Tag: novel
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So many books…so little time…
What 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 my TBR list. Take a…
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Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
I’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 now preferred format for reading—even…
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Book Review: The Croatian Island Library (Bookish Escapes #3) by Eva Glyn
As 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 my love of libraries, and,…
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Book Review: Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict
Daughter 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 saw this work of historical…
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Book Review: Three Days of June by Anne Tyler
Last 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. Garner said in his review,…
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Book Review: More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen
I had a solid reading month in December, with three great (4-stars each) books, and my reading year of 2025 was overall fabulous, with FIFTEEN 5-star books of fiction! so naturally, I wanted to start 2026 with a very successful read. I looked through my list of TBR books in NetGalley and decided on More…
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My Top Ten of 2025 (and some honorable mentions)
Last year, I documented my favorite reads of the year in an essay, My Top Ten of 2024, and it was difficult narrowing my list of 60 books read down to 10 favorites. This year, I had an equally tough time because I had a great reading year with a total of 70 books, and…
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Book Review: The Star from Calcutta by Sujata Massey
The fifth installment in the Perveen Mistry series, The Star from Calcutta by Sujata Massey, is to be published March 3, 2026. I started this series in 2019, when I was recuperating from surgery to repair a a broken ankle, and read the first two books in quick succession. I really enjoyed the third and…
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 