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

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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.

The sisters persist in their ever-changing mission, never giving up and boosting one another when they

Stewart, the son of the local millionaire Whitfield family, who has a flat tire and no clue how to change

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

Carolina sisters (distant relations of hers) who married the world-famous conjoined twins from Siam, Chang new, younger best friend offers hope after grief and loss and the possibility of redemption in second chances

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

been involved with the son of a powerful local family, and it becomes clear that that family plans to change

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chang and Eng Bunker were known worldwide for their enormously popular stage show, built upon the curiosity

long as she doesn't make herself a target in the meantime and, she assumes, as long as she doesn't change

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Stewart, the son of the local millionaire Whitfield family, who has a flat tire and no clue how to change Island Club delivers full-on 1950s immersion while exploring LGBTQ issues, privilege, sacrifice, second chances

secrets and motivations, and of what is to come--as long as she doesn't make herself a target and doesn't change

loss and a devastating blow for future plans, lies and betrayals, and, finally, a messy but hopeful chance professional missteps and cutthroat choices, pushing toward what feels like an inevitable, disastrous climax He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully

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

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

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

McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances Can she shift the future by changing the past?

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

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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

Gillig builds a layered fantasy world on elements of stone and water, and the moth symbolism changes

the truth about Camille's husband Ben's secrets, they set into motion a course of events that will change

She may so far be powerless to enact major change, and she is certainly dismissed by the men around her

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

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 book takes off like a rocket, changing almost everything in her life.

attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost noble son much changed

But approximately three quarters of the way through the book, the story's perspective changes to Eva's

well as their their somewhat inexplicable but undeniable loyalty to each other), and witnessing the change