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book--I didn't feel particularly connected to Hamdy's characters, despite their tragedies, yearnings, lost like a "here's what happened; see, it really does make sense" summary, more than storytelling to get lost

I didn't feel drawn in by Wren, who feels lost throughout much of the story, and I didn't feel as though

fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry--and "Lost

in the subtitle felt particularly on target, as Morgan's brief forays into offering life advice felt less

“To lose your temper is to lose the battle.”

They must be careful, as packs of feral dogs--and packs of desperate humans, the Lost--will try to take

wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear; in a second, she makes a less

Memories can be manipulated and erased, as characters' minds take the shape of a previous reboot and lose

wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear; in a second, she makes a less school leads to further ostracization and irritating demands upon Janet's time, when she'd prefer to lose

questionable tactics" to "entrap" subjects, so now she's in the private sector, working for shadowy bosses

the adventurer on your gift list. 05 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from the Lost Kitchen by Erin French Erin French is the owner and chef of The Lost Kitchen, a 40-seat restaurant in The Lost Kitchen was named one of TIME Magazine's World's Greatest Places and one of "12 Restaurants

I wasn't sure how Moriarty was going to tie up the many loose ends, but by the time the book ended,

being a strong-willed woman helping to feed a village by manning fishing boats when the men are all lost—is be someone to heal you; witch can be the Devil, or witch can be a woman so beautiful she makes you lose

This is Pike's second book in The Lost Queen trilogy. I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and this book reminded me of The Mists of The Lost Queen is currently in development for a television series, which is great news, unless it delays

Ishida's offbeat story tells the tales of various characters, lost or in pain, who find themselves transformed

There's a poignancy here because the main protagonists have lived long enough to lose loved ones, and

Australia and attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost

The wrap-up of each the storylines was laid out almost distractingly cleanly and without loose ends,

living on auto-pilot, who straighten out curved streets in their minds, which explains why they get lost “The trouble was that eventually Nora began to lose any sense of who she was. and downs of any life--in one life she might have an exciting career, but she may have devastatingly lost

single copy of which was read aloud for the (obtuse, grumpy, belligerent) poet's wife's birthday, then lost Tom's future interest in the mysterious, lost corona is part of his overall fascination with the decades

I was less engaged by the later casual mentions of Ina's elite lifestyle--celebrity friends, elaborate

It never felt as though the loose ends that needed resolving would be anything but cleanly unraveled-

Mining's dangers aren't glossed over, and tragedies abound.

for alien life--and who must come to terms with their purpose and their uncertain future when they lose

influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most of all, faith—in some cases, lost He struggles to move forward, but he feels stuck, as though part of him will always be lost. Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right their wrongs; then

terrifying power of perception and manipulated presentation; the potential destruction of lies and glossed-over Starter Villain shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire.

marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose

The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated.

with versions of the scam artists from Huckleberry Finn , the Duke and Dauphin; and the making and losing

itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost

In Young's story, loosely set in the world of her Fable series, strong young Bryn fights for her own At any rate, the story occurs in the same universe as the Fable books, but the stories are only loosely

There is a jump forward in time that is so far making me feel less connected to the characters .

Celia is tricked, loses track of Roric, is bound by her own curse and a maddening circular set of unbreakable

famous poet's poem, the single version of which was read aloud for the poet's wife's birthday, but then lost

, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time in which women have little choice and even less While I liked the inspector character, I was disappointed at having less page time to spend with Charlotte

Australia and attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost

But these elements are in the background; the real story is Vera's finding her way while feeling lost

Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the

Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon's light fiction about a TV meteorologist who tries to set up her two bosses But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments

When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost

professor Zelu has just told off a foolish, privileged, antagonistic student (and then told off her boss

headstrong fellow writer; and in "So Late in the Day," a man reflects on what might have been with his lost

linked Mayken and Gil--shadowy, dark forces; the scrying stone; their struggles to overcome broken and lost

There is a jump forward in time that made me immediately feel less connected to the characters and the

someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes in which strange events loosely

But Beneath the Keep's events are almost universally bleak, with so much lost, so many horrors, so many instances of depravity and pure evil, good generally losing out to bad, and endless terrible impulses

terrifying power of perception and manipulated presentation; the potential destruction of lies and glossed-over

“He loses his wife so he stirs up an army to bring her back to him, costing countless lives and creating Oenone loses her husband and she raises their son. Which of those is the more heroic act?”

which Gerritsen seemed to be building the foundation for in preparation for future books, and I was less

After he lost his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, he returned to London, where he's cobbled together This also felt less gruesome than it might’ve been, which I deeply appreciated.