Three years after his death, she traveled to a remote Australian island--where she had once considered

(One minor example: When Gette is a grown woman, she conveniently recalls a moment when she was a very After prolonged disappointment, hardened hearts, failed attempts, and years of heartbreak, coming back

Rwanda and through six other African countries—with her tough, hustling older sister Claire—during and after In The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After , Wamariya recalls her experiences

The book is built from letters Bird wrote to her sister (with some key notes added after the fact), which I kept thinking what a delight Bird must have been, showing up after doggedly riding her trusty horse

Her  husband has been away fighting for the Confederacy since soon after they were married, and Libby

Barton had predicted a path to purgatory for Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn--after which she was promptly

Lily is desperate to scrape out a living after losing the family ranch and all her life dreams that went Leo would love to reconnect, but Lily is not interested in rekindling their flame after the way things When the trip involves mishap after mishap, the travelers begin to wonder whether the legend of the treasure was fiction after all.

Rowley also offers poignancy, an exploration of grief, and the impossible-seeming prospect of going on after His newest novel, The Celebrants, centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the assemble, no questions asked--for affection, support, and the sharing of sentiments typically reserved for after

first crime is largely abandoned--along with the university's president and Dell's boss, who disappears after a seemingly significant introduction, until she reappears at the very end of the book wondering why

and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of Nothing is too easy here, nor is it ever melodramatic in Napolitano’s hands. I loved this book. of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival this year with the fact that Win was able to come after After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood The experience jogs a buried recollection: a wizard was present at the hospital after her mother's accident

The trip lasts seven weeks and involves challenge after challenge. Zamora takes us through what often feels like his literal step-by-step journey, without summarizing or

I’m the worst dream America ever had.” that he was called Good Stab by his family and friends, appears mysteriously in the congregation week after

After the World Falls Apart I have a fascination with postapocalyptic (set in a time after a disaster no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. Then Hig gets an indication that he is not alone and that there is life out there after all. Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after

This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having Annie was created to please her owner, Doug, in every way.

I thought about this one long after I finished it. Disturbing and a mind churner. Howarth has a sequel, Dust Off the Bones, scheduled for publication early this summer. 04 Doc by Mary and its many dangers; suffers grave wounds; and saves each other's skin countless times--including after Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader Not all of the members of my book club felt as strongly about this one as I did, but I adored every bit

Atkinson is also the author of Shrines of Gaiety , Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After

fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real, read it in one rainy afternoon Greedy Reading Lists Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year, Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, and My Bossy Favorite Reads of Summer the year I read it.

milling around talking at each other and preparing for their presentations are insufferable hacks, but after

She's writing fan fiction about his aunt's former television show, after all.

After Nina Swann's semi-famous chef husband Paddy is killed, Nina receives a condolence card from a stranger The stakes grow ever higher as his irrational fixations come up short--and as various women begin to

The mother is also intent on controlling every nuance of every conversational exchange, and she is outrageously Later we find out frustratingly that Margot has been pilfering money and could have bought sustenance after The police threaten Margot with juvie after a break-in if she doesn't help provide answers, then the And the reveal toward the end of layers of tragedy felt far-fetched; how was the very existence hidden

family and friends, her discovery of her own strength, and the midlife renaissance she experienced after

to bite her tongue, and she feels like the poor treatment her husband shows her may be deserved, as after life's purpose is meant to be made up of motherhood, catering to her husband's needs, and keeping house, after that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after best (and only) friend Jacob is sent to serve overseas in the Korean War, Blackburn promises to look after The two had eloped just months after meeting, which led to Jacob's being disowned by his wealthy family

baby before its birth, she reels from grief and stumbles into a terrible understanding of how to go on after After her loss, she yearns for a similar exchange of information in which she owns a stack of cards explaining incredible pain and explores the intense healing both in writing this book and in having another child after

a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and she's starting to wonder if she's ventured very far from her beginnings after all. Lord Hawthorn swore he was finished with magic for good after his twin sisters died.

