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  • Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid Mastai provides a fascinating story with time travel, alternate realities, love, loss, humor, bravery

  • Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

    lovely, and there's a subplot in which Jack and his brother Hank are furious with each other after the loss

  • Review of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

    In This is How You Lose the Time War, authors El-Mohtar and Gladstone present rival elite agents, Red This is How You Lose the Time War is only about 200 pages, and there are some clever twists toward the

  • Review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

    Quinn shapes Mila's story by sharing scenes of love and terrible loss, as well as immersive Russian landscape

  • Review of Apeirogon by Colum McCann

    short segments in varied points of view: a Palestinian father, his family, and their experiences and loss on opposite sides of the issue and of the wall are at heart the very same--through their unspeakable loss meaning, haunting memories, search to educate others, and obsession with speaking the names of those lost

  • Review of Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin

    Compton Winfield, an ER doctor in New York City, suffers a tragic loss and struggles to keep up with

  • Review of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

    This is a slow journey and often so lovely that I marked to save endless long passages about loss, letting

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/12/21 Edition

    she turns her eye for detail and for wonderfully faulted characters on explorations of love, desire, loss

  • Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year

    between her mother and herself, and if her mom has taught her anything, it's the pain of experiencing loss lovely, and there's a subplot in which Jack and his brother Hank are furious with each other after the loss

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

    offers poignancy, an exploration of grief, and the impossible-seeming prospect of going on after deep loss and heartwarming light fiction story The Guncle, aging former sitcom star Patrick is coping with deep loss This was especially interesting to me as related to the two lost loved ones for which Patrick does not situations of which I had little or no prior understanding in a way that assured that I never felt lost

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

    Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely They forge desperate, deep connections and struggle with loss and an uncertain future, and I loved the

  • Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    issues--of what it means to be a family, of secrets and vulnerability, of constricting gender roles, of loss Quinn shapes Mila's story by sharing scenes of love and terrible loss, as well as immersive Russian landscape

  • Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year

    Elston's first adult novel ticked all of my mystery-reading boxes: a con artist, fake identity, dangerous boss Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name, which only her boss those responsible--make a Strangers on a Train -type of deal: If you kill the man responsible for my loss attacked in her own home--and the intruder, who has piercing blue eyes but remains unidentified, is on the loose

  • Ten Bossy Spring Favorites

    Weybridge is morally clear to Libby, but the realities of the potential harm it could bring aren't lost fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry--and "Lost Cassie, a musical prodigy, loved losing herself in and expressing herself through playing and singing Griffin Sisters  also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future within McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss

  • Review of The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan

    The Last Green Valley is an exploration of loss, heartbreak, resilience, and particularly of faith.

  • Review of Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

    is an exploration of love, loss, friendship, forgiveness, and unshakable bonds.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/8/21 Edition

    The story promises to explore loss, the state of seeking, the power of youthful memory, and the irresistible

  • Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music

    is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly painful loss in at her high school, she can't quite figure out social conventions, and she constantly feels at a loss

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

    she turns her eye for detail and for wonderfully faulted characters on explorations of love, desire, loss band Scream; his incredible rise to fame as the drummer for Nirvana; through his grief and various losses

  • Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

    Mastai provides a fascinating story with time travel, alternate realities, love, loss, humor, bravery And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid Now she's coming to terms with the recent and tragic loss of the person she loved and the future she

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

    Weybridge is morally clear to Libby, but the realities of the potential harm it could bring aren't lost Cassie, a musical prodigy, loved losing herself in and expressing herself through playing and singing Griffin Sisters  also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future

  • Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina

    He has almost resigned himself to the heartbreaking idea that his addict son is too lost to be saved. He delves deeply and deftly, cutting to the quick and avoiding what in less skilled hands could have Meanwhile, Winston's wife is in cancer treatment and his daughter has just experienced a devastating loss

  • My Six Favorite Reads of the First Half of 2025

    wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear; in a second, she makes a less within McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore , but the story is largely an atmospheric story of isolation and loss

