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A book I loved, in case you missed it: I loved the deep friendship; details of outdoorsy expertise and

In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add wonderfully faulted character. who when not in crisis takes stock of himself and aims to be a better person and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young person

After a few days you receive multiple personalized reading recommendations in an email. Voila! a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library member--or if your local library system offers a similar feature of personalized And have you read any of my Personalized Recommendations from Librarians, hmmm?

situation is wonderful; other brief side stories (Iron Druid, for example; or how Al processes patience/personal (I wonder if these might be Iron Druid Chronicles references that I'm missing since I haven't yet read

What others am I missing? #memoir, #threestarbookreview

He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully The most tragic aspect isn't that his children were left, but that he missed out on time with these quirky

But while William Tear inspired a (fragile) cult of personality, his heir and son Jonathan is no politician I already miss my favorite characters from the series.

I did find the personal, passing sharing of others' intimate details jarring, however (regarding lascivious

When Jax, a social worker, gets a series of frantic missed calls from her sister Lexie, she assumes Lexie She'll have plenty of time to try to cope with her estranged sister's mess later.

magic and technology are often the same thing in the new world, but which word is used and by which person I missed all the best words." What did you think?

An unreliable narrator setup can be hit or miss for me, but in this case, I felt Faulkner deftly crafted Therefore the omissions and confusion on her part--which allow the tricky situations at the heart of

Oh, Murderbot, how I missed you!

This gorgeously written set of fifty-two love letters to nature encourage reflection and urge the reader to pause to honor even the less glamorous wonders of wilderness. Pull up a weed from the wet soil of the drenched garden and smell the rich life the earthworm has left behind. Just a whiff of it will flood you with a feeling of well-being. The microbes in freshly turned soil stimulate serotonin production, working on the human brain the same way antidepressants do. In The Comfort of Crows, Margaret Renkl offers a literary, nature-focused devotional of 52 chapters, each meditating on an element inspired by her close examination of the goings-on in her backyard. Renkl's beautiful, striking observations range from a New Year's Day sighting of a crow and her exploration of crows' senses of community and cleverness, which she hopes set a tone for the year to come; to a grief-stricken examination of deadly fads such as the desire to have a vibrant green yard, free of weeds, and the widespread impacts of the poisonous chemicals required to achieve such a thing. So much of what I do in this yard is only ever an exercise in hope. The author is deeply connected to nature and has a poet's way with words as she explores the wonder of migration, nature's cycles of life and death, and wild creatures' behavior. Renkl weaves in stories of her pivotal childhood encounters with nature, and for me the book really shone when she included her family's current shifts and changes in poignant passages she linked to her observations of nature. I adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending alterations to the makeup of our household. Epigrams appear at the beginning of each essay, setting a tone for what's to come. Nothing in nature exists as a metaphor, but human beings are reckless metaphor makers anyway. I listened to The Comfort of Crows as an audiobook, but I think this one would have been even better read as a physical book for easier pausing and pondering. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Renkl is also the author of Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South.

Then Emma discovers that her best friend from high school is missing.

Female detective Bridie sets off on a desperate search for a missing child in Victorian London--and must

Philpott is also the author of the memoir I Miss You When I Blink.

Iris's beloved brother is missing in action in the war among the gods, and sending letters through a But the person receiving these missives is not Forest, but Iris's work nemesis, Roman. shocking loss of freedom and rights she suffered for years while her parents abused their control over her person The tone feels carefully crafted, and the book reveals disturbing, ongoing abuse and frightening misuse The side plot of a rival detective agency and the links between the UHC and Strike's personal past were

In it, Mariana, a group therapist coping with her own personal tragedies, becomes embroiled in trying When her beloved niece Zoe calls from her Cambridge dormitory, frantic about her missing friend, Mariana It felt like (and was) a red herring pointing to a specific person.

brave to let on; that she's being left out of things; that having two homes will mean she's always missing

the author of other books I love: We All Want Impossible Things , Waiting for Birdy , and How to Be a Person friendship between two young outcasts in small-town Monta Clare, Missouri: Patch, a pirate-playing young man missing

She's in danger of being sued for libel by Max Freaking Hastings, who Pip knows is a terrible person And she can't shake a general sense of unease, as though she's missing something. The side plot of a rival detective agency and the links between the UHC and Strike's personal past were

Veronica Speedwell series, set in 1888 London, Veronica and Stoker seek the whereabouts of a man who went missing Stoker's past, and Raybourn offers a number of explanations for some of the previous book's alluded-to personal I loved the father-daughter bond, and Opal is a wonderfully quirky, self-possessed young person.

