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  • September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    If you 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 I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough Mandel explores a pandemic, moon colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change colonized moon, considers the universal connection of music, and digs into the difficulty and danger in changing as a structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change You might like the books I list on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life In this second and final book in Bardugo's young adult fantasy King of Scars duology, Nikolai, Zoya,

  • Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music

    Could he really be getting a second chance at stardom?

  • Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

    There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

  • Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire

    There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl, which I haven't yet read, and The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    April flees, heading out on the road with few expectations, aside from changing the trajectory of her I mentioned Life After Life in the Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Review of Whistler by Ann Patchett

    It's a story of chosen family, a chance reunion, illuminating and poignant revelations about the past The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne's long-lost stepfather, the second of her mother's three her cherished stepfather's departure, with revised memories and varied accounts revealing truths that change the tenor of the life-changing occurrences that follow.

  • Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West

    Toward the end we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed

  • Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music

    Could he really be getting a second chance at stardom?

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2022 Reads

    Zeno and Della are vagabonds, putting on shows for small bills and change, scrambling to make enough Sadie Green are brilliant, creative collaborators and a wonderfully complementary pair since their chance If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants. shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance

  • Review of The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

    The List of Tiings That Will Not Change is a perfect shallow dive into a wonderfully imperfect character

  • Review of I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

    Austin Channing Brown's book is slim (185 pages), but I wore out my highlighter as I marked lines and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/3/26 Edition

    rom-com with fake dating in which seeming opposites attract, Dolly All the Time; and I'm listening to the second Stewart, the son of the local millionaire Whitfield family, who has a flat tire and no clue how to change In the second book in the series, Amina seeks a magical artifact, but she finds herself on an island

  • Review of Light Changes Everything by Nancy E. Turner

    In Light Changes Everything, I loved the early twentieth century Arizona Territory setting and details

  • A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) by Hafsah Faizal

    This second and final installment of Faizal's young adult duology emphasizes on the power of found family In this second and final book in the duology, grieving Arthie Casimir and her makeshift gang--Flick,

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/26 Edition

    non-swooning romantasy novel (featuring a female knight, one of my current-favorite elements), The Second 01 The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart #1) by V. L. I'm listening to The Second Death of Locke as a library audiobook on Libby .

  • Review of Wreck by Catherine Newman

    Newman's second charming novel centering around Rocky and her family demonstrates the characters' quirkiness family and its menopausal matriarch Rocky as its members navigated close quarters, health issues, life changes

  • Review of Inside Man (Head Cases #2) by John McMahon

    The second book in the series takes big swings with two large-scale mysteries (one that is hauntingly In the second book in the Head Cases series, Camden is back on the job--with two enormous, strange, urgent

  • Review of Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

    The first section felt long and didn't fully hook me, but the change of perspective in the second half But the revealed backstory in the second part of the novel was dark and strange and creepy, with surprises

  • Review of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

    This slim book tells the story of a small crew of astronauts in the twenty-second century who are searching each version of me that I shifted into, but through my history, one constant has always remained true: change It's the twenty-second century, and in Becky Chambers's novella To Be Taught, If Fortunate , Ariadne

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/21/25 Edition

    This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series. On the side, she shows her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying But the evening leaves her forever changed, and she's bent on finding answers--and revenge.

  • Review of Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles

    They’ll talk away their instincts and their second thoughts and their common sense too, until they are The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/1/26 Edition

    childhood friends and the diverging paths of two Southern women; I'm listening to Inside Man , the second In the second book in the Head Cases series, Camden is back on the job--with two enormous, strange, urgent

  • Review of The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi Adventure #2) by Shannon Chakraborty

    In this second novel of adventure, the pirate faces seemingly impossible challenges and must do the unthinkable In this second book in the series, Amina is obliged to seek a magical artifact on behalf of a powerful

  • Review of The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2) by Tess Gerritsen

    In the second installment of the series, retired CIA agents build stronger bonds with each other in rural More Books You Might Like This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series.

  • Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year

    In this first installment in Osman's mystery series (the second one also appears on this list), the story This is the second installment in this mystery series to appear on this list of favorites from the past I love the second installment's return to my favorite aging assassins and their quick-thinking, spry, currently nine books in the series.) 06 The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2) by Tess Gerritsen In the second This is the second book in Tess Gerritsen's Martini Club series. The first is The Spy Coast .

