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862 results found for "every summer after"
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/3/25 Edition
But after his younger sister Lizzie evades her grandmother's attempts to send her from England to the When Lizzie finds a secret notebook of her mother's, she becomes more determined than ever to solve the
- Review of Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history teacher after calling out
- Review of Will They or Won't They by Ava Wilder
This was funny, sweet, steamy, and poignant--a fantastic summer light-fiction read that I loved. Their secret tryst at the end of season one ended badly, and they've been far from friendly ever since I smiled a lot, I teared up, and I loved this perfect summer read! intriguing, you might also be interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading, Six Great Light Fiction Stories Perfect for Summer Reading, and Six More Great Light Fiction
- Review of Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/22/24 Edition
In Lauren Goff's The Vaster Wilds, a servant girl has fled her colonial household in the brutal aftermath Or is someone really after her? But the side hustle is more complicated than Millie ever imagined--and the students under her watch in
- Review of Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo
ICYMI: When tough, stubborn Alex Stern is offered a new start after surviving a mysterious multiple homicide
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
Julia Phillips's interconnected stories follow in chapters that take place each month for a year after second in this Lucas Page series, Under Pressure--and I didn't even realize this was a series until after
- Review of Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
about overcoming thwarted emotional connection and forging new ways of coming together through and after
- Review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
After Hitler's invasion of Russia and the Ukraine, Mila, along with so many others, enlists to fight Surmounting challenge after challenge, Mila ultimately becomes a sniper trainer and a lethal hunter of Her estranged husband is improbably ever-present, and he felt too easy to detest, but he serves his purpose
- Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia
Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time.
- Review of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher
personality and obsessive immersion--in the gritty details of homicides, the preliminary circumstances, the aftermaths despite the fact that the number of unresolved homicides were growing exponentially across the country every
- Review of Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang
Immaculate Conception explores art and inspiration; how trauma shapes us; the fraught prospect of altering But the company's business is in cutting-edge technology tied to brain-altering treatments related to
- Six of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
conflicts to consider at the story's close: duty, corrupt power, the suffering of the common people, regret after Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath to care deeply about them, their roles in the wartime efforts, and their potential for various happy-ever-afters is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very
- Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
a hole if you lose them- the same way a painting or a photograph will leave its shadows on the wall after Through the very different but interconnected storylines and the varied, complicated set of characters
- Thankful for More Five-Star Bossy Reads
rooms of the Roosevelt White House (which, Bloom recounts in interviews, functioned more like a not-very-fancy never even wielded a scalpel He'll learn more from Sister Margarite--who he's falling for--than he ever hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and
- Review of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage
hasn't told anyone that her ADHD impulsiveness led her to pack up and leave her barrel-racing career after Emmy's reinvigorated, independent new outlook--and I acknowledge that a rugged ranch setting might very minor point, but it felt both condescending and potentially (creepily) fatherly to me within their very
- Review of Landslide by Susan Conley
Susan Conley's novel Landslide offers a portrait of a family in a remote fishing village in Maine after While facing what feels like disaster after disaster, Jill struggles to give her boys what they need-
- Review of Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Atkinson is also the author of Case Histories, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Life After Life, Human
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/21/24 Edition
Three decades after her Highfield days, Lou receives a surprising phone call.
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
to herself--she's kind of cynical, she doesn't have a lot of friends, and she's holding true to form after hasn't killed anyone, he hasn't been arrested, and in fact, none of last night's events have happened after
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Fight for Justice, and in Red Notice, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after Crying in H Mart is beautiful, painful, and evocative. 06 Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean Emiko Jean's The irresistible premise of Tokyo Ever After: a heretofore-unknown princess finds herself and searches Emiko Jean's young adult light fiction Tokyo Ever After is the story of Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday Tokyo Ever After is about identity, expectations, truth, challenges, betrayal, loyalty, and self-discovery
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
My very favorite books from March! 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 landing very few and consistently stereotypical roles. Reporter Sunny's connection to the two performers and their past was intriguing, and I very much enjoyed
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/27/21 Edition
repercussions of doing so; The Guide, a new book by one of my favorite authors, Peter Heller, which picks up after the events of his book The River as main character Jack serves as a fishing guide at an elite but eerie One Man's Fight for Justice, and in it, Browder traces his path from Wall Street to the Soviet Union after After Browder escaped Russia, he became determined to bring to justice those in the Putin regime who After suffering a great loss in The River, he's eager to lose himself in nature and meet the needs of
- Review of Nothing Like the Movies (Better Than the Movies #2) by Lynn Painter
I didn't connect the first book's beloved characters to these characters until very late in the book. author of a rom-com I adored, Better Than the Movies , the cute Betting on You and also Happily Never After
- Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
clearly has dangerous knowledge of Nightlight and the troublesome goings-on that occurred in his life after irrational setting: Why would the kids be made to shower with carefully hoarded rainwater and immediately afterward And the repeated use of I instead of me is a copyediting-level issue, but it stopped me every time I Could he realistically have the emotional ability that we're told he possesses immediately after his
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/15/24 Edition
Barnes's eerie science fiction novel Ghost Station; and I'm listening to Emily Henry's newest delightful But could their shared pain lead to a friendship after all?
- Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
infuriating, as they not only do terrible things but consistently twist the knife by bragging or threatening after
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/16/23 Edition
But when unexpected events lead her to leave the only home she's ever known in order to save her genetic her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force Kyr to reexamine all that she's ever Eye by Etaf Rum Yara is put on probation at the college where she is an assistant art history teacher after
- Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
moment of simple winter joy leads to renewed hope that they may be able to share their love with a child after I really liked this story and I still think about this book, years after reading it. This is magical realism, folklore, and historical fiction wrapped up in one very interesting read. 05 but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all
- Six Short Story Collections to Wow You
They were all in the closet, with the minuscule footed pajamas and hand-knit baby hats, and every day Klay's National Book Award winner Redeployment, the author shares short stories about war and life afterward powerful emotions, troops haunted by decisions and unforeseen dangers, painful adjustments to life after
- Review of This Time It's Real by Ann Liang
I devoured this in a rainy afternoon. He's already seen how convincing her writing can be, after all--she's got everyone fooled. premise in which a famous person dates a not-famous person: Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan and Very
- Review of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
aimed to help her sleep during this difficult time induces an incredible side effect: when she sleeps after
- Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
The pacing of the the first 100 pages felt slow, but after that I was totally hooked on this very compelling
- My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books
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.
- Review of Uprooted by Naomi Novik
but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every She considers every desperate plan she can to try to save Kasia from this horrible fate, knowing all
- Review of The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
Maneka Roy has temporarily returned to India after six years teaching creative writing in the American
- Review of When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood
Then Monica's mother became inspired after the tragic death of John F. and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after I'm also going to admit here that in the notes I made with my five-star rating just after reading this
- Review of Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
Arthur is unlike anyone Birdie and her daughter have ever met; his speech pattern is unusual, and he and discounts the power of instinct and the unpredictability of a wild spirit, she also draws a long-simmering Edge of the World , which I listed in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer
- Review of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
And while an attempt to understand the underpinnings of these conflicts feels more timely than ever, After all, who can identify reason anymore?
- Review of Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad
After long months of mystery and suffering and tests that went nowhere, she finally received a diagnosis difficulties due to cancer, treatment, and side effects, a bone marrow transplant, and dedicated caregiving after
- Review of Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles #1) by Suzanne Collins
I tried to get my oldest to read Gregor the Overlander with me after the glorious Harry Potter Era and
- Review of Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
better suited on paper than in reality, but who is William to say what a relationship should feel like, after It's not clear whether he and Julia can go on--or if her family will ever be the same.
- Review of The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber
Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever pay what and then spend a whole lot more to chase the applicants down," Lieber notes hopefully that "after
- Review of Changeless (Parasol Protectorate #2) by Gail Carriger
But after raving about it for two years it seemed time to stop letting this second installment languish affords her a certain power, and she is also the Alpha female of her husband's pack, which affords her a very
- Review of Go As a River by Shelley Read
; finding the strength to go on despite few options; and the surprise of new determination and hope after
- Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space
Because I love the series so very much, I have separate posts for Martha Wells's Murderbot series, set After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any I love that the crew of the Wayfarer feels like a close-knit group of summer camp counselors somehow,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
Leigh Bardugo's second and final book in the young adult King of Scars duology; I'm listening to Life After harboring enormous, dark secrets--and revealing them would almost certainly lead to his undoing. 02 Life After In Life After Life, Atkinson focuses her literary fiction lens on the character of Ursula, her relationships
- Review of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
I will, after all, happily read stories about talking dragons, or fantastical worlds, or time travel,
- Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
After all, the Vanguards, giant, deadly AI robots, are headed from deep space to destroy Earth at any Asuka is very intelligent and capable, but she was chosen for the once-in-history journey as an alternate tell Arthur that she's been dreaming of the decrepit, rambling house for years, and that she has some eerie that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after
- Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers
able to answer this enormous question, but the robot wonders if the matter is really so complicated after
















































