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- Review of After Annie by Anna Quindlen
books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.
- Review of The Land and Its People: Essays by David Sedaris
social niceties, including a hilarious emotional reliance on Duolingo, various entertaining and nerve-racking
- Review of Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The first half of the book felt slowly paced and was spent with Wallace in limbo, being told how many that explore similar themes, check out the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Review of Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story It's the 1990s, and Carrie is facing what in tennis is considered a geriatric age--as well as all the
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/26/24 Edition
books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.
- Six Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
In The Golden Enclaves, the third installment of the series, an allied force of students faces the aftermath This didn't make The Golden Enclaves the most darkly fun, deeply emotional, or captivatingly paced book The largely somber tone appropriately reflects these kids' growing up and facing challenges more complex The story features instances of rape, abandonment, witch hunting, and attempted suicide.
- Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros
My favorite elements were the action sequences, the opportunities for humor, and the pacing of this 640 the dragon element kept me reading with fingers crossed that the story would take off and eclipse the pacing the Empyrian series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced
- Review of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
dating game is rusty, her sobriety program mentor is claustrophobically rigid, her estranged father is facing
- Review of I'll Be Right Here by Amy Bloom
character here and the World War II-era crises, for me, the story felt somewhat disjointed and flagged in pacing
- Review of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer.
- Review of Platform Decay (Murderbot #8) by Martha Wells
catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot (SecUnit), who in this eighth book in the series is faced
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/2/21 Edition
Cosby; a light fiction story that's multigenerational, features a winery backdrop, and references racy So far this is a lovely light fiction story that also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form Krueger also wrote Ordinary Grace, reviewed on the blog here.
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the
- Review of When the World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward
mothers, the widespread destruction and complicated effects, and the stalwart moving forward in the face
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition
books about mortality, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality and Six More Powerful Books about Facing Mortality.
- Review of I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
The pacing is appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information
- Review of Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me #1) by Abby Jimenez
layers tough situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and here, her main protagonists must face
- Review of The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
The Piano Tuner is a strange, slowly paced adventure story but also an anti-imperialist, pro-music take
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/22/26 Edition
Libro.fm and Harper Muse. 03 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali I feel as though I've been hearing rave But after her father's untimely death, daughter and mother quickly face the hard reality of women's inability
- Review of The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
loved seeing Ren's procedure as he prevented issues, coped with challenges, headed off trouble, and faced A couple of other potentially disastrous and complex situations were faced and addressed, and I enjoyed
- Review of The Gunners by Rebecca Kaufman
But nitpicks aside, in this story about facing the past, forgiveness, and revisiting how shaped we can
- Review of Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
panning this widely beloved story, but for me the sweetness was cloying; the tale slowed to a snail's pace
- Review of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
premise of this lighthearted, romantic, zany rom-com long enough to buy into the story of an artist with face finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition...but then she woke up unable to recognize faces
- Review of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
antifeminism, and Yesteryear tracks back and forth in time, alluding to Natalie’s eventual fall from grace
- Review of The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osman
Osman writes older characters with grace, not relying on archetypes but serving up poignancy, dialogue
- Review of Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
She must also face a likely reality in which she cannot save the princess and will ultimately be held
- Review of That Night by Gillian McAllister
They cannot keep straight faces, they discuss incriminating facts where others might hear them, compound
- Review of The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me #2) by Abby Jimenez
money troubles--this stresses me out--but Jimenez manages realistically complicated scenarios with grace
- Review of This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History by Beverly Gage
our history, explore our complicated path to the present day, and inspire our growing stronger as we face As current debates rage about how to tell the truths of our history, some groups fight to erase uncomfortable
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
acts, decisiveness, wisdom, and loving kindness as he gets into increasing trouble, touches lives, faces Osman writes older characters with grace, not relying on archetypes but serving up poignancy, dialogue
- Review of The Love Haters by Katherine Center
This is not a racy book, and the attraction and relationship are focused on emotions and wanting to be
- Review of Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
matters of duty and loyalty versus desire for individuality and imagination; emotional frigidity in the face
- Review of The Colony by Annika Norlin
Her perspective forces each person to face the truth of what is missing from their lives and to resent
- Review of The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart #1) by V. L. Bovalino
The pacing sloooowed during this section, but I was invested.
- Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books
favorite young adult books, or books that made you delight in feeling all the feelings young people face Shirin has learned to brace herself against prejudice because she wears a hijab, or because of her religion
- Review of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
The painting referenced in Dominic Smith's novel title is a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter- Ellie, now a celebrated art historian, is potentially facing a disaster in which her forgery comes to
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing beautiful writer who is so smart, reflects deeply, and candidly shares the many heartbreaking aspects of facing family but also holds meaning for anyone considering the way they live and how they might choose to face
- Review of Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
Soon the women are facing a death, difficult truths, and a complicated web of destruction as their clever
- Review of Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn.
- Review of Rites of the Starling (Shield of Sparrows #2) by Devney Perry
The pacing of the book felt slow at times.
- Another Six Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
acts, decisiveness, wisdom, and loving kindness as he gets into increasing trouble, touches lives, faces to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett In this heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face While the characters in The Road to Tender Hearts face sometimes devastating turns of events, the tone
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/11/26 Edition
Now, along with the rest of the city, Nora faces the terrifying emergence of cholera.
- Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood
For me, there was a little bit of excessive detail in some of the racy moments, and the copious page
- Review of In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality, and Kate Bowler's No Cure for Being Human is another excellent book about facing mortality and was a five-star read for me.
- Review of The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy
acts, decisiveness, wisdom, and loving kindness as he gets into increasing trouble, touches lives, faces
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/15/24 Edition
Collapse, we catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot, who in this seventh book in the series is faced In Red London, Kell's brother king Rhy Maresh is facing spreading resistance and assassination attempts
- Review of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
The pacing didn't flag, and this was a fast 535-page read. More Love for V. E.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/9/23 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama's book about facing adversity other methods of coping, reminding herself of what's what, and ways in which she carries on in the face
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/17/26 Edition
of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw The stormy night Clay Lockhart's wife and children die, he flies into a raging But surprises await Vera, and she'll need to undergo some painful self-discovery in order to face the
- Review of Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection by John Green
In face, between 1985 and 2005, roughly as many people died of tuberculosis as in World Wars I and II
















