But after McLain set the scenes in each timeline and established the characters, the novel took off more

Cleo and Ethan find themselves in a nightmare of grief: their daughter Daisy dies at the hospital soon after And she doesn't seem to be very good at staying out of trouble.

In Run for the Hills , Mad and her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully

combat, wisdom, and other elements of Viking legends to anyone she encounters; and she models her life after The characters, the story arc that isn’t too easy but leaves you in a promising place after all, and in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred years to remember her after she walks out the door, the next day, and every day afterward. This title was also listed in My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads.

Centuries after her death, spindly, awkward historian Owen Mallory unearths her story--and becomes inexorably

Bossy Bookworm's Very Favorite Books of 2022..So Far! shaped by choices out of our control and her reckoning with the way in which she considers her body after The author saved every one of her grandmother's voicemails, and here she uses them--along with emails Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and various early road bumps he encountered, and his dogged determination--which was admittedly shaken after

to bite her tongue, and she feels like the poor treatment her husband shows her may be deserved, as after parents saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever

And you know that every time you do, you've left another piece of you behind. If Raybourn keeps writing this series, I'll read every last installment.

unintentionally negated his own vehement denial of climate change (views he aggressively spouted off that very evening to the uncomfortable gathered guests); and not very cleverly revealed thinly veiled dastardly interest in the mysterious, lost corona is part of his overall fascination with the decades before and after , to prevent destruction of further information, the world's digital file backups ("everything that ever After tragedies and disappointments, the novel ultimately shifts to forgiveness, practical adjustments

My very favorite books from April! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month. The summer Chloe Davis was twelve, six girls went missing in her rural Louisiana community. By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, was convicted A new United States administration has been sworn in after a period of upheaval and upset. parents' excruciating, menial jobs (in a sweatshop, sewing factory, the cold, purpled hands they suffered after

Main protagonist Violet Powell is being released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving

But after Sciona blasts the competition at her entrance exam and is admitted, she finds that not all The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn.

But after his younger sister Lizzie evades her grandmother's attempts to bring her from England to the When Lizzie finds a secret notebook of her mother's, she becomes more determined than ever to solve the

In Memoriam is beautiful, frequently painful, and offers a layered, complicated version of happy ever after.

In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after the loss of her closest friend

Sven. 02 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after Every heart-stopping moment; every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and

by Miranda Cowley Heller Fifty-year-old Elle is in her happy place--the house where she's spent her summers obsession, his injury, and his subsequent drug addiction; her mother's tough love, how she shut down after

After being involved in multiple disasters in only her first day of classes, she fears college may become And there's an interesting boy she keeps running into, regardless of which paths and options she alters

The discovery of the book leads to Alison's first ever invitation to the exclusive Codex Consortium, After Barton's prediction of the demise of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn she is promptly hanged and then

01 In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner I recently posted about some of my very favorite young adult books The majority of the speakers are insufferable hacks, but after Sandra's death, it becomes clear that divorced and feeling adrift...except that now she is positioned to live into her true self better than she ever

After sixteen-year-old Bree's mother dies in an accident, she escapes the painful memories of her childhood The experience jogs a buried recollection: a wizard was present at the hospital after her mother's accident infiltrates the group, pretending to be interested in pledging--but the stakes are higher than she ever was reading Legendborn, with its Arthurian references, during the same period I was reading another (very I found Bree's main love interest Nick a little overbearing after a time.

yet also drawn to a mischievous young man who makes her think about the world differently than she ever Beneath . 03 The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus In early 1800s England, Isabel, a desperate young widow after

In 1906 San Francisco, two very different women seek new beginnings: Gemma is a gifted soprano whose and owner of the mysterious Phoenix Crown, an artifact legendary because of its origins in Beijing's Summer When San Francisco is devastated by an earthquake and the widespread destruction of its aftermath, Thornton

After all, she hasn't sacrificed, obsessed, planned, spent all her money on voice lessons, and humiliated