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  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition

    dual-timeline mystery, Homecoming; and I'm reading Ashley Poston's newest light fiction that plays with time Books that play with time! When do we want them? Er...now? Her aunt always said the apartment was a "pinch in time," where timelines blurred together.

  • Review of This House Is Not a Home by Katlia

    Ko is an Indigenous man who is taken advantage of time after time. Narrator Brianne Tucker has a cheerful tone to her voice, which at times felt out of keeping with the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/3/23 Edition

    publication April 4; and I'm reading the first in Adrian Tchaikovsky's space opera trilogy, Children of Time She must determine if a legendary ring from Arthurian times could save Cabell from a curse threatening Silver in the Bone is scheduled for publication April 4. 03 Children of Time (Children of Time #1) by

  • Review of How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez

    Astrid is always on time, always. Her sense of time and what it's possible to achieve within windows of time is practically her superpower Only David or Max could inspire her to take time out from her grueling studies. In fact, she's reminded again that her schedule really doesn't allow time for romantic entanglements And worrying about Max's safety as he fights the bad guys could be its own full-time job.

  • Review of Forty Love by Jane Costello

    The new source of friendship, challenge, release, confidence, and time with Sam might just offer Jules

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/14/24 Edition

    From the overworked dad trying to make it home in time for his daughter's musical, to the mother of two Over time, these free demons have evolved into grumbling lackeys for the Eternal King.

  • Review of Volatile Memory (Volatile Memory #1) by Seth Haddon

    Masks bestow upon the wearers the instincts, abilities, and reaction times of the animals after which

  • Six Fantastic Stand-Alone Young Adult Books

    (And I had an uncharacteristically tough time noting any editorial issues because I was so captivated her, really sees her , and she finds herself wanting to let someone into her own world for the first time in a long time. -type closure for both felt too convenient, and even a little dismissive of the complexities of the time

  • Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

    After a time, it seemed that the world inside the books became my world. The tone of The Enchanted is sometimes gorgeously, darkly ethereal and other times so grim and alluding

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/12/25 Edition

    friends with her younger across-the-hall neighbor Helen, who is coping with dementia, and Gretel's three-times-married-and-divorced their past lives, bicker over the slight variations in how they may prepare their food, and simply kill time

  • Review of Rednecks by Taylor Brown

    By the time the uproar and intensive violence that shook West Virginia begin to take shape, Brown has Much of Rednecks focuses on the brutal battles that defined the violence of the time, particularly the

  • Bossy Holiday Book Gift Ideas: Cookbooks

    the roof of their South Carolina home again, and cooking and eating together became a collective past time Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat by Emily Weinstein and New York Times My household's dinners are largely inspired by New York Times Food emails and recipes, and I'm all in recipes that reflect the way she cooks now: simple ingredients, easy to get on the table, short on time

  • Review of Dream State by Eric Puchner

    But Cece's time with Garrett begins to make her question her future with Charlie. Side note: Before the dramatic events related to the lake compound, I did at times feel impatience somewhat

  • Review of Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop by Jeannine A. Cook

    But instead, she found herself working three jobs, stressed out and without time to read, much less craft feel like logical challenges that might cause others to hit the pause button) means that she has at times

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/27/25 Edition

    I fell in love with Ann Liang's fake-dating young adult novel This Time It's Real , read it in one rainy Jonathan Haidt uses his decades of research into moral psychology to address the reasoning between a timely

  • Six More Fantasy Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    I loved each time period and the evolution of each strong female character . I loved that the women of each time insist upon creating situations in which they have autonomy and agency I appreciated the epic length of the book (688 pages), in which each remaining knight gets page time But the many points of view and meandering stories also felt a little broad at times, and I wished for

  • Review of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

    She can travel through the multiverse, but only to worlds where another version of herself no longer a postapocalyptic feel to the story, with turf wars, corruption, mercenary "runners" who shake down travelers

