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I loved spending time with main protagonist Eli as he navigated tough situations and emerged with hope Who is the man? Can he be trusted? Is any of this even real? Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. He wants to grow up and become a journalist, but for now his main goal is trying not to attract too much In many ways, Boy Swallows Universe defies categorization.

In Rachel Hawkins's new mystery The Wife Upstairs, each of the main players and their histories aren't Each of the main characters is consumed by wealth, class, and appearances, and hearing about superficial

husband, her always-furious oldest daughter, her absent middle son, her broken life, and her relentless pain Situations aren't black-and-white, and terrible pain sometimes leads to intense realizations in what Our main protagonists are satisfyingly clever and resourceful, but they meet with plausibly complicated

Much of the fever pitch of support and hatred for Jesus occurs off the page, when the book's main character other experiences (and often-dangerous adventures), so his role in her story is primarily as a faithful man

she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family, plus many Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always complicated But Divya is too busy crafting strong female main protagonists (complete with working mother guilt, which The management of many large-scale issues and their side effects are shown in shades of gray rather than But then Romy gets word that another ship has launched from earth, with a young man called J as the pilot

This is the only time I post about books I may not have read: promising reads for particular people in It's lovely to witness main protagonist Sybil as she slowly allows herself to face the past, addressing

In Elle Cosimano's first book in this series, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, we meet main protagonist Finlay Donovan: an author and a recently single mom, divorced from a cheating man who's easy to detest

Brendan is not the main protagonist, despite the novel's title, yet he is central to the story in that In one timeline, an abused wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear Each timeline produces a vastly different boy, a significantly shaped sister Maia, drastically different

books, The Maid by Nita Prose and Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins, and I'm listening to the audiobook Martin's Press. 02 The Maid by Nita Prose In Nita Prose's novel The Maid, main protagonist Molly finds dead in his room, and her eccentric manner--and other's manipulations of her innocent vulnerability--may Yet Prose allows some surprises, and Molly may end up being more than capable of extricating herself from suspicion by using the many personal qualities that have led others to underestimate her.

I laughed, rooted for the main protagonists and their allies, and loved the twists and turns and realizations

Both of the main characters are orphans, both were raised by indulgent, imperfect uncles, and both are

too convenient, and they add layers to the mystery of who exactly the nefarious force in the story may Lisa Scottoline Scottoline's suspenseful mystery offers surprising depth in exploring grief while the main The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen

I had so many favorite reads this month, I'm saving back two from the past week for April in case I need I loved the main characters' fashion, banter, and stubbornness. imminent demise of the human race that the robots seem perched to enact serve as a catalyst for the human main When William's painful history resurfaces, it shakes the entire family with its repercussions. The ways in which the family members reconvene were not neat or without pain, but were intriguing.

Main protagonist Logan was hard for me to emotionally connect to, but I was hooked by the heart-pounding

Joan is a funny, heartbreaking, meddlesome, irresistible main protagonist.

appreciated that the will they/won't they romantic tension hinges on factors somewhat outside of the main

I read and loved so many books in the past year, I can't resist more more more roundups of my favorites Students at the residential River Valley School for the Deaf are trying to get through finals, maintain story--as with the account of Patient Zero's experience and his two degrees of separation from the main Sea, familiar Strout characters Lucy Barton and her ex-husband William flee New York City for rural Maine

I could have listed so many fantastic young adult titles here, but I picked these varied, wonderful six The main protagonists are often figuring out the world, their place in it, and who they are and want Or are they simply linked by their pain and their honesty--and is that bond enough to bring them peace just loved the redefining of class-driven limitations (as with the attraction between Gwen's lady's maid and Arthur's right-hand-man); the unorthodox and touching loyalty within a reimagined Gwen-Arthur relationship

Vengeance Road is a rough and tumble story with enough suspense that I wasn't ever confident that the main fiction books that look promising. 03 West by Carys Davies ​This isn't strictly a Western, but the main optimistic travel route on a map (and, disturbingly, struggles multiple times with being preyed upon by a man

for Leia; and her youthful obsession and affair with the gruff (and married) Harrison Ford, who is a main I felt like a little too much time may have been spent on sharing youthful poetry and fanciful teenaged

I loved being along for the ride as Harper's story unfolded, and I was all in for the main protagonist Harper is also the author of Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) and The Lost Man, which I mentioned in my

from Henry Fry about a young man resolving complicated questions about his romantic life, career, and medieval life and is built upon the framework of facts from the lives of Julian of Norwich and our main

In A Woman Is No Man, Etaf Rum explores the often powerless and essentially voiceless status of her female The dark basement where a main character spends most of her time adds to the claustrophobic feel of that The story is built around the women's constant pain, with wives being beaten almost universally within --but also many other real-life women--to write a new history, one in which they enjoy freedoms and a What did you think of knowing something bad was going to happen to a main character?

