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- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/25 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading two climate-change dystopian novels, All the Water in the World published tomorrow), and Hum by Helen Phillips, in which artificial intelligence is king after climate change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change
- Review of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not taken asks how much of a person's happiness and life course is determined by circumstance, by choice, and by chance Yet each life Nora tries on changes her in some way, whether by erasing her regrets about a path not
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/6/21 Edition
But right before Simon gets a chance to go on tour, and just as he's letting his hopes soar that this In With or Without You, Leavitt explores what happens to a marriage when the people in it change, and
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes When cool Leo at school reveals that he's into comedy too, Haylah jumps at the chance to write material Elliott offers a fantastic, boy-crazy, British story about missteps, facing change, accepting the past
- Review of How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
Helen must simply determine whether she can accept Grant's chance association with that tragic night-
- Six of My Favorite Lighter Fiction Reads from the Past Year
appreciated that Laurie's desire for independence and solitude weren't swept away in a convenient, abrupt sea change I love stories about returning home, reconnecting with old flames, and chances for redemption, and Every
- Review of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
books and truth-telling as characters discover their bravest selves and confront difficult situations, changing Kirsten Miller is also the author of The Change , a novel that I said " explores the power of menopausal
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/25 Edition
, The Rose Code , and The Alice Network , as well as The Phoenix Crown , which she wrote with Janie Chang attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost son much changed
- Review of The Power by Naomi Alderman
It follows that there are two ways for the nature and use of human power to change. When the people change, the palace cannot hold.
- Review of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today by Cynthia and Sanford Levinson
Constitution was shaped the way it was, its evolution, the possibilities and barriers in place regarding changing present-day nation, finishing with a grade for each aspect of the Constitution and a tone of empowerment for change
- Review of Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning
teeth of the Gilded Mountains, where the snow and murderous cold conspire to ruin a woman, I lost the chance
- Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
the tales of multiple generations; interesting, assumed identities; otherworldly beings; wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters; and a rich English countryside setting.
- Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance of each is dramatically affected by her own various small and large decisions, others' choices, and chance
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed chances
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/25 Edition
Now Sybil is in her late 70s, and she's facing immense changes. She's never welcomed change before, but maybe, just maybe, she will be able to shift her perspective
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/3/25 Edition
shines a light on the importance of mental wellness and invites young people to lead efforts toward change when a local farmer shoots a dog going after his sheep, the gunshot sets into motion events that will change
- Review of There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
interconnected by a single drop of water and "the Epic of Gilgamesh," an ancient poem that may have the power to change Through Zaleekah's 2018-set story we explore climate change, pollution, and the consequences of abusing
- Review of Hum by Helen Phillips
The dystopian future of Hum is haunting in its familiar elements, its plausible, terrible climate-change years working to advance artificial intelligence in a near-future dystopian world decimated by climate change
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/31/25 Edition
Drawn to locals like high schooler Betty Campbell, who is physically and psychologically changed after But she experiences a wavering and changing faith of her own.
- Review of Beneath a Starless Sky by Tessa Harris
She and Marco have the chance to help the effort to bring down the Nazis, but at enormous potential cost
- Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge
For my full review of this book, please see Razorblade Tears. 03 The Change by Kristen Miller The Change surrounding aging, change, and unexpected new beginnings. The tone of The Change is largely campy, as middle-aged women heroines unite against the book's sometimes But what I loved most about The Change was the unapologetic embracing of the frequently fraught menopausal Click here for my full review of The Change. 04 Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Stephanie Wrobel's
- Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
one-night stand with a cute neighborhood bartender leads to an unplanned pregnancy, and suddenly everything changes brush her teeth following the sandwich-eating and therefore couldn't eat at all, she did not learn and change
- Review of Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin
they consider what these disturbing memories may have been--and whether they want to opt in to the chance
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid
- Review of The Humans by Matt Haig
shifters, but at its heart it's about a hurting family and an unimaginable, shocking, heartwarming chance
- Review of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
desperately on the run from certain death, she and her injured young fighting wolf, Iska, leap at the slim chance
- Review of Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) by Jane Harper
Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk is back on the case in this second in Jane Harper's Aaron Falk
- Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants.
- Review of These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Chance encounters, assumptions, and suspicions could ruin his long-held, desperate plans.
- Review of The Future by Naomi Alderman
head with a twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing When Martha and Zhen connect, the collision might just change everything...for everyone in the world.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/25 Edition
Michaels developed SNL , his ups and downs, his vision, and how he created the institution that would change of father and daughter, and as the winter progresses, Jack and Ronnie's roles shift and their lives change
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/11/22 Edition
But when she's kicked out of his lectures because she's a woman, she realizes a chance encounter with
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The Last Graduate, the second book in this series, is slated for publication in June 2021.
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
as the men journeyed and sought to inspire songs and stories--often women who may have been able to change savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/31/22 Edition
Publishing. 02 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance
- Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love
This is the second Naomi Novik book on this short list because she reimagines fairy tales so captivatingly
- Review of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
civilization buckles to the power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes Experts have long offered warnings about the expected impacts of the ongoing global weather changes and The shadow of real-life global warming and weather changes add to the power of the story, and the touch
- Review of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Many reasons have been given for the decline of the climate-change movement in the twenty-first century The corona takes on a mythical quality and morphs to serve as a poignant, powerful climate-change warning inconvenience of weather and the outdoors); unintentionally negated his own vehement denial of climate change
- Review of How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The space also offers those in it a tantalizing chance to look back on pivotal moments from their life
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/24/21 Edition
lead and be responsible in order to keep his people safe; and the gloriously angsty, romantic, missed-chances Silver Josie Silver, who also wrote The Two Lives of Lydia Hill, in One Day in December offers a missed-chances
- Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other selves if she's going to stand any chance Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor of a last-chance effort to save Earth and its inhabitants.
- Review of Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
comes with age was needling, he found, because it brought the clarity of hindsight without the means to change made up of an older generation steeped in habit and old-fashioned values yet poignantly capable of change
- Review of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
and they repeat their patterns and manipulations while making mental excuses for their diminished or changed
- Review of The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
shift and the main protagonists insist on free will over fate, gradually succeeding in attempts to change
- Review of Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang
cutting-edge technology tied to brain-altering treatments related to memory and trauma, which ends up changing
- Review of The Running Grave (Cormoran Strike #7) by Robert Galbraith
book yet of the seven in the Cormoran Strike series, we see some emotional growth, potentially game-changing deliberate in his life choices as the book progresses, ultimately (briefly) showing a potentially game-changing
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/29/25 Edition
arrives to begin installing the electricity, and he boards with Noe at Ganga and Doady's home--and he changes
- Review of The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
author of the fantastic titles The Diamond Eye , The Huntress , The Rose Code , and, along with Janie Chang
- Review of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
don't inspire great confidence, but collectively, they fight to find a path forward in a world that is changing
















































