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Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, as an audiobook, which was narrated by the fantastic Lameece Issaq and Amin , and I was hooked on the lightning-fast banter; the gruff and independent, saucy, and irresistible main adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal, savvy, and crafty main

01 The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley In a world of the near future, a young woman is one of many Our main protagonist, Commander Graham Gore (based upon a real figure from history), has been whisked She's spent her first year at school holing up and studying, maintaining a quiet life.

This is an adorable fake-dating-in-paradise setup with funny dialogue, a wonderfully imperfect main protagonist young girl arrives, telling the story of her own timeline, and she and Ariel begin to figure out they may

Hawker's newest historical fiction gives a wonderfully evocative peek into a gritty period, as her main She's learned to bite her tongue, and she feels like the poor treatment her husband shows her may be This is another whodunit winner from Wendy Walker: a character-driven mystery with a neurodivergent main Hold on to your hats: the Veronica-Stoker relationship gains clarity at long last!

India's capital city serves as an important main character here, and in Age of Vice, New Delhi's cacophony

nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young pregnancy through the view of a main “Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them.

Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist who finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of Raybourn may allow Veronica to benefit from the author's own modern sensibilities in A Curious Beginning , but Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist, and for me this aspect of her character works

my reading I messaged my friend Hannah, who had just read this book, how I appreciated that the two main

Vasya is an irresistibly and wonderfully strong and defiant main protagonist, and Arden includes lots Vasya is an irresistibly and wonderfully strong and defiant main protagonist, and Arden includes lots

young adult thriller was a lightning-fast read, and there's a yearning for connection between the two main complicated and disastrous, Heard presents what feels like a true yearning for connection between the two main

This book had many moving parts, evolving points of view and senses of self, shifts between days and Along with the kickass, whip smart, savvy, kind, and irresistible main protagonist Bridie are her striking Raybourn may allow Veronica to benefit from the author's own modern sensibilities in A Curious Beginning , but Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist, and for me this aspect of her character works adult supernatural mystery series of the same name, and in it, author William Ritter provides memorable main

In Matt Haig's The Humans, an extraterrestrial arrives on Earth with a mission: to kill the man who has the visitor nevertheless assumes the appearance of Professor Andrew Martin and clumsily takes on the man's best friend Viv, whose parents want her to marry and settle down (something she has no interest in), main Flying Solo is Linda Holmes's Maine-set title about returning to a childhood safe haven and reconnecting Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown, stinging from her recently canceled wedding, facing being

I suspected each of the main players at one point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal for I suspected each of the main players at one point or another and couldn't wait for the big reveal.

Arthur McLachlan is a grumpy elderly man and regular patron who regularly excoriates the staff in personal For years they've gone to their friend Sabrina's cottage in Maine with the rest of their group, building And I am more than this man can comprehend.” After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood

(I can’t get over the story of young Anna taking the bus from Maine to New York City with her brother I also have a friend named Anna Kendrick, and not only because the celebrity Anna Kendrick is from Maine

SecUnit is a fantastic main character; it's grumpily and charmingly obsessed with keeping its people Lora Beth Johnson hooked me immediately with the premise of Goddess in the Machine and with main protagonist she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family, plus many But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which A mysterious prisoner from the front arrives who could be friend or foe, and our main protagonist Talin

Meanwhile our main protagonist is a middle-aged woman appealingly muddling along at times, doing her the vein of "It was the one where [insert specific circumstances of a woman's death at the hands of a man

Elliott's book for young readers offers a boy-crazy, truly funny main protagonist in Haylah Swinton.

How long do you keep it up, how far do you go to find a man like this? US Marshal's determined search for John himself, the distraction of a clever, brave woman, and the pain As always, her main characters are richly layered, struggle with terrible circumstances, retain strong the end of the story, the text briefly references Captain Kidd from Jiles's News of the World ("...a man

Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main protagonist who is responsible for his family's trauma will reveal secrets he never would have imagined, and he may

An overly convenient situation and moment of chitchat pushes the main mystery of the story to a head-

more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing and books, there are wonderfully faulted love-crossed main After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would Bea consider starring in a season of Main

growing up between two cultures while shining in its details: wonderful dialogue, messy moments, and the main Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman.

My very favorite books from May! But all of these players and times feel mainly to be in place to serve as a structure for our true main upon the framework of facts from the lives of Julian of Norwich and what is known of the life of our main Our main protagonist puzzles and angers those around her by challenging the limitations of what women I underlined many, many meaningful passages in Revelations, and I found exploring this time through Margery's

You may want to check my past Bossy gift idea lists (linked below) for quirky books, perennial classics Kim's missing-person novel is a mystery and is structured around the discovery and exploration of what may Listen for the Lie  offers a fascinating story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main The main protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure The banter is fantastic, and I laughed many times while reading this one.

