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- Review of The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
Facing mortality is a powerful motivator for considering life and how you want to live it.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/25 Edition
They are brought together as not just boarders but friends by new tenant Grace March, who initiates weekly
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/5/25 Edition
pastor who met and was witness to the fantastical, frightening, brutal story of a Blackfeet man who faced
- Review of Skylark by Paula McLain
sloooowly for me--my friend Kim was reading it at the same time and we were both struggling with the pacing
- Review of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
But the solution to the complex, deadly, previously unfathomable challenges faced by the household of
- Six Newish Young Adult Mysteries I Want to Read
Strangely, Anna looks a lot like Zoe, so she's faced with the village's pain and suspicion everywhere "A frenzied psychological thriller, superbly paced." Thank goodness for Lois Duncan (Stranger with my Face!) or I would have been completely out of luck.
- Review of Tilt by Emma Pattee
convenience, her husband is still searching for his acting break and working in a coffee shop, and now she's facing
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/26/26 Edition
Boone, is a powerful, wealthy oil company CEO facing his end with no regrets.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/26 Edition
catch up with the delightfully grumpy Murderbot (SecUnit), who in this eighth book in the series is faced
- Review of You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
I loved it and rated the collection five stars. thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and sometimes their resignation in the face
- Review of Queens of London by Heather Webb
If you like for the good guys to be rewarded and for the bad guys to face justice, stay tuned for the
- Review of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
This fits the dilemma that faces the crew near the close of the book, yet I found it unsatisfying.
- Review of Alias Emma (Alias Emma #1) by Ava Glass
Alias Emma is a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across hidden London, led by Emma Makepeace, a resourceful This fast-paced thriller tracks Emma and Michael, the distractingly handsome son of Russian dissidents
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/10/23 Edition
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/24/25 Edition
His best friend Delaney is a genius daydreaming while working at Dairy Queen, and she's always braced
- Review of Alchemised by SenLinYu
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
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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
- Review of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
I adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending
- Review of Santa Ana by Addison J. Chapple with Rachael Flanery
hallucinations late in the book felt like an opportunity to explore pure feelings and for the straight-laced
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition
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.
- Review of This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
to follow Poppy's lead and lean on their bravery and unwavering devotion to each other in order to face
- Review of The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
She's facing some recent personal and physical challenges.
- Review of The Madstone by Elizabeth Crook
I will tell you, if there is a thing harder than facing danger, it's knowing it's headed your way.
- Review of The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker
She is found face down and unconscious in Prospect Park, with no memory of what has occurred. Byrd begins to believe Jane is suffering from dissociative fugue, a rare condition that could account
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/26/25 Edition
She is found face down and unconscious in Prospect Park, with no memory of what has occurred.
- Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
felt so easy for Eve to plan to enter into single parenthood despite the many practical challenges she faces
- Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and poignant.
- Review of Break Wide the Sea (Break Wide the Sea #1) by Sara Holland
to enact major change, and she is certainly dismissed by the men around her, but she is preparing to face
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition
of identity; and her housekeeper Kadiatou, sacrificing so much to raise her daughter in America but facing
- Review of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
tale within Okorafor's main story, which is that of a writer shaping her own identity and future by facing
- Six Book Club Books I Loved in 2021
touchstones: academic achievement and competition; cultivating and appreciating meaningful friendships; facing Despite some small moments that felt heavy-handed, this is a powerful, fast-paced, compelling nonfiction is A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice, and in Red Notice, Browder traces He's specific without getting bogged down in the details, and the pacing of the book is appealingly quick
- Review of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
The men abandon, bluster and condescend, are weak to temptation, plod along in the face of destruction
- Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo
The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success,
- Review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
This young adult story is sweet and fun; the pacing often feels somewhat slapstick and frantic--as is
- Review of The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander
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- Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
The writing style involves a lot of telling, which seemingly intentionally slows the pacing--and which threatened with imprisonment; experiences cruel and potentially fatal betrayal by one of their own; faces Yet because of the pacing, I didn't necessarily feel on the edge of my seat while I read about all of And it's the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News
- Review of The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr
He remains steady in the face of external upheaval (and Declan's exceptionally poor treatment of him)
- Review of The Excitements by C. J. Wray
The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored
- Review of How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton
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- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading Last Year
Osman writes older characters with grace, not relying on archetypes but serving up poignancy, dialogue mind-bending examinations of what other characters might be up to and the combat and narrow escapes keep the pacing
- Six More of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Past Year
The misogyny and contempt of her peers means she faces a lack of respect and resources at every turn. Schwab Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series
- Review of This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
as explorations of the meaning of existence, religion, spirituality, reconciliation, commitment, and facing
- Review of So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
curiosity about being with another man; "The Long and Painful Death" follows a writer at a retreat who faces Click here to read my rave reviews of Claire Keegan's novels Foster and Small Things Like These and her
- Review of Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Umrigar confronts in Honor are weighty and fascinating, but I found myself distracted by the story's pacing Yet I found myself repeatedly pulled out of the story by its telling--stop-and-go pacing, jarringly petty
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/19/24 Edition
She's also facing complex issues surrounding belonging, the frightening limbo of the undocumented, and
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
Anna Frith emerges as an unexpected healer when her isolated village faces the terrors of suffering,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/1/21 Edition
But a hotshot racer, a has-been treasure hunter, and others in their secret society know that the ship

















































