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- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
solve the mystery of a murder committed by a riev, a decommissioned battle-mecha robot from the last conflict
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting Wrong Time. 05 The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts
- Review of A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic #3) by V.E. Schwab
Schwab's stories take place within her detailed fantasy worlds, but her characters' conflicts, hopes, Her characters' dynamics, conflicts, hopes, fears, and determination feel real and true.
- Review of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
common area; spreading hurtful gossip; excluding others from invitations) yet impactful interpersonal conflicts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/20/23 Edition
boarding school years, when her roommate Thalia was murdered--and the school's athletic trainer was convicted
- Review of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
This character is later key to bravely resolving the main and significant conflicts of the story when Hendrix sets up the push-and-pull of conflicting pressures here: responsibility and risk; following gut
- Review of Orbital by Samantha Harvey
astronauts' (literal) perspective on earth allows them to take in its beauty without considering borders or conflicts
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
struggling to get by, there's some chaste young love, and stresses and crises set off disagreements and conflicts life to be bigger and more fulfilling (and often in these cases, longer); and develops inner strength, conviction
- Review of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
Williams takes us along as she digs into her life's trajectory and the various conflicts, explorations
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/22/23 Edition
Williams takes us along as she digs into her life's trajectory and the various conflicts, explorations
- Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
reemerge in Sitara's memories and her subconscious, and she explores Sitara's complicated, ongoing, conflicting
- Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
The rom-com conflict that prevents an immediate happy resolution was based on a communication fail--a As in all good rom-coms, there's a conflict keeping the potential couple apart, and I appreciated the
- Review of Landslide by Susan Conley
Jill feels utterly alone as she struggles to understand teenaged dramas, to manage brotherly conflict
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/25/22 Edition
Meanwhile, killer Ruby Reyes, the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder twenty-five years earlier
- Review of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, was convicted
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
She's failing out of school, working some shifts at a diner, and living in a nonfunctioning motorhome life to be bigger and more fulfilling (and often in these cases, longer); and develops inner strength, conviction
- Review of You Can't Be Serious by Kal Penn
want to spend a big part of his life in service to others, and he tried to reconcile his two seemingly conflicting
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/24/21 Edition
wonderfully unexpected developments related to plot, character arc, point of view, morality, origin stories, conflict still bristles at his necessary role as high king, but he'll soon have to lead his people through the conflict
- Review of Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
last hundred pages or so of Malibu Rising shifted into melodrama, and from that point on, the story's conflicts
- Review of Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
mentor for Sylvie, and I loved the accounts of reporting and printing on a printing press as well as the conflicts
- Review of Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent’s book explores the cold, brutal winter as convicted murderer Agnes awaits her execution
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting Wrong Time. 05 The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston This romantic light fiction story includes sibling conflicts
- Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
late-stage, dangerous, dramatic situation requiring Hannah's smarts and strength--adds tension and conflict
- Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley
The cover looked more juvenile than the story felt, so for me, it set a tone that conflicted somewhat
- Review of The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
familial support isn't stereotypical in its structure, and imperfect, broken family members add to various conflicts
- Review of The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Set in fourteenth century Russia, complete with rich folklore, conflicts between those who follow the
- Review of This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
struggling to get by, there's some chaste young love, and stresses and crises set off disagreements and conflicts
- Six Historical Fiction Favorites
Through the scenes here, we see that those on opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (and
- Review of Open Book by Jessica Simpson
stardom, her religious faith, her reliance on and love for her friends, her deep familial attachments and conflicts
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Williams takes us along as she digs into her life's trajectory and the various conflicts, explorations to Fortune's Meet Me at the Lake, light fiction with an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting
- Review of the Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
And the main protagonist Vasilisa and conflicted priest were irresistible characters.
- Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year
by Douglas Stuart Young Mungo offers a striking story of disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict vulnerability of allowing one's self to be seen for the first time, overcoming lifelong Protestant-Catholic conflicts
- Review of Upgrade by Blake Crouch
interesting scenes of superhumans' outsmarting each other; and noble desires to "save the world" that conflict
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition
solve the mystery of a murder committed by a riev, a decommissioned battle-mecha robot from the last conflict
- Review of Recursion by Blake Crouch
their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases they are unable to cope with their conflicting
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
collaboration between Clinton and Penny kept me on the edge of my seat through heart-stopping political conflicts feel invested in the story, Adams's family, and the ins and outs of the various complicated political conflicts
- Review of My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball fantasy element in which the life-and-death conflict
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases they are unable to cope with their conflicting Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty.
- Review of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
life to be bigger and more fulfilling (and often in these cases, longer); and develops inner strength, conviction
- Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth
It centers around one family’s conflicts with crooked and powerful neighbors; cruel and aggressive Native
- Review of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
beloved sanctuary, or will the uncovering of secrets and lies, family drama, and powerful generational conflicts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/8/21 Edition
beloved sanctuary, or will the uncovering of secrets and lies, family drama, and powerful generational conflicts
- Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
sharing their intense tennis goals and communicating primarily through and about tennis has led to some conflicts
- Review of Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil #2) by Kevin Hearne
logistics of magical processes and of defusing traps; and page time spent planning responses to current-day conflicts
- Review of Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
the facts, he dons elaborate disguises; there is a refreshing lack of violence beyond fistfight-level conflicts
- Review of The Unwilling by John Hart
prison, war, money, power, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty in the face of terrible conflict
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition
Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the
- Review of Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty.
- Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories I Loved
opens up her life to be bigger and more fulfilling (and, often longer); and develops inner strength, conviction
- Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories
The Winter of the Witch is set in fourteenth century Russia, complete with rich folklore, conflicts















