  • Six Books with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire

    I still think about Disappearing Earth from time to time, long after reading it. Hurley's images is incredible; the glass plate negatives lasted through months on ice floes, a week's travel to-read list that would also fit this criteria: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

  • Another Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    More Witchy Book Love It's the perfect time of year to read a spooky book full of magic and feisty witches whip-smart, socially awkward, straightforward character I was obsessed with, and I wanted to spend as much time The majority of page time is spent showing the tasks of daily life (and almost-claustrophobic interconnectedness colors she sees in the world are captivatingly described, and the tenuous situation for a woman at the time and the book within a book, the witchy focus, the renegade feminism, and the details of life at the time

  • Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

    By the time their sophomore year is half over, one of the fraternity boys from next door is dead, Lucy boys are presented as insufferable and ignorant dudes; the girls seem silly and flighty much of the time

  • Review of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

    Because of familial monetary concerns and timing (another girl was willingly entering into solitude), up in a monastery although she yearned to continue roaming the natural world as she did until that time There's relatively little page time spent on the later years of Hildegard's life at the abbey.

  • Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

    mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels

  • Shhh! More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

    schemes.) 03 Journeys of Simplicity by Philip Harnden The subtitle of Harnden's slim (144-page) book is Traveling The author shares the accounts of the limited belongings forty travelers carried on their journeys or Think by Jennifer Ackerman It says a lot about how many birders are on my gift list that I had a tough time

  • Review of Head Cases (Head Cases #1) by John McMahon

    This was smart, intriguing, action-packed at times, and both the complexity of the investigation and

  • Review of Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen

    down the street from each other and are ecstatic to be pregnant with their first children at the same time

  • Six Satisfying Novels about Revenge

    At times she doesn't recognize herself much anymore. The story highlights unlikely loyalties forged during desperate times, terrible scenes of cruelty, and I still think of this book from time to time, long after reading it. Lucy feels disruptively restless at times, but really, she figures, who doesn't? Lucy demands to be allowed to hurt Jake three times, physically or otherwise, and each time the act will

  • Review of The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff

    Damoff tracks back in time to how April and Leo first met, and to their courtship and early days.

  • Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out

    That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may Now I'd like Miller to write more books about varied topics, because I like spending time in her head At times there is some silliness and some superficial focus, but I felt as though Simpson was laying Interestingly, she spends a lot more page time on John Mayer than Nick Lachey—and provides what ultimately

  • Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into

    I loved spending time with the uproariously funny Thomas as he recounts how he's navigated situations and abused, opening her own long-closed (and hitherto unknown to her) file and seeing for the first time her fully realized adult self, and this journey is satisfying to watch after living through the page time I was so happy spending time in her point of view throughout this book. I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come. 06 Wild Life by Keena Roberts Keena Roberts grew up splitting her time

  • Review of The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

    Bryson has also written the smart, wry travel books The Lost Continent, Neither Here nor There, Notes

  • Review of Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin

    Bella is grieving, and as they spend time together, she puts her energy into renewing Eddie's potential

  • December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

    Spoiler: a dragon appears at the very end of the book, laying the groundwork for more dragon page time country who is advancing medical techniques and is sought out for her helpful salves and methods in a time given basic animal care instructions and "take" their unconventional cat prescriptions for a period of time tells the tales of various characters, lost or in pain, who find themselves transformed by spending time The clinic is not always accessible--at times, the roads and alleys around the convoluted address do

  • Review of The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

    Joanna Quinn's debut novel is a hefty 558 pages, and the story sweeps through time from the 1920s malaise The children are largely unattended during this time, but their bonds to each other are solidified.

  • Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

    investigator, despite the fact that a female entrepreneur investigator is an unheard-of position for the time Jacqueline Winspear is the author of 18 Maisie Dobbs novels as well as a memoir, This Time Next Year

  • Six More Four-Star (and Up) Historical Fiction Reads I Loved in the Past Year

    In Horse, Geraldine Brooks links three periods in time: 1850 Kentucky, where an enslaved groom and a imagined point of view to be fascinating, particularly the everyday details of life at the time. Jenkins Reid focuses much of the page time here on the fascinating dynamics of Evelyn's romantic and Lessons in Chemistry explores deep issues, conflict, and dark times, yet offers hope and joy. She weaves in interesting aspects of the time such as the contrast between active female roles in the

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/23/24 Edition

    has disappeared, God of the Woods ; and I'm listening to Joy Callaway's historical fiction set in the time 01 Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan I love a story that flips a traditional setup

  • Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

    Could she spend regular time in the water near him, successfully reminding him of her identity and thereby We track back through time to witness Wren's younger years, then farther back to understand Wren's mother's

  • Review of We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls #1) by Karin Slaughter

    teen daughter Madison brushes her off, then shows up, needy and asking for help, Emmy doesn't have time

  • Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites

    But on her own time, Mary is Irish exile Maire O’Farren, and she keeps mixed company as part of a secret characters to cross unlikely paths, caused characters to avoid making important discoveries until the timing freed black person—and the often desperate circumstances of women (especially black women) in that time Hardinger offers up many crisp and varied details of the time, she captures Bertie’s speech patterns,

  • Review of News of the World by Paulette Jiles

    Captain Kidd has fought in three wars, and after the Civil War's end, he serves as a traveling news reader They'll have to pass through lawless lands to get to San Antonio, and Johanna isn't exactly a cooperative traveling

  • Review of How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton

    Francisco, illustrates the words of kindness, thoughtful approaches, and wisdom she gained by spending time Focusing on respect, love, and closure, MacNaughton offers a guide to creating a path through the precious time

  • Review of Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

    was recently talking with a friend about this novel and other books with characters in limbo at the times

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/3/22 Edition

    mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family home in New England and travels

  • Six Fascinating Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War

    The Civil War Books This painful, terrible time in our nation's history makes for some poignant, brutal at the end of the Civil War, amid the confusion and desperation and cruelty and kindnesses of that time characters to cross unlikely paths, caused characters to avoid making important discoveries until the timing often desperate circumstances of women (especially Black women) without men to protect them at the time

  • Six More Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You

    Witchy Book Love It's the perfect time of year to read a spooky book full of magic! of the Witch is a thoroughly researched, witchy, historical thriller with fantastic details of the time Hour of the Witch is a thoroughly researched historical fiction thriller with fantastic details of the time infuriating injustices perpetuated against the female characters--who like the real-life women of the time the family in The Heretic's Daughter, with a vividly imagined setting and wonderful details of the time

  • Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading

    This was the right book at the right time for me, and I loved everything about it. Click here for my full review of Romantic Comedy. 03 This Time It's Real by Ann Liang I was hooked by In Ann Liang's young adult rom-com This Time It's Real, when seventeen-year-old Eliza's class essay about But she's gone through a breakup because of her partner's betrayal, and she's having a hard time getting Then Florence's beloved father dies, and she returns to her hometown for the first time in many years

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/18/22 Edition

    listening to The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction about a traveling

  • Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

    from sharing the context of his repeated decision of drugs or alcohol over sobriety--despite having at times The pain of his compulsion to use and his longtime inability to stop causes him to share multiple times Perry spends much of the page time focusing on the many (beautiful) women who got away. The book zigzags through time to paint a picture of years of damaging substance abuse, and Perry's honesty

  • Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros

    I do love a dragon book, and the second in the Empyrian series offers more page time for the talking I have been since the night the snow fell in your hair and you kissed me for the first time."). allows the characters to be less earnest and more playful and to invoke a little bit of dark humor at times

  • Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros

    moment by multiple instances of odd tone shifts and what felt like repeated nonsensical or strange timing exclamation "I miss sex" seems to come out of nowhere; sexual innuendos seem to come at strange, inopportune times rises") and intense fixations on elements such as a character's "incredible scent" that stopped me at times

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