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215 results found for "heartwarming"
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This is zany, heartwarming, often funny, and just lovely. This was wryly funny, sometimes zany, and so very heartwarming. Gillig The shadowy, eerie tone of the first title in Gillig's Stonewater Kingdom series gives way to heartwarming
- Review of The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
setting and LGBTQIA+ representation in Ever After flips the traditional fairy tale in satisfying, heartwarming
- Review of A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry
The ending is dramatic, noble, and heartwarming.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/2/25 Edition
In a fascinating, heartwarming, lovely account, Tomlinson focuses on one promising show dog, Striker,
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
encounters, fairytale-like turns of events, and decadent experiences with food and fashion are fun, heartwarming
- Review of Tilt by Emma Pattee
Annie's quest across the city--with all of its missteps, tragedies, frightening encounters, and heartwarming
- Review of The Life We Bury (Joe Talbert #1) by Allen Eskens
unraveled--and then some (there's a windfall that seemed potentially unnecessary and overly convenient, if heartwarming
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
like suicidal thoughts, grief, and loneliness with funny, quirky, poignant moments in this charming, heartwarming avoidance of punishment for our heroes' missteps when they tell the truth about others' wrongdoings, and a heartwarming a death and allows for a fresh start--which might push the bounds of realism but offers a hopeful, heartwarming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/7/25 Edition
this is a cute--at times a little too cute for my taste--mystery that seems sure to be headed toward a heartwarming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/25/25 Edition
So far this is wryly funny, sometimes zany, and heartwarming.
- Review of Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
Gracia's young adult debut digs into teenaged June's messy, sometimes disastrous, and ultimately heartwarming
- Review of The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick
The bond between the travelers was heartwarming, and they surprise each other and themselves with the
- Review of A Power Unbound (Last Binding #3) by Freya Marske
The relationship is complicated, sometimes marred by betrayal, and also beautifully heartbreaking and heartwarming
- Review of The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander
account of her love affair with her husband and the trauma of his sudden death in a heartbreaking, heartwarming
- Review of The Excitements by C. J. Wray
The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Novels for Everyone on Your List
like suicidal thoughts, grief, and loneliness with funny, quirky, poignant moments in this charming, heartwarming jaunt--and along the way allow long-held vulnerabilities to fall away in this beautiful, heartbreaking, heartwarming bonds deeper than either could have imagined; the love story between the bridge and Gore is strange, heartwarming
- Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
one of my all-around favorite reads last year. 02 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Patchett's Tom Lake is a heartwarming is playful, brusque, bossy, and connects an unlikely cast of characters, all murder suspects, into a heartwarming A Quiet Life was lovely and heartwarming but didn't feel too easy and was never cloying.
- Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality
No Cure for Being Human is beautiful, funny, heartwarming, practical, and Kate Bowler is so wise and This is a heartwarming, funny, poignant, sassy tribute to a life fully lived and to a determination love account of her love affair with her husband and the trauma of his sudden death in a heartbreaking, heartwarming
- Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
Falk series offers procedural detail, a lush Australian setting, and character development I found heartwarming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/24 Edition
pointless-seeming pushing onward toward mutual destruction--all of this serves as a backdrop for a heartwarming
- Review of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
The supporting characters are fantastically odd, fiercely loyal, and a heartwarming support for a girl
- Review of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
ICYMI: This is a heartwarming book from the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about books
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
lovely and sweet, I adored the whole story, the characters, the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming wonderfully--to explore relationships, truth-telling and lies, assumptions, terrible realizations, and heartwarming didn't hamper my enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
Christina Lauren The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden attraction and heartwarming lovely and sweet, I adored the whole story, the characters, the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming
- Review of The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
boss, the shifting role each woman plays in resisting the Nazis and aiding those around them, and the heartwarming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/7/24 Edition
fairytale-perfect encounters with fashion, food, caring characters, and her own past make for a sweet, heartwarming
- Review of My Heart Went Walking by Sally Hanan
I loved the details of daily Irish life and the heartwarming found-family element. The found-family element of My Heart Went Walking was heartwarming and a favorite aspect of mine.
- Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
Lynn Painter Lynn Painter delivers funny, charming banter and an opposites-attract tension in this heartwarming friendship, plausible missteps that keep the couple apart, heart-wrenching moments of vulnerability, and heartwarming
- Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
wonderfully--to explore relationships, truth-telling and lies, assumptions, terrible realizations, and heartwarming
- Review of World Running Down by Al Hess
He's an appealing, unexpected hero, and his heartbreak and heartwarming connections were lovely to dive
- Review of Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
lovely and sweet, I adored the whole story, the characters, the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming
- Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
didn't hamper my enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming
- Six of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Year
in Faizal's Blood and Tea series offers intriguing secrets, a swirling mystery, terrible betrayal, heartwarming A Tempest of Tea layers heartwarming found family, heartbreaking emotional barriers, and reluctant vulnerability
- Review of Half Wild: Stories by Robin MacArthur
ICYMI: MacArthur's stories, set in rural Vermont, are tragic, beautiful, heartwarming, and heartbreaking
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
I missed the clever banter and heartwarming moments of Better Than the Movies , which I rated five Bossy
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/1/23 Edition
I'm listening to the playful, heartwarming Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers as an audiobook
- Review of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
the story and the traditional pageant roles--as well as to the community's expectations--bring out heartwarming
- Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Newman offers a heartbreaking and heartwarming tribute to friendship that centers around witty dialogue
- Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
If you like stories with heart, you might want to check out other books I've reviewed as heartwarming
- Review of The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Rowley brings humor to this heartwarming--but never cloying--exploration of friendship, connection, messy
- Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies
lovely and sweet, I adored the whole story, the characters, the growth, the banter, the heartbreaking, heartwarming Christina Lauren The True Love Experiment is a wonderful, romantic read about forbidden attraction and heartwarming
- Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti
Chakrabarti offers characters with complex struggles, hopes, and haunting memories who work to form deep, heartwarming
- Review of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
There are fascinating, heartbreaking, heartwarming echoes and swirls of themes and details that repeat
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
Blanchet's Neath trilogy offers a bizarre dark underworld; cruelty and revenge; an unlikely hero; and heartwarming
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Patchett's Tom Lake is a heartwarming, poignant Covid-era bonding session between a mother and her three
- Review of How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur
With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a heartwarming
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
With sections read by stars of The Good Place, Schur's How to Be Perfect is funny, interesting--and a heartwarming
- Six More Great Light Fiction Stories
For my full review, please see The Ex Talk. 03 The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren The story is heartwarming The heartwarming familial support isn't stereotypical in its structure, and wonderfully imperfect family In Steven Rowley's fun, funny, and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star
- Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
here for my full review of Yellowface. 04 The Celebrants by Steven Rowley Rowley brings humor to this heartwarming Chakrabarti offers characters with complex struggles, hopes, and haunting memories who work to form deep, heartwarming
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
He's an appealing, unexpected hero, and his heartbreak and heartwarming connections were lovely to dive For my full review, check out Learned by Heart. 06 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Patchett's Tom Lake is a heartwarming
















































