The Lost Husband (Ballantine Books, 2013) is my 4th book by Katherine Center, having read Hello, Stranger (5 stars) in 2023, The Rom-Commers (5 stars) in 2024, and The Love Haters (4 stars) in 2025. I’ve enjoyed all four books and I will continue to make my way through her…
Keep readingI am seriously late to this party as my first book for February is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, published by Ballantine Books in May of 2021. I don’t know why it took me so long to read this stellar (lol) sci-fi novel except that I typically shy away…
Keep readingWhat 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…
Keep readingOur Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa by Immaculee Ilibagiza is an easy read, but it is not an easy story to read. It is told in first person by Immaculee in readily accessible language. Reading it is as though she is sitting…
Keep readingWhat books do you want to read? Help me pick out my next book to read! I’m on a roll. I just finished my 6th book of the year and I still have a few days of January left to cram in another one. Here’s the top ten—a small portion—of…
Keep readingI’m not sure what inspired me to add Great Big Beautiful Life (Berkley Hardcover, April 2025, 432 pages) by Emily Henry to my holds shelf in Libby, but I did, and after waiting quite some time, I was finally able to download a copy to read on my Kindle, my…
Keep readingAs famously quoted in the movie Jerry Maguire, “You had me at …” In this case, “You had me at Croatian Island Library.” I haven’t been to Croatia but it is at the top of my travel bucket list! Add to that my love of being on the water and…
Keep readingDaughter of Egypt (St. Martin’s Press, March of 2026, 352 pages) by Marie Benedict is my 9th or 10th book by this former lawyer from Pittsburgh whose given name is Heather Terrell. Benedict takes a woman from history and brings her to life like no one else can. When I…
Keep readingLast February, I remember reading NYT’s book critic Dwight Garner’s review of Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Knopf, February 2025). I added it to my TBR in Goodreads as I was reading the review, and I finally got around to reading it on my Kindle two days ago.…
Keep readingFor my second book of the new year I chose the beautiful yet painful Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks, a book that details the death of her husband, the “love of her life,” in May of 2019. I remember reading about when Tony Horowitz died suddenly after collapsing…
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Michelle Blanchard Ardillo