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The positive elements of the story don't come easily, and this makes them even more powerful. This is an unlikely love story with a meth lab backdrop and imperfect players who find happiness and book digs down deeply into the disturbing and ugly, and the wonderful and beautiful elements of the story Greenwood's skillful unfolding of the often brutal story, the characters' many layers, and the varied

Harley's middle-grade story about love, duty, self-discovery, disappointment, and pushing through the Harley's story about love, duty, self-discovery, disappointment, and pushing through the discomfort of

The story is wonderfully interpersonally complicated. The story offers unexpected twists and turns without manipulating the reader or relying on red herrings

believe that God is love, God is hearts and flowers, and that God will send you theological candy all the time It took a little time to get going for me, but then I was blown away. Russell was turned down 31 times before this book was picked up by an agent.

his work, and Happy-Go-Lucky is no exception, are Sedaris's unflinching observations of moments in time

Express) and his humor, you won't be surprised by the breadth and depth of drug-related and porn-related stories

to attend therapy to learn to cope with her anger, even though she's sure therapy is just a waste of time

I read this during Pandemic Times, which slowed me down and also, I believe, made it tougher than it (They’re also each called by multiple titles and names, which became slightly jumbled in my mind at times unique and clearly built that I think the general sense of this book is going to haunt me for a long time

grumpy, powerful, smart, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time grumpy, powerful, smart, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time I did feel like the page time spent on extensive explanations (of how enclaves do and don't work, how

Daunis is a wonderfully self-possessed teenage girl character I loved following through her story. Boulley's story is soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with the Obamas' production company, Higher Ground

For more collections of essays, you might check out my glowing Bossy reviews of This Is the Story of

The character-driven post-WWII story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail and a gutsy female I thought the character-driven post-WWII story was wonderful, with compelling and lush detail about tough

listening to her fantastically raspy voice as she read her memoir in audiobook form, and I'd love to spend time I felt like a little too much time may have been spent on sharing youthful poetry and fanciful teenaged

I had a tough time pinning down the tone(s) of the book.

and the strong, jilted wife who's out for revenge; and Sally Rooney's heart-wrenching coming-of-age story Matthew McConaughey "I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story 02 The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey This title and its cover art didn't clue me in to the story's premise

The stories Immanuelle hears about her deceased mother Miriam all have one thing in common: her defiance There's another book planned for this series; I hope the tides of power have turned in Bethel in book

The book introduces some fascinating detail and interesting themes, but the story frequently feels choppy The story, its tone, and its characters felt uneven. avant-garde, stream of consciousness or other unusual structure to the text that seems to warrant this, the story

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes tells the story of Toni Bennette (she's heard all the jokes before, so like fiction about bands and music, you might like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Rocking Stories

for longer than most agents manage to survive, so she has a persistent feeling of being on borrowed time I really enjoyed Robuck's writing style, the details of the time, the pacing of the book's events, and

This young adult science fiction story has been on my list for a while because of its irresistible premise Hart reliably offers deftly crafted, often stark landscapes, character-driven stories, heartbreaking I'm liking this mix: young adult space science fiction story, dystopian fantasy series prequel, and character-driven

the whereabouts of a man who went missing during a fruitful archaeological dig in Egypt--at the same time

the eyes of her students--many of whom are venturing into knowledge of world religions for the first time

his dogged determination in comparing notes and working cooperatively with others--even when his full-time

01 The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama I read Michelle Obama's wonderful

Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

At times Inciting Joy feels most like stream of consciousness reflections.

Lane's story is zany and wonderful, with lots of glimpses into behind-the-scenes celebrity details--and So I was definitely picturing Carrie Fisher as Kannon throughout this story. The story is zany and wonderful, with lots of glimpses into glamorous (and often tedious) celebrity details What surprised me was how much heart and reflection Lane injected into the story to flesh out a deeper

The author points out that "for a long, long time in Western science and medicine, women's sexuality

library, this girl from Avenue A who read Greek and slipped into one of the rare books rooms three times

first book in the Winternight trilogy, this is a Russia-set, ancient-feeling, dark fairy tale of a story Winternight trilogy, The Bear and the Nightingale is a Russia-set, ancient-feeling, dark fairy tale of a story Vivid magic and adventure round out the wonderful story.

the books in the Lady Janies trilogy (each is a stand-alone, creative retelling of a famous Jane's story Are you interested in a historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and I don't always enter willingly into reading a retelling of a well-known story, but this one is bonkers

her career, and motherhood; and Beasts of a Little Land, Juhea Kim's debut novel of interconnected story

from the shackles of marriage and the subsummation of a woman to her husband that was expected at the time

She's furious at King Cardan's betrayal, and she's biding her time until she can exact her revenge. I loved having more time with my favorite character, the plain-speaking, tough, brutal but fair Grima

be responsible in order to keep his people safe; and the gloriously angsty, romantic, missed-chances story The series was published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces the charismatic wonderfully unexpected developments related to plot, character arc, point of view, morality, origin stories

In an appealing dynamic, Talin is the strong beating heart of the story, with Red as her supporting lieutenant

realism, fables, superstition, and romance in this translation from Leky's original German coming-of-age story

is a journalist and is also the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story

loyalty and intentions of almost everyone in State of Terror while still making me feel invested in the story

regarding the who-what-where-why of the evil masterminds felt so involved that it drew me out of the story

and spirit, you might also like those listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories And stay tuned for this Friday's upcoming list of Six More Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the

Lu offers a story about refugees desperately trying to escape becoming conscripted into the Federation Warcross series. 02 The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy The Skylark's Secret has a dual timeline; the story Last week I offered a roundup of Six Lighter Fiction Stories for Great Escapism; this week I'm bravely

01 I Killed Zoe Spanos I'll admit that this cover hooked me at first look, but the premise of this story But not everyone is satisfied with her shaky story. #youngadult, #mystery 04 Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know Samira Ahmed offers two story lines of young women discovers more of Leila's mysterious history, she begins to grow and change in this feminist coming-of-age story Flynn presents a story told in everyone's point of view besides Tabby's, a tale in which her best friend

lurking, suspenseful Tana French mystery, so I was plowing through it as usual, eager to find out the story behind the story.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a story about brothers sleeping rough and struggling to get by , trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story

Lu offers a story about refugees desperately trying to escape becoming conscripted into the Federation Then I remembered that this was the first in a series and that the story would continue past the final

In Hard Cash Valley, we spend page time with small-time drug dealers, cockfighting masterminds, Filipino William was a promising character, but we don’t have much time with him.

But the detail in and the early thrills and chills of the story held so much promise, and the next two This book is mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Captivating Nordic Stories.

The story frequently hearkens back to dark, disturbing, haunting scenes from Robin's youth in Four Points

primary caregiver for her father, who has Parkinson's disease; her mother spends the majority of her time