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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/7/22 Edition

    young woman who invents an alternate identity of Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet Women; I'm reading Less Is Lost, the second in Andrew Sean Greer's series (the first book was Less) about the character of author Arthur Less and the lengths he'll go to to try to avoid coping with the difficulties of life; and I'm Is Lost (Arthur Less #2) by Andrew Sean Greer In Andrew Sean Greer's Less, Arthur Less is about to turn In book two, Less Is Lost, Arthur faces the death of a former lover and a financial crisis--and again

  • Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

    She is told she will receive zero support from the baby's father; she loses two roommates due to the baby's crying; she receives little practical help from her mother; and she loses her job. unexpected single motherhood--its tone is much lighter, and many of the logistical complications are glossed

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/9/26 Edition

    The man turns out Daphne's long-lost stepfather, the second of her mother's three husbands, and a beloved But in doing so, she realizes she is losing sight of her identity, her emotional connection to her life

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/21/24 Edition

    01 Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth Libby Weeks is the author of the wildly popular fantasy series She's months late delivering the newest installment of the series, and her publisher and fans are losing I received a prepublication copy of Libby Lost and Found , which was published October 15, courtesy of

  • Review of Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

    His lost love is on the ship (with his fianc é ), along with many Blessed who detest him--whether because identify what's occurring (and requires a lot of retroactive explaination), and the story's tension loses

  • Review of Two Kinds of Stranger (Eddie Flynn #9) by Steve Cavanagh

    anyone else to believe in the existence of the unknown man who has turned her life on its head, much less Enter Eddie Flynn, whose fast-and-loose approach to his work as a criminal lawyer destroyed his marriage

  • Review of A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry

    Darnay, which he feels simply because of Darnay's very existence--not to mention Darnay's more handsome, less I don't recall reading A Tale of Two Cities , so the value of the allegories is lost on me.

  • May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Trace Temple is a disillusioned, angry young man whose family lost its ranch after hard times. She is smug, self-righteous, and insufferable, and she glosses over anything that doesn't fit the narrative might also like these novels that include female physicians. 06 Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser This loose Lady Tremaine is a loose retelling of the damsel-in-distress Cinderella folk tale, here from the perspective

  • Review of Fallow by Sarah Anderson

    tasked with a goal of seven births, all so that the company's executives can build families without losing commune is strange and irresistible; what feel like naive approaches to community existence begin to feel less

  • My Six Favorite Books of the Year So Far

    Trace Temple is a disillusioned, angry young man whose family lost its ranch after hard times. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne's long-lost stepfather, the second of her mother's three He is older, kind, capable, yet somewhat lost, and he's bent on making amends for past mistakes. Williams's lovely Time of the Child, please click this link. 06 Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser This loose Lady Tremaine is a loose retelling of the damsel-in-distress Cinderella folk tale, here from the perspective

  • Review of Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles

    “I’m sorry that you lost your mother,” she said. “I suppose that the best ones are like mine. something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose

  • Review of The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

    And if the latter, why were his friends willing to travel with him, much less remain friendly on a regular

  • Review of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch

    marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose ghost, particularly heartrending to recall when a long-due reunion ultimately occurs after countless lost

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/25/24 Edition

    stories and reshaping history, sharing his tragic past and garnering sympathy from Sadie, whose shadowy bosses Lucky, the youngest, a model, is losing herself in drugs and alcohol.

  • Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

    A German spy is on the loose in a small French community, and sources tell Laura that he may be linked hotel with a sinister violinist who seems to control their emotions--and tempt them with forbidden, lost

  • Review of Santa Ana by Addison J. Chapple with Rachael Flanery

    This squashed much of my interest, as I couldn't let myself be lost in the insanity any longer because felt like an opportunity to explore pure feelings and for the straight-laced main protagonist to cut loose

  • Review of This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

    We’re all, all the time, striving, and though that means there’s a more-or-less constant supply of failure He is older, kind, capable, yet somewhat lost, and he's bent on making amends for past mistakes.

  • Review of In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner

    Fear seeks to preserve itself, and the bigger you let your life and perspective and heart get, the less Cash finds himself well outside his comfort zone, wearing Old Navy versions of the uniform, lost in poetry

  • Review of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

    Elston's first adult novel ticked all of my mystery-reading boxes: a con artist, fake identity, dangerous boss Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name, which only her boss

  • Review of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang

    enlisted to create elaborate dishes for the wealthiest elite on a lush mountaintop compound, and she loses But when the boss's daughter begins tinkering with precious resources, our main protagonist is swept

  • Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros

    But there's some funny dialogue here that made me laugh, and Yarros allows the characters to be less Violet's physical condition and chronic illness is referred to in Iron Flame but is far less of a key (sleeping for hundreds of pages), with a grand reveal at the end, the impact of which felt a little lost

  • Review of Tropesick by Lauren Okie

    An omniscient voice continued to introduce tropes, but as the story went on, the tone became less playful and the characters and their lived tropes felt less self-referential.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/11/23 Edition

    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 supervillain business--complete with an evil lair in an island

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/4/26 Edition

    be as shocked as the sponsors that the rest of the Newmans are pushing the envelope at last. 03 The Lost writings detailing the prophecies of a 16th century nun, Elizabeth Barton, which had been thought to be lost I'm listening to The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton as an audiobook courtesy of Libro.fm and St.

