has bigger powers than he ever something to the effect of "Did all of these clothes that are lying around just walk themselves into every

fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure, a mystery to be solved, and simmering Her bodyguard is a surprisingly sympathetic strong, silent type (cue: simmering hints of romance with

You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances

By the time summer is over, Mary Jane understands how many more possibilities there are for her future than she's ever dreamed of, and she has in turn changed those around her.

straddles the line between meek and mild helpmeet and spirited, strong woman, and I was cheering for her every

excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story to dive into on a hot summer's

In the months after that, he would sometimes ask her “How’s conquering the world going, my sweet ruthless

I loved this one for a summer read!

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