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interconnected points of view, and I had trouble differentiating between the characters and their voices from time to time.

Molly found herself yearning for more time with her busy, glamorous mother. books in this series. 03 O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker I bought O Caledonia at Powell's Books the last time Boarding school leads to further ostracization and irritating demands upon her time, when she'd prefer

Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space travel The book feels much more focused on the characters--with a backdrop of space travel and otherworldly beautifully about moments large and small, from the weightiness of saying goodbye to loved ones for the last time Sometimes Dolly lets them fall, but other times her songs about freedom (with her metaphors of butterflies

They are not allowed to touch each other but may speak, and to bond and pass the time, they share stories infinitesimal variations in how they may prepare their food or sew their own clothing, and simply kill time

behind his decision and explores the importance to him of taking an active role in determining the time fiction novel Wingwalkers, Zeno, a former World War I ace pilot, and Della, his daring wingwalking wife, travel Depression-era America, wowing audiences and inspiring hope in a dark, sober time. heartbreaking, heartwarming echoes and swirls of themes and details that repeat and connect through time

Archie begins wondering about unexplained aspects of his own family history, and when he and his aunts travel

The timing will almost certainly set white folks on James's tail as a presumed child murderer. The two are stuck together for a time, and the James-Huck Finn connection built by Everett is unexpected Yet the true horrors of life as an enslaved Black person in the deep South at the time of Twain's novel

, vulnerability, and hurt, then offers up faulted, broken, hopeful, impulsive characters who are at times wondrously stoic, and at other times act against their best interests, complicating everything and potentially

“You die down there, you better hope I live a real long time. at the end of the Civil War, amid the confusion and desperation and cruelty and kindnesses of that time

The first time she repeatedly found herself short on time so that she wouldn't be able to brush her teeth Eve spent very little time exploring options upon discovering her unplanned pregnancy; it was so easy

01 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict among she wondered, was this what love was, to persist when you didn't want to, to try for patience another time The End of Drum-Time was intriguing and kept me interested throughout; it was brutal and frustrating For my full review of this book, please see The End of Drum-Time. 02 Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by The children are largely unattended during this time, but their bonds to each other are solidified.

Russell also interestingly explores Holliday's career as a dentist (at a time when the dental profession was tainted by traveling butchers and thieves), and his gallant, grumpy, well-read, mischievous, and but here it gives a fittingly old-fashioned quality to the writing that feels as though it suits the time own; faces the wild and its many dangers; suffers grave wounds; and saves each other's skin countless times Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader

It's time for the foooood books! Ruth Reichl was editor in chief of Gourmet and a world-renowned food critic for The New York Times, and I wondered at first if Bourdain's "I'm tough, I've been pretty screwed up at times, and I'm also sometimes before I spent endless evenings happily watching multiple television series featuring Anthony Bourdain traveling

The banter made me laugh at times, and I bought the attraction between Katie and Hutch, as well as the not swimming is easily resolved (in convenient fashion, so that the two main protagonists can spend time

Full-force details of foot-binding, and See doesn't stint on the page time spent on the topic. her, particularly those credited to tradition rather than wisdom, yet she feels authentically of this time captivated by that aspect of Lady Tan, including the treatments, techniques, and beliefs that feel of the time

world and called it the Kingdom of Back, entertaining themselves during weeks and months of carriage travel likely future levels—which she also deserved but which were seemingly impossible for a woman at the time

: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid I love an astronaut story, and while Reid spent far more page time aspects, there was plenty of each to go around in this novel that was the perfect book at the perfect time This was exactly the right story for me at the right time, and I hugged it to my chest when I finished I loved each time period and the evolution of each strong female character. I enjoyed spending time in each time period.

Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other times Physical discomfort (he is tired, cold, hot, burned, thirsty, hungry), emotional turmoil (he feels loneliness author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era painter, Val Welch, traveling

For the rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let the others know where we are, we will remember this time, what can happen.

Lucy feels disruptively restless at times, but really, she figures, who doesn't? She travels the country tracking lost women, moving into communities with little more than a change of

she becomes convinced that what happened to Ruth is linked to the Florida sorority attack, and she travels At times, particularly in the middle of the story, things felt disjointed to me and jumped around in

Cara who also appear in Those Beyond the Wall--in Cara's case, as a key player without a lot of page time Scales isn't sure who she can trust; she is challenged by grasping the time, place, and circumstances known to exist, so nothing feels final; and the fact that Scales and her allies spend significant page time

But Justin's family is going through an incredibly complicated and fraught time, and he's caring for over and over--and she's also the reason Emma can't settle down for more than a couple of months at a time Characters from other Jimenez books appear, although it took me time to figure out that Alexis, Daniel

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery that plays with time, Wrong Place Wrong Time; I'm reading Antarctica, a collection of short stories by one of my favorite authors 01 Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time (like some of my favorite books do). Time is moving backward, and she must figure out why--and how to save her son. 02 Antarctica by Claire

Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam's recent literary novel about a young man considering his life as he travels message that Rani, his grandmother's former caregiver, who lived in the household with all of them for a time

There's a key mentioned multiple times...so the confusion about where the all-important key might be taking action on potentially urgent and lifesaving leads for days and undertake treacherous winter travel

Throughout her childhood, Molly found herself yearning for more time with her busy, glamorous mother. Everyone was always dying, all the time. limitations (Erica often told Molly and others how much she loved Molly, but she didn't express this through time

In Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro offers characters and consequences that connect through time and in unexpected Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back “If only time could be seen whole, then you could see the past remaining intact, instead of vanishing Shapiro is also the author of Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage; Devotion: A Memoir; and other books.