  • My Six Favorite Books of the Year So Far

    And the longer Trace tracks One-Eleven, the more he begins to second-guess everything about his life. It's a story of chosen family, a chance reunion, illuminating and poignant revelations about the past The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne's long-lost stepfather, the second of her mother's three her cherished stepfather's departure, with revised memories and varied accounts revealing truths that change the tenor of the life-changing occurrences that follow.

  • Review of Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld

    In Curtis Sittenfeld's wonderful second short-story collection, we meet imperfect characters, often fortysomething In her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/15/25 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to A Steeping of Blood , the second in Hafsah Faizal's supernatural But when Russia invades Ukraine, it changes everything.

  • Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

    then it is over and the knaffea is just a pleasant memory—like a lovely dream that you forget a few seconds too rigid) but also for how to become more aware of issues surrounding local eating and how to effect change Famous Author Mom's whirlwind. 06 Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl Here's the second So this second listing is actually evidence of my restraint.

  • Review of Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1) by Rachel Aaron

    her demons team up with a new client--a powerful male witch who's got it in for the king--it could change Now that the world of the books has been built, I expect the second installment to move along at a nice

  • A Short Bossy Break

    I've got these books going at the moment: recently published fantasy-historical fiction, the second in

  • Review of Wolvers by Taylor Brown

    And the longer Trace tracks One-Eleven, the more he begins to second-guess everything about his life.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/24/25 Edition

    Fourth Consort ; and I'm reading Curtis Sittenfeld's soon-to-be-published short-story collection (her second reviews of other science fiction novels here . 03 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld In her second

  • Review of Charm City Rocks: A Love Story by Matthew Norman

    embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed chances Greedy Reading List, Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music or the book I reviewed yesterday, The Second

  • Review of The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle #1) by Rene Denfeld

    There's a second book in this Naomi Cottle series, The Butterfly Girl , which I haven't yet read, and

  • Review of Starter Villain by John Scalzi

    Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. There's crossing, double-crossing, a wonderfully savvy and knowledgeable second-in-command, nefarious

  • Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean

    In the second book in Emiko Jean's fun young adult series, princess Izzy balances pressures, privilege 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

  • Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West

    Vengeance Road is the first book in Bowman's Vengeance Road duology; Retribution Rails is the second. There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt, The Star Garden, and Light Changes This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the second

  • Review of A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

    This second book in Raybourn's historical fiction mystery series, set in Victorian London, hooked me In this second installment, A Perilous Undertaking, Victorian lepidopterist (she studies butterflies

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/26/22 Edition

    three fantasy titles: one young adult novel to be published tomorrow and two stories that are each the second adult novel from Adrienne Young, author of Fable and Namesake; I'm reading In the Serpent's Wake, the second great young adult Tess of the Road series by Rachel Hartman; and I'm listening to Harrow the Ninth, the second Blackwood's best friend was killed and Emery's love August was accused of being her murderer, everything changed

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition

    The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to the second in Rebecca Yarros's Empyrian series, Iron Flame But I do love a dragon book, and so far the second in the series offers more page time for the talking

  • Review of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird

    He is unaware that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and One Day in December, which looks like it plays with the idea of "what could have been" in a missed-chances

  • Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year

    More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads This is my second favorites lists of rom-coms and romantic reads from 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. enraging readers who'd been counting on a different happy ever after), leaving little audience for her second

  • Another Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    year--you can find my first list of contemporary fiction favorite reads from last year here and my second timeline, an abused wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear; in a second loss and a devastating blow for future plans, lies and betrayals, and, finally, a messy but hopeful chance

  • My Very Favorite Bossy 2025 Reads

    but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss set against the drama of climate change Boy from the Sea . 08 Show Don't Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld In Curtis Sittenfeld's wonderful second In her second fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship timeline, an abused wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear; in a second On the side, she shows her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying

  • Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies

    And while the second section wasn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. Wolf by Wolf is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second, Blood by Blood , is also In this second book on the list by Kate Quinn, the stories of two women—an imagined World War I spy from

  • Review of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

    I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every Her second book, Meet Me at the Lake, is scheduled for publication in May 2023.

  • Review of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

    I took a break (and apparently coped with my own jaded feelings) and tried again, the second time around

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