What a spectacular reading month for me! FIVE five-star reads in one month for me! That’s a record for sure!
These five five-star reads are all very different but all equally good! A brief breakdown in case you want to see if they may be of interest to you:
FICTION
- More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen-realistic fiction with trigger warnings for infertility, cancer, family tension, this lovely book about love and loss and love and loss, the characters in this book stayed with me for a long time. See my review here: https://michelleardillo.com/2026/01/05/book-review-more-than-enough-by-anna-quindlen/
- Three Days in June by Anne Tyler-realistic fiction, as the title says, this novel by Pulitzer Prize winning Tyler covers just three days in June, the day before a wedding, the day of a wedding, and the day after the wedding. See my review here: https://michelleardillo.com/2026/01/09/book-review-three-days-of-june-by-anne-tyler/
- Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict-historical fiction with two points of view, one from 1920s England and the other Ancient Egyptian in the time of the pharoahs. See my review here: https://michelleardillo.com/2026/01/17/book-review-daughter-of-egypt-by-marie-benedict/
NONFICTION
- Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks-a memoir by a famous writer married to a famous writer who dies very suddenly of an unknown heart ailment, trigger warning for mourning, young widow. See my review here: https://michelleardillo.com/2026/01/07/book-review-memorial-days-by-geraldine-brooks/https://michelleardillo.com/2026/01/07/book-review-memorial-days-by-geraldine-brooks/
- Our Lady of Kibeho by Immaculee Ilibagiza-part memoir, part biography, part history, this is the story of an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kibeho, Rwanda, Africa, which foreshadowed the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. See my review here: https://michelleardillo.com/2026/01/29/book-review-our-lady-of-kibeho-by-immaculee-ilibagiza/
Hope you find something on this list you want to dive into right away! Happy reading, everyone!
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 
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