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Simon finally gets a chance to go on tour with his band to open for a major act, and just as he's letting What happens to a relationship when the people in it change, and their dreams along with them? What does commitment mean when the essence of a person within the relationship changes?

mid-nineteenth century community in the Arctic Circle, immersing the reader in a cold, unforgiving climate pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting changes

T. and Charlotte must work together to figure out: Are they meant to change the future, make sure nothing changes, learn a lesson, or impart knowledge of some kind? Have they missed thirteen years of their lives--and the chance to figure out how the heck they ended come, but I loved the bookending of the time capsule and letters to their future selves, the second-chance like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

explores ideas of masculinity and loyalty, young love, a gay relationship forged in an unforgiving social climate

Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred Can she shift the future by changing the past? Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing structure to surround our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change

The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Ruth Reichl. It's a fairytale-like love letter to Paris in which a staid young woman has almost magical encounters with food, fashion, and kind strangers, which collectively and dramatically shape her future. Stella is practical, frugal, regimented, and independent. A copyeditor who lives by a careful daily schedule, she is thrown for a loop when her estranged, impulsive, selfish mother dies and leaves her an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket with the directive "Go to Paris." She's tempted to defy her mother by not following her bossy demands, but when Stella arrives in Paris, a series of fortuitous encounters with French fashion, food, caring characters, and her own past make for a sweet story. The novel's eating and vivid French food descriptions are, as one would expect from Reich, a fun highlight--and also a pivotal part of her self-discovery and her future. Fashion also turns out to be a key to Stella's fate, and French designs are highlighted within The Paris Novel and given an almost magical power. The relationships that seem problematic or fated to fail each turn out to be essential to Stella's happiness and part of a found family that propels her forward into a more rich, full life. With the exception of her fraught past relationship with her mother--as well as a haunting (and for me, surprisingly dark) element to the story, an occurrence in Stella's childhood that happened due to her mother's self-obsession and lack of supervision--there's no doubt everything is going to work out on all fronts for Stella in this novel. Convenient encounters, fairytale-like turns of events, and decadent experiences with food and fashion are fun, heartwarming, and light, and make for a satisfyingly clean wrap-up of all conflicts. I listened to The Paris Novel as an audiobook. I'd love to hear your Bossy thoughts about this book! This is Ruth Reichl's first novel. Her wonderful food-focused memoirs Garlic and Sapphires  and Tender at the Bone  were both listed in my Greedy Reading List of Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite , and you can find my review of Save Me the Plums , her memoir about heading up Gourmet magazine, here .

promising talent and her best friend from high school (who's now a high-powered agent), Emma gets the chance home, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring, career-building, lucrative, and life-changing Only, the last thing Charlie Yates wants is someone changing his (terrible) script.

but the heat of summer has recently hit where I am, and the idea of reading a story set in a frigid climate The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with realistically messy fallout and life-changing consequences at stake.

With dual storylines, multiple generations, assumed identities, otherworldly beings, wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters, and a rich English countryside setting.

This is the chance you waxed about so long ago. Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes

Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change Her brother is jealous and cruel; her uncle has become bitter and petty since his fortunes have changed Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria Victoria's life changes dramatically.

But when she gets the chance to rework a script by the famous screenwriter Charlie Yates, she bends over help with their dad, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring, career-building, life-changing Only, the last thing Charlie Yates wants is someone changing his (terrible) script.

Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances A meeting of grandmother and grandchild could change everything forever. Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance

talked to me about it, that's for sure--what it feels like to love someone so much, and then have them change Knowing what she does about the future, would Alice change the past? She gets do-over chances and plays with how various decisions shift her potential future. like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

Reading Now I'm listening to Carley Fortune's newest light fiction about a missed opportunity and second chances A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later...but while As the women prepare to graduate from college, one night of confessions could change their relationships to rehabilitate humans' reputation as selfish and destructive, while alloy pilot Vaha jumps at the chance

Riddle's time-travel story centers around reconciling the inability to change what has already occurred Can she shift the future by changing the past? Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing structure to surround our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change

is a heartwarming book from the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about books, second chances Fikry is suddenly...changed. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is about second chances--and finding hope again.

Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances Can she shift the future by changing the past? My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

social comparison and perfectionism, and he offers suggestions of widespread measures and family-based changes shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young people to lead efforts toward change

Maine, How to Read a Book ; I'm listening to Alison Espach's playful and poignant novel about second chances three cross paths out in the messy, unexpected, heartbreaking world, their encounters seem destined to change

Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing as a structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for more stressful and Emma's mother shows up, will the potentially serious feelings between them stand a chance

I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

professional missteps and cutthroat choices, pushing toward what feels like an inevitable, disastrous climax

books and truth-telling as characters discover their bravest selves and confront difficult situations, changing Kirsten Miller is also the author of The Change , a novel that I said " explores the power of menopausal

Constitution was shaped the way it was, its evolution, the possibilities and barriers in place regarding changing present-day nation, finishing with a grade for each aspect of the Constitution and a tone of empowerment for change

Fortune's rom-com novel about loss, adjusting goals and the pictures of our life as we age, and second chances a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers long-buried secrets that could change A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed Can she shift the future by changing the past?

energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight of fancy that changed a packhorse librarian in 1930s Appalachian Kentucky and adds layers like a complicated past, second chances Blaylock offers up second chances at love, avoidance of punishment for our heroes' missteps when they When the three cross paths out in the messy, unexpected, heartbreaking world, their encounters change

Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing decisions enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances

Howard's literary speculative fiction explores fate, free will, changing the past and implications for promising talent and her best friend from high school (who's now a high-powered agent), Emma gets the chance home, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring, career-building, lucrative, and life-changing Only, the last thing Charlie Yates wants is someone changing his (terrible) script.

shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young people to lead efforts toward change when a local farmer shoots a dog going after his sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events that will change

She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything. Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance come, but I loved the bookending of the time capsule and letters to their future selves, the second-chance A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed

It follows that there are two ways for the nature and use of human power to change. When the people change, the palace cannot hold.

Drawn to locals like high schooler Betty Campbell, who is physically and psychologically changed after But she experiences a wavering and changing faith of her own.

A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed

imperfect parenting, compounding mistakes by clinging to fear or regret, and against-the-odds second chances I loved the Appalachian Trail adventure and bonding, the in-charge warden who has worked hard and earned

Experts have long offered warnings about global weather changes and the potential destruction possible Isla must decide whether to believe Ewan but stay away from him in order to live, or to lose a chance like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

one-night stand with a cute neighborhood bartender leads to an unplanned pregnancy, and suddenly everything changes brush her teeth following the sandwich-eating and therefore couldn't eat at all, she did not learn and change

Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances Can she shift the future by changing the past? Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances

The bear does ultimately shift everything for their family, and the story is brutal in its climax, yet

Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would change of father and daughter, and as the winter progresses, Jack and Ronnie's roles shift and their lives change

For my full review of this book, please see Razorblade Tears. 03 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But what I loved most about The Change was the unapologetic embracing of the frequently fraught menopausal Click here for my full review of The Change. 04 Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Stephanie Wrobel's

Japan while attempting to stay true to herself, to love who she chooses--and to preserve her parents' chances , privilege, and pressures are fun and fantastic, including elaborate clothing and frequent costume changes

When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

looking at under a microscope, and Stevenson and others are using the information to advocate for many changes traces the webs of deceit, greed, bravery, and the desire for heroic glory that build to the book's climax

head with a twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing When Martha and Zhen connect, the collision might just change everything...for everyone in the world.

It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance. about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had made peace with--he must decide whether it changes

I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence But he had been one of two men charged with the rape of one of Martha's best friends, and now the sole