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- Review of Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
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
- Review of I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Makkai offers up the potentially world-changing power of young people with an idea and tenacity; and
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading in the Past Year
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
- Review of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/20/21 Edition
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
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted and changed
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Review of You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
Through tracing the framework of and the growth and change of her relationship, Smith also explores gender
- Review of The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy
Zusy's Frederick sisters navigate a complicated, stressful situation and drastic changes with plenty
- Six More Books about Brave Female Spies
The Briar Club , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang
- Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
Funny, how truth changes in the telling. How a person becomes a myth, how a myth becomes a hero.
- Six Short Story Collections to Wow You
within the relationships she lays out, and you may not be able to anticipate who's going to have a life-changing couple of the eleven stories in Meloy's collection left me wishing for more, but Meloy doesn't leave you hanging
- Review of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
traces the webs of deceit, greed, bravery, and the desire for heroic glory that build to the book's climax
- Review of Outlawed by Anna North
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
- Review of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
felt hemmed in by hippie culture and also by the societal opposition to it; how she missed some world-changing
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
The elaborate climactic scene was creatively gruesome—and I felt realistic disgust as a result.
- Review of Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.
- Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks
as we see Jarrett grow up enslaved and dedicated to his horse Darley (later renamed Lexington in a change
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world.
- Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year
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
- Six Long Contemporary Novels to Sink Into
the author of The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , The Alice Network , and, with Janie Chang
- October Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/11/22 Edition
gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything's about to change
- Review of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
into an engrossing, complicated family story of forbidden love, secrets, impending death, and second chances enraging to watch him pretend to be buoyed along and tell himself he has no real power--when he had the chance
- Review of The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
“People think romances are just about sex—and some are, which is fine—but they’re also about social change
- Review of What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky
loss, when it does occur, takes everyone by surprise, and Selma's granddaughter, Luisa, is forever changed
- Review of Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
standout for me, you might also enjoy a different book about aging women taking back their power, The Change
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
kingdom's evils are intensely detailed and extensively explored; this motivates characters to seek change
- Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had made peace with--he must decide whether it changes a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers long-buried secrets that could change
- Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books
transports you to her late 1980s teenage bubble and allows you to live alonside her through her sharply life-changing
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
the tales of multiple generations; interesting, assumed identities; otherworldly beings; wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters; and a rich English countryside setting.
- Review of In Pieces by Sally Field
I found Sally Field's discussion of her "craft" and how she grew and changed as an actor to be the most I found Sally Field's discussion of her "craft" and how she grew and changed as an actor to be the most
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes
- Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock
a packhorse librarian in 1930s Appalachian Kentucky and adds layers like a complicated past, second chances Blaylock offers up second chances at love, avoidance of punishment for our heroes' missteps when they
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or choice-- I found Sally Field's discussion of her "craft" and how she grew and changed as an actor to be the most
- Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
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
- Review of What Doesn't Kill You by Tessa Miller
lives every single day with illness to tell me that (1) I wasn’t alone and (2) my life was going to change I would never get better, and that would change everything: the way I think about my body, my health,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/15/22 Edition
Knowing what she does about the future, would Alice change the past?
- Review of You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn
types interested in both funny writing and reflecting diversity led to opportunities that ultimately changed
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change.
- Review of Time of the Child by Niall Williams
He's also bemoaning his own chance at love; as a widower he worked with Annie Mooney at the pharmacy, But an unwed mother in that time and place has little chance of keeping a child once the Church has a
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/26/22 Edition
Blackwood's best friend was killed and Emery's love August was accused of being her murderer, everything changed
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
The next day, the world is changed. Carls have cropped up in cities throughout the world.
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year
as we see Jarrett grow up enslaved and dedicated to his horse Darley (later renamed Lexington in a change After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes
- Review of Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin
It's possible very little in the book was changed in light of real-world events, but, and maybe this
- Review of Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
But it's 1977, and things are changing.
- Review of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Along the way, Stevenson and EJI also doggedly manage to change some important laws that stop the imprisonment make readers uncomfortable, but they're all worth looking at under a microscope and demanding the many changes
- Review of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
and her own work stress began taking its toll on her physically and emotionally, she yearned to make changes















































