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Jules's various challenges aren't too easily resolved, but I had faith that all major solvable issues would

I found myself trying to slow down and savor Novik's irresistible Scholomance world while reading The

In Dark Roads, characters figure out their places in the world, find internal strength when they need

and the over-the-top outlandishness of the Big Reveal seem on the surface potentially playful, which would

Liz Moore is also the author of Long Bright River  as well as Heft and The Unseen World .

insufferably mischievous but in rare cases redeemable; all manner of creatures coexist in and visit our world

She revels in the wonders of the natural world, soaks in her father's rich stories, loves her sisters

I had no idea, of course, that of all the feelings of my youth that would pass, it was this one, of an abundance of time so great as to routinely be unfillable, that would vanish with the least ceremony.

dysfunctionalfamily, #fourstarbookreview, #leavingthewitness 02 The Unexpected Spy ​ I love a peek at a secret world , and in The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's accounts of his sexual escapades with her and others, and, incredibly and most damningly, his use of the N-word

Orenstein didn't hit any false notes for me and kept me satisfyingly wrapped up in the elite gymnastics world The premise of Dear Emmie Blue made me wonder if the story would feel too far-fetched. one of them), Bea is surprised when a show producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would

But Frankie is starting to fall for George, even as she fears making a move that would ruin their friendship

The story showcases a love for books and the power of the written word. When the three cross paths out in the messy, unexpected, heartbreaking world, their encounters change

a rough and tumble story with enough suspense that I wasn't ever confident that the main characters would I wished a little more care had been taken with the resolutions at the end, and I would have liked some (I didn't love that one quite as much.) 02 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 optimistic explorer spirit--and I do love reading about strong female characters in a time when the world

List Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love. 06 The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin In the world

little bit of a stretch, like calls to like, and it seems plausible that damaged, sick individuals would

reputation over the safety and security of its teenaged students. 02 I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World

the tension and making clear the high stakes of Williams’s enormous secret and the destruction that would teenaged girls, an American and an Okinawan, whose lives are connected across seven decades and across the world

Feyre is drawn into a dangerous, glorious faery world of wicked beasts and complicated alliances to live

“I am no saint—none of us are—but once you have been at death’s door and you don’t die, you would think you would be bathed in relief and gratitude. his compulsion to use and his longtime inability to stop causes him to share multiple times that he would He feels he would do anything to be free of the chokehold of his addiction, which he feels is more severe

She's set on finding her father again and on making her way in a rough world made for men in order to

of Stars is 878 pages, so if you never hear from me again, just know that I'm still out there in the world

SecUnit's charges so that their need to find safety felt immediate and compelling (as its original team's would

The Exiles Christina Baker Kline, who authored Orphan Train (which I really liked) and A Piece of the World

lives that any one of them could be a murderer or a god come down to earth and not one of the others would

insufferably mischievous but in rare cases redeemable; all manner of creatures coexist in and visit our world

she does not love or feel the way others do, so she mimics body language and borrows others' caring words Yet she seems to be frustrated and indignant that those without her mental health condition would be concerned about sociopaths' sense of nothing to lose--and that others would be concerned about suffering

and myriad inhabitants show the interconnectedness of us all and celebrate the wonders of the wild world

In the world of Griffin's young adult fantasy novel The Nature of Witches, witches control the weather

but in any case, it was impossible to imagine that the very-much-set-in-their-ways Mikey and Alice would

I imagine that I would have preferred to read the print version of this title. didn't feel at all convinced that the person trying to sort out the convoluted situation at the end would

But she can't stop trying to destroy the heroes' false perfection that is devastating so much of the world

If you mentioned those adolescent fibs to Dylan today, he would probably “laugh about it,” Matthew ventured

We can see that Natalie believes she is as flawless as her painstakingly curated posts would have others

debut novel has remained largely under the radar since its publication last June, but I adored it and would has never met, in the conversational tone of a pen pal writing to someone who will love her and her words She uses Old Norse words in her speech and thoughts; she frequently mentions bravery, combat, wisdom, She can make no mark on the world--she cannot write or draw, she cannot disturb the snow by walking through sometimes desperately creative attempts to preserve lives; and the occasional triumphs that the rest of the world

slam-dunk premise: One friend poses a highly specific situation and asks the other to imagine how they would

But if the truth of Saoirse's secrets came out, it would upend her existence, and she is terrified that

and shaping her own way of honoring Tony, their life together, and their hopes for the future that would

Junie would likely be charming, and her joking dialogue and zingers might land more solidly, in person I loved feeling confident that all would work out in some fashion, and ultimately the teen romance here

McCann is also the author of Let the Great World Spin, which I liked, but not as much as I did this book

It almost seems as though the school heads would like to forget either of the troublesome young ladies connection is passionate but clandestine, and they manage to evade the scandal and punishment that would

Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands

Matthew Perry “I am no saint—none of us are—but once you have been at death’s door and you don’t die, you would think you would be bathed in relief and gratitude.

to find their true selves and then to be true to themselves, and while I felt confident that things would

Birdie's desperation for financial relief leads her down avenues she never would have anticipated, opening

One friend poses a highly specific situation and asks the other to imagine how they would escape it.

Arienne knew since she was a young girl that because she was born with magic, her future would end with

I think the pacing and the fantastical worlds lend themselves well to audiobook form. but it is chaste (lots of gazing into each other's eyes and touching faces); there's one use of the B-word

stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world

And which would be better?

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.