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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.

partners like Nadia (an accountant who moonlights as a pit fighter), as well as potentially ill-advised companions Louis, and Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time

What Hailey doesn't anticipate is that the community will assume she's been taken by the highway killer I found some commonalities between Dark Roads and another suspenseful read I recently read and was engrossed

premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief, and the twist I never saw coming Our main protagonists are satisfyingly clever and resourceful, but they meet with plausibly complicated There was a twist that I didn't see coming, and I thought it worked beautifully.

how to find value and passion in them; siblings and spouses alternately support each other and vie to compete

she lives, but she often feels buoyed or hindered by a feeling of déjà vu, and occasionally she feels compelled

Practical Zoya struggles with her inconvenient romantic feelings for Nikolai (and vice versa) and begins to come a focus of book one--is a motivator for action in Rule of Wolves, but Bardugo also delves into the complicated

Each possibility of a present and future is built upon different combinations of decisions Nora could Some lives are notable, others comfortable, and still others are full of pain. She often feels buoyed or hindered by a feeling of déjà vu, and occasionally she feels compelled to take it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without easy or saw-it-coming Now she's coming to terms with the recent and tragic loss of the person she loved and the future she

We like to add books by some of the authors we hear to our reading list for the coming year.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Down Comes the Night, a young adult fantasy story featuring magical 01 Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft I love the setup of Saft's romantic young adult fantasy novel , Down Comes the Night. We like to include books by some of the authors we hear to our reading list for the coming year.

Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was Chief of police Kate Burkholder, who was once part of the local Amish community herself, is called in But Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the mystery's resolution coming, and I was of grace, who is forgivably faulted, and who is seemingly respectable yet driven by desperation to commit murder is more complex and surprising than it initially seems.

which a Golden Age movie star is plunged into the future, where her old-fashioned views and strategies come

of humor interspersed with the action and lots of (literally) flowery language (characters in love communicate

Chief of police Kate Burkholder, who was once part of the local Amish community herself, is called in

Vincent has tried to make his own suffering as great as possible behind bars by eschewing distraction and comfort Fun fact: Whitaker is eager to be in contact with his readers and will comment on Instagram if you mention In interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily, complex taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents (who raised her) for help, but she's not comfortable

When events come to a head and the O'Banion brothers must flee down the Gilead River--in hopes of meeting aunt--their recently orphaned neighbor Emmy and their steadfast best friend Mose don't hesitate to come

between generations' plans for the business and for their individual futures; and basic, intensely complicated how to find value and passion in them; siblings and spouses alternately support each other and vie to compete

trailer, and Ike, who knows a Black man can't afford to put a foot out of line, has built his landscaping company Cosby had a new book coming out.

She is compelled to continue trying to engage and attempt to amaze those reading her absurd posts, and This section of the book is presented in very short snippets that are often comments, jokes, questions

a story inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about four young orphans evading danger and coming Cosby has a new book coming out next Tuesday. trailer, and Ike, who knows a Black man can't afford to put a foot out of line, has built his landscaping company When events come to a head and the O'Banion brothers must flee down the Gilead River--in hopes of meeting aunt--their recently orphaned neighbor Emmy and their steadfast best friend Mose don't hesitate to come

great mystery that offers unexpected (but not manipulative) twists and turns and explores wonderfully complex must decide whether to prioritize her lost-and-found love or the makeshift family toward whom she's come Namesake was fantastic--although I didn't completely buy the wrap-up at the end and had a few other nitpicky Basi treats the reader with respect and doesn't insert melodrama into an already complex and fraught The story is wonderfully interpersonally complicated.

first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male sperm years ago on the now-dismantled commune scientific work of her deceased father figure, the director of the scientific advancements achieved on the commune from the most grave danger--and unlock remarkable freedom for each of the women long plagued by their complicated held together more successfully for me, and I believed in the characters and their situations more completely

securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library, and combining But primarily this is a story about a man coming into his own during that time and in that place.

