She finds that she may be the only hope to save her war-torn country.

and loss--all set against a background of Beirut, a city shaped by and "smoldering with the legacy of war

He does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after the

In twentieth-century Idaho, elderly Zeno has lived a life filled with yearning, war, and unexpected late-in-life Although successful young novelist Alice just met Felix, a young man working in a warehouse in the seaside

Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty. Locke as his ward since her beloved, offbeat father disappeared during a trip to acquire artifacts for

young girl in Nova Scotia, she stumbles onto Clay and his island and enters into a mysterious time warp

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones is dark, edgy, yet also warm, with mature magic-focused plot points

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones is dark, edgy, yet also warm, with mature magic-focused plot points

type of book I had hoped Lev Grossman's (for me, grim) The Magicians would be: dark, edgy, yet also warm

her future again and became a hard-working comedian who opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and then warranted

We hear from Odessa Cross, the Princess of Quentis, who is on a quest to find her missing warrior husband

We hear from Odessa Cross, the Princess of Quentis, who is on a quest to find her missing warrior husband

Henry brings her signature warmth, great banter, and sultry romance to this story within a story.

Boleyn she is promptly hanged and then beheaded, with her disembodied head placed upon a spike as a warning

which she was promptly hanged and then beheaded, with her disembodied head placed upon a spike as a warning

personal and societal circumstances in mid-1800s London and imagining his efforts to teach thievery to his wards the place and time, exposes Victorian London's stark class contrasts, and presents the filthy rabbit warren fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave women during wartime

This 1000-page fantasy novel is intense, brutal (significant trigger warnings are warranted), extremely

desire for individuality and imagination; emotional frigidity in the face of a crushing desire for warmth

build across the ocean through Hanff's particular book requests and life commentary, Frank's steady, warm The memoir's back-and-forth gems illuminate the evolving wartime struggles of British citizens such as

but the issues explored within that time around women's lack of autonomy in all areas of their lives warrant

build across the ocean through Hanff's particular book requests and life commentary, Frank's steady, warm

being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and

All of this feels warranted. the dramatic development of a romantic relationship when death is breathing down their necks feels warranted

thinks he deserves anything he lays eyes upon and who resists any sense that his deadly entitlement warrants

Samantha is a scholarship MFA student at the progressive Warren University in New England.

later in the novel the young woman realizes that "woodworking" wasn't meant to be a handbook, but a warning

heartbreak; the chilling notion that a partner in a decades-long marriage could wake up and leave without warning plausible, and for the circumstances of the book and Cate's phases of identity to therefore exist and feel warranted

Amity Gaige's Heartwood  offers the story of Beverly, a dedicated Maine State Game Warden who has fought

The reveal is immensely disturbing and makes various characters' sinister suspicions feel more than warranted

heartbreak; the chilling notion that a partner in a decades-long marriage could wake up and leave without warning

plausible, and for the circumstances of the book and Cate's phases of identity to therefore exist and feel warranted

Samantha is a scholarship MFA student at the progressive Warren University in New England. later in the novel the young woman realizes that "woodworking" wasn't meant to be a handbook, but a warning

from peasant to claimant to the throne after being told that his father is no farmer, but the Earl of Warwick

extrapolate about everyday life in medieval Nordic lands, asserting that our idea of ruthless, roaming warriors

Samantha is a scholarship MFA student at the progressive Warren University in New England.

novel the young woman realizes that the mention of "woodworking" wasn't meant to be a handbook, but a warning

being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly ward times, and I wished for more focus on Collum, while understanding that his early-days position didn't warrant

Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for sword training as a lowly ward times, and I wished for more focus on Collum, while understanding that his early-days position didn't warrant

being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe

being poisoned, Anja must not only navigate the ins and outs of royal customs, adjust her practical wardrobe

Oh, and there's a secret panel in the back of the wardrobe at Eli's house.

Grossman Collum is an instinctually gifted, strong knight who has literally fought for training as a ward

present moment exists) has bearing on Jordan's youthful choices and their (for me, larger than feels warranted

We Can Know by Ian McEwan In Ian McEwan's newest novel, his characters live in 2119, a post-global-warming

fiction novel from Quinn is a departure from much of my favorite Quinn fiction--brave women during wartime

She is made to be magically "obedient" to her mother, and as such she is incapable of warning others.

personal and societal circumstances in mid-1800s London and imagining his efforts to teach thievery to his wards the place and time, exposes Victorian London's stark class contrasts, and presents the filthy rabbit warren

Many horrors play a role in warping these tortured souls, but what happens if we add a light dusting large-scale toxic waste dumped into bodies of water, long-term industry denials, and, eventually, dire warnings

The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and

The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and