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- Review of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
and change, bravely outsmart those who would control them, dare to hope for a future together, and fight
- Review of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
specific in her approach here; each chapter is crafted around a potential race-related statement you might encounter that may be loaded, unfair, unfounded, and/or fraught with racism, followed by rebuttals that might write "in the hopes that what I write and say, and what others write and say, will inform and inspire action often-traditional colorblind approaches to race; and how guilt can paralyze and prevent productive action Oluo wrote So You Want to Talk About Race to "help people fight the systemic oppression that is harming
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
"What strategies will help our children learn to function well in a diverse nation? With the goal of bringing up children "who are able, engaged, and high-functioning when it comes to matters
- Review of Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
no gray areas or complex motivation, and he ultimately upends the circumstances around the Most Kind Actions Heartwarming Titles You Might Like This book was originally self-published, then picked up by Atria Books
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Other books with Australian settings that I've been hooked by include Jess Kidd's The Night Ship; Christina Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. judgment leads to another, foolish choices end in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
You might also like these Bossy reviews of other books set in Scotland. 02 How to Be Okay When Nothing You might also like these other Bossy reviews of books about tennis. But in doing so, she realizes she is losing sight of her identity, her emotional connection to her life You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of other celebrity memoirs or these lists of favorite
- Review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes After
farewell to her family but also holds meaning for anyone considering the way they live and how they might That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and I understand
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
But right before Simon gets a chance to go on tour, and just as he's letting his hopes soar that this might finally be his big break, Stella falls into a coma. many other readers, I had mixed feelings about, and which probably warrants inclusion on a Titles That Might
- Review of Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
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- Review of Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
realize that he exists; figure out what his vivid, recurring dreams and his brother August's premonitions might mean; and determine whose voice is on the other end of that damn red phone, things just might turn out all right.
- Review of The Love Haters by Katherine Center
precautions taken, life vests forthcoming, and she can probably even film from the deck of the boat...right
- Review of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) by Hafsah Faizal
offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming found family, steady action Her exclusive tea room becomes a posh hangout for vampires each night, but when her bloodhouse is threatened
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/16/26 Edition
When a piece of her art wins a competition, she garners added attention and publicity that might uncover
- Review of American Girl by Wendy Walker
also the author of What Remains and Don't Look for Me as well as All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night , and The Night Before.
- Review of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
full of uncertain alliances, deadly vendettas, and a sassy and flamboyant main protagonist who just might
- Review of Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
It might not be your best work, but it will be good work, and it will be what saves you.”
- Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne
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
- Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved it. I flew through this story--it was solidly a "right book at the right time" situation for me, and I also
- Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read
You can be a good girl, a good horse, you can obey, you can love, but don't expect that if you do right then right will come to you. Read brings Go As a River to life through the sights, sounds, and wildlife in the high Colorado forest An epistolary section is illuminating, if convenient, and it sets up the buoy of hope and version of
- Review of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
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
- Review of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
later in a doubling pattern that ends sixteen years later, then presents events in halved time periods (eight
- Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik
Temeraire series, we're introduced to Captain Will Laurence, a young, upstanding seafaring captain fighting
- Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
This book was mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved Over the Past
- Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
She obsesses over trying to track down the robber, can't let go of the fear that he might have targeted
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition
And it's not like Eli has many options right now anyway. manage the situation as carefully and logically as he manages the rest of his problems, things just might turn out all right.
- Review of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
But they only have 72 hours to write well enough to fight for the money and recognition they're each another case, a meta story-within-the-same-story structure felt like an entertaining hiding-in-plain-sight The killer is, ultimately, also hiding in plain sight, and a few loose ends are resolved.
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music
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
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
People don't like to hear it but I think they might not mind reading it on a card.” You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing
- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might If you're interested in books about robots, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List
- Review of The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi Adventure #2) by Shannon Chakraborty
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/17/26 Edition
01 Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw The stormy night Clay Lockhart's wife and children die, he flies
- Review of Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
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- Review of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green
In Green's insightful hands, he illustrates how the modern-day fight against TB--with conflicts about
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/23/26 Edition
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- Review of How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
the power of books takes a tough situation that ends in a death and allows for a fresh start--which might
- Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/28/21 Edition
A borrowed car and an open mic night open up new possibilities while a fight with her dad sharpens her
- Review of The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle by Shawn K. Stout
seem to be following her, Cutie begins to believe that the curse Uncle Horace keeps mumbling about might be real--and that it might have been connected to the deaths of her parents.
- Review of The Measure by Nikki Erlick
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- Review of Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson
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- Review of Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
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- Review of Trip by Amie Barrodale
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- Review of Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
His wonderfully eccentric characters and story scenarios might seem self-consciously zany in another
- Review of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
unspecified) town dies mysteriously, Cordelia's mother insists they leave town in the middle of the night , and she sets her devious sights on bewitching a wealthy squire and sinking her claws into his fortune
- Review of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
They might have forgotten their phones, or taken a detour.
- Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
(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
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/25/25 Edition
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- Review of Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Excruciatingly awkward sexual missteps and repeated details about her bodily functions, not so much.
- Review of Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
See presents Yunxian as a feminist in many ways, but doesn't allow her to feel more modern than might

















































