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  • Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories I Loved

    The Second-Chance Stories I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity Which other books should I add to my second-chance book list? From his second birth on, he is born each time carrying the knowledge from his previous lives, yet nothing And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid He is unaware that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and

  • Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

    The Second-Chance Books I've been reminded lately how much I love a good second-chance book in which Which other books should I add to my second-chance book list? From his second birth on, he is born each time carrying the knowledge from his previous lives, yet nothing And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid He is unaware that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and

  • Six Fascinating Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories

    The Second-Chance Books I love a good second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity Which other books should I add to my second-chance book list? From his second birth on, he is born each time carrying the knowledge from his previous lives, yet nothing And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid He is unaware that this is a second reality for Lydia and unaware of anything odd about this life, and

  • Review of The Second Death of Locke (The Hand and the Heart #1) by V. L. Bovalino

    intrudes upon the story and everything Grey and Kier have known feels up in the air, their relationship changes island feel like a grayscale, murky pause in the book's action and a potentially heartbreakng tease of a second chance. I listened to The Second Death of Locke  as a library audiobook on Libby . Bovalino The second book in the Hand and the Heart series is currently scheduled for publication in fall

  • Review of The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman

    The Second Ending was fun and full of heart. Prudence Childs was a prodigy. The Second Ending is about self-discovery, facing dark truths, taking a terrifying leap out of the safety

  • Review of Vera Stein Is Fine by Julie Murphy

    pacing didn't always flow, but the retirement community setting is surprisingly sassy and fun for this second-chance having postponed living her own life while caring for her dying mother until she passed away; and a second-chance As much as it pains me to say it, maybe the roads have changed and my map is out of date." The second-chance romance is sweet, and Eli is obsessed with Vera.

  • Review of The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren

    Romance Revival is a departure for Christina Lauren; we get a couple who has drifted apart and gets a second chance, but a futuristic, science-fiction twist is key to the plot. Will this be a chance to start over, or the heartbreaking end of the relationship? Luca's memory loss propels the "second-chance" aspect of the romance, and the couple's redoubled efforts

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

    his new, younger best friend offers hope after grief and loss and the possibility of redemption in second chances. The second-chances aspect of the novel is satisfying and quietly powerful.

  • Review of The Book of Love by Kelly Link

    640 pages to build realities, possibilities, magical developments, quirky fun, deep connection, and second chances you'll be cheering for. Anabin offers them a chance to compete in magical tasks in order to reclaim their lives. The Book of Love explores reality, connections, loyalty, possibilities, and second chances. More Bossy love for oddball novels and second-chance stories For more oddball novels, check out the titles

  • Review of Forty Love by Jane Costello

    This charming British-set novel takes a fortysomething widow facing empty nesting, hormonal changes, brother is wonderful; her tennis friends and the descriptions of their matches are lovely; and her second chance at love is sometimes fumbling but always adorable and one to root for.

  • Review of Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock

    around a packhorse librarian in 1930s Appalachian Kentucky and adds layers like a complicated past, second chances, mining tragedy, a bad guy who's pure evil, mountain justice, and the promise of a happy ending Blaylock offers up second chances at love, avoidance of punishment for our heroes' missteps when they

  • Review of The Island Club by Nicola Harrison

    The Island Club delivers full-on 1950s immersion while exploring LGBTQ issues, privilege, sacrifice, second chances, and redemption.

  • Review of The Rule Book by Sarah Adams

    story about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance I loved the fake marriage, the push and pull of career and love, and the second-chance romance.

  • Review of Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune

    read in this story of best friends, being jilted at the altar, a revamped honeymoon, miscommunication, second chances, and satisfying resolutions to all emotional, romantic, and professional challenges.

  • Review of Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea

    T. and Charlotte must work together to figure out: Are they meant to change the future, make sure nothing changes, learn a lesson, or impart knowledge of some kind? Have they missed thirteen years of their lives--and the chance to figure out how the heck they ended resolution to come, but I loved the bookending of the time capsule and letters to their future selves, the second-chance also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance

  • Review of Time's Mouth by Edan Lepucki

    Lepucki's strange, interesting time-travel novel centers around betrayal, broken hearts, second chances A meeting of grandmother and grandchild could change everything forever. Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance

  • Review of Heartwood by Amity Gaige

    explores imperfect parenting, compounding mistakes by clinging to fear or regret, and against-the-odds second chances.

  • Review of Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

    Tell Me Everything digs into secrets and lies, revenge, forgiveness, resignation, heartbreak, second chances, abuse, and addiction.

  • Review of The Wedding People by Alison Espach

    Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with realistically messy fallout and life-changing consequences at stake.

  • Review of The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

    II-set historical fiction follows a Jewish resistance fighter and spy through the Warsaw Ghetto to her second The trauma of a second chance at life, a second act, is at once miraculous and unendurable.

  • Review of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

    Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances Can she shift the future by changing the past? My Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life

  • Review of This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page

    But the grief, the books--and her friendships, particularly with Alfie--change Tilly. More Books You Might Enjoy Libby Page is also the author of The Lido, The Vintage Shop of Second Chances

  • Review of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

    ICYMI: This is a heartwarming book from the author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about books, second chances, and finding hope when all seems lost. Fikry is suddenly...changed. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is about second chances--and finding hope again.

