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- Review of Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
This, as always, is only one version of the memory. Funny, how truth changes in the telling.
- Review of We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Newman's lets the reader into Edi and Ash's rabbit warren of private jokes and moments and memories,
- Review of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
His book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland was one of my Six of the
- Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
Fraser grew up in the Pacific Northwest with firsthand memories of arsenic, lead, and copper contamination
- Review of A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti
Chakrabarti offers characters with complex struggles, hopes, and haunting memories who work to form deep
- Review of Vigil by George Saunders
Doll's own memories flit in and out, and she experiences moments of clarity about her past.
- Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year
Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/3/20 Edition
I feel like mysteries, light fiction, memoirs, and fantasy are working well for me--plus historical fiction
- Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
Cult Classic is a sometimes darkly funny, suspenseful story of love, memory, and mind control with a
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
Maneka struggles to reconcile her past and her memories with the present and the glittery facades with
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
Helena Smith is a neuroscientist creating technology to preserve memories and allow people to relive People like the victim Sutton is investigating are told that their vivid recollections of their life’s memories are not real, and that they’re actually mentally ill, suffering from False Memory Syndrome. When they encounter loved ones from their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases While Sutton begins digging into what’s real and what’s a lie, Smith works feverishly to preserve memories
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/20/23 Edition
She begins to wonder if she's an unreliable source of memories surrounding Mason's death--but she can't
- Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads Last Year
If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs
- Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year
Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir
- Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year
Loved Last Year Six Four-Star (And Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year, and Six of My Favorite Memoir
- Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
scene in Kabul with the vivid sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of the past that reemerge in Sitara's memories
- Shhh! Bossy Book Gift Ideas: Science and the Natural World
Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler ...you may have heard that goldfish have a three-second memory How can such a small fish hold on to the memory of the snaking path of a maze for three months?
- Bossy Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
in books about mortality like I am, you might like the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Powerful Memoirs
- Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West
Turner's story is inspired by her family's memoirs, and her Sarah Prine is a strong woman living on the
- Review of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (As Told to Me) Story by Bess Kalb
Bobby's recounted memories don't paint her as anything close to a saint; she recounts the evidence of
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
her experiences through her childlike point of view, which allows for a painfully pure set of painful memories
- Review of A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
arrives in town, digging into Chloe's past and the recent disappearances, he sparks disturbing old memories
- Review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
What is the value of a life that must be begun anew each day--a life no one else holds memories of? What is the value of a life that must be begun anew each day--a life no one else holds memories of?
- Review of Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir
known to Harrow; characters lie steadily to each other; and Harrow is an unreliable narrator, with memory
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
If you're interested in books that explore mortality, you might want to check out Six Powerful Memoirs
- Review of A Deadly Education: Lesson One of the Scholomance by Naomi Novik
loner, is set on defying the odds and graduating, even if she doesn't have the benefit of a group of magicians
- Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.
- Review of Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Whose memory is solid?
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/17/21 Edition
El, a loner, is set on graduating, even if she doesn't have the benefit of a group of magicians around
- Six of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Year
But when a dangerous ritual threatens the safety of all the magicians in Great Britain, he reluctantly
- Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Haig is also the author of How to Stop Time, his memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, and other books.
- Review of Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
I love Strout's books, so I was delighted to dive back into the many reflections, vulnerabilities, memories
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/6/22 Edition
Cult Classic is a funny, suspenseful story of love, memory, and mind control from the author of I Was
- Review of The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
ICYMI: This is excellent, layered historical fiction with memorable characters and a great big story
- Review of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
referred to in the book's title, there is a captivating, dark, in-between world of floating, nebulous memories
- Review of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
There are no memories to anchor our relationship.
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Wilf, whose wife is losing her memories at the same time vivid memories of past events come rushing back
- Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper
Kieran's father is suffering from memory issues and wanders at night, and his mother is readying to move
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/5/21 Edition
He holds vivid memories of life in 1900s London--and he holds a postcard a century old, sent to him from
- Review of Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
thought during certain moments in the past and her emphasis on examining tiny details of situations and memories
- Review of Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth
second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories
- Shhh! Six More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays
Patchett is also the author of The Dutch House, Bel Canto, The Patron Saint of Liars, Commonwealth, The Magician's
- Review of How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
pacing was slow--detailing Lucy and Sam's (and their parents' long-ago) long journeys and extended memories
- Review of The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
There are allusions within Greta's memories to her mother's "you don't know him like I know him" attitude
- Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed existence—but the haunting memories
- Review of With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
In With or Without You, Leavitt explores fascinating angles related to memory and self.
- Review of Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel
- Review of Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
In Olive, Again, she ambles through town and reflects on aging, on her life, and especially on memories
- Review of The Skylark's Secret by Fiona Valpy
timelines; The Beekeeper's Promise, set in 1938 France with a second timeline decades later; and Sea of Memories
















































