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- Review of North Woods by Daniel Mason
The tone is spooky and the story moves at a measured pace.
- Review of The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions
- Review of One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
through the destructive gossip app taking down reputations and revealing secrets, and they managed to trace Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with characters of Maeve, Nate, Phoebe, Bronwyn, and Knox from book one--along with other old favorites and new faces
- Review of Kills Well with Others (Killers of a Certain Age #2) by Deanna Raybourn
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 Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year
check out Will They or Won't They. 02 The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman Hoffman's novel is about facing When the two face off, they each have something to prove--to their families, their exes, those who have The Second Ending is about self-discovery, facing dark truths, taking a terrifying leap out of the safety
- Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
settings, her wonderfully imperfect and intriguing characters, her foreboding undercurrents, and her pacing
- Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
until they're faced with increasingly complicated life challenges as they try to balance their careers
- Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
Quinn traces the lives of the unflappable orphan Cristabel Seagrave, her stepsister Flossie, and her The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Reading in the Past Year
As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise. in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing (And check out my rave reviews of book 1, A Curious Beginning; book 3, A Treacherous Curse; book 4, A
- Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear
the unpleasant reality of post-war tragedies feels like plausible human nature, the postponement of facing
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
undocumented workers; the family members experience years of constant fears of deportation; and then they must face The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced Yet there are bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other
- Review of Love, Lists and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
The tension that keeps Jo and Alex apart feels plausible, and I accepted the difficulties each faces
- Six More Contemporary Novels I Loved in the Past Year
The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success, The pace of the story is swift, and Holsinger keeps the reader uncomfortable as the story draws to a
- Review of Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face Lucy by the Sea captures an otherworldly feeling of drifting in time while facing horrifying, previously
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/19/22 Edition
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing began writing what became Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face
- Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in Jackson does not let off the gas pacing-wise.
- Review of Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans
The book's pace felt halting at times and its substance somewhat light at points. The pace of the book is sometimes halting and its sections about scripture at times felt a little light
- Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
and when Rule of Wolves picks up with these characters for book two, they're all coping with loss, facing danger, and are bracing for destruction as Fjerda invades Ravka.
- Newer Romantic Novels Perfect for Savoring Summer's Last Gasp
This is not a racy book, and the attraction and relationship are focused on emotions and wanting to be layers tough situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and here, her main protagonists must face
- Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
This fast-paced suspense read is the ultimate "trouble in paradise" story, with twist and turns that characters, but I was more than willing to roll with whatever Hawkins was laying out for readers in the fast-paced
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
Resolutions were graceful and fitting without being too easy. In Dark Triumph, the book's point of view traces events concurrent with those in the first book, so the I love Bardugo's pacing, dialogue, twists and turns, character development, all of it, and I gave this These six books were published over a period of almost twenty-five years, and the story trail traces Queen of the Tearling traces the backstories of key characters and offers varied points of view.
- Review of Dream State by Eric Puchner
first I didn't have a lot of patience for the temptation of regret and the characters' wallowing when faced
- Review of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Cassie's years-long hiatus sloooooowed the pace of the book too much for my taste.
- Review of Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
Her childhood trauma has a strong hold on her, and only when she begins to face it can she fully realize
- Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Other characters in the novel face mutation-related difficulties--including Wren's new friend, who finds
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Meanwhile, Annie, who was literally created to serve Doug, is learning, evolving, growing, facing internal
- Review of In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
Cash's best friend Delaney is a genius who daydreams while working at Dairy Queen, and she's always braced
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/27/23 Edition
second in the series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/4/24 Edition
She makes a special connection with a mountain family facing tough times despite their double work at
- Review of Into the Wilderness (Wilderness #1) by Sara Donati
But she's determined to follow her own path--and her strong-willed decisions fly in the face of rigid
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/30/23 Edition
story about time travel gone wrong--and a connection from the future that could be one man's saving grace
- Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jaouad offers a powerful memoir about coping with leukemia and facing After long months of mystery and suffering, she received a diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia and a rare writers; and digs in to try to be one of what he hopes will be an ever-increasing number of diverse faces pivotal moments with each of his living sisters, discusses his sister Tiffany, who died of suicide, and faces
- Review of Blush by Jamie Brenner
around a family winery and the three generations whose lives orbit around the vineyard and also features racy Blush also focuses on racy reads from the 1980s in the form of past and current book clubs for women,
- Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
As he faces a scheduled yearly vacation to Hilton Head, he attempts to get rid of his wife's belongings
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/19/25 Edition
father has more kids spread across the country as well--Rube and Mad head out on an awkward, nerve-racking later, she traveled to a remote Australian island to sit with Tony's journals, dive into her memories, rage
- One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
The story is heartwarming, the pacing moves along in both timelines, and the characters are explored The story's pacing felt quite slow and the tone extremely dark and hushed for the majority of the book
- Review of Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone #1) by Alexandra Bracken
But when her last remaining parent figure disappears without a trace, Tamsin is forced to go to great Along the way, they face deathly threats, mysterious magic, a tangled web of lore and superstition, and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/18/23 Edition
Days, and other books. 02 The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced
- 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
- Review of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
The pacing is slow, and the book is largely made up of various characters talking about conflicting memories
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
with a fun Parent Trap -style backdrop--and weighty issues like depression that are addressed with grace This is an excellent example of how authors of light fiction can take on weighty issues with grace and
- Review of The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
I think the pacing and the fantastical worlds lend themselves well to audiobook form. There's love, but it is chaste (lots of gazing into each other's eyes and touching faces); there's one
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/21/22 Edition
Can they learn to trust each other and face the past in order to move forward? When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared, the family's security and future may be
- Review of All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
and by her unreliable narrator Isabelle, who is desperate to find her missing son--even if it means facing
- Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced what sometimes feels like fragility, Lucy is often able to see the difficult truth in situations and face
- Review of Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
pivotal moments with each of his living sisters, discusses his sister Tiffany, who died of suicide, and faces
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/20/23 Edition
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
- Ten Bossy Spring Favorites
I loved it and rated the collection five stars. At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride, and I was to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett In this heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face While the characters in The Road to Tender Hearts face sometimes devastating turns of events, the tone
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/13/23 Edition
Amina soon finds herself tangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while facing complicated

















