The specter of Nick's addiction overshadows much of the story, and this element felt tragic and compelling

Hadley The title of this book (which is explained as coming from a Doors song) evokes romantic ideas, securing a more equitable New York public school system, establishing the New York Public Library, and combining first of nine baby girls who were famously conceived without male sperm years ago on the now-dismantled commune Joseph Bellanger, who tragically died in a fire on the commune years earlier.

tensions, some teenaged foolishness that leads to trouble, glimpses of satisfying romance, and wonderfully complicated

Dave offers unexpected twists and turns and complex relationships in this great mystery. But then a stranger shows up at the door with a cryptic message for Hannah, the news says Owen's company The story is wonderfully interpersonally complicated. relationship between stepmother Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey, whose mother has died, is fraught and complex

There's a twist/double twist I didn't see coming, and I found the whole story compelling. Humanity around the world is reliant on homemade and commercially manufactured pills--for health, for The economy runs on robots, partially augmented humans, and humans desperately trying to compete with There's complex motivation here, as well as clashes between idealism and realism and editorialization Where did it come from? What do the carvings mean? What is the purpose of any of this?

The themes feel potentially universal to other small, rural communities.

This may be unfair and I may feel this way only because I spent so many happy hours in the lovely company I appreciate the resistance to tying up complicated situations with a bow, but in a book of this length

Where did it come from? What do the carvings mean? What is the purpose of any of this?

But a stranger shows up at the door with a cryptic message for Hannah, the news says Owen's company was The story is wonderfully interpersonally complicated. 03 One of Us Is Next by Karen M.

Disappeared, which I thought was a fantastic book. 02 The North Water by Ian McGuire “He finds the lying comes wrought, with stark, rugged, lush landscapes serving as the backdrop for a mystery that shakes a small community Disappearing Earth is a story that is as much about the varied cast of characters, the closed-off, remote community

When an offer comes through to buy the Golden Hotel, the families reach a tipping point. Can they come together to save their beloved sanctuary, or will the uncovering of secrets and lies, family But the book's present pales in comparison to the golden years of the past, and current events begin Last Summer at the Golden Hotel offers conveniently neat wrap-ups to most of its complications.

The main suspect felt almost comically sinister, creepily suggestive, and overly familiar--although his He offers outrageously cheesy come-ons that Mariana finds dazzling (with an undercurrent of creep).

Can the families come together to save their beloved sanctuary, or will the uncovering of secrets and

taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents (who raised her) for help, but she's not comfortable DNA-based, data-driven dating program that makes sense to her--and she receives an unheard-of 98 percent compatible

elaborate road trip plan, which Talia created for her then-soon-to-be-empty-nester parents, Miriam feels compelled lovely), and she meets unexpected characters along the way, encounters dangerous weather, and begins to come Basi treats the reader with respect and doesn't insert melodrama into an already complex and fraught

And how is April the only one able to communicate with the Carls--thereby becoming the spokesperson for

Namesake was fantastic, and I wish more books were coming in this series. must decide whether to prioritize her lost-and-found love or the makeshift family toward whom she's come Namesake was fantastic--although I didn't completely buy the wrap-up at the end regarding Saint and his I wish there were a third book in this series coming from Young.

daughter's elaborate road trip plan she created for her then-soon-to-be-empty-nester parents, Miriam feels compelled pilgrimage, and she meets unexpected characters along the way, encounters dangerous weather, and begins to come She is compelled to continue trying to engage and often shock those reading her posts, and she frequently

drew her into its unprecedented whirlwind when she was just nineteen; her middle-aged embracing of Comic-Con In interconnected stories--which felt equally compelling to me--Shipstead brings to life these disparate created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily, created complex Mary's foul treatment by her husband--and the community's unwillingness to protect her--may have you Maud Dixon has clever twists and turns that I didn't see coming and offers interesting gray areas regarding

queen; her twin brother Lailoken (who eventually becomes the legendary character of Merlin); and the complicating

taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents (who raised her) for help, but she's not comfortable hears about a DNA-based, data-driven dating program that makes sense to her--and she's got a 98 percent compatible people, and must decide whether to prioritize her lost-and-found love or the crew toward whom she's come