balance of magic, religion, love, passion, family duty, adventure, and search for meaning—and all with a main

His apprenticeship is nearly over, and he has neither an assurance of steady work as a young man playing But evidence indicates to Veronica that Alice may have been murdered. Unexpected Peril . 03 I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom I'm a huge Amy Bloom fan, and I appreciated the strong main I'll Be Right Here  tracks decades in their lives, including victories, pain, unorthodox choices, and When a couple and young son move into the flat below her, Gretel begins to worry that the man of the

I began this project out of the perverse craving for a cult campfire tale that so many of us possess. Montell looks to language as a main source of power and belief in order to explore the ways in which

In "Happily Ever After" the main character faces the possibility of not being able to have a biological In Evans's story "Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," Rena, a war correspondent, attends the wedding "Why Won’t Women Just Say What They Want" focuses on an artist and the many people he has wronged (all The artist makes elaborate apologies which may be a media stunt. In "Anything Could Disappear," the main protagonist feels desperation, hoping fo new beginnings and a

marriage, sex, politics, public and private behavior—and of course *society,* which almost served as a main

When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases ward since her beloved, offbeat father disappeared during a trip to acquire artifacts for the wealthy man Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like

Elle and her oldest friend Jonas have just crossed a line, betraying their spouses--and may have set experienced there; her yearning for her estranged father in Ghana, whom they all call the Chin Chin Man Gifty is an appealing main protagonist, and Gyasi's story s fascinating so far. 03 The Haunting of Hill

01 Murder by Memory (Dorothy Gentleman #1) by Olivia Waite The playful tone and clever main protagonist working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change, May's May finds herself willing to surgically alter her facial features for a sum that might keep her family review, please check out Hum. 05 The Last Hour Between Worlds (Echo Archives #1) by Melissa Caruso I may For Bossy reviews of many other books that play with time--this is one of my favorite elements--you can

by Elle Cosimano In Elle Cosimano's first book in this series, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, we meet main protagonist Finlay Donovan: an author and a recently single mom, divorced from a cheating man who's

of Utopia Avenue, click here. 02 The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez On the surface, the main The other is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly painful In Leila Sales's young adult book This Song Could Save Your Life, main protagonist Elise doesn't fit

And the main protagonist Vasilisa and conflicted priest were irresistible characters.

fourth installment of her Murderbot series, Wells provides another short (176 pages) book in which the main

the Witch, published earlier this month, takes place in 1662 Boston, where strong-willed women like main Mary's foul treatment by her husband--and the community's unwillingness to protect her--may have you

I plowed through this book to figure out how the heck the main protagonist was going to resolve the situation

And there may be no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect But the main protagonist Griz is tough as nails and determined and wonderful, and things do ultimately

Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like

single-minded young Stephen the wunderkind; gruff, bighearted Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may Against enormous odds, the team may just be finding some of the lifesaving answers they were sent to Carey's The Girl With All the Gifts; this person appears at the end of The Boy on the Bridge but is a main

Miller was a twentysomething writer in New York City when she began having odd symptoms, terrible pain Miller explores the isolation of enduring chronic disease, her own personal experiences coping with pain Told Me by Laura Dave Hannah has just celebrated her one-year anniversary of marriage to Owen, she may be making the slightest inroads with her teenaged stepdaughter Bailey--and she may finally be getting Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with

The vivid setting is as essential to the book as a main character, and references to real-life celebrities

of empathy might have unraveled the increasingly devastating whirlwind of conflict between the two main protagonists, who are each both hero and vill ain.

A mysterious prisoner from the front arrives who could be friend or foe, and our main protagonist Talin

Six Great Bossy Historical Fiction Reads I loved so many historical fiction books last year. She rises through the ranks of palace concubines and gains almost unfettered access to the king, all The main protagonist's focus in her work is Commander Graham Gore (a character based upon a real figure He teaches English to children and adjusts to the shock of living in a flat with many other people--and

Although you may see some of the big plot events coming, Center makes the journey so enjoyable that I more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing and books, there are wonderfully faulted love-crossed main After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze producer reaches out to her with an unexpected question: Would Bea consider starring in a season of Main

Reid is a straitlaced young man for whom things are black-and-white, clearly right and wrong. Because our main protagonist is hiding from her mother and the coven, who desire to use Lou to further pronounced than her identity as a thief and as a young woman fighting against the establishment and The Man --until she marries The Man himself.

This likely goes without saying, but a significant personal interest in Tombstone and the main players enter into reading this knowing Clavin was providing a meaty look at the topic of the town and the many

I wanted to love that book more--there was so much love for books, and the main protagonist had a gloriously --but I found myself distracted by what felt like too many silly, slapstick moments or details that didn't

The main players have to stick to their lies about their past to preserve their fragile present-day lives