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- Review of The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
The story made me feel fairly confident that justice would be served in these matters--but some of these
- Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza dug into complex, loaded topics the way I was hoping Therese Anne Fowler would
- Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Knowing what she does about the future, would Alice change the past?
- Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Remarkably Bright Creatures has a lot of heart, and I felt cozy in my confidence that all present situations would
- Review of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
Her character is presented as naïve, but I felt as though she would have paused for a moment during one
- Review of What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
But his mission to uncover who is responsible for his family's trauma will reveal secrets he never would
- Review of Moonlight Drive by A.R. Hadley
She once went by the name Dani and now goes by Daniela--another reason it doesn't feel like it would was puzzled as to why the "secret" that Nick, a professional musician, played piano and wrote songs would
- Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Brown kept me happily turning the pages to see who would get what was coming to them. largely unsympathetic, yet Janelle Brown kept me happily turning the pages of Pretty Things to see who would
- Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
He wondered what would have become of their friendship if Ken hadn't died.
- Review of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
And why would a baby want gifts of oil and gold--wouldn't a ham be better and more useful?
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
He would find a way out, because he deserved to find a way out....
- Review of The Maid by Nita Prose
that it might allow for too-easy deception, and that seeing others take advantage of her innocence would
- Review of Alias Emma (Alias Emma #1) by Ava Glass
And Emma would very much like to make it out of this alive as well.
- Review of Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
I would have liked more introspection, but I loved spending time in Kendrick's funny, honest, often wonderfully I would have liked a little more reflection and introspection, but to be fair, that’s not really what
- Review of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
I was curious about what would happen to the boys collectively and individually, although I didn't feel
- Review of Boys & Sex by Peggy Orenstein
I would have liked more more more concrete suggestions of how to combat our societal norms here, but this may possibly be a situation in which I would be difficult to please with the amount of information that would and could fall within the scope of Orenstein's book.
- Review of The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda
"The girl from Widow Hills" was instantly famous and would be forever. I mentioned this book (along with The Fate of the Tearling and I Was Told It Would Get Easier) in the
- Review of The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash
personal links to the story before reading the book--the information there was fascinating, and I think would
- Review of The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
And my heart raced while I read to find out if this fraught situation would blow up in fantastic form I also wasn't sure that certain driving forces of Korelitz's story made sense (why would anyone in this My mom told me about a movie with a plot centering around a stolen book idea, The Words (starring Bradley
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/22/20 Edition
I've been saving French's newest book because I've had such high hopes that it would be stellar, so my Did one of them want so desperately to stop him that they would kill to keep him quiet? holiday and about the mistakes she feels she's made, Mae makes a plea to the universe to show her what would duo also wrote the fun and romantic Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating as well as Love and Other Words
- Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller
I would never get better, and that would change everything: the way I think about my body, my health,
- Review of The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
I started The Unhoneymooners curious to find out how Ethan would grow to be a redeemable character worthy (Side note: I can easily envision this as an excellent rom-com that I would definitely watch.) reviewed the fun and romantic Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating on this site, as well as Love and Other Words
- Review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim
banished from her kingdom, her six brothers are turned into cranes, and Shiori is cursed to not speak a word --with each word she utters, one of her brothers will die. I couldn't wait to find out how Lim would make this plot construct of a wordless main protagonist work
- Review of Quantum Girl Theory by Erin Kate Ryan
I wondered if the structure--which explores multiple girls' various possible lives and situations--would
- Review of Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
his digestion, ability to chew, and his taste--at the time, he was unsure how long-term the effects would
- Review of Festival Days by Jo Ann Beard
“I’d always known I’d have to live without her someday; I just hadn’t known it would be tomorrow.”
- Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
may have created a situation in which she has fewer options than her constrained existence as a lady would
- Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, shifting your schedule and your pace to reflect what would
- Review of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
the heart of the situation, as he was--could not truly have been culpable in any meaningful way, nor would
- Review of The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman
questioning whether I was interested in investing time in listening to his story and whether there would
- Review of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
“For the rest of my life there would be a splinter in my being, stinging from the moment my mother died
- Review of Blush by Jamie Brenner
wineries on Long Island, and most members of the Hollander family took for granted that the winery would
- Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
I never would have predicted the twists.
- Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
I knew immediately that I would definitely read the next in the series.
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You
(Although I really would have enjoyed having a futuristic ability to create fact webs, detailed maps Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would allow it, but she's
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/28/22 Edition
after gaining his freedom, which makes those involved in the case wonder: if Riley was innocent, who would
- Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
there's some significant repetition (for example, the idea of “you’re allowed to ask questions, it would
- Review of What You Wish For by Katherine Center
I just didn't believe the characters would do and say the things they did.
- Review of People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Poppy is impulsive and fun-loving, and Alex would generally rather stay home and read than seek out adventure
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
a spooky story to my to-read list, and Shirley Jackson's 1959 Haunting of Hill House seemed like it would
- Review of Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
When Suleika's beloved father later admits to her that he doesn't know if he would have done the same
- Bossy Book Talk: Starting a Blog During a Pandemic
you're a casual reader looking for a promising next book to read or a reading-obsessed person who mostly would
- Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones
I couldn't figure out any reason why Joe would not have a British accent, but he did not, although he uses words like "tetchy" and "proper" and is meant to be British.
- Review of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
I had hoped this book would be Dirty Dancing meets "The Marvelous Mrs.
- Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker
the church espoused its great dream of building Zion, a cooperative community where all who worked would
- Review of A Song for the Road by Kathleen Basi
The tone made me feel confident that things would work out to a satisfying resolution, and Basi delivered
- Review of The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
betrayals—and what ultimately felt like thin bonds holding the women together in the first place—they would
- Review of Skyhunter by Marie Lu
Then I remembered that this was the first in a series and that the story would continue past the final
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
one evening, tabbed many, many passages, immediately bought my own copy, re-tabbed everything, and would control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after cancer treatment ("Who would
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/24/21 Edition
“For the rest of my life there would be a splinter in my being, stinging from the moment my mother died


















































