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Drawn to locals like high schooler Betty Campbell, who is physically and psychologically changed after But she experiences a wavering and changing faith of her own.

imperfect parenting, compounding mistakes by clinging to fear or regret, and against-the-odds second chances I loved the Appalachian Trail adventure and bonding, the in-charge warden who has worked hard and earned

A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed

one-night stand with a cute neighborhood bartender leads to an unplanned pregnancy, and suddenly everything changes brush her teeth following the sandwich-eating and therefore couldn't eat at all, she did not learn and change

Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would change of father and daughter, and as the winter progresses, Jack and Ronnie's roles shift and their lives change

Experts have long offered warnings about global weather changes and the potential destruction possible Isla must decide whether to believe Ewan but stay away from him in order to live, or to lose a chance like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances Can she shift the future by changing the past? Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances

The bear does ultimately shift everything for their family, and the story is brutal in its climax, yet

For my full review of this book, please see Razorblade Tears. 03 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But what I loved most about The Change was the unapologetic embracing of the frequently fraught menopausal Click here for my full review of The Change. 04 Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Stephanie Wrobel's

and they repeat their patterns and manipulations while making mental excuses for their diminished or changed

cutting-edge technology tied to brain-altering treatments related to memory and trauma, which ends up changing

comes with age was needling, he found, because it brought the clarity of hindsight without the means to change made up of an older generation steeped in habit and old-fashioned values yet poignantly capable of change

arrives to begin installing the electricity, and he boards with Noe at Ganga and Doady's home--and he changes

head with a twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing When Martha and Zhen connect, the collision might just change everything...for everyone in the world.

Japan while attempting to stay true to herself, to love who she chooses--and to preserve her parents' chances , privilege, and pressures are fun and fantastic, including elaborate clothing and frequent costume changes

don't inspire great confidence, but collectively, they fight to find a path forward in a world that is changing

looking at under a microscope, and Stevenson and others are using the information to advocate for many changes traces the webs of deceit, greed, bravery, and the desire for heroic glory that build to the book's climax

When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past

protagonist Mikey's revelations and growth aren't completely satisfying, but the tone and his slow change

surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence But he had been one of two men charged with the rape of one of Martha's best friends, and now the sole

It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance. about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had made peace with--he must decide whether it changes

But when Russia invades Ukraine, it changes everything.

author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and, along with Janie Chang

brother shoots a dog going after the family's sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events that will change

Sometimes simply the act of giving in to care for another creature is the catalyst for change; in other

offers messy, imperfect characters in often difficult situations, and they find their way through by changing Game , two classic favorites from my own childhood that I push on preteen readers whenever I get the chance

and a complicated web of destruction as their clever plan sets into motion a course of events will change

But when Russia invades Ukraine as they're traveling, it changes everything.

like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing But when the military soldiers she's always known turn against those in charge, the men stop protecting and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change

I was hooked by Long's world-building, her evocative, immersive descriptions of the cold climate, and

book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional growth, potentially game-changing deliberate in his life choices as the book progresses, ultimately (briefly) showing a potentially game-changing

whole new direction, and when you’re doing life, going in that whole new direction, some things will change

What will this change? I wonder. If I am no less alone than I was yesterday, what’s the difference? But when the military soldiers she's always known turn against those in charge, the men stop protecting

tracing disjointed moments without an exploration of the external or internal reasons for important changes that play with time, you might also like the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance

But the evening leaves her forever changed, and she's bent on finding answers--and revenge.

her demons team up with a new client--a powerful male witch who's got it in for the king--it could change Rachel Aaron is also the author of the DFZ Changeling series, the Heartstrikers series, the Crystal Calamity

menopausal matriarch Rocky on vacation as its members navigated close quarters, health issues, life changes

partners' sometimes unique views of fulfillment and whether two people can come together in a marriage--changing

But a tragedy the day before their planned departure changed everything--and led her to a newly imagined

, The Rose Code , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang

involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift and change in her ways, she's sometimes out of step and old-fashioned, often grumpy--and she's facing immense changes offers messy, imperfect characters in often difficult situations, and they find their way through having changed Carton was abducted by faeries when he was a small child, and his doppelgänger Charles Darnay is a changeling

A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family friends like family, facing responsibility and challenge, and acknowledging when long-held dreams have changed She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

Trans salvager Val is just trying to get by--but an unexpected connection changes everything. escorts are beginning to show signs of self-awareness, which shouldn't be possible--and which could change

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Kate Quinn and Jamie Chang's historical fiction novel about two 01 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek

Howarth explores questions such as: Can people really change? Toward the end of Only Killers and Thieves, we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution , and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories of the past creep in relentlessly.

promising talent and her best friend from high school (who's now a high-powered agent), Emma gets the chance home, and Emma moves to Los Angeles for six weeks of inspiring, career-building, lucrative, and life-changing Only, the last thing Charlie Yates wants is someone changing his (terrible) script.

As we say in Arabic, Time doesn't change; time reveals. There are tragic lies and lies of omission, mistakes, missed chances, and moments that drastically change

When the three cross paths out in the messy, unexpected, heartbreaking world, their encounters change

If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or simply get Owen back to his own

about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had made peace with--he must decide whether it changes , Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted and changed When a dead body shows up in her tea house, Vera takes charge of the investigation of what only she is