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/2/21 Edition

    O'Farrell O'Farrell, who has written many books I've loved, here tackles a novel of the plague and a story loosely toward a societal calamity (in the form of the plague) and personal tragedy (in the form of the family's loss

  • Review of Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens

    frustrated with Beth's careless, repeated, willfully risky behavior in what she clearly knows--after the loss She's grieving and coping with substance abuse issues, but it was difficult watching her repeatedly lose

  • Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels

    I felt as though the later sections glossed over some major issues (consorting with the gruesomely brutal control, torture, and death—even with a promise of potential change; fast emotional movement past the loss

  • Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    We find out early on that she faces the impending loss of her sight, that she is somewhat estranged from marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose

  • Six More Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

    members of the group may have grown apart, but in the decades to come, when one of them feels adrift and lost The loss and redemption here are tragic and beautiful. Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back Shapiro's fascinating memoir Inheritance in the Greedy Reading List Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose

  • Review of The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

    is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly painful loss

  • Review of The Unwilling by John Hart

    destruction of drugs and other desperate attempts to forget; limited choices and bad decisions; deeply felt loss

  • Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year

    This was a fast read (listen), and while the denouement didn't completely hold together for me and the loose review of Big Swiss. 06 A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella Joella's lovely exploration of three characters' loss You accept that there will be a hole if you lose them- the same way a painting or a photograph will leave

  • Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing

    Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose stint in the band Scream; his incredible rise to fame as the drummer for Nirvana; through his grief and losses

  • Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI

    For my full review of this book, see The Witch Elm. 02 The Lost Man by Jane Harper ​ Nathan and Bub come together to grieve the loss of their brother Cam. Things aren’t what they seem in The Lost Man, but Harper isn’t manipulative or tricky, either.

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

    Kiran Desai is also the author of The Inheritance of Loss .

  • Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

    Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose war, with his divorce and his remarriage, his beloved blended family, and his suffering unimaginable loss

  • Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

    Niven offers a lovely, wonderfully odd, sometimes sad story, with vivid characters, hope, devastating loss

  • Review of I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt... by W. Lee Warren

    , in the war, with his divorce and his remarriage, his beloved blended family, and his unimaginable loss

  • Review of Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen

    When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel

  • Six Great Stories about Robots

    They forge desperate, deep connections and struggle with loss and an uncertain future, and I loved the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/23/21 Edition

    Her account of coping with the loss of her mother and her fears about her son's development feel more

  • One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year

    All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally.

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

    All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally. with versions of the scam artists from Huckleberry Finn , the Duke and Dauphin; and the making and losing She is told she will receive zero support from the baby's father; she loses two roommates due to the baby's crying; she receives little practical help from her mother; and she loses her job.

  • Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music

    Sheffield is also the author of Dreaming the Beatles ,  On Bowie, and   Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition

    Harley's story about loyalty, loss, and pushing forward is beautiful; it's sometimes heartbreaking and

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition

    respectively, and when Rule of Wolves picks back up with these characters, they're all coping with loss

  • Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality

    Other books on my to-read list that loosely fit within this category include: If you like memoirs, you war, with his divorce and his remarriage, his beloved blended family, and his suffering unimaginable loss

  • Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating

    For my full review, check out Only Killers and Thieves. 06 The Lost Man by Jane Harper Harper's mysteries Nathan and Bub have always had their differences, but they come together to grieve the loss of their Things aren’t what they seem in The Lost Man, but Harper isn’t manipulative or tricky, either. For my full review, check out The Lost Man.

  • Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

    Mastai provides a fascinating story with time travel, alternate realities, love, loss, humor, bravery And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid Now she's coming to terms with the recent and tragic loss of the person she loved and the future she

  • Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space

    They forge desperate, deep connections and struggle with loss and an uncertain future, and I loved the mysterious mission whose purpose and execution he'll have to unravel if he's to possibly survive--much less influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most of all, faith—in some cases, lost

  • Six Fantasy Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    The Everlasting  is filled with rich adventure; twisty jaunts through time; tragedy and loss; dark turns

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