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is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes of time in which strange events loosely echo world-building, in which things are similar to yet different from earlier versions, creatures lose I was repeatedly left wondering who was who, much less what their motivations, pasts, and realities might

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. this novel calls to my mind another book, which I loved, Natalie Zina Walschots's Hench, as well as loose

Depression rages, orphaned Italian immigrant Grace rises through the ranks of the Near North Ballet Company--losing As Nocturne became less anchored in emotions and motivations that I could grasp, I lost my connection There are twists, and I enjoyed Grace's strong stand at the end, but by that point I had lost my feeling

Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of unorthodox approach to benefiting from it was driven by a genius of a woman (who had to work though her far less Strikingly, she is able to retain her conscience, while he loses any he once had.

young woman who invents an alternate identity of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet Women; I'm reading Less Is Lost, the second in Andrew Sean Greer's series (the first book was Less) about the character of author Arthur Less and the lengths he'll go to to try to avoid coping with the difficulties of life; and I'm Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer In Andrew Sean Greer's Less, Arthur Less is about to turn In book two, Less Is Lost, Arthur faces the death of a former lover and a financial crisis--and again

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. unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many of the logistical complications are glossed

01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series She's months late delivering the newest installment of the series, and her publisher and fans are losing I received a prepublication copy of Libby Lost and Found , which was published October 15, courtesy of

His lost love is on the ship (with his fianc é ), along with many Blessed who detest him--whether because identify what's occurring (and requires a lot of retroactive explaination), and the story's tension loses

anyone else to believe in the existence of the unknown man who has turned her life on its head, much less Enter Eddie Flynn, whose fast-and-loose approach to his work as a criminal lawyer destroyed his marriage

Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very existence--not to mention Darnay's more handsome, less I don't recall reading A Tale of Two Cities , so the value of the allegories is lost on me.

“I’m sorry that you lost your mother,” she said. “I suppose that the best ones are like mine. something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose

And if the latter, why were his friends willing to travel with him, much less remain friendly on a regular

stories and reshaping history, sharing his tragic past and garnering sympathy from Sadie, whose shadowy bosses Lucky, the youngest, a model, is losing herself in drugs and alcohol.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

“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

) 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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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