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A borrowed car and an open mic night open up new possibilities while a fight with her dad sharpens her

later in a doubling pattern that ends sixteen years later, then presents events in halved time periods (eight

It might not be your best work, but it will be good work, and it will be what saves you.”

perfectly straddling the status of unaware childhood and responsible young adulthood and a capability for action The situation allows for an intriguing gray area rather than an easy, black-and-white sense of right-and-wrong

Sciona's fight to pursue magic and her oft-frustrated ambition, her personal journey of reconsidering The final section of the book doesn't shy away from violence, end-of-days drama, and a nuclear option

She obsesses over trying to track down the robber, can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted

Temeraire series, we're introduced to Captain Will Laurence, a young, upstanding seafaring captain fighting

(Am I too grumpy if I share that the repeated "you're perfect just the way you are" messages might have and touching faces); there's one use of the B-word (in a moment in which human--actually creature--rights The House in the Cerulean Sea in a post last week called Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right

of (he is expected to stay for months), and her horrifying neglect—she has no idea what these people might kidnapped teen who has demonstrated a rebellious streak and an increasingly strong sense of self, he might imagine in these moments that he is through with her--even if he might feel compassion for her ignorance I mentioned this book and its captivating premise in Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right

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the power of books takes a tough situation that ends in a death and allows for a fresh start--which might

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In Green's insightful hands, he illustrates how the modern-day fight against TB--with conflicts about

“Never quit, but sometimes do quit, ’cause you simply might not be that good at some shit.” For more more MORE memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out the Greedy Reading Lists

This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. The thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not what you might expect

books, perennial classics, modern favorites, nonfiction must-haves, or other new-to-you titles that might popular performers on the planet--and along the way created the background soundtrack for the Civil Rights

Cruel forces wield ruthless power in the dark land below--and those in charge might destroy him if he hope in a devastating prison of a situation, he begins the trajectory of becoming an unlikely hero who might

annoying hero, El, with her dark magic--more powerful than any of her classmates realize--fears she might Reid is a straight-laced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong.

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Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much.

Each day Addie wakes up a stranger, even to someone she spent the night with. I mentioned this book (along with The Fighting Bunch and The Empress) in the Greedy Reading List Three

They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.

pills as the basis for everyday tasks and as the foundation for the worldwide economy and offer greater rights In the midst of a global panic, Welga is drawn back into intelligence work in order to identify and fight

scandalous Sinn Fein activist and doctor Kathleen Lynn, who bursts onto the scene to Handle It left and right laser focus to the most essential everyday matters: living life as truthfully and joyfully as possible, fighting

A gentleman likes to have a horse that gives the right answers to those questions, then he can believe that he will give the right answers too.

She’s kissed all the babies and passed all the right legislation and said all the right things. escapades and her willful, careless ignorance of the potentially grave, widespread consequences of her actions The feeling in this section reminded me somewhat of of The Unsinkable Greta James, with additional depth

See presents Yunxian as a feminist in many ways, but doesn't allow her to feel more modern than might

moments Keegan highlights; while she explores decisions often determined by instinctual black-and-white, right-and-wrong struggle involved in reaching out from comfortable safety and taking a risk in order to do what feels right lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other times action

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point of view and the version of a reckoning that it offered, but it was an interesting way to set up slight

I was concerned that Molly's unique set of idiosyncrasies might be too central of a plot point in that it might allow for too-easy deception, and that seeing others take advantage of her innocence would

His wonderfully eccentric characters and story scenarios might seem self-consciously zany in another

her Taiwanese mother's unrelenting pressure and sky-high expectations, June has always done just all right

writing the nuclear energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight

Broken Horses feels like a memoir for which I might actually need to experience the audiobook and the If you like memoirs, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Illuminating Memoirs I've And if you like books about music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories

current life, the husband she loves, and her kids--or upset everything to explore the fantasy of what might The characters' duplicitous actions were difficult for me to empathize with; their romantic plights felt Yet the characters felt largely lacking in introspection or even action.

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I kept wondering if a stronger editorial hand might have tightened up the story so its essence could

Renkl's beautiful, striking observations range from a New Year's Day sighting of a crow and her exploration

ICYMI: Wiley Cash's The Last Ballad explores race relations and the fight for dignity in a 1929 North An individual tragic end also serves as a heroic sacrifice within a larger and extremely important fight

, rode a roller coaster of personal and professional adventures, overcame difficulties, and set her sights

to money, some live together, and in many cases they demonstrate a desire to have a good time, which might

wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right instances when I was blissfully unwilling to hear anything critical whatsoever about the protagonist or his plight

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Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles . judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions

But when Madison and her best friend go missing that night, Emmy realizes the girls have been keeping

Check out this link for my review of Andrew Sean Greer's Less, a book that was the right one at the right

priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts' past histories that might

I support transgender rights and therefore am uncomfortable with some of views expressed by J. K.