Lucy by the Sea captures an otherworldly feeling of drifting in time while facing horrifying, previously illness and death, disease risk and spread, and the weight of the unknown: There was for me during this time They each seem to find the other--and their relationship--awkward and irritating at times, but their

That is the whole premise of this life, of this time we have with each other. in doing so she gains human connections that are fleeting, without boundaries, and comforting in a time

its almost cinematic convenience, although its significance pales compared to the real meat of the story Emmie takes some time figuring out whether she deserves happiness.

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an ethnically German family at the end of World War II in this historical fiction inspired by a true story They suffer, they fear, they grieve, but they endure--and while this story doesn't feel too easy, it's Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from Beneath a Scarlet Sky, another historical fiction book based upon a real person and his incredible story

off-putting; she seems scattered beyond her understandable lingering grief, and she spends lots of time The male characters in this story are obnoxious, condescending, creepy, overly familiar, bossy, demanding

Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman

If you like Mitchell's beautiful, offbeat, sometimes meandering and tough to pin down stories, you'll You zigzag with characters through bizarre alternate realities at times (whether due to a schizophrenic

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I feel as though readers may be in or out on this author; I enjoy glimpses into Glennon's love story wonderful, and young Vivian's carousing is entertaining, sexy, and an interesting take on feminism for the time

Curious Beginning and the rest of the Veronica Speedwell series, as well as the wonderful stand-alone story

Those without her resources and safety net could (and likely do) very well have had their story cut short

Those took me out of the story a little bit. Light, romantic fiction like this is a genre that's working well for me during Pandemic Times.

His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the Keefe's upcoming book (to be published June 28) is Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels,

more detail, given that the subject of that book was a double agent, and MI6 records made Macintyre's story listening to her fantastically raspy voice as she reads her memoir in audiobook form, and I'd love to spend time

All-out treatment, we tell the incurably ill, is a train you can get off at any time--just say when. We are going through a societal learning curve, one person at a time.

plenty of nostalgia; a dark, mythology-filled mystery; and an intriguingly odd collection of short stories So far the male characters in this story are obnoxious, condescending, creepy, and generally problematic by Sam Cohen Cohen's debut, Sarahland: Stories, centers around characters who are mainly named Sarah In the first story of the collection the Sarahs are college women, and Cohen takes tongue-in-cheek potshots In other stories, Cohen recasts Sarahs and explores various roles for women, different searches for self

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The story takes a brief but powerful dip into the vast issues of race and policing in America, then the

figure in early twentieth century New York and his mysterious death; and a science fiction-slanted story about young women shaped by their unusual creation stories who seek to form their own futures. of this book (which is explained as coming from a Doors song) evokes romantic ideas, and so far the story If you like stories about music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rockin' Stories I'm taken with this story so far.

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recently published dark academia novel, Blood Over Bright Haven ; and I'm reading Frances White's fantasy story

Social constructs of masculinity get deserved page time--along with many boys' stories of toxic masculinity

Ninth House is sometimes dark, especially as related to male-female power dynamics and sex, and the story

The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light But Evans was an open, loving, inclusive, curious faith leader, and it was a pleasure spending time with

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Tracking the family for six centuries, from Renaissance Italy to the present day, Chevalier's story skips

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I'm currently reading three fantasy titles: one young adult novel to be published tomorrow and two stories We're reintroduced to the story with an introductory poem written in verse that is funny, poignant--and

She revels in the wonders of the natural world, soaks in her father's rich stories, loves her sisters McDaniel was inspired to write Betty by generations of her own family's stories. blends Chinese folklore with science fiction robots and aliens in this feminist young adult action story

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Two story lines are separated by decades; I found myself wanting more character development in both. Characters flip out in books and people panic in real life, but in this book he hasn't had time to build

This sci-fi thriller is about betrayal and revenge, but it's not the other-woman story you might expect Once I delved in, I realized that the title suits the plot and the twists of Gailey's story wonderfully sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman story The story is about betrayal and revenge, but I hadn't read the premise before I started reading, and There are loops and layers to Gailey's story that have to do with identity, autonomy, freedom, shaping

But the book was driven by plot, multiple mysteries, the North Carolina mountain setting, and the story's

Evaristo offers a set of twelve interconnected stories about Black women in contemporary Britain and The twelve women in Girl, Woman, Other --each of whom gets a chapter to tell her story, which is often Evaristo expresses the women's linked life stories using largely concrete language, without a lot of Yet the stories of several of the protagonists felt particularly easy for me to connect with (for example audiobook (as directed by my smarty friend Kirstan) to get the full, glorious effect of having the story

Marilynne Robinson offers another gentle yet affecting book in her Gilead series, this time about faith It's somewhat surprising that Della is willing to enter into such a fraught--and, at the time, illegal goal-focused Della to set her romantic sights upon despite the immense difficulties of their spending time Robinson explores complex issues regarding race and related societal pressures of the time; Jack's and

sister and trying to uncover the dark side of a cult; and So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell's story In Maxwell's slim story, a man is trying to piece together the events surrounding the shooting of a man The story promises to explore loss, the state of seeking, the power of youthful memory, and the irresistible

In Solito, the poet Javier Zamora shares the story of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness

Donoghue can apparently write about anything, and here, she chooses to build a story around the long-researched

The subtitle of Browder's nonfiction book is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight These instances weren't the meat of the story by any means, but they felt jarring to me. Yet the story Browder shares is so compelling, so shocking, and so intriguing, I didn't mind skimming

This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved everything about it.

I Bossily suggest that you don't focus on the creepy-crawlies throughout this story and instead delight

The examination of the writing process and the feelings evoked by falling into writing a story were lovely And I loved spending time with Gus and January. What did you think?

I predicted some of the story, but other aspects were wonderfully shocking. about lying and stealing makes me very stressed out, so I was biting my nails while reading Korelitz's story I did, however, anticipate other key elements of the story from pretty early on. I also wasn't sure that certain driving forces of Korelitz's story made sense (why would anyone in this I wonder how that story might compare to this one?

passion and, ultimately, a career, one for which he took a sabbatical from his steady acting job at the time I laughed out loud multiple times; Penn is funny without trying too hard, and his tone is accessible

of Superbad and Pineapple Express), you won't be surprised by the breadth and depth of drug-related stories The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to

the fantastic best-friend character of Felicity "Fizzy" Chen, and The True Love Experiment is Fizzy's story