This book was a The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition for February. You read that right, February. The hoops I jumped through to get this book in my hands (or ears, actually) is a story of itself. I wasn't going to tell it, but since I can't seem to ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
Huge shout out to the The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition for introducing me to Susan Meissner with A Fall of Marigolds in February and then making me want to read more of her. Because come the March list we have this book and I could not have been ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Ablom
I came across this book for a March (and it's even March - celebrate with me!) The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition. I went on a waiting list on Libby that moved entirely too fast so that's how you get a March book in March. Here's the deal, I read a ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Here we go with another installment for The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition. Yes it was a February pick. Yes it's March. Just know these will always be a month behind, probably. As I go through the list of books each month I make my own list, ...
BOOK REVIEW: The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay
The February (yes I read it in February don't judge the scheduling) book for the Christian Fiction Reading Challenge is something different from January. The English Masterpiece is art history, the merge of time after the World Wars, and the start of women finding their way into corporate ...