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  • Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

    A German spy is on the loose in a small French community, and sources tell Laura that he may be linked hotel with a sinister violinist who seems to control their emotions--and tempt them with forbidden, lost

  • Review of Santa Ana by Addison J. Chapple with Rachael Flanery

    This squashed much of my interest, as I couldn't let myself be lost in the insanity any longer because felt like an opportunity to explore pure feelings and for the straight-laced main protagonist to cut loose

  • Review of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch

    marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose ghost, particularly heartrending to recall when a long-due reunion ultimately occurs after countless lost

  • Review of This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

    We’re all, all the time, striving, and though that means there’s a more-or-less constant supply of failure He is older, kind, capable, yet somewhat lost, and he's bent on making amends for past mistakes.

  • Review of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

    Elston's first adult novel ticked all of my mystery-reading boxes: a con artist, fake identity, dangerous boss Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name, which only her boss

  • Review of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang

    enlisted to create elaborate dishes for the wealthiest elite on a lush mountaintop compound, and she loses But when the boss's daughter begins tinkering with precious resources, our main protagonist is swept

  • Review of In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

    Fear seeks to preserve itself, and the bigger you let your life and perspective and heart get, the less Cash finds himself well outside his comfort zone, wearing Old Navy versions of the uniform, lost in poetry

  • Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros

    But there's some funny dialogue here that made me laugh, and Yarros allows the characters to be less Violet's physical condition and chronic illness is referred to in Iron Flame but is far less of a key (sleeping for hundreds of pages), with a grand reveal at the end, the impact of which felt a little lost

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's supervillain business--complete with an evil lair in an island

  • Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    slips potential evidence into her pocket, gathers and questions those she thinks are suspects, and bosses This was a fast read (listen), and while the denouement didn't completely hold together for me and the loose

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition

    01 The Shadowed Land (Lost Queen #3) by Signe Pike I loved the first story in this series, The Lost Queen Signe Pike is the author of the first two books in the Lost Queen trilogy, The Lost Queen and The Forgotten

  • Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

    stern headmistress, and the links to India made me feel as though this was a grown-up version of the loose Lister was in fact frequently writing back to her former love--but many of Raine's belongings were lost

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/8/25 Edition

    Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name, which only her boss

  • Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

    page time in the book spent on tedious matters such as filling out forms and attempts to track down lost When it's revealed later in the book that he considers himself a genius, I felt even less likely to empathize

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    For my full review of this book, check out The Last Magician . 03 Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle A.G. Riddle's 450-page multiple-timeline story Lost in Time , a group of scientists have developed a device For my full review of this book, check out Lost in Time . 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/13/22 Edition

    Her visions begin transporting her to her indigenous land, offering glimpses of life in the Lost Territory Luz realizes that she may be the only one who can save the stories of her ancestors before they are lost , starts with a devastating ending (the demise of a character, caused by nefarious magicians) and a less-than-promising

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition

    English teacher who moves to Los Angeles to adapt her surprise feminist bestseller into a movie--without losing This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

  • Review of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

    Or that her shift in feelings of responsibility could be part of her cutting loose in areas of her personal Millie is in danger of losing everything, and this culminating situation of neglectful, inept damage

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition

    “He loses his wife so he stirs up an army to bring her back to him, costing countless lives and creating Oenone loses her husband and she raises their son. Which of those is the more heroic act?” Before crossing over from the living forever, Wallace gets a week to finish out his life and tie up loose

  • Review of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

    she's seen or what to make of it, staggering through her days, unsure whether it's day or night and less , but I liked how Willingham allowed for resolutions without glossing over the irrevocable effects of

  • Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies

    the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost ) is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program about finding She didn't lose sight of embracing each new experience while reflecting on what she wanted her future

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated.

  • Review of Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

    the change of seasons--and who others avoid as actively as he avoids them--saves Emaleen from being lost Emaleen's foray into the wild; there are resolutions here, but the momentum of the earlier story felt lost

  • Review of Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

    Buddy Lee lost his job while mourning his son and is holed up drinking in his trailer, and Ike, who knows But the cops seem to have given up on the case, the killers are still on the loose, and the men share

  • Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

    ) is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program about finding But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost

  • Review of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

    Some of these circles are somewhat glossed over--and the pacing flagged at times for me as the protagonists of the story, during the slog through various avenues of hell, and the worldbuilding felt slim and glossed

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    For my full review of this book, check out The Last Magician. 03 Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle A.G. Riddle's 450-page multiple-timeline story Lost in Time, a group of scientists have developed a device For my full review of this book, check out Lost in Time. 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition

    Buddy Lee lost his job and is holed up drinking in his trailer, and Ike, who knows a Black man can't But the cops seem to have given up on the case, the killers are still on the loose, and the men share Louis and reuniting with a long-lost aunt--their recently orphaned neighbor Emmy and their steadfast

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/2/24 Edition

    She is told she will receive zero support from the baby's father; she loses two roommates due to the baby's crying; she receives little practical help from her mother; and she loses her job.

  • Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh

    messy, imperfect, wonderful, adventurous, tragic lives shown in the bulk of the book to a smooth, no-loose-ends The Author's Note explains that the character of Violet and the arc of her life is somewhat loosely based

  • Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

    Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Bourdain does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after a memoir about marriage, unexpected yearnings, and the messy process of finding herself again after losing Her tone seems useful for readers who may not have gardens, much less farms, and who may looking to live

  • January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire. terrifying power of perception and manipulated presentation; the potential destruction of lies and glossed-over

  • Review of Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang

    living in the present all become too complicated to parse as one being or the other, and the women lose

  • Thankful for Five-Star Bossy Reads

    influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most of all, faith—in some cases, lost He struggles to move forward, but he feels stuck, as though part of him will always be lost. Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right their wrongs; then

  • Review of O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

    school leads to further ostracization and irritating demands upon Janet's time, when she'd prefer to lose

  • Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage

    I was looking for more assertiveness from Emmy and less of a dynamic in which men solve women's problems It's not fair for me to want a Western romance to be less romance and more Western, but I did, and even

  • Review of We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

    Ishida's offbeat story tells the tales of various characters, lost or in pain, who find themselves transformed

  • Review of Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez

    Xavier is a young veterinarian who feels grumpy, exhausted, and as though he may be losing faith in humanity

  • Review of The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

    I loved the worldbuilding and the headstrong, powerful loose cannon of Nahri, as well as the Middle Eastern

  • Review of Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino

    Ultimately, Sunny listens to her inner voice and doesn't settle for anyone who wants her to be less than

  • Review of Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

    And liking Nathan is starting to feel like less of an act than simply a reality.

  • Review of Wellness by Nathan Hill

    But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves.

  • March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry--and "Lost And liking Nathan is starting to feel like less of an act than simply a reality. When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost

  • Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

    is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program about finding But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost

  • Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood

    page time spent on sex scenes --which eventually seemed to take on a life of their own--meant that we lost

  • Review of The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian

    Weybridge is morally clear to Libby, but the realities of the potential harm it could bring aren't lost

  • Review of This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

    Bridget's former best friend and Felix were serious and broke up, after which the girls lost their friendship

  • Review of One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

    But he seems to be beyond confident, so Alice has nothing to lose by being herself.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/25 Edition

    In one timeline, an abused wife makes a stand for a whimsical name; in a second, she makes a less aggressive

  • Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences

    itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost

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