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- Review of London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe
If you mentioned those adolescent fibs to Dylan today, he would probably “laugh about it,” Matthew ventured
- Review of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
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
- Review of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
We can see that Natalie believes she is as flawless as her painstakingly curated posts would have others
- Review of This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
slam-dunk premise: One friend poses a highly specific situation and asks the other to imagine how they would
- My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books
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
- Review of This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History by Beverly Gage
I found Gage's writing and perspective so engaging, I would have happily read a book twice this length
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/16/26 Edition
But if the truth of Saoirse's secrets came out, it would upend her existence, and she is terrified that
- Review of Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
and shaping her own way of honoring Tony, their life together, and their hopes for the future that would
- Review of You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum
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
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Only when the two women's worlds intersect can they piece together the full stories of their husbands
- Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/25/26 Edition
Birdie's desperation for financial relief leads her down avenues she never would have anticipated, opening
- Review of The Wedding People by Alison Espach
to find their true selves and then to be true to themselves, and while I felt confident that things would
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/10/23 Edition
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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/13/26 Edition
One friend poses a highly specific situation and asks the other to imagine how they would escape it.
- Review of Apeirogon by Colum McCann
McCann is also the author of Let the Great World Spin, which I liked, but not as much as I did this book
- Review of The Blood of the Old Kings (Bleeding Empire #1) by Sung-Il Kim
Arienne knew since she was a young girl that because she was born with magic, her future would end with
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
stun medieval British society with her vow of celibacy and ambitious pilgrimage halfway around the world
- Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
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
- Review of The Names by Florence Knapp
And which would be better?
- 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
- 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/26 Edition
But Frankie is starting to fall for George, even as she fears making a move that would ruin their friendship
- 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 Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
aren't quite as they seem. ...and so this was her life, because it had always been her life, and it would either kill her, or she would survive it.
- 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 Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher
I was curious to find out if Cher would provide more reflection around events as she grew older and more This is very minor, but Block's occasional emphasis on certain words and infrequent, but present, perplexing
- 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
- Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
The author is deeply connected to nature and has a poet's way with words as she explores the wonder of I listened to The Comfort of Crows as an audiobook, but I think this one would have been even better
- 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 The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton by Jennifer N. Brown
the present-day storyline imagine vast wealth hidden on the premises, and Alison realizes that some would
- 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
- 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 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 The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3) by Tana French
While I don't think you must read the other books in the series before this one, I do think readers would
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/15/22 Edition
Knowing what she does about the future, would Alice change the past? Leo would love to reconnect, but Lily is not interested in rekindling their flame. Lauren also authored the books The Soulmate Equation, The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words
- My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books
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
- 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.
- 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 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 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 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, 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 Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea
How and why would she end up with her nemesis? J.
- Review of Good Material by Dolly Alderton
I didn’t want to know all these words, charged with urgency and crisis. bickering, hectic, haggard states seem to serve as a potential warning sign to Andy and Jen of what life would
- 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 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 Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
In Chinese, the word for America translates as "beautiful country." But stress and the constant fear of illness and tragedy—any misfortune that would draw attention to the I would have loved more of that older point of view.
- 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

















































