When she takes up the mantle of the greatest power in the land, she faces resistance, danger, and complications

The dialogue is sometimes dramaaaaatic, but generally the pacing rolled right along in this one.

At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride, and I was

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story what would come to pass, and what the real story was to read somewhat slowly compared to the energetic pacing interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

And Rocky is facing a mysterious, possibly grave, illness that doctors find difficult to diagnose.

others. 02 Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman The author of Dungeon Crawler Carl presents a fast-paced

This was enjoyable, interesting, well paced, and charming. I loved it.

successful author dipping her toe in the world of Hollywood, and an imperfectly healed friend ready to face

Grace has been unceremoniously kicked out of her uncle's house without a reference for the years of service best friend Viv, whose parents want her to marry and settle down (something Viv has no interest in), Grace The young women's wartime experiences take Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop

There are some truly zany moments in the novel (a T. rex costume and others, literal pies in faces).

reinstating memories at individuals' requests--and dealing with the significant emotional fallout as people face the pain and confusion of facing their pasts.

Evelyn Clarke); I'm reading Jennifer Niven's story about the family stars of a long-running sitcom facing

I loved it and rated the collection five stars. In another story, a white woman makes racial assumptions, is caught on camera, and faces the consequences

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past Pretty Funny for a Girl. 04 The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face But she's soon faced with issues beyond missing him: he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle

Flying Solo, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown, stinging from her recently canceled wedding, facing World, Abby Jimenez takes on a meet-cute between a rural renaissance man (he's the small-town mayor, a graceful abuse, as well as a personal reckoning in which the warring powers of privilege and responsibility are faced

But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living

Warsaw Ghetto--of making a life within its prison walls and of finding resistance and even love in the face finds love in unlikely places, recalls his life, and finds ways to try to make a difference in the face I adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending

Resolutions were graceful and fitting without being too easy. In Dark Triumph, the book's point of view traces events concurrent with those in the first book, so the I love Bardugo's pacing, dialogue, twists and turns, character development, all of it, and I gave this These six books were published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces Queen of the Tearling traces the backstories of key characters and offers varied points of view.

The book traces The Tearling's attempted ascent from a kingdom crushed by famine, feudalism, and unrest I'm curious to see if the characters I loved from the rest of the series (I'm looking at you, Mace) are odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty in the face

She must also face a likely reality in which she cannot save the princess and is ultimately held responsible

Comedian Leanne Morgan's memoir traces her path from an attention-seeking, beloved young girl to a young adult facing missteps and disappointment, through her unlikely journey to stand-up, to the embracing But her memoir also traces her youth (when she imagined that she would find fame in some way), her first

But the war is raging, leadership is clearly keeping secrets, and working with the ruthless, deadly dragons She shows kickass stubbornness in the face of adversity--even if, within the book's various dangerous seemed that Violet might well do herself in by ignoring and pushing through her physical issues while facing

father has more kids spread across the country as well--Rube and Mad head out on an awkward, nerve-racking

I liked Divine Rivals and the gutsy characters facing wartime struggles and challenges, but I was surprised

But she's soon faced with issues beyond missing him: he had secretly sunk all of their savings into ramshackle Robin comes face to face with some of her most enduring past horrors, juggles her abandoned past and

Facing mortality is a powerful motivator for considering life and how you want to live it.

sloooowly for me--my friend Kim was reading it at the same time and we were both struggling with the pacing

They are brought together as not just boarders but friends by new tenant Grace March, who initiates weekly

Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while review, check out The Storyteller. 06 Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story by Jewel Never Broken traces Anyhoo, in this memoir, the singer-songwriter traces her Alaskan origins, her first singing performances

The women in the story--Cal's mother Grace, his grandmother Ella, and his best friend Isla--hold the

But the solution to the complex, deadly, previously unfathomable challenges faced by the household of

Boone, is a powerful, wealthy oil company CEO facing his end with no regrets.

pastor who met and was witness to the fantastical, frightening, brutal story of a Blackfeet man who faced

Alison Kimble's Strange Gods (published in 2021), Spooky arrives at a wilderness camp for troubled teens bracing King's glamorous mistress, who has borne him seven children, is enraged when Louis takes up with a fresh-faced

Characters scoff, become resigned, or work to control their futures as they face issues surrounding their Here One Moment  traces what begins to happen as the first of the Death Lady's predictions seem to come

convenience, her husband is still searching for his acting break and working in a coffee shop, and now she's facing

01 The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman Hoffman's novel is about facing dark realities, entering uncharted When the two face off, they each have something to prove--to their families, their exes, those who have The Second Ending is about self-discovery, facing dark truths, taking a terrifying leap out of the safety If you're intrigued by books about facing mortality, you might be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.

catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot (SecUnit), who in this eighth book in the series is faced

Wang's memoir illustrates her family’s gritty determination in the face of extreme poverty and the many When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared one of them might, the family's security Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

This fits the dilemma that faces the crew near the close of the book, yet I found it unsatisfying.

His best friend Delaney is a genius daydreaming while working at Dairy Queen, and she's always braced

If you like for the good guys to be rewarded and for the bad guys to face justice, stay tuned for the

offers meaningful insight, gritty truth-telling, and wry humor as she shares her experiences surrounding facing limbo and her life in treatment, from moments in which she reckons with her mortality to the terror of facing Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing

Rape, forced entry into her brain, and practical starvation are all part of her life. The cruelty is real, and tough to take, but when, after the first grim, nerve-racking section ends, we

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Gwynne traces the evolution of the Comanches--including their captivatingly described, unprecedented what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face

The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and poignant. The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored I Loved Being with Jen list as well as a list of reasons why he's glad their relationship is over--tracing

I loved it and rated the collection five stars. thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and sometimes their resignation in the face

Center's upcoming (to be published tomorrow) Hello Stranger, light fiction about an artist with temporary face finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition...then she wakes up unable to recognize faces

version of this book in the spring, but it slipped through the cracks until two friends shared their rave Now Sybil is in her late 70s, and she's facing immense changes.

She's facing some recent personal and physical challenges.