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Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

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Review of Hello Stranger. Joy. Heart. Laughter. That’s what you get when you read a book by Katherine Center. And the author wouldn’t have it any other way. In her essay “Read for Joy,” Center explains, “When I talk about reading for joy, I’m talking about reading from the heart.” Katherine Center continues the joy-heart-laughter triage with her newest novel Hello Stranger. Sadie is a struggling portrait artist living in the rooftop storage room of an apartment building owned by…

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What You Wish For by Katherine Center

What You Wish For by Katherine Center

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Book review: What You Wish For by Katherine Center What You Wish For features feisty Sam Casey, librarian of a hand-crafted, progressive school and all-around awesome human. She lives on an idyllic island in a carriage house on the grounds of a historic mansion within walking distance of the school. Don’t you love books about beautiful libraries and cool librarians? I know I do. Sam has “adopted” the principal and his artist wife as her parents, which causes no end…

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Guest review: Five Days Left

Guest review: Five Days Left

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Review: Five Days Left by Julie Lawson Timmer Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 341 pages Format: Print, 136 pages Source: Purchased Last month millions of viewers tuned in as terminally ill Brittany Maynard discussed her decision to end her life. Faced with debilitating symptoms, Maynard wanted to die with dignity while she still had the ability to act. Although it was all too real, it seemed the stuff of fiction. And so it is the stuff of fiction, in one of…

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