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There were a million ways this story could have felt less real and messy and fascinating. ; the parents could have been one dimensional...there were a million ways this could have felt less real first love and angst so deeply and talked about it so so SO much, and somehow it wasn’t insufferable to read I read their book Love and Other Words after Autoboyography ratcheted my expectations into outer space

toward the end felt over the top and drawn out, with a rom-com-easy resolution, but by that point I was ready

we'll migrate to Mars where we'll start a colony of gentle preservers, people who'll want to keep the red planet red, we'll devise a planetary flag because that's a thing we lacked on earth and we've come to space-station astronauts are circling the earth without traveling anywhere, they reflect, while the astronauts headed The space station and the shuttle headed to the moon both dodge the numerous items of space trash orbiting

As Denny's big personality, kindness, and discerning views become clear, the story tracks the lead-up

I listened to the audiobook version of this book, which runs 32 hours (!)

fantastic short-story collection, Curtis Sittenfeld explores middle age, fame, friendship, artistry--and "Lost My favorite writing often turns expectations on their heads, and In Show Don't Tell , Sittenfeld draws

I listened to Dave Grohl's memoir, in which he tracks his youth in Springfield, Virginia; through his His funny, self-effacing, thoughtful, sensitive, music-obsessed tone makes for captivating listening,

In the 1960s, Vernice (Niecy) headed to Spelman College, befriending powerful young women, fighting inequality

I loved the first Christina Lauren book I read, Autoboyography, and I gave it five stars.

The perspectives alternate by chapter: Kate is a widow who uncovers her dead husband's secret life and

But these elements are in the background; the real story is Vera's finding her way while feeling lost

But when guilt and self-doubt lead her to track down the almost-victim, Wade Austin, he assures her that her actions saved him.

Then tracking down the details of a promising story lead her straight to some shocking truths about her

Yet she allows for new opportunities for him that felt real and possible, which I again loved. This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

golden-child student and star athlete--positioned for attention in a mosque--for the police to take action Ausma Zehanat Khan is the author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series (The Unquiet Dead, The

I listened to the audiobook of this mystical fairy tale-folk story (and I loved the narrator Kathleen Gati so much that I listened to the final book in the trilogy as well).

I listened to the audiobook, narrated perfectly by Kathleen Gati. What did you think?

I listened to the wonderful Tom Hanks narrate the audiobook. What did you think?

I felt connected to Wees's story through Grace's early struggles, her sole real connection, to friend As Nocturne became less anchored in emotions and motivations that I could grasp, I lost my connection There are twists, and I enjoyed Grace's strong stand at the end, but by that point I had lost my feeling

I'm a sucker for a celebrity memoir, and especially listening to the audiobook as I did here, when I

India turns rigid, conservative views on unplanned pregnancy, young pregnancy, and adoption on their heads

The dialogue is exceptional in how real it feels--funny, heartbreaking, and sometimes realistically meandering

A novel written to explore real-life tragedies, an enigmatic note written in a copy of the novel, a seeming book--I didn't feel particularly connected to Hamdy's characters, despite their tragedies, yearnings, lost like a "here's what happened; see, it really does make sense" summary, more than storytelling to get lost

The biggest news is that her parents--once young star-crossed lovers, now mature grown-ups ready to build

connect through time and through virtual reality--and that frequently cross into the gritty messiness of real

Selma has dreamed of an omen, an okapi (a real animal sometimes called a "forest giraffe").

And I suppose the real answer is it started years before you could have ever imagined it did.

Kieran's father is suffering from memory issues and wanders at night, and his mother is readying to move This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

Abriel offers a vivid account of the fear and dread—intermixed with sparks of hope—that sustained Vera

Wren's father Briar is a serpent handler who came into leading the area's gas station church after being

He has a painful history he's trying to accept and get past, but sometimes darkness seeps into his thoughts introspection and the calm of creating works of art, but also a brush with more brutality that spurs Jim to action --and leads to unwelcome adventure. Heller also wrote The Dog Stars, a dystopian story I was head over heels for and gave five stars, as

I still think about this one over a decade after reading it. I couldn't wait to get back to this book anytime I had to take a break from reading. This is my favorite of her Dublin Murder Squad series, and I think about it often, although I read it