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  • Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI

    builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

  • Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI

    It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes

  • Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    Beautiful by Maggie Smith Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, and she weaves in history The book is made up of many short sections, and much of Smith's exploration is focused on the way in

  • Six More Four-Star (and Up) Mysteries I Loved in the Past Year

    assassins was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing the painful truth of her own traumatic history

  • Shhh! Nonfiction and Hobby Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    I mentioned the music-focused book Music Is History in an earlier book gift list this season and included

  • Shhh! Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    the stories across time, he also set up rich glimpses into characters' lives at different points in history

  • Review of The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) by Naomi Novik

    A lot of page time was spent on logistics and on explaining why magical processes and machinations functioned

  • Review of The Lost Man by Jane Harper

    builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/21 Edition

    Hawkins's mystery The Wife Upstairs, set for January 5, 2021 publication, the main players and their histories

  • Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

    Abu-Jaber made me hungry while drawing me into her history, with recipes special to her placed strategically have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the first section I found the sections about a day in the life of Bourdain's kitchen and a day in the life of a three-star I really fell for Bourdain watching him in action on television--witnessing his bristly manner and his I found her teenage daughter's sections somewhat irritating, but it must be tough to be a teenager drawn

  • The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year

    builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history

  • Review of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

    If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this If you're in for a new character-driven, superhero-focused, smart, wicked, and action-packed book, this She provides lots of action; sometimes poignant internal conflict; some dark humor; and she builds history Both offer unlikely heroes, action, and some dark humor, although Yee's young adult book is more playful

  • Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

    The book was published in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History's extensive exhibition

  • Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire

    The book was published in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History's extensive exhibition

  • Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI

    It gleans tips about holding conversations and functioning around others by watching its favorite show The faulted character of April May was wonderful, and I was fascinated by the way her actions and hopes

  • Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

    stability; and the ambivalent search for a parent who left her children behind without any answers or history

  • Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

    Abu-Jaber made me hungry while drawing me into her history, with recipes special to her placed strategically have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the first section I found the sections about a day in the life of Bourdain's kitchen and a day in the life of a three-star I really fell for Bourdain watching him in action on television--witnessing his bristly manner and his I found her teenage daughter's sections irritating, but it has to be tough to be a teenager drawn into

  • Review of The Painter by Peter Heller

    He has a painful history he's trying to accept and get past, but sometimes darkness seeps into his thoughts introspection and the calm of creating works of art, but also a brush with more brutality that spurs Jim to action

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