  • Review of Kin by Tayari Jones

    Her fixation seems to take the place of character development; she doesn't seem to grow or change because She does, however, become distracted enough to miss out on a chance at love, then allow herself to be On the other hand, Niecy's mother died in a tragic manner, so there's no hope of a second chance at a

  • Review of The Names by Florence Knapp

    timeline, an abused wife makes a stand for a whimsical name suggested by her daughter Maia, Bear; in a second Novels that Play with Time I love a story that plays with time through alternate timelines, time travel, second chances, or other structures.

  • Review of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai

    And for second-chance stories, take a look at these options .

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    time shifts allow a story to go places it otherwise never could, allowing for unusual perspective, second chances, and realizations. also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance McAllister Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep connections, and an unusual route to uncovering the truth.

  • Review of The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

    I appreciated Stockett's taking time for difficult truth-telling among characters, the chances for newly imagined second chances, and the stories of complicated redemption.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/1/26 Edition

    Operation Bounce House; and I'm listening to Jane Costello's sweet novel about a fortysomething widow's second chance at happiness, Forty Love.

  • Review of Slow Burn Summer by Josie Silver

    in December  and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Review of A Family Matter by Claire Lynch

    decades into an engrossing, complicated family story of forbidden love, secrets, impending death, and second chances, against a backdrop of everyday minutiae. enraging to watch him pretend to be buoyed along and tell himself he has no real power--when he had the chance

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

    Romance Revival is a departure for Christina Lauren; we get a couple who has drifted apart and gets a second chance, but a futuristic, science-fiction twist is key to the plot. Will this be a chance to start over, or the heartbreaking end of the relationship. Luca's memory loss propels the "second-chance" aspect of the romance, and the couple's redoubled efforts In this second book in the series, Amina is obliged to seek a magical artifact on behalf of a powerful

  • Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    time shifts allow a story to go places it otherwise never could, allowing for unusual perspective, second chances, and realizations. intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Second-Chance And perhaps most confusingly of all, in this second life she's lost some of her original, lifelong, rigid

  • Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo

    , sweat, and tears, and the appealingly messy second-chance attempts at being true to themselves and

  • Six Favorite Rom-Com Reads Available Now

    story about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance I loved the fake marriage, the push and pull of career and love, and the second-chance romance.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/30/25 Edition

    in December , and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/4/24 Edition

    set in Maine, How to Read a Book ; I'm listening to Alison Espach's playful and poignant novel about second chances, The Wedding People ; and I'm reading Bonnie Blaylock's Appalachian-set 1930s historical fiction three cross paths out in the messy, unexpected, heartbreaking world, their encounters seem destined to change

  • Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore

    time shifts allow the story to go places it otherwise never could, allowing for unusual perspective, second chances, and realizations. also like the books on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance McAllister Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep connections, and an unusual route to uncovering the truth.

  • Six Fantasy Novels I Loved in the Past Year

    involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift and change 640 pages to build realities, possibilities, magical developments, quirky fun, deep connection, and second chances you'll be cheering for. Anabin offers them a chance to compete in magical tasks in order to reclaim their lives. The Book of Love  explores reality, connections, loyalty, possibilities, and second chances.

  • My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer

    McAllister Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty story that plays with time and offers second chances, revelations, betrayals, deep connections, and an unusual route to uncovering the truth. Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, and Six Second-Chance enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances.

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

    explores imperfect parenting, compounding mistakes by clinging to fear or regret, and against-the-odds second chances. decades into an engrossing, complicated family story of forbidden love, secrets, impending death, and second chances, against a backdrop of everyday minutiae.

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/15/23 Edition

    I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Carley Fortune's newest light fiction about a missed opportunity and second chances, Meet Me at the Lake; I'm reading a book club pick about three young Muslim women and their A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later...but while As the women prepare to graduate from college, one night of confessions could change their relationships to rehabilitate humans' reputation as selfish and destructive, while alloy pilot Vaha jumps at the chance

  • Six of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year

    story about an emotionally sensitive NFL player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance I loved the fake marriage, the push and pull of career and love, and the second-chance romance.

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

    energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight of fancy that changed around a packhorse librarian in 1930s Appalachian Kentucky and adds layers like a complicated past, second chances, mining tragedy, a bad guy who's pure evil, mountain justice, and the promise of a happy ending Blaylock offers up second chances at love, avoidance of punishment for our heroes' missteps when they When the three cross paths out in the messy, unexpected, heartbreaking world, their encounters change

  • Review of The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

    Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing decisions enjoyment of the celebration of friendship, circuitous routes to self-confidence, and heartwarming second chances.

  • Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

    talked to me about it, that's for sure--what it feels like to love someone so much, and then have them change Knowing what she does about the future, would Alice change the past? She gets do-over chances and plays with how various decisions shift her potential future. If you like books that play with time, you might also enjoy the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Review of Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

    complications and beauty of blended families, breaking unhealthy familial patterns, and unlikely, hard-won second chances.

  • Review of A Winter in New York by Josie Silver

    Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/12/23 Edition

    interested in the books on my Greedy Reading Lists Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore, Six Second-Chance

  • Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/2/23 Edition

    Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd, a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

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