the Outer Banks" of North Carolina and is finishing her freshman year in college at a small liberal arts

little town, he's tediously searching for a stolen painting when he stumbles across a string of unsolved art

Dave's scholarship benefactors are a couple flush with family money, interested in the arts and matter-of-fact

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading the novel Liars , Sarah Manguso's exploration of art, marriage, Their inspiration and passion seem to complement each other's hopes and dreams in a web of artistic creativity

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby , an art-focused historical In 1938, runaway heiress and aspiring artist Juliette Willoughby gives up her inheritance for love, then

Speedwell teams up with her natural-history and mystery-solving partner Stoker to try to prove that local art in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists

In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

For my full review, check out The Vaster Wilds. 02 Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher Lex Croucher's It's hundreds of years after King Arthur's reign, and his descendant and namesake Arthur, a future lord together at Camelot to prepare for their upcoming nuptials, it doesn't take long for them to realize that Art The premise of Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is irresistible, the pacing is great, and the For my full review, please see Gwen & Art Are Not in Love. 03 To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit

01 How to Read a Book by Monica Wood The cover art and title of How to Read a Book gave me the impression

Michigan and mysterious circumstances to the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she now lives as an artist When a piece of her art wins a competition, it garners unwelcome attention and publicity that might reveal elements, plus a bad guy who's easy to detest, the overcoming of trauma, a deep love story, a passion for art

Oceanography of the Moon reads like a romance, with superlative moments, emotional encounters with art This book felt somewhat like a romance, as characters swoon, repeatedly cry over art and music, feel

He seeks meaning in art, in a close, sometimes-sexual friendship, and in the idea of trying to craft

In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

oneself. 03 Evil Eye by Etaf Rum Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art

Trackers, wonderfully detailed historical fiction set during the Great Depression that centers around art the Bone, the first in Alexandra Bracken's young adult fantasy series of the same name, which offers Arthurian The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

course of a year: a selective private university, a large public flagship university, and a liberal arts

fair-skinned boy is sent to the mainland in an effort to better his circumstances and so that he may take art

Viva sees Charlotte as self-obsessed and unreliable, while Charlotte imagines herself an artsy, nonconformist Viva dances and thrives in the rigid, exacting, unforgiving yet artistically expressive environment, largely eschews drinking, and she takes the jobs she must in order to sustain her dancing lessons and art-focused

Meanwhile Jenna is artistic and average, and her desperate wish is to be Jessica. Even Jenna's art--which is her escape and her gift--drives her crazy, and she destroys her self portrait

When Lily explores poetry as part of a school project, she finds the healing power of art--and realizes

01 Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild #1) by Ruby Dixon Ruby Dixon's paranormal, interspecies-romance Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the Royal Artifactual Guild, become an underground adventurer, find artifacts, and secure her own future The cover is arresting, and the sparkles and art are a nod to the novel's fantasy genre.

In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly shady, and certainly When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val follows her--and uncovers long-buried

Land. 05 1000 Record Covers by Michael Ochs This book is a few years old, but the collection of cover art from albums from the 1960s through 1990s highlights an often-overlooked art form perfect for music lovers

Speedwell teams up with her natural-history and mystery-solving partner Stoker to try to prove that local art in Miles's innocence, and as Veronica and Stoker follow clues they venture from a royal palace to an artists

But Murderbot isn't working as it should, despite ART's best attempts at repairing it and the Preservation

In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

fake marriage, comeuppances for the greedy bad guys, our main protagonists' falling deeply in love, art For my full review--and for a link to my rave Bossy review of Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love (

determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory, art her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry Throughout the book, characters, often middle-aged women, consider art, expression, love, respect, friendship

from their pharmaceutical giant Purdue--while making lavish donations of their opioid profits through art

and Chakrabarti's writing--about New York's bustle, small-town Indian life, the power of music and art

Plus, ART is back! Oh, ART! But there's enough room for ART to show its awe-inspiring battle readiness and its tender side too--and

The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

Based on the true story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into science, art, and race as it

The Trackers by Charles Frazier Frazier offers an immersive story that morphs from a WPA-funded rural art In Dawes, he meets eccentric, wealthy art lovers John and Eve Long--mysterious, possibly hiding something When Eve takes off from Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers

In Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac, a woodworker and a con artist and street performer In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends

Michigan and mysterious circumstances to the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she now lives as an artist When a piece of her art wins a competition, it garners unwelcome attention and publicity that might reveal elements, plus a bad guy who's easy to detest, the overcoming of trauma, a deep love story, a passion for art

Zeke is an artist, also a loner, and he's fascinating to Frankie. They come up with an original enigmatic phrase and add attention-getting artwork, then spread mysterious In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

I'm mesmerized by this gorgeous cover art. three volatile young people--bored photographer Veronica; her best friend, mischievous performance art

stories in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Martha Jackson dive into the art story of the thoroughbred Lexington, Horse delves into fascinating, complicated aspects of science, art

Schlitz's novel, inspired by her grandmother's journal, explores art, faith, challenge, transformation

I'm listening to The Personal Librarian, historical fiction with race and art at the heart of it, set Morgan's vast collection of valuable manuscripts and artwork.

Lex Croucher is also the author of the wonderful Not for the Faint of Heart and Gwen & Art Are Not in

discoveries of the famous ornithologist John James Audubon in this combination of biography/memoir, art

Fisher is candid, funny, charmingly offbeat, and she's mastered the art of honest self-examination.

In the hospital's arts and crafts class, she meets 83-year-old Margot, a spirited, rebellious new friend With the help of Father Arthur, the hospital chaplain, and a kind palliative care nurse, the friends goal adds structure to the novel, but the story is far richer than the characters' mission to create art

John Mandel's novel about plague and art that also plays with time; and Herrick's End, the first in T.M

determine what they're made of as they consider friendship, betrayal, fear of failure, the power of memory, art her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry Throughout the book, characters, often middle-aged women, consider art, expression, love, respect, friendship

by Kiersten White White's And I Darken , the first book in her Conquerer's Saga series, has cover art

When the writer was just out of high school, she was set for a big cross-country adventure and artist's the first aqualung; Ina Aroita grows up moving from naval base to naval base in the Pacific, crafting art

Cal is fresh out of art school, deeply in debt, and desperately poor, staying on acquaintances' couches Artie is friendly and kind, but private. Only we fully realize that Artie is feeling desperately lonely, disillusioned, and depressed. When Artie discovers a deep secret about his life, he's unsure how to cope. I loved reading about Artie's life and being allowed into his inner world.