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- Review of Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop by Jeannine A. Cook
Cook references her parents' volatile relationship and mentions that her mother's blindness in her second
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/18/22 Edition
published tomorrow) by Taylor Brown about an aviator and his daring wife; I’m reading Steelstriker, the second In Steelstriker, the second and final book in the duology, the last free nation in the world has been
- Review of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
In the second installment in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series, Alex is as brave, scowling, and unapologetic
- Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
then it is over and the knaffea is just a pleasant memory—like a lovely dream that you forget a few seconds too rigid) but also for how to become more aware of issues surrounding local eating and how to effect change Famous Author Mom's whirlwind. 06 Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl Here's the second So this second listing is actually evidence of my restraint.
- Review of The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift and change If Una and Owen are going to change the way history is remembered--or have a chance at a life together
- Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Her second book, Anywhere You Run, is scheduled for publication in October 2022.
- Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins
Enter: a second child without any Gregor baggage or knee-jerk reactions to it, who was willing to dive
- Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
But after raving about it for two years it seemed time to stop letting this second installment languish
- Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies
And while the second section wasn't a complete surprise, I found it really satisfying. 04 The Nightingale list. 05 Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin This is the first book in Graudin's young adult duology (the second Graudin also wrote The Walled City. 06 The Alice Network by Kate Quinn In this second book on the list
- Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You
This is the second in Kent's Carrier series, but it's not necessary to read The Wolves of Andover first The Last Graduate is the second book in the Scholomance series. And--this part of the storyline may feel uncomfortably familiar--climate change has set weather patterns
- Review of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
In his second novel, Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart offers the story of a working-class Glasgow family and
- Review of The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
And (this part of the storyline may feel familiar) climate change has weather patterns spinning out of Griffin's second witch-focused, standalone book is scheduled for publication in 2022.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/30/22 Edition
recent literary fiction about a working-class Glasgow family and young gay love; and Tokyo Dreaming, the second published tomorrow) courtesy of Minotaur Books and NetGalley. 02 Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart In the second
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/29/24 Edition
enraging readers who'd been counting on a different happy ever after), leaving little audience for her second
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition
The second book, These Infinite Threads, is scheduled for publication next month. 03 The Words We Keep
- Review of Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Details of Bono's activism make up much of the second half of the book.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/7/23 Edition
Deanna Raybourn's feisty Veronica Speedwell series of historical fiction mysteries, as well as the second
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/7/22 Edition
Second, yes, this is a dragon book. (Who's with me on dragon books? Check out my review of her book Skyhunter, and look for my upcoming review of the second in that series
- Review of A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske
The second and final book in Marske's duology, A Restless Truth, is scheduled for publication in November
- Review of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Dove is Shelby Mahurin's first book in the young adult trilogy of the same name (Blood & Honey is the second The second in Mahurin's Serpent & Dove series is Blood & Honey, with the third book, Gods & Monsters,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/25/23 Edition
The book is written in a second-person stream of consciousness, which is taking a little bit of getting
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/11/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Paper & Blood, Kevin Hearne's second and final book in his quirky 01 Paper & Blood by Kevin Hearne In Kevin Hearne's latest book, the second and final installment in his
- Review of Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes) by Mindy Kaling
I promise I'm going to talk about this book, but first let's talk audiobooks for a second.
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
podcast last summer; All the Light We Cannot See author Anthony Doerr's newest wonder; the irresistible second songs felt incredibly powerful as a closure to her story. 04 The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik This second review of A Deadly Education: Lesson One of the Scholomance by Naomi Novik, and The Last Graduate is the second In this second book of the trilogy, El is determined to somehow help her classmates escape their deadly
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
I've got enough other favorites in this vein to make a second list sometime. In the second book of the series, Siege and Storm, The Darkness emerges with a destructive and dangerous The Cruel Prince is the first book, The Wicked King is the second, and the final book, The Queen of Nothing kingdom's evils are intensely detailed and extensively explored; this motivates characters to seek change
- Review of Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
I’m not sure where it leaves us for the second book but I can’t wait to find out. I really liked Roth's Divergent, but the second book in that series fell off for me and I didn't read
- Review of In the Serpent's Wake (Tess of the Road #2) by Rachel Hartman
This second installation departs from a focus on Tess and her personal growth.
- Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina
John Hart has also written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series
- Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
It's essential to recall the details of past book events in order to grasp the fascinating changes here issue: various characters were said to take part in frequent (disdainful) sniffing, particularly in the second
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. There's crossing, double-crossing, a wonderfully savvy and knowledgeable second-in-command, nefarious Anglish world--and its selective history of the destruction of the Indigenous people--is due for some changes
- Six More Books about Brave Female Spies
I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Course of All Treasons . The Briar Club , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang
- Review of A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas
I listened to the audiobook of the second in Thomas's Lady Sherlock series (read wonderfully by Kate
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2024 Reads
books from that list made it to my final Favorites list here, which means that in approximately the second Second: Starter Villain is playful, darkly funny, big-hearted, and wonderfully weird. There's crossing, double-crossing, a wonderfully savvy and knowledgeable second-in-command, nefarious energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight of fancy that changed
- Review of Herrick's End (The Neath #1) by T.M. Blanchet
I can't wait to read the second book in the series, Herrick's Lie, which is scheduled for publication
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second
- Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
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. This is the second M.R. Carey book on this list, but I couldn't help myself.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/20 Edition
This is the second in Wolfe's Elizabethan Spy Mystery series; the first was A Murder by Any Name. 03 Last week I took a chance on Writers & Lovers despite my recent need to have all story lines work out
- Review of Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
I read half but didn't finish this second in the Monsters of Verity series. This is the second in Schwab's Monsters of Verity series; the first is This Savage Song, which I gave
- Review of The Golden Enclaves (Scholomance #3) by Naomi Novik
The second book of the Scholomance is The Last Graduate, which builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/6/23 Edition
The second book of the Scholomance was The Last Graduate, which builds on book one's dark humor, dangerous
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Mysteries I Loved in the Past Year
I listened to the audiobook of the second in Thomas's Lady Sherlock series (read wonderfully by Kate Emma Makepeace returns in the second book in the series, The Traitor, and when one thing leads to another
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Luckily, a few of my reads during the second half of the month were standouts. involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift and change in her ways, she's sometimes out of step and old-fashioned, often grumpy--and she's facing immense changes offers messy, imperfect characters in often difficult situations, and they find their way through having changed
- Review of The Light After the War by Anita Abriel
joy; a more settled life in Venezuela; the evolutions of their careers; and their attempts to find a second Abriel says that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI
Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series I haven't yet read the second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
Vengeance Road is the first book in Bowman's Vengeance Road duology; Retribution Rails is the second. There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt, The Star Garden, and Light Changes This is the first book in Rae Carson's young adult Gold Seer trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America; the second
- Review of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers #1) by Alex White
I'm in love with the title of the second book in this series, A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/21 Edition
relationship between frenemies; and the gloriously dramatic young adult debut from Shelby Mahurin (with a second Dove is Shelby Mahurin's first book in her young adult trilogy by the same name (Blood & Honey is the second
- Review of The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young
Click here for my review of Adrienne Young's Fable, and click here for my review of the second book in
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/26/23 Edition
The second book is Daughter of the Siren Queen. 03 Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder Lilah Hunter
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world. I think the second book in the All Souls series ( Shadow of Night ) is even stronger, as it delves more


















































