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She's gifted when it comes to computers, but she's been driven by desperate circumstances to become a She's also conveniently left behind many complications and some dark secrets.

Those around Selma work to quickly come to terms with their finite existence, and young and old members of the community consider their lives with new eyes. magical realism, fables, superstition, and romance in this translation from Leky's original German coming-of-age

The best friends and their love interests delve into their complex connections with each of the others

It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order

that despite his edgy moments and curious observations, Sedaris may tone down his reflections for the comfort

01 Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land was a complex, heartbreaking, hope-filled

Wallace spends time in a mysterious in-between place (a tea house) in the form of a ghost and attempts to come being told how many things aren't known about the in-between state--and how little is known about what comes

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents; and Wholehearted Faith, the late Rachel Held Evans's upcoming compilation Evans's friend and fellow author Jeff Chu compiled the pieces of Evans's work into this collection that

Those around Selma work to quickly come to terms with their finite existence, and young and old members of the community consider their lives with new eyes. behavior isn't my favorite so far, but I often suspect that Sedaris is toning down his reflections for the comfort

Elle has an enormous decision to make: stick with her contented, comfortable current life, the husband Miranda Cowley Heller digs into secrets, lies, abuse, desire, shocking truths, complications, and love to think of other atmospheric novels that center around affairs at the beach, but the book that kept coming Brodeur, about Brodeur's narcissistic mother's ongoing affair and how she brought her daughter into her complicated

She only occasionally appears on the show, but she comes on to yodel (her grandparents came to Alaska She shares her ongoing, active commitment to personal and emotional growth, bettering the world, being The author explores the beauty of companionship and like a poet, she lays out her unique love story. Pilot that night, I said to her lasciviously— I don’t know what possessed me—“Have you ever tried a comedian Short comes across as charming, nutty, grounded, and really endearing in this fun, funny memoir. 06 It's

Main protagonist Gifty's journey was full of challenges and not too easy or complete, and her voice had Her childhood preacher and the church community are faulted, yet her experiences within that community herself off from most other people, and she has long used work as a refuge and an excuse to be almost completely When Gifty's mother comes to visit and falls into a depression, unable to get out of bed or even eat,

toward dark magic and destruction, or she could try to rewrite her future by envisioning something completely El and Orion's significant, unique powers turn out to complement each other as perfectly as their personalities

Elle has an enormous decision to make: stick with her contentment and comfortable current life and husband Miranda Cowley Heller explores secrets, lies, abuse, desire, shocking truths, complications, and love

and exposing the truth around her as a journalist, while Bea retreats into a reclusive, mysterious community When mysterious events come to light that seem linked to the seemingly harmless, benevolent group The I'm intrigued by stories about secrets and mysterious communities or private groups, so the focus on

and exposing the truth around her as a journalist, while Bea retreats into a reclusive, mysterious community When mysterious events come to light that seem linked to the publicly harmless, seemingly benevolent

Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land was a complex, heartbreaking, hope-filled, surprising, fascinating read. It feels unfair to compare Cloud Cuckoo Land to Doerr's beloved and quite different book All the Light Using the stories as a common point between the book's timelines sounded potentially gimmicky--and also with the famous ancient Cloud Cuckoo Land and its intentions. ("...was Diogenes writing lowbrow comedy He realizes that the truth is infinitely more complicated, that we are all beautiful even as we are all

She finds comfort in watching episodes of her local children's show, and she impulsively writes a letter

her destined path toward dark magic and destruction or to rewrite her future and envision something completely She finds comfort in watching episodes of her local children's show, and she impulsively writes a letter

The Last Ballad explores race relations and the fight for dignity in a 1929 North Carolina mill camp community The Last Ballad explores race relations and complicated relationships within a largely segregated living I read The Last Ballad with my book club, and this week I reviewed When Ghosts Come Home, Wiley Cash's

Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience. This is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction read. Crying in H Mart is a complicated, layered love letter to Zauner's mother, who is dying of colorectal Zauner delves into her intense love for the complex flavors, the frequently time-consuming and sometimes Jean's story is lighthearted, romantic, and sometimes poignant with frequently silly, teenaged comments

Crying in H Mart felt like a complicated, layered love letter to Zauner's mother, who is dying of colorectal Zauner delves into her intense love for the complex flavors, the frequently time-consuming and sometimes increasingly capable of providing touch points for her mother--whether this takes the dietary forms of Korean comfort Her story is compelling and intriguing, whether or not you're familiar with her or her indie band.

