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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
Winkler explores his childhood and his critical, yelling, stressed parents; his joy in putting on other personas
- Review of Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young
Uncultured is primarily an affecting account of Young's impressive perseverance, hard-fought growth, personal
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
would make her even more feared, a deeper outcast, and a terrifyingly unknown quantity to both types of person
- Review of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
oddball, incisive, skewering observations are poignant, funny, heartfelt, complicated moments from his personal
- Six More of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year
But as they catch up on each other's careers and personal lives, explore, eat, drink, and celebrate, The various ways Martin made the pandemic feel personal to the story--as with the account of Patient This Time Tomorrow indulged my own personal desire for sentimentality, while also emphasizing the value
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
“I want a book that acknowledges that life goes on, but death goes on too, that a person who is dead
- Review of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
We are going through a societal learning curve, one person at a time.
- Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
its tender side too--and it does some human-worthy panic cleaning (and ordering everyone to throw the mess
- Shhh! Coffee Table Bossy Book Gift Ideas
McCartney shares commentaries on his life and music for 154 songs and includes images from his personal archives, offering a personal look at the story behind the music from one of our greatest songwriters
- Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
The point of view shifts between first person and third person and the storytelling switches from past
- Review of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White
quirky characters and their banter; the presence of giant fighting robots (they are not imbued with personality
- Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
make room in the mix for Rosemary, who's grateful--and who's frankly glad to leave her significant personal Activation Degradation explores what makes a person worth saving--or simply existing--as well as unconventional love and relationships, personal responsibility, sacrifice and bravery, and staying open to revolutionarily
- Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
effects are shown in shades of gray rather than black-and-white, including the meaning and value of personhood Neuvel explores concepts of personal responsibility, how the possibility of life beyond Earth affects
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/30/23 Edition
manages to micromanage Maddie's religious faith and life from across the globe; and she's the only Black person
- Review of You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while she acknowledges that any story is only one person's
- Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments and with airing personal
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/22/23 Edition
Williams shares stories of her childhood, her musical influences, and pivotal moments in her career and personal
- Review of All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Ellice never said she was perfect, but as her professional and personal lives begin to unravel in dramatic
- Review of Maame by Jessica George
from across the globe; her older brother never seems to be around to help; and she's the only Black person
- Review of The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
relationship until this book, and she seems to still be considering its nature (and the mismatch of their personalities youthful poetry and fanciful teenaged musings (in the audiobook these were read by a different, younger person also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book written by Carrie Fisher's former personal
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
developed memoir in which she explores her musical influences and influential high and low moments in her personal Williams shares stories of her childhood, her musical influences, and pivotal moments in her career and personal
- Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she shares calm, wise, funny, or poignant reflections, personal
- Review of Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The very end of the book quotes from a personal set of writings and for some reason this felt a little
- Six More of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Past Year
Sciona's fight to pursue magic and her oft-frustrated ambition, her personal journey of reconsidering
- Review of The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
Sloane's personal life is lacking, and Arthur clearly seems lonely.
- Review of The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
(In fact, there was more wrap-up than I personally needed at the end, but I was game for it.) Mark Sullivan also wrote Beneath a Scarlet Sky, another historical fiction book based upon a real person
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/3/23 Edition
Could the wrong person be in jail for those crimes?
- Review of The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson
Wilson's bubbly personality comes through in these essays, and her show business experiences were interesting gurus for unorthodox life guidance), and relates her pivotal experiences in show business and in her personal
- My Favorite Science Fiction Reads of the Year
The source of the boxes is unknown, but it quickly becomes clear that each person's string length correlates
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
experiences, specific inspirations, an exhaustive exhuming of pivotal moments--and also a panoramic view of a person If I'm getting a peek at a person, I also want it all, however unreasonable that may be. She shares her ongoing, active commitment to personal and emotional growth, bettering the world, being
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
good memoir, one that offers a glimpse or a deep dive into the life and pivotal experiences of another person books I often like to listen to in the form of audiobooks read by the author, because I love hearing a person She's frank about her missteps and she embraces an active-work-in-progress approach to her personal growth It’s interesting to hear experiences a person believes has shaped his or her life, and in This Will Only regarding the likely truth—as well as a sense of freedom in having a more fluid sense of herself as a person
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
Is remorse useful, and does it make a person more redeemable? Can a person’s character or morality be decided in a moment, or in a series of defining moments?
- Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
How a person becomes a myth, how a myth becomes a hero.
- Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore
it's made up of key moments from the life of someone unknown to me or it's the background of a famous person's also like A Star is Bored, a fictionalized celebrity-focused book written by Carrie Fisher's former personal She shares her ongoing, active commitment to personal and emotional growth, bettering the world, being She shares the trauma surrounding this loss and her personal journey toward finding peace. I didn't know I'd care so much about a person I'd never heard of or met by reading his widow's account
- Review of The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike #6) by Robert Galbraith
satisfying, and having spent five prior books with the main characters made me feel invested in their personal
- Review of American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
ICYMI: This fictionalized version of a first lady's personal history from the talented Curtis Sittenfeld
- Review of Happy Place by Emily Henry
and they've been dating long-distance while Harriet pursues her residency and Win, a furniture repair person
- Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
traveling butchers and thieves), and his gallant, grumpy, well-read, mischievous, and generous-to-a-fault personality
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Here are six personal stories that I found captivating! Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change. Her evolution as a person and transition into her current profession was satisfying to witness as well
- Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year
secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of vulnerability complicate the professional and personal
- Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
challenges in trying to dive into each point of view while trying not to favor either one; and the personal
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
This Time Tomorrow indulged my own personal desire for sentimentality, while also emphasizing the value
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
for the featured episode) are interspersed with past evolutions of the show, its cast, and Lorne's personal
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The story also explores Dave's and his mother's personal, individual paths through various experiences
- Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean
With star-crossed lovers, a love triangle, a search for personal purpose and destiny, and great evil-nemeses
- My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books
and take care of her and to follow the lead of this wise-beyond-her-years, intensely spiritual young person the community, everyone is suspect and Mickey's desire to solve the mystery becomes relentless and personal Kathi Kannon is a character with a big, wacky personality who also struggles with addiction. draw, she cannot disturb the snow by walking through it, she cannot even say her true name to another person Then Addie meets a young man in a hidden-away bookstore--and he's the first person in almost three hundred
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
developed memoir in which she explores her musical influences and influential high and low moments in her personal Williams shares stories of her childhood, her musical influences, and pivotal moments in her career and personal
- Review of Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
Wren is beginning to see holes in her father's larger-than-life persona and to doubt that he is exceptional The community's unfailing allegiance to a personality-over-substance faith leader reminded me of Godshot
- Review of Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
After four decades of successfully ridding the world of cruelty and destruction one person at a time,
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of vulnerability complicate the professional and personal