This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man. But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty

Novik is also the author of other fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted and Spinning

After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: would Bea consider starring in a season of Main

In the main character's take on "the portal," as she refers to the internet, she straddles the line between But a dramatic, shocking change occurs in the main protagonist's situation in the second part of the There are too many beautiful, heart-wrenching passages from this section of the book to quote, and Lockwood's

Novik is also the author of many other wonderful fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love. 03

Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with

In the book's 1865 timeline, our main protagonist has recently been placed in a mental institution, trying family living two hundred years apart in the same house, making you wonder how reliable any of our main

miss sex" seems to come out of nowhere; sexual innuendos seem to come at strange, inopportune times; a main There are many dramaaaaaatic teen angst moments here ("As if knowing him would somehow make me want him

Reza is originally from Iran and gains a new stepfamily in New York, where his eyes are opened to new possibilities and the terrifying and thrilling idea that he could ultimately live an honest life as a gay young man kind older mentor in all things gay culture and in fighting for what’s necessary; a love triangle; many a complementary read to Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change, which follows the main

After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would Bea consider starring in a season of Main I adore the colonial Indian setting and the emotionally closed off but exceptionally kind and wise main

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty Napolitano Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful explores family bonds, broken connections, forging through pain When William's painful history resurfaces, it shakes the entire family with its repercussions. The ways in which the family members reconvene were not neat or without pain, but were intriguing. Kuang This darkly funny story made me cringe while staying riveted by the main protagonist's deeply faulted

Keegan's slim book may seem cozy and quiet at first, but she beautifully illuminates tiny moments alongside Small Things Like These illustrates how a series of what may seem like largely inconsequential moments The quiet main protagonist Bill is a hero; he musters forgiveness for painful events in his past while

also explores her mainly positive, almost dreamlike Saturday Night Live years, her writing and collaboration enthusiastic, full of wonder about the world, and unfailingly optimistic (with a slight, wonderful edge), my main

and revelations and long-held secrets that seem destined to shake up everything for our modern-day main life--all the heartbreak, career maneuvering, mistakes, joys, victories, the sordid details of her many

She's asked to play the role of maid to an unassuming, wealthy young woman in a dastardly plot to take family living two hundred years apart in the same house, making you wonder how reliable any of our main But the great young adult fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist

Many people in Harkin's world have elected to have the company Nepenthe remove traumatic or upsetting Harkin tracks four main characters as they cope with what they may have lost, what might be gained from facing the truth, how painful experiences may have shaped them in essential ways, and whether it's best to leave forgotten pain behind. Others are haunted by what may have been lost, but may imagine far worse scenarios and higher stakes

Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue In Caroline O'Donoghue's contemporary fiction The Rachel Incident, main Rachel is an Irish university student working in a Cork bookstore, dating a boring but reliable young man (who does not have sex with her clients, as she keeps explaining to them) who is fake dating a nice man

Mary was a captivating main protagonist--alternately desperate and hopeful, but always dogged in her

Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated Welga is drawn back into intelligence work in order to identify and fight this new enemy--an enemy that may But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which The management of many large-scale issues and their side effects are shown in shades of gray rather than

Our brave main protagonist (and rebel) Talin is forced to submit to the Federation's morally questionable Lu offers up their smoldering romance from a distance, focusing mainly on their emotional connection

In Cristina Fernandez's new young adult book How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying), main protagonist

Meanwhile, she uses a foundation of the social science of power and belief to explore out the many ways Fernandez's young adult book How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying), to be published tomorrow, our main

The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen other and work together to determine who is responsible for the destruction; how each of their pasts may While reading, I imagined how Clinton's experiences as Secretary of State and First Lady may have informed

Kira Marchand, an infectious disease specialist, is the main protagonist in Doctors and Friends, and Then fatigue she just couldn't shake, no matter how many hours-long naps she fell into. Along with her new mutt Oscar, Jaouad embarked on a 100-day, 15.000-mile trip, visiting many of the people

Fletcher And there may be no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at The main protagonist Griz is tough as nails and determined and wonderful, and things do ultimately improve It's a true life-or-death dilemma for a man with two stark options: safety and loneliness or potential Against enormous odds, the team may just be finding some of the lifesaving answers they were sent to character in common between the two books; this person appears at the end of The Boy on the Bridge but is a main