  • Review of I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney

    Bud's work is currently subpar, and he feels less and less engaged with his life in general.

  • Review of Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

    This loose retelling of the Cinderella folk story offers the perspective of the "evil" stepmother, who Lady Tremaine is a loose retelling of the damsel-in-distress Cinderella folk tale, here from the perspective

  • Review of Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    slips potential evidence into her pocket, gathers and questions those she thinks are suspects, and bosses This was a fast read (listen), and while the denouement didn't completely hold together for me and the loose

  • Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite

    Bourdain does have sordid tales to tell, but he seems less puffed up over his kitchen war stories after a memoir about marriage, unexpected yearnings, and the messy process of finding herself again after losing Her tone seems useful for readers who may not have gardens, much less farms, and who may looking to live

  • Review of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

    stern headmistress, and the links to India made me feel as though this was a grown-up version of the loose Lister was in fact frequently writing back to her former love--but many of Raine's belongings were lost

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/9/24 Edition

    01 The Shadowed Land (Lost Queen #3) by Signe Pike I loved the first story in this series, The Lost Queen Signe Pike is the author of the first two books in the Lost Queen trilogy, The Lost Queen and The Forgotten

  • Review of Field Notes from an Extinction by Eoghan Walls

    Meanwhile the potato famine ravages the mainland Irish population and all order seems lost. but also a small, feral child (he eventually learns that her name is Bridget), all hope seems to be lost

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    For my full review of this book, check out The Last Magician . 03 Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle A.G. Riddle's 450-page multiple-timeline story Lost in Time , a group of scientists have developed a device For my full review of this book, check out Lost in Time . 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/8/25 Edition

    Now she awaits her mysterious boss Mr. isn't exactly what it seems, and when a woman comes to town using Evie's birth name, which only her boss

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/12/26 Edition

    His work is currently subpar, and he feels less and less engaged with his life in general.

  • Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

    page time in the book spent on tedious matters such as filling out forms and attempts to track down lost When it's revealed later in the book that he considers himself a genius, I felt even less likely to empathize

  • Review of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

    Or that her shift in feelings of responsibility could be part of her cutting loose in areas of her personal Millie is in danger of losing everything, and this culminating situation of neglectful, inept damage

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition

    English teacher who moves to Los Angeles to adapt her surprise feminist bestseller into a movie--without losing This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/13/22 Edition

    Her visions begin transporting her to her indigenous land, offering glimpses of life in the Lost Territory Luz realizes that she may be the only one who can save the stories of her ancestors before they are lost , starts with a devastating ending (the demise of a character, caused by nefarious magicians) and a less-than-promising

  • Six Romantic Novels Set in the World of TV and Movies

    the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost ) is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program about finding She didn't lose sight of embracing each new experience while reflecting on what she wanted her future

  • Review of Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

    The leaps left me feeling unmoored and less emotionally invested than I might have been. Their bond feels less passionate and irresistible than simply destructive to their potential emotional

  • August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated.

  • Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

    ) is a single dad and documentary filmmaker slated by his boss to create a reality TV program about finding But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments the Movies is about Liz Buxbaum, a fabulously eccentric high schooler coping with the grief of having lost

  • Review of Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey

    the change of seasons--and who others avoid as actively as he avoids them--saves Emaleen from being lost Emaleen's foray into the wild; there are resolutions here, but the momentum of the earlier story felt lost

  • Review of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

    she's seen or what to make of it, staggering through her days, unsure whether it's day or night and less , but I liked how Willingham allowed for resolutions without glossing over the irrevocable effects of

  • Review of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

    Some of these circles are somewhat glossed over--and the pacing flagged at times for me as the protagonists of the story, during the slog through various avenues of hell, and the worldbuilding felt slim and glossed

  • Review of Signals Across Vast Distances: Essays and Tales by Elizabeth Alexander

    In this slim work of nonfiction (the audiobook is less than three hours long; the print version is 144

  • Review of Whistler by Ann Patchett

    The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne's long-lost stepfather, the second of her mother's three

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/15/21 Edition

    “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?” Before crossing over from the living forever, Wallace gets a week to finish out his life and tie up loose

  • Review of Wolvers by Taylor Brown

    Trace Temple is a disillusioned, angry young man whose family lost its ranch after hard times.

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    For my full review of this book, check out The Last Magician. 03 Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle A.G. Riddle's 450-page multiple-timeline story Lost in Time, a group of scientists have developed a device For my full review of this book, check out Lost in Time. 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister She must be losing her mind. But she knows that last night was real.

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