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the fraternity boys from next door is dead, Lucy is missing, and Margot is keeping secrets that could change

Hannah Masury has been hired out as a Boston waterfront inn worker since childhood, but when a man is hanged She disguises herself as a cabin boy on the ship of a notorious pirate, determined to change her fate

Yet I was frequently distracted by what felt like uneven pacing and tone and abrupt perspective changes

At times the retracing of the town's history and the backgrounds of those involved in the climactic ride

like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance breeding, breaking, riding, amassing, and trading horses as well as their revolutionary fighting style of hanging 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

that her main goals when she attended Taft were not bringing to light racial injustice and leading a charge toward change, but typically teenage: to escape into role-playing video games and write fan fiction,

And yet these are the same activities that change lives, sometimes all at once and sometimes more slowly , the way dripping water changes stone.

Nothing could change that. Right?

created the horrific system of oppression, control, torture, and death—even with a promise of potential change Power by Naomi Alderman It follows that there are two ways for the nature and use of human power to change When the people change, the palace cannot hold.

watching her knowledge creep out and its implications unfold, while she discovered essential facts that change

She questions her current romantic relationship, her planned job change, and what her future might look

Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken asks how much of a person's happiness and life course is determined by circumstance, by choice, and by chance Yet each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not

, but that didn't diminish my joy in the least at their banter and how their relationship grows and changes to Happy, described as "a laugh-out-loud funny yet heart-breaking novel about first love and second chances

Read's debut novel is gorgeously written, with vivid details of mid-century Colorado, moments that change Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria

taking photo upon photo of earth with their telephoto lenses, as the gorgeous scenes of their ever-changing

Dawes with a piece of valuable artwork, Val follows her--and uncovers long-buried secrets that could change

and mission, she wonders: could identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change

has been desperately searching across worlds to find the friend she failed to save--the friend who changed

Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances

I love diving into his vulnerabilities surrounding grief, change, pain, and the fight for freedom from

A meeting of grandmother and grandchild could change everything forever.

She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

Air by Paul Kalanithi “I began to realize that coming in such close contact with my own mortality had changed There was just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advance reader's copy, so this likely changed

in Done and Dusted , particularly Luke, are largely determined to show that they are capable and in charge I'm not looking to nitpick sex scenes, but Luke felt so immediately bossy and in charge during their I yearned for Emmy to take charge of facing her own horse-related fears, ideally while taking charge

When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she Tragedy, misfortune, and a passionate desire to take charge of her life together spur a satisfying turnaround

Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes 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

But right before Simon gets a chance to go on tour, and just as he's letting his hopes soar that this In With or Without You, Leavitt explores what happens to a marriage when the people in it change, and

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 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

Harvey emphasizes the urgency of the need for change and offers age-appropriate examples to help build which privileges your racial group at the same time," and she notes that we have the capacity to effect change overhaul some traditional tools and frameworks in favor of equipping white children to be part of the change book can go hand in hand with other excellent examinations of race, racial injustice, and effecting change

deprivation that kept her and other cult members under control of the Uncles, as the group called the men in charge surprise, she begins to notice and respond to the wonders of the light, the weather, the air, and the changing

Nothing could change that. Right?

I'm Reading Now I'm reading What You Can See From Here, Mariana Leky's novel about loss, grief, and change loss, when it does occur, takes everyone by surprise, and Selma's granddaughter, Luisa, is forever changed

After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes

Makkai offers up the potentially world-changing power of young people with an idea and tenacity; and

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

including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous people--is due for some changes

traces the webs of deceit, greed, bravery, and the desire for heroic glory that build to the book's climax

, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted and changed

schemes--some ill-fated--and begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change But grandiose plans don't always go off as planned, and making any change in a society so entrenched

Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty

Through tracing the framework of and the growth and change of her relationship, Smith also explores gender

Funny, how truth changes in the telling. How a person becomes a myth, how a myth becomes a hero.

schemes--some ill-fated--and begins to understand that the group's intention is to effect sweeping change But grandiose plans don't always go off as planned, and making any change in a society so entrenched There are tragic lies and lies of omission, mistakes, missed chances, and moments that drastically change

felt hemmed in by hippie culture and also by the societal opposition to it; how she missed some world-changing

The elaborate climactic scene was creatively gruesome—and I felt realistic disgust as a result.

She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

as we see Jarrett grow up enslaved and dedicated to his horse Darley (later renamed Lexington in a change

appreciated that Laurie's desire for independence and solitude weren't swept away in a convenient, abrupt sea change I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every

exception, are Sedaris's unflinching observations of moments in time, desperate scenes, and emotionally charged They've got so many ways of calling you a witch, they just change it to how it suits them.

gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything's about to change