Ford's memoir about growing up while her father was incarcerated and the complicated childhood that shaped I'm listening to this memoir by Michelle Zauner of the band Japanese Breakfast, which feels like a complicated Zauner's story is compelling whether or not you're familiar with her or her indie band. 03 Somebody's In her memoir Somebody's Daughter, Ford explores her complicated relationship with her mother, her endless loyalty to her younger brother, her complex feelings about her father and the idea of him returning

She comes from poverty and an unfavored area, and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship Johnson's explorations of the complicated intersections of class, wealth and poverty, control of valuable In some worlds, Cara recognizes common characteristics in those she loves or fears; she sometimes barely loved her as an unlikely heroine, and I loved that it wasn't too easy for her to attempt to address complex

Rowley explores grief and how it is a shared--yet completely individual--experience.

choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or the mortals she has come

Despite some small moments that felt heavy-handed, this is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction Yet the story Browder shares is so compelling, so shocking, and so intriguing, I didn't mind skimming specific without getting bogged down in the details, and the pacing of the book is appealingly quick and compelling like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling

shares her increasing annoyance at the bards' reported tales of Odysseus as he extends his outrageously complicated Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena bicker and take part in petty competitions with enormous repercussions.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Wiley Cash's upcoming Southern mystery, When Ghosts Come Home; 01 When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash Cash, author of A Land More Kind than Home and The Last Ballad When Ghosts Come Home centers around racial tensions, political angles, and testing longstanding allegiances Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the sharing her increasing annoyance at the bards' reported tales of Odysseus as he extends his outrageously complicated

Jean's story is lighthearted, romantic, and sometimes poignant with frequently silly, teenaged comments

, his thought processes, what worked and didn't, and moments of despair so deep he couldn't imagine coming Haig lists positive things in the world (they're referred to in the book's title) that comprise his motivations

She comes from poverty and an unfavored area, and she lives in uncertain status, without citizenship

constant loss of their beloved “mayflies” (other people, who live such relatively short existences compared protagonist Tom Hazard’s point of view, which evolves by the close of the story, the shift seemed to come

, we revisit the brave, faulted, irresistible character of Pippa Fitz-Amobi, who is drawn back into complex That is, until her friend Connor comes to her in a panic. Nothing is too easy, but the author doesn't rely on red herrings, merely offering complex, interconnected situations that require Pip, Ravi, Connor, and company to unravel them bit by bit, relying on hunches Her third book, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month. I can't wait.

“I needed a book written by someone who exists in that foggy space between the common cold and terminal She traces her own debilitating symptoms and her significant, life-threatening complications and severe

That is, until her friend Connor comes to her in a panic. Holly Jackson's third book in this series, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month, and I can't wait

to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work at this lodge, and that things are more complicated

each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's beginning to wonder if she continues to leap into commitment

like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling starting to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work here, and that things are more complicated each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's beginning to wonder if she's attempting to leap into commitment

Wilson's bubbly personality comes through in these essays, and her show business experiences were interesting Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian (Saturday Night Live), and writer, shares essays and

, and Lange generally delivers resolutions that aren't always surprising but that I was glad to see coming

stoop and declares that she will not leave the house for all the silver in Seville, but I--being hard compelled Meanwhile, pious, black-cloaked Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, comes to town. and wild accusations raised, and the men drum up hysteria, fear, and finger-pointing throughout the community It's satisfying to watch as members of the community begin to recognize the witch hunters as more devilish

reintroduce wolves into the Scottish Highlands and to overcome personal tragedy; The Wreckage of My Presence, comedian and NetGalley. 02 The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian

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It's a complicated situation, but that didn't sit right to me without more of a reckoning.

Meanwhile, pious, black-cloaked Matthew Hopkins comes to town and begins being called the Witchfinder

temptation to lament to her as if the sorrow were his, when the whole brunt of trouble was already coming Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time; Jack's and

moonlights as a pit fighter and is "a sleek goth avatar of pain"), as well as potentially ill-advised companions

conversationally takes us through her youth in Scottsdale, Arizona, her awkward years, her discovery of her comedic Her mother is presented sympathetically while coming off as odd, and Lockwood herself takes on a somewhat of a nearby toxic waste dump as a likely reason for widespread and devastating health effects in the community

It feels appropriate to have complicated feelings about this book.