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protagonist in All Fours frequently made me feel uncomfortable because of her unorthodox decision-making and near-constant

Cosby is also the author of Razorblade Tears, a book I listed on my Greedy Reading List Six Satisfying

Lucy's sparely recounted version of events is peppered with diarylike "I do remember hearing that" remarks And the ocean was immense; we could hear it at night now with the windows open.

In an imagined United States of the near future, any cell can be transformed into an egg or sperm.

She adjusts her sensitivity level so she is highly attuned to Doug's emotions (and libido), wears the

"I told them what they wanted to hear."

If you read any of these, I'd love to hear what you think! I'd love to hear: what are some of your recent favorite reads? Penn pulls his memoir into another gear when he adds the fascinating layer of accidental political activism

Dolly Alderton is also the author of Everything I Know about Love, Ghosts, and Dear Dolly.

Wedding People by Alison Espach Phoebe arrives at the decadent Cornwall Inn in Newport, Rhode Island, wearing

The book becomes a polarizing work, with many responding positively to Adina's perspective and others fearful

The tone frequently feels geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist

The gossip site run by the deceased student made him detested and feared. an unreliable narrator setup like this, and I'm listening to this as an audiobook so I like that I hear

Philpott considers her paralyzing fear of her children's health challenges and takes the reader through

for the activities of their sperm as compared to women and their eggs', and females' age-old, often fearful

dresses up to see the doctor, hoping to use this armor of nice clothing to stave off the news she dreads hearing In "Boys Go to Jupiter," a young woman wears a gifted confederate flag bikini, is careless about her

the timeline set farthest in the past, we see a faulted but idealistic society built around William Tear But while William Tear inspired a (fragile) cult of personality, his heir and son Jonathan is no politician I very much enjoyed harking back to the childhoods of the Fetch, Row Finn, and Jonathan Tear to better

I listed this book in the Greedy Reading List The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year.

Cosby is also the author of Razorblade Tears, a book I listed on my Greedy Reading List Six Satisfying

The dialogue was so fantastic and witty but felt effortless and like it came from actual teenagers, which This is just fantastic YA. What did you think?

Her father's upcoming visit is the only bright spot in the near future.

She adjusts her sensitivity level so she is highly attuned to Doug's emotions (and libido), wears the

the cold and by the mentions of the Kennebec River flowing through the town of Hallowell (which is near

Yet I thought some of the characters' shock at seeing racism, hatred, ignorance, and fear laid bare felt

It's perfectly charming, funny, quirky, and sweet, yet it deals with grief and fear, hope and forgiveness

or the power of monumental cover songs, or the poignancy of creating a community orchard that won't bear

Was it that he feared that she would have to chase fame or sell out in order to succeed? Did he fear that with an unpredictable schedule and future, she wouldn't give him grandchildren, which

Charlie has developed heartbreaking relationship "rules" that prevent her from becoming attached, for fear

fully are poignant and lovely, and the last ten percent of this book is so beautiful, it brought me to tears

mother, and when a student in one of her classes fights for his life fighting police brutality, her fears

If a person pleads ignorance or credits terrible actions to the power of fear, can such acts ever be

But, dear reader, I've now incorporated Libro.fm into my book-devouring system--and Libro supports independent

The hearing headmistress (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student Charlie

can't fight her immediate attraction to the no-nonsense Nathaniel Bonner, a white man dressed in Mohawk gear

very much enjoyed the French Resistance storyline, with its details of safe houses, document drops, near

Kart, the Bonneville Salt Flats, whispering, the World's Largest Ball of Paint, wintry mix, and teddy bears

exploration of mortality in the text and there are allusions to intimacy, the tone of the book feels geared

Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it.

Alouette herself yearns for creative freedom, but as a woman with no standing, she is not allowed to

It hooks you when you’re vulnerable, scares the shit out of you, holds your deepest fears as collateral

titillated by the dark activities recounted and wild accusations raised, and the men drum up hysteria, fear Powerlessness, despair, fear, and fury fuel Rebecca, but she must keep secret her intelligence and her

the unthinkable is happening: Edi is dying from ovarian cancer and living out her days in a hospice near

rethinking their roles and worth by taking control and power and by making faulted men and meek women fear

a Queen was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past Year

Who would be brought to tears and then move in to help him, without his having shown remorse, reflection

ongoing search for and her innate need to find a group where she might focus her energy and satisfy her yearning

didn't leave me with the information I'd need to recreate anything, but I found it irresistible to hear

to come to Green Bank on the presumption that the less connected life was richer--which seemed to be bearing

"When the colors are gone, ye're left with some muddied water, and naught else.

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty wearing

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become