This was perfect escapism reading for Pandemic Times and general trapped-at-home malaise.

got a little teary during some of the characters' vulnerability at the end, and I laughed out loud at times Desperate for food and shelter and tired of overstaying her welcome and never having security, she was this link . 09 Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister The author of the fantastic Wrong Place, Wrong Time

read an entire book about Gentry just walking around, but the book weaves together internal struggles, times

tense, and Macintyre illustrates how the important mission was reliant on minute details and exact timing

I feared I'd get turned around in time by listening to the book rather than reading it, but narrator infuriating in its recounting of the horrific cruelties and tortures enacted against so many women at the time

The characters struggle at times, and one of the things complicating their lives is mental illness.

And the repeated use of I instead of me is a copyediting-level issue, but it stopped me every time I temper, and I would expect some measure of rage from anyone at the injustice of his situation, the time

It took me a little bit of page time to sort out the various settings and characters at the start, but whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time

Time to get to that one, I think!

The majority of page time in the historical fiction title is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and adventure, strong female loyalty and friendship, love, and lots of fascinating details of life at the time Jesus' role in Ana's story is as a faithful man who disagrees with the politics of the faith at the time Over time their eldest boys begin to fracture the family with unrelenting violence, destruction, and century medical care and exquisitely detailed glimpses into daily life and the workings of society at the time

Not everyone she meets is worthy of her time or her faith, but she does intersect with imperfect, lovely

There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advanced reader copy, so this may well

It was published five years after the first book, but I read them without a large gap of time in between

Valpy also wrote The Dressmaker's Gift, another World War II-era story (this time, set in Paris) with

inspires a few cruel comments from petty characters or online trolls, and her self-esteem flags briefly at times

But it's tough to tame her power when she's been trained since childhood to be expecting attacks and

In The Unhoneymooners, unlucky Olive is standing by her perfect twin Ami yet again, this time for Ami's

Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent

But Lux has a bad sense about all of this, and while the reader has the benefit of flashes forward in time

eye of the darkest and most mysterious villain of all, Leviathan, who wants Anna on his staff full time At times she doesn't recognize herself much anymore.

I kind of love reading such different books at one time--a book for every mood.

not only racially unjust and deeply segregated, but which privileges your racial group at the same time

Spoiler: a dragon appears at the very end of the book, laying the groundwork for more dragon page time

within her detailed fantasy world (with some historical fiction elements of London and life at the time

McDaniel's fanciful language is sometimes tragically beautiful, and other times frustrating when it means

stories--all of which feel equally compelling so far--Shipstead brings to life these disparate places, times

astronauts orbiting the earth at seventeen thousand miles an hour, clinging to Coordinated Universal Time

offers peeks at her characters' pasts as well as the forces that shaped the Tearling, and she plays with time

There's an undercurrent of insidious, creepy, at times horrifying events.

She has a lot on her own plate, and she'll have plenty of time to deal with her estranged sister's mess

which the madness is normalized. 02 This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps Celebrity memoir time exchange for an honest review. 06 My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times

In The Unhoneymooners, unlucky Olive is standing by her perfect twin Ami yet again, this time during

whose biggest hope for the pending end of the world was to play at the most epic goodbye party of all time Emi Vargas is, frankly, tired of being reminded that her parents were part of the movement that saved

promising read in the #lightfiction category, a genre that's been working well for me during Pandemic Times

She's furious at King Cardan's betrayal, and she's biding her time until she can exact her revenge.

But when time goes by and she doesn't conceive a child, she is labeled "barren" and suspected of witchcraft

researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction at times

Emmie takes some time figuring out whether she deserves happiness.

You zigzag with characters through bizarre alternate realities at times (whether due to a schizophrenic

Solomon's Ex Talk, Seattle public radio producer Shay Goldstein is in her late twenties, she's put in her time

Oddly timed pronouncements (I loved my husband; I idolized my sister) seemed like shortcuts that avoided

So far this is very romaaaantic and dramaaatic with a significant amount of page time spent on Feyre's

for a weeklong tour of east coast colleges with a touring company, Jessica's hoping for some quality time

deGrasse Tyson Here's some more star-related book love for the space-obsessed people in your life--this time

century medical care and exquisitely detailed glimpses into daily life and the workings of society at the time

Light, romantic fiction like this is a genre that's working well for me during Pandemic Times.

But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret introducing a heart-wrenching unrequited love of one woman for another--an attraction forbidden at the time

wonderful, and young Vivian's carousing is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting take on feminism for the time

elements, and character development is satisfying but the interpersonal relations are believably tricky at times offers peeks at her characters' pasts as well as the forces that shaped the Tearling, and she plays with time

Keena Roberts grew up splitting her time between a primate research camp in Botswana, where she felt