In her spare time, Enid loves true crime podcasts and dates a variety of women from dating apps. I was intrigued by the book's premise, and I loved the science facts Enid spouted off at times, but in At times the novel was so absurd as to seem slapstick, so that the important issues underlying the story

its dark past and sets out to uncover the truth of disturbing events it was involved in around the time Rogue Protocol tracks Murderbot's travels to look into the goings-on of the questionable and mysterious

Excitement about Upcoming Books I’m looking forward to so many January books, I’m not sure I’ll have time

Epstein's writing is lovely, and she skillfully evokes details of the place and time, exposes Victorian Her voice and point of view are sometimes testy, often incisive, and at other times diminished--a product of the limitations of single women in that time. Smith is also the author of the novels White Teeth , The Autograph Man , On Beauty , NW , and Swing Time of which was read aloud for the (obtuse, grumpy, belligerent) poet's wife's birthday, then lost to time

years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time To save their treasured family time together, Rocky may have to share secrets she never intended to reveal

tragic aspect of his abandonment isn't that he left his children, but that he missed out on precious time Kevin Wilson is also the author of Now Is Not the Time to Panic , Nothing to See Here , Baby, You're

Harrow's upcoming novel The Everlasting ; I'm listening to Yiming Ma's exploration of a future in which Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage , and Fractured Fables . 02 These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Woolever also recounts her time as assistant to the kind, passionate Tony Bourdain until the time of

Chambers's science fiction is full of heart, heartbreak, and hope--with a fascinating backdrop of space travel The book feels much more focused on the characters--with a backdrop of space travel and otherworldly

Vera and Edith are such a complementary partnership, and I loved spending time with these strong young I was taken by how remarkable the story was of the women's lives during this time of turmoil. 05 Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum Most of us are drawn to this time period thinking it was a war of I was fascinated by the two points of view (mother and daughter) and the two time periods (World War I'd like to read more about the facts of that time and of voyages like this.

He begins wondering about unexplained aspects of his own family history, and when the three of them travel

inspires varied and complicated questions about the possibly disturbing events that transpired around the time In the final lines (where the idea of travel and of unraveling the final threads of the story are introduced

After meeting for the first time, Michael, a recently divorced teacher, studious and thoughtful, and Which means traveling together to a tropical island for his sister's wedding, pretending to be soulmates

and her husband Bill were in the thick of young parenthood, with endless plans but little money or time heart of the book and is the center of the wheel of characters rotating around her, yet little page time We spend the most page time with Annie's oldest child and only daughter, Ali, as she navigates young

She is a young mother who had met a nice guy and followed the prescribed steps of the time: marriage, Dawn's na ï vit é is heartbreaking, as society in that time and place aggressively fights departures

Her propensity for remaining emotionally closed off free up a lot of time. She's never been in a serious relationship and has no interest in one--she doesn't have time for frivolity

aka escapes from reality--one magical mystery on a ship, an adventure that toggled between layers of time Her propensity for remaining emotionally closed off free up a lot of time. She's never been in a serious relationship and has no interest in one--she doesn't have time for frivolity , she realizes that someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes of time For Bossy reviews of many other books that play with time--this is one of my favorite elements--you can

author Charles Frazier offers historical fiction featuring a Great Depression-era painter, Val Welch, traveling

Astrid is always on time, always. Her sense of time and what it's possible to achieve within windows of time is practically her superpower Only David or Max could inspire her to take time out from her grueling studies. In fact, she's reminded again that her schedule really doesn't allow time for romantic entanglements And worrying about Max's safety as he fights the bad guys could be its own full-time job.

Titanic as well as a British spy working with the WWII French Resistance--and the details of life in each time The story's later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated The book is almost at its close by the time the two main protagonists are explicitly linked within the

years away, because Rocky's menopausal rage threatens to undo any joy she might gain from spending time To save their treasured family time together, Rocky may have to share secrets she never intended to reveal But her life is complicated: her father requires a full-time caregiver, and Emma is it.

Exiles was the right mystery at the right time for me. For my full review, check out Exiles . Morton Morton offers a Secret Garden -type tale for grown-ups, with twisty stories connected across time I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he navigated tough situations and emerged with hope because of them), he emerges as a fantastic, oddball, singularly heroic character I loved spending time

I'm going to take an unprecedented Bossy break to spend time with family, but I hope to be reading a