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- Review of The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike #6) by Robert Galbraith
detailed accounts of tracking online tweets and online message board messages, and also involved frequent shifts
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and Trent's debut novel sifts through everyday brutality, corruption, and the general neglect of people and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty
- Review of Hard Cash Valley by Brian Panowich
There are a couple of odd point of view shifts to Roselita’s perspective. strong point for me, and I enjoyed learning more about their past and seeing their present-day situation shift
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift
- Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved This Year
Abriel introduces an enormous shift that shakes things up enormously for both young women before the reimagined faith, the frustrations of societal expectations for women, great adventure, strong female loyalty
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Gwynne Gwynne's epic, Norse-inspired saga tracks three fascinating main protagonists through battles, shifting The story is always shifting--shaped by betrayals and the flipped script when fate and destiny aren't
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Lara herself, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted
- Review of Writers & Lovers by Lily King
She's in the awkward, sometimes painful age and stage of shifting from young adulthood to being a grown-up question, her career path is uncertain, she lives in a forlorn former potting shed, and her love life is shifting
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
growing up, and finding new beginnings; The Celebrants, Steven Rowley's exploration of friendship, loyalty The point of view frequently shifts, and many chapters are short, but I felt connected to each of the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/24/22 Edition
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian
- Review of Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Maybe it's hard to shift from thinking your planet is safe at the centre of it all to knowing in fact
- Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change the past, portals and time loops, loyalty structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty
- Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength, her fierce loyalty unexpected and special connections, and to the joy and satisfaction in a settled life surrounded by loyal this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal
- Review of Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon
and she doesn't shy away from exploring her young understanding of the circumstances, loss, and her shifting
- Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
and heartbreak, and it's satisfying to follow them as they seek redemption, take comfort in and build loyalty The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.
- Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
"cupping" of cheeks for affection; I was drawn out of the moment by multiple instances of odd tone shifts
- Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
Sitara's unsettled feelings about her past, present, and future build and shift until reaching a crescendo
- Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
The idea that the group would even consider asking Sloane to shift her life plans in order to stay local
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Lewis as they adjust to the sudden prospect of a drastic, potentially deadly (to Wren), fundamental shift It's 1925, and Diamond Annie is running a ruthless, savvy, gritty, loyal ring of female thieves and cons
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
is the norm, and geneticists who have tried tinkering with the human state in a desperate attempt to shift Their wild success and their devastating lows--individual and collective--test their loyalty, offer joy
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who makes mistakes but whose perseverance and loyalty for a fellow "sporting woman," and when the Buffalo Queen is threatened, she must determine where her loyalties love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting wrapped up with a bow as though according to a formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift
- Six Great Stories about Robots
Neither is quite sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the interplay of characters--particularly the grudging friendship and grumpily built but rock-solid loyalty
- Review of Homecoming by Kate Morton
Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you
- Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal a deeper, quiet, surprisingly affecting story beneath the Western adventure, which is about trust, loyalty
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty
sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength, her fierce loyalty
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty
- Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition
Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of coming home.
- Three Offbeat Series I Just Started and Love
to ferret out those betraying his craft's secrets for nefarious purposes, and to protect those he is loyal life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very existence of Eðians (those who shape shift
- Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia
Katlia also explores complicated issues such as addiction, respecting elders, and family loyalty.
- Review of The Huntress by Kate Quinn
reader is able to see events unfolding while the characters remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift
- Review of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
I was intrigued by the peeks into various cults and groups that inspire fanatical loyalty, but wished it feels potentially disingenuous and even sensational to include exercise groups inspiring intense loyalty
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
It highlights unlikely loyalties forged during desperate times, terrible scenes of cruelty, and shocking But Atkinson's thrusting of Ursula back into her same existence as she shifts her circumstances slightly
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
Her tone is loyal while remaining brutal and honest. ), and how her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift
- Review of The Trackers by Charles Frazier
Yet loyalties variously rule all or fade away as an unlikely set of alliances and relationships stand
- Review of Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
omniscient viewpoint, Beautiful World Where Are You tracks the characters' romantic fits and starts, power shifts
- Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.
- Review of Blush by Jamie Brenner
But the push to shift production to meet current-day wine trends and demands; the disconnect between
- Review of So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
not truly have been culpable in any meaningful way, nor would he have had the power to significantly shift
- Review of Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
orphan Sherri Taylor, the resort is an open door to a life of excitement and opportunity, an appealing shift
- Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
When she pushes against her restrictions in a brilliant yet shocking manner in order to shift her future
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/10/22 Edition
But tensions on board the ship soon come to a head, and Ruth may have to choose between her loyalty to In Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, Long offers a story about survival, loyalty, friendship, and overcoming
- Review of Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft
Wren is a loose cannon, a fierce soldier, intensely loyal, a magical healer, and she has an uncontrollable fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist with a conscience, loyalty
- Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
The point of view shifts between first person and third person and the storytelling switches from past
- Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
but various animals are conveniently tuned into human needs and show deep, surprising connection and loyalty
- Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
reader is able to see events unfolding while the characters remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish gangs, people pretending to be different than they are, shifted
- Review of Less Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer
I was distracted at first by the shifts in points of view and by Freddy's omniscient role here--and I
- Six Fascinating Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
If we’re not loyal to the things we love, what’s the point?... Griz is capable of fury and revenge, but also great love and loyalty, bravery, and creativity.
- Review of The Change by Kristen Miller
Miller allows the frequently dreaded and bemoaned middle-aged shifts and changes to lead her female characters















































