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- Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller
“I needed a book written by someone who exists in that foggy space between the common cold and terminal She traces her own debilitating symptoms and her significant, life-threatening complications and severe
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/3/21 Edition
That is, until her friend Connor comes to her in a panic. Holly Jackson's third book in this series, As Good as Dead, is coming out next month, and I can't wait
- Review of The Guide by Peter Heller
to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work at this lodge, and that things are more complicated
- Review of The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's beginning to wonder if she continues to leap into commitment
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
like nonfiction books that read like fiction, you might try the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Compelling starting to realize that something dark and dangerous may be at work here, and that things are more complicated each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's beginning to wonder if she's attempting to leap into commitment
- Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
Wilson's bubbly personality comes through in these essays, and her show business experiences were interesting Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian (Saturday Night Live), and writer, shares essays and
- Review of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
, and Lange generally delivers resolutions that aren't always surprising but that I was glad to see coming
- Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
stoop and declares that she will not leave the house for all the silver in Seville, but I--being hard compelled Meanwhile, pious, black-cloaked Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General, comes to town. and wild accusations raised, and the men drum up hysteria, fear, and finger-pointing throughout the community It's satisfying to watch as members of the community begin to recognize the witch hunters as more devilish
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/23/21 Edition
reintroduce wolves into the Scottish Highlands and to overcome personal tragedy; The Wreckage of My Presence, comedian and NetGalley. 02 The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson Casey Wilson, actress (Happy Endings), comedian
- It's Bossy Bookworm's First Birthday!
Thank you for spending some of your precious time on this site, commenting to me here or otherwise about
- Review of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
It's a complicated situation, but that didn't sit right to me without more of a reckoning.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/18/21 Edition
Meanwhile, pious, black-cloaked Matthew Hopkins comes to town and begins being called the Witchfinder
- Review of Jack by Marilynne Robinson
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
- Review of Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil #2) by Kevin Hearne
moonlights as a pit fighter and is "a sleek goth avatar of pain"), as well as potentially ill-advised companions
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
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
- Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
It feels appropriate to have complicated feelings about this book.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition
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
- Review of Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens
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
- Review of Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker
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.
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
how to find value and passion in them; siblings and spouses alternately support each other and vie to compete
- Review of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
she lives, but she often feels buoyed or hindered by a feeling of déjà vu, and occasionally she feels compelled
- Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
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
- Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories
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
- Review of Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall
We like to add books by some of the authors we hear to our reading list for the coming year.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/16/21 Edition
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.
- Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo
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.
- Review of Big Time: Stories by Jen Spyra
which a Golden Age movie star is plunged into the future, where her old-fashioned views and strategies come
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
of humor interspersed with the action and lots of (literally) flowery language (characters in love communicate
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition
Chief of police Kate Burkholder, who was once part of the local Amish community herself, is called in
- My Very Favorite 2021 Reads So Far
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
- Review of This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
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
- Review of Blush by Jamie Brenner
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
- Review of Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
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.
- Review of No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition
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
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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.
- Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
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
- Review of The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee
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.
- Review of Moonlight Drive by A.R. Hadley
The specter of Nick's addiction overshadows much of the story, and this element felt tragic and compelling
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/21 Edition
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.
- Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
tensions, some teenaged foolishness that leads to trouble, glimpses of satisfying romance, and wonderfully complicated
- Review of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
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
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
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?
- Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur
The themes feel potentially universal to other small, rural communities.
- Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
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
- Review of Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
Where did it come from? What do the carvings mean? What is the purpose of any of this?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/14/21 Edition
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.
- Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
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
- Review of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
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.
- Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
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).









