In case you missed it: Aimee Molloy's page-turner is a quick read with a major--if manipulative-feeling

Willingham's past and present storylines and by her unreliable narrator Isabelle, who is desperate to find her missing Is she paranoid, or is the podcaster taking too deep of an interest in Isabelle's personal past rather

Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments and with airing personal I loved this story about relationships, complications, famous/everyday person romance, and a love of the embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed

Is it fair for a person (me) with particular requirements for light fiction (ideally: not too outlandish We kept hearing about the person January was before her father's death and before his affair was revealed , but no glimpses of that personality were apparent, so I kept feeling told without believing it. The hints at this prior, whimsical person were jarring to me and maybe I was too grumpy for the idea the impact of the fanciful sense of self she keeps telling us once existed, and which she purports to miss

in Maureen Johnson's young adult Truly Devious trilogy wraps up the story nicely, but I admit that I missed

There are tragic lies and lies of omission, mistakes, missed chances, and moments that drastically change

then, she is dating a new boyfriend, a musician named Jon (until reading his name in the dedication, I missed

Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad. There's a character in common between the two books; this person appears at the end of The Boy on the

I found that I missed a more narrative arc here--I would have loved spending more page time in her daily

were not what it was, feeling sorry for herself, and hoping she emerges unscathed from an enormous mess figure of Jane's mother is easy to dislike; she reads as almost a caricature of an emotionally distant person

beautifully illuminates tiny moments alongside momentous decisions and explores how together, they form a person Keegan takes the small moments, impulses, generosities, omissions, and aversions that make up a day, She's in danger of being sued for libel by Max Freaking Hastings, who Pip knows is a terrible person And she can't shake a general sense of unease, as though she's missing something.

While Molly herself frequently misses the implications of the details she meticulously observes, the surprises, and Molly seems more than capable of extricating herself from suspicion by using the many personal But as they catch up on each other's careers and personal lives, explore, eat, drink, and celebrate, The various ways Martin made the pandemic feel personal to the story--as with the account of Patient

In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add wonderfully faulted character. who when not in crisis takes stock of himself and aims to be a better person and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young person

After four decades of successfully ridding the world of cruelty and destruction one person at a time, beautifully illuminates tiny moments alongside momentous decisions and explores how together, they form a person immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she shares calm, wise, funny, or poignant reflections, personal She's in danger of being sued for libel by Max Freaking Hastings, who Pip knows is a terrible person And she can't shake a general sense of unease, as though she's missing something.

Uncultured is primarily an affecting account of Young's impressive perseverance, hard-fought growth, personal intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery of missing

her fierce determination, her (rusty) skills, and her desire to be the best, Carrie is the perfect person discovers magical abilities, and begins to understand that the gods' favor--endlessly important to each person's Nessa, Jo, and Harriet work together and use their newfound abilities to try to solve the mystery of a missing

If you missed this book when it came out, it's one that's worth a slot on your to-read list. 05 Wolf author’s note as I read because of how much of the stories of the women’s lives was pulled from first-person

She's an unassuming middle-aged woman and a recovering alcoholic who has a compulsion: to locate missing

She shows more and more chutzpah and becomes more clear about what she does and doesn't want in her personal We see that Robin and Strike have differing recollections of the pivotal almost-kiss from a prior book The side plot of a rival detective agency and the links between the UHC and Strike's personal past were

And his story is introducing more questions than answers for Joe--who is coping with his own personal several of my reading-interest boxes--the setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass

Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love . 03 Wicked by Gregory Maguire In case you missed

This one didn't feel quite as character-driven to me as Bull Mountain, and I missed that element.

She's also the author of All the Missing Girls, which I thought was interesting in its structure (it

elements that had significant repercussions for the plot: Certain characters were desperate to find their missing

She's underappreciated and likely to apologize too quickly; her husband keeps missing the heart of events

An unreliable narrator setup can be hit or miss for me, but in this case, I felt Faulkner deftly crafted Therefore the omissions and confusion on her part--which allow the tricky situations at the heart of who have hacked the city's thousands of cameras, and their assassins, who are out to eliminate the person

secrets, how memory is connected to a sense of self, and the complicated web of memories, experience, personality intersection of Gwendolyn and Ma Coker's golden child, her eldest son Niven--along with the mystery of missing