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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

said that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change the main

The main protagonists are young, but their concerns are weighty.

I was completely taken with the compelling story of the spunky main players; the shockingly blatant,

The dialogue is incredible, and the faulted main players are irresistible. beautiful In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss , Away , Lucky Us , Come to Me: Stories , and A Blind Man walking down the street--then she sees that he is armed, and to her horror, she sees him kill another man She can't explain what's happened, but she quickly realizes that now she may be able to stop the murder

The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal gives a fittingly old-fashioned quality to the writing that feels as though it suits the time, the main imprisonment; experiences cruel and potentially fatal betrayal by one of their own; faces the wild and its many

Wings by Sue Monk Kidd In 1803 Charleston, plantation owners wield cruel and immense control over their many people considered disobedient; the oppressive power exercised over the humans who are considered by many meaning in life; and the fraught, heart-wrenching, tender, likely ill-fated romance between the two main

On the surface, the main players in this book by Abby Jimenez are too outrageously beautiful, obscenely The other is a shockingly talented artist who abandoned the creation of new work after an incredibly painful

Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which the main Our main protagonist Tom makes a decision that strands him in our version of the world, which feels like Either to change a world--many, many worlds, each touched by the choices I make in my life, for every Harry August has been born (in a train station in 1919) many times. Some lives are notable, others comfortable, and still others are full of pain.

It may make me feel all the feelings, and/or may be intriguing and make me think, and it's usually engaging Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most good, and they make mistakes and pay for them and live within their awful messed-up moments and their painful Were the Kennedys by Monica Wood In 1963 the Woods were a typical Catholic immigrant family in Mexico, Maine Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence

Favorite Bossy Historical Fiction Reads of the Year I loved reading so many historical fiction books I'm fascinated by stories in which a woman poses as a man in order to achieve freedoms otherwise not Belle is fearful--particularly for her mother's sake--that her father's true origins may be uncovered All of this, along with her pain at the loss of her beloved father, keeps her closed off emotionally. Main protagonist Frankie signs up to leave her idyllic, privileged Southern California life--and the

I loved the Ottoman Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes She finds that she may be the only hope to save her war-torn country. King, surprising revelations, shifting alliances, opaque political machinations, and enmity between main which offers wonderfully flawed characters, plot twists and revelations, great banter, and endings you may