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- Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
also authored the books The True Love Experiment , The Unhoneymooners , In a Holidaze , Love and Other Words
- Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros
dialogue, yet the promise of the dragon element kept me reading with fingers crossed that the story would Yet Yarros's thrilling, twisty ending hooked me to find out what would happen in book two.
- Review of The Names by Florence Knapp
And which would be better?
- Review of Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles
This one took me a while to finish, but I savored each word.
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
The novel's eating and vivid French food descriptions are, as one would expect from Reich, a fun highlight
- Review of The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
Many years ago, everybody here would wake early because there was much to do and only so many hours in
- Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday
In Bibliophile, Mount offer gorgeous illustrations of some of the world's most beautiful bookstores,
- Review of Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Still, there are untruths made of words and untruths made of silences, and Mathilde had only ever lied
- Review of Bunny (Bunny #1) by Mona Awad
This is not a book I would universally recommend, but for an audience that appreciates cutting satire
- Review of The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran keeps trying to conjure up reasons he and Robin would need to travel somewhere beautiful to
- Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year
solitude together, wondering about and worrying about their daughters, each other, themselves, and the world
- Review of Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
was swooping in to help cement that who she was as a person was acceptable, and I didn't think Hazel would They also wrote Love and Other Words.
- Review of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison
Lorne Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would
- Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
The things we’d seen and done now felt too big for words. Silence was a better language.
- Review of The Distance from Four Points by Margo Orlando Littell
She has no clue as to what his intentions were, or why he would go against what he must have known she would have wanted.
- Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
The twists didn't lead the story exactly where I thought they would, and I was surprised by several turns
- Review of Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
2x speed, Griffiths's speech felt distractingly halting, with what felt like hard stops between each word
- Review of With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
Simon has been hoping all along that his struggling music career would someday take off, but it didn't look as though his dreams would ever come true. This didn’t go exactly where I thought it would (as far as who was with whom, doing what, and where) by the finish of the book, and I was hooked on finding out where things would go.
- Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock
The story showcases a love for books and the power of the written word.
- Review of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
They would make better allies than enemies, and as they agree to cover for each other amid sword-fighting
- Review of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
explore interconnectedness, the power of water, echoing tragedies, and the timelessness of the written word
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
Why would Ricky send a cryptic, desperate, last-minute warning but not have tried to communicate anything Why would the Reverend actively put Connor and Ricky together at all, if Ricky has made the life choices he has (which are presented as abhorrent to the Reverend)--but even more importantly, why would he link Why would they hold their hands over their hearts (as though saying the Pledge of Allegiance) during It would be easy to imagine that as a kidnapped teen who has demonstrated a rebellious streak and an
- Review of The Spy Coast (The Martini Club #1) by Tess Gerritsen
Maggie just can't figure out who's still alive and who would suddenly be after revenge.
- Review of Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
paying attention to the details of the story to try to unravel elements if I couldn't be sure that the words I grew impatient with the details but would love to talk about some of the Big Reveals if anyone else
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/4/22 Edition
order to serve in this powerful role—one that was unusual for a woman to serve in at the time, but would Neither Franny nor Hayes would typically go for such an idea, but they could each use the publicity to
- Review of Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
ride out with the characters; and a magic touch in telling a well-known story with more heart that I would
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/27/25 Edition
competitive school and having others distracted by your good looks doesn't make for as joyful a life as Jenna would
- Review of Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
(The way in which this itch is scratched is not likely one she would have chosen, but such is life.)
- Review of No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler
one evening, tabbed many, many passages, immediately bought my own copy, re-tabbed everything, and would control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after cancer treatment ("Who would
- Review of How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton
Goodbye, Wendy MacNaughton, former artist-in-residence at a hospice in San Francisco, illustrates the words
- Review of Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea
How and why would she end up with her nemesis? J.
- Review of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
To be fair, this would be an altogether different book. On a minor note, I would have been interested in learning more about Montell's father's experience--her
- Review of When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Minor nitpicks: I wasn't sure Anna would provide parenting advice and hindsight-based tips to Emily at such a fraught time, and I felt like Anna would have been periodically more crushed and paralyzed by
- Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen
threatens to fall apart--both individually and also to collectively fall away from each other in a way that would
- Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia
The land is controlled by those who would keep moving the goalposts, obfuscating the terms of living,
- Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year
her ornithology research commands, living in her sparse rental cabin and tuning out the rest of the world
- Review of Very Sincerely Yours by Kerry Winfrey
the dick"--as everyone around her brazenly begins referring to her disparaging, tedious, selfish ex--would I would have liked a little more of a gray area where Richard was concerned.
- Review of Antarctica by Claire Keegan
A few small moments change everything; a dance, a look, a careless word, a cruel reminder.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/21 Edition
She has no clue as to his intentions, or why he would go against what he must have known she would have
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/8/24 Edition
Gibson I wonder if you would have wanted me if you found me like that: vibrant and loved and alive.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/8/25 Edition
I lied to myself about how much horrifying material I could stomach--and how much more disturbing I would
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition
Block's occasional emphasis on certain words and infrequent, but present, perplexing pauses is at times
- Review of This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman
The story's small moments are heartbreaking; the dialogue is often wryly funny; and the words that are
- Review of Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
showdown, key characters must make impossible choices, even as they seemed to have suspected there would
- How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast
with the crushing realization that because of her dementia, the little hope Molly held out for this would
- Review of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
Would it take one partner by surprise? Did it happen suddenly? Could it happen to us?
- Review of My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan
didn't ponder the likely scenario or ask more questions as soon as doing so was possible--questions that would (I also had a few nitpicky questions, such as: why would Ellie need an explanation of a Claddagh ring
- Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
In that book, I kept feeling stopped by wondering why the heck anyone would continue delving daily into
- Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
Neither Franny nor Hayes (Hot Suit’s actual name) would typically go for such an idea, but they could
- Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
She breaks into the wall to find a silver spoon, engraved with the word SALEM.


















































