fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry--and "Lost And liking Nathan is starting to feel like less of an act than simply a reality. When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost

Sophie Chen Keller is also the author of The Luster of Lost Things. 03 Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Elsie

Xavier is a young veterinarian who feels grumpy, exhausted, and as though he may be losing faith in humanity

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

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

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

Ultimately, Sunny listens to her inner voice and doesn't settle for anyone who wants her to be less than

I loved the worldbuilding and the headstrong, powerful loose cannon of Nahri, as well as the Middle Eastern

And liking Nathan is starting to feel like less of an act than simply a reality.

She is smug, self-righteous, and insufferable, and she glosses over anything that doesn't fit the narrative

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

But instead, she found herself working three jobs, stressed out and without time to read, much less craft

But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves.

Weybridge is morally clear to Libby, but the realities of the potential harm it could bring aren't lost

Bridget's former best friend and Felix were serious and broke up, after which the girls lost their friendship

the author's focus on romance writing is the reason the fantasy elements of the series at times feel less

page time spent on sex scenes --which eventually seemed to take on a life of their own--meant that we lost

The killer is, ultimately, also hiding in plain sight, and a few loose ends are resolved.

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

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

01 Wolvers by Taylor Brown Trace Temple is a disillusioned, angry young man whose family lost its ranch

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

But he seems to be beyond confident, so Alice has nothing to lose by being herself.

In one timeline, an abused wife makes a stand for a whimsical name; in a second, she makes a less aggressive

single copy of which was read aloud for the (obtuse, grumpy, belligerent) poet's wife's birthday, then lost school leads to further ostracization and irritating demands upon Janet's time, when she'd prefer to lose

reader able to draw my own links, and for me this also made the novel feel a little bit overplanned and less

Australia and attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost Characters come off as less realistic than their fictionalized versions (who are main protagonists of

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One unexpected element she immediately comes up against is Elias Buckley, her long-lost ex-husband (they