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- Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
Life by Rosie Walsh In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a contemporary fiction thriller with twists offers satisfying character development, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller with twists think "science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical fiction and offers a solid, twisty
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/15/22 Edition
After twists and turns and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes the star of a hit
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
listed as an adult title but feels to me like a dark young adult post-apocalyptic novel with several twists really interesting, and also character driven, which feels unusual given one of the aforementioned twists The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal, and an odd twist of hope.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition
This book has a major twist, made even more interesting by listening to the audio version. 03 Office heartbreaking and heartwarming book about unlikely friendship and a young man's bravery; a mystery with a twist
- Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley
I laughed, rooted for the main protagonists and their allies, and loved the twists and turns and realizations
- Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
I liked the twist of potential trust-breaking from within Finlay's inner circle.
- Review of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The tone of the book is quiet, shadowy, and reflective, but there are rich, sordid, often unexpected twists
- Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out
Oceanography of the Moon. 02 Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Darling Rose Gold is a wonderfully twisted There are some wonderfully devilish dark twists and turns as events evolve and as the characters' layers
- Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
The journey isn't too easy, there are some identity realizations, love connections, and plot twists,
- Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Not everyone's motivations are clear or remain constant, which allows for the twists and turns.
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
Wasteland here . 04 Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue , Mitchell takes us through the twists
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I never would have predicted the twists. The unexpected twists and turns kept me riveted while Pip's unfailing bravery and her hero's struggles
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/14/22 Edition
follows Sitara through unlikely alliances, a desperate plan to escape her fiery homeland, and a life with twists
- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
plucky young heroine who rejects her expected place in society, and atmospheric descriptions of imagined twisted
- Review of Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
solid historical fiction details of Victorian London, which I love, within a creepy mystery with dark twists
- Review of The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Black offers wonderfully twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi's wonderful book about a Ghanaian family in Alabama and the family members' twists
- Review of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk
unexpected satisfaction he has discovered through taking on deeper dramatic roles--and, in a surprise twist
- Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year
wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists The events in Catch and Kill are carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel
- Review of Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
The community's collective suspicion builds and grows into panic and paranoia, twisting Mary up in its
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Life by Rosie Walsh In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a contemporary fiction thriller with twists offers satisfying character development, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller with twists
- Six 2020 Mysteries for You to Check Out
Characters' motivations are often unclear or remain constant, which allows for great twists and turns appealingly old-fashioned; Home Before Dark is suspenseful and has supernatural elements; Pretty Things has a twist /double twist that I loved; and Long Bright River and Blacktop Wasteland felt more modern and character
- Review of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Things quickly get complicated, and there's a twist: circumstances demand that nemeses and diametrically
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
, disturbing premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief, and the twist But the truth of what has occurred is horrible, terrifying, twisty--and absolutely fascinating. There was a twist that I didn't see coming, and I thought it worked beautifully.
- Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
environment, a loss of human connection, and threatening pandemics--then turns all of it on its head with a twisty environmental implosion, fascinating imagined technological advancements, and more, while offering great twists Harrow Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
Panowich offers a story about a complicated family and sense of duty, with ruthless mountain gangsters, twists
- Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones
The resolution involves a twist I had anticipated and leaves a main character in a state of upheaval
- Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Cookbooks
Recipes for promising, accessible comfort food with a twist include: Maple Bacon Pancakes with Bourbon
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
Things quickly get complicated, and there's a twist: circumstances demand that instinctual nemeses and
- Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
Some of the twists at the end felt implausible (not recognizing the Professor for who he really was,
- Review of The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
There is a will they/won’t they tension that takes the reader through twists and turns.
- Review of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
Heard's young adult thriller follows the twists and turns at the intersection of three volatile young
- Review of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni
maters do not appear on Top 50 lists, and when interviewed, the individuals emphasize the unexpected twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/31/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now Two of these books are largely about redemption, two focus on the twisted blessing-and-curse
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The Everlasting is filled with rich adventure; twisty jaunts through time; tragedy and loss; dark turns Parry's novel A Far Better Thing is a twist on Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities , and Parry introduces
- Review of The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
The twisted interpretations of the scripture by the Prophet and his unchecked, cruel power were disturbing
- Review of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
I loved the first book, Vicious, which was a dark, revenge-filled, twisted, supernatural tale.
- Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
The journey isn't too easy, there are some identity realizations, love connections, and plot twists, I didn't anticipate the twists Johnson provides, and I was delighted by each of them.
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
for each other, but the clarity about their incompatibility is longer in coming to Andy, who remains wistful know how beautiful you are" types of lines; unrealistically convenient run-ins; not-dead-after-all twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/20 Edition
fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy heroine and a dark plot twist
- ICYMI: Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction
wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists The events in Catch and Kill are carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel
- Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
magical and irresistible tale includes protagonists with kickass girl power; multiple and haunting twists
- Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War
This is twisted, base, and funny, but sometimes also sentimental and poignant, with peeks into deceased
- Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year
review of this book, see Where the Forest Meets the Stars. 02 Darling Rose Gold What a wonderfully twisted There are some wonderfully devilish dark twists and turns as events evolve and as the characters' layers
- Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
eleven-year-old Sarah Grimke as a gift for her birthday, and the two girls' lives become unevenly, twistingly Wings also follows a version of events in which the real-life figure of Sarah Grimke makes a slow, twisting
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction story with a speculative twist
- Review of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This is How You Lose the Time War is only about 200 pages, and there are some clever twists toward the
- Another Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
Desai offers an ambitiously meandering tale in which many issues stretch out, increasingly twisted and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/28/21 Edition
Bohjalian traces the city's collective suspicion as it grows into panic and paranoia, twisting Mary up
- Review of Writers & Lovers by Lily King
King must be a former waiter; Casey's experiences working in a restaurant and the twisted but familial















































