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also the author of The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , The Alice Network , and, with Janie Circle  traces events starting with a sinking ocean liner in 1914 and the introduction of Marian and James

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

outlandish or supernatural aspects of a romantic but otherwise truly oddball book (see my review of My Lady Jane

James Woodworking explores interconnected transgender characters' experiences, fears, challenges, and James's debut novel is poignant, funny, heartbreaking, often surprising, an d heartwarming. James crafts a tender, funny story with zing about a secretly trans high school teacher in a small town

James Woodworking explores interconnected transgender characters' experiences, fears, challenges, and James's debut novel is poignant, funny, heartbreaking, often surprising, and heartwarming. James crafts a tender, funny story with zing about a secretly trans high school teacher in a small town

Lucy and Jake are the parents of two young boys. Lucy has sidelined her career to be home with the children, and she and Jake are settled into their routine Then Lucy receives a message that Jake, her reliable, predictable scientist of a husband, is having an Jake and Lucy reach a tentative truce--with an enormous hitch. Lucy demands to be allowed to hurt Jake three times, physically or otherwise, and each time the act will

She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James James is irresistible, vivacious, and mischievous--and Rachel is immediately swept into his powerful choices that are made at times in the story, I was so taken with the characters that my cringing didn't hamper

memoir, Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James; the love-story-in-reverse 01 Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James Kendra James was the first African-American In Admissions, James offers a memoir that is partly a social critique, partly a recounting of absurdities

His best friend Turner is more savvy, careful, and jaded, while loyal to Elwood.

James is on the verge of snapping--and that's before she finds out she and her increasingly forgetful I received a prepublication audiobook version of this book courtesy of Libro.fm and HarperAudio.

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

I received a prepublication digital copy of this book courtesy of Harper 360 and NetGalley.

His best friend Turner is more savvy and jaded, while unfailingly loyal to Elwood.

My friend James and I were recently sharing book recommendations, and he mentioned this author and this

Harper skillfully builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering Harper's books read like Westerns to me, and her sometimes spare tone suits the setting, the situations Things aren’t what they seem in The Lost Man, but Harper isn’t manipulative or tricky, either. Harper has also written two books in her Aaron Falk series so far, The Dry and Force of Nature. 03 Disappearing

I will tell you, if there is a thing harder than facing danger, it's knowing it's headed your way.

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

bookstore, dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school, and living at home when she meets James James is irresistible, vivacious, mischievous, he insists that he's heterosexual--and Rachel is immediately I received a prepublication copy of this title, published June 27, courtesy of NetGalley and Knopf. 03

The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner

Lucy and Jake are the parents of two young boys. Lucy has sidelined her career to be home with the children, and she and Jake are settled into their routine Then Lucy receives a message that Jake, her reliable, predictable scientist of a husband, is having an Jake and Lucy reach a tentative truce--with an enormous hitch. Lucy doesn't pull punches, as Jake's reputation and physical safety are both on the chopping block.

I received an audiobook version of this novel courtesy of Libro.fm and Harper.

Despite his generally unhappy demeanor, frequent painful limp due to not using his cane along with his

But Margaret is still wary of the press and jaded by the spin that has shaped her public persona for

The recently deceased Uncle Jake, an old-fashioned villain, made a lot of enemies--and they're ruthless

Meanwhile Jade, a young girl who has been sold to a courtesan, befriends JungHo, a young orphan boy in JungHo grows older and becomes involved in the fight for independence, while Jade finds an unlikely romantic

Beatriz Williams's story of Cold War espionage and family loyalty; I'm reading The Unsinkable Greta James marriage and past is more complicated and fraught than Ruth could have imagined. 02 The Unsinkable Greta James light fiction novel The Unsinkable Greta James, Greta is an up-and-coming indie rock star whose father

her own significant difficulties and loss, and while she is naïve  in many ways, she is necessarily jaded

outlandish or supernatural aspects of a romantic but otherwise truly oddball book (see my review of My Lady Jane

Lucy and Jake are the parents of two young boys. Lucy has sidelined her career to be home with the children, and she and Jake are settled into their routine Then Lucy receives a message that Jake, her reliable, predictable scientist of a husband, is having an affair with the caller's wife, Jake's colleague. Hunter explores the desire for revenge, attempts at penance, and whether Lucy can forgive Jake's betrayal

James Willoughby, a poor, naive young medical student, becomes drawn into the underworld of body snatching

I was recently talking with my friend James about books and our shared affinity for Keegan's writing.

also heard that the Hawkeye character in the book (Nathaniel's father) is the same character as in James

The friendship between Dane and Ned was a strong point for me in Panowich's newest book. Having Dane feel petty about the attention his young nephew received from Dane’s girlfriend felt off, And I was annoyed by Dane’s giving up on himself and then, late in the book—and possibly too late to The Dane and Ned friendship was a strong point for me, and I enjoyed learning more about their past and

But the recently deceased Uncle Jake, an old-fashioned villain, made a lot of enemies--and they're ruthless

This is the author's debut novel. 03 The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak My friend James and I

James Willoughby is a na ï ve young medical student whose family fortunes have taken a negative turn, medical school experience, and, against all odds, building the somewhat-reasonable-feeling case for James's

immigrant Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing friends, becoming more jaded

--and how to save her son. 02 Antarctica by Claire Keegan I was emailing about books with my friend James

I loved the grumpy, jaded dragon of a main protagonist but had trouble with the purely evil bad guy. What I love love loved about this book were the grumpy, jaded dragon, the unlikely and endearing friendships I was provided with an advance copy of this book through NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers in exchange

She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James James is irresistible, vivacious, and mischievous--and Rachel is immediately swept into his powerful choices that are made at times in the story, I was so taken with the characters that my cringing didn't hamper

01 The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek

, Allison, Nate, Janelle, and David and their dialogue are fantastic as always.

knowing him would somehow make me want him less, but everything I learn about him only makes me tumble harder

Please click here for my full review of Yesteryear. 05 Kin by Tayari Jones Jones throws every issue imaginable For me, a main strength of Kin is Jones's ability to build a rich Southern setting and to layer issues Jones's characters face issues around body autonomy; wealth and privilege; the paralysis of poverty; Tayari Jones is also the author of An American Marriage. I listened to The Night We Met courtesy of Harper Wave and Libro.fm.

The feeling in this section reminded me somewhat of of The Unsinkable Greta James, with additional depth

orphaned Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing friends, becoming more jaded Bodie Kane is a professor and podcaster, and she has left firmly in the past the events of her boarding

was in this for the characters, among them Cordell, the tough captain with a heart of gold; Boots, a jaded

specifically Frank's family: his minister father, artistic mother, musically talented sister, and his jaded

Each women's secrets could be their undoing, and they must each fight harder for their rightful places

She also finds herself taken with Jace, the treasured son of the Padgett family, who is himself torn