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The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

Catherine — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:49:00 +0000

Hello, fall! It may not be here officially, but in the book world this week is one of the busiest for new releases. And this year looks to be huge with fall novels coming from popular authors like Hernan Diaz, Barbara Kingsolver, Jodi Picoult, Elin Hilderbrand, Emily St. John-Mandel, Bonnie Garmus, and Kate Atkinson. I’m […]

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August Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:01:19 +0000

It’s time for another monthly reading wrap-up. And the impending end to summer. The good news is that there are SO MANY authors coming out with new books this fall that the reading should be stellar. Stay tuned! There needs to be a better word than messy to describe Sisters of a Halved […]

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Catherine — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:10:26 +0000

The sprawling Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil spans three centuries and in doing so introduces and follows three young women, each completely different, but ultimately bound to each other whether they want to be or not. Maria is a young woman in Spain in the 16th century about to be married off to […]

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The Children by Melissa Albert

Catherine — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:44:18 +0000

In her new novel, The Children author Melissa Albert goes with the familiar theme of life as the child of a celebrity and pushes it even harder. Edith is a writer who gained her fame and fortune by writing a series of children’s fantasy books, using her own children’s names and even their likenesses. Ennis […]

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The Top of the World by Ethan Joella

Catherine — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:29:35 +0000

When Maggie’s older brother, Chip disappears for the summer after the end of his senior year in high school it’s a big deal. Because it’s probably the last summer he’ll ever have and she and her parents are left alone and wondering if they’ll ever see him again. They do, but he never says anything […]

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A Year of Marvelous Ways

Catherine — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:12:47 +0000

Marvelous Ways is a 90-year-old woman living in a camper in Cornwall, England. It’s 1947 and what was once a vibrant small town has dwindled to closed up shops and a few stray residents. And yet, Marvelous sits at the crossroads near her home every day, waiting. For what or for whom she doesn’t know, […]

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City of Widows

Catherine — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:30:51 +0000

Nadia Hashimi’s novel, City of Widows is set in Kabul in 2021 as America is in the final stages of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan. Despite all the promises made by the Taliban to honor the changes made in the country they are already targeting women for harassment and are arresting and/or killing anyone who […]

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This Book Made Me Think of You

Catherine — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:53:52 +0000

Sometimes I have to stop being a critic and simply lean into what I’m reading. Such was the case with This Book Made Me Think of You. A trusted friend recommended it so I decided to give it a try, despite knowing it was a full-on romance. Period. If you don’t know what means: a […]

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Ungodly Rich by Katharine McGee

Catherine — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:04:19 +0000

It’s no secret that I love delving into a book’s depths in a lot of my reviews, but sometimes I love and NEED something lighter and less angsty. It was lucky then that I found Katharine McGee’s new novel, Ungodly Rich, an outsized wealthy-people-behaving-badly novel tweaked by the addition of Greek gods living in the […]

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July Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:24:05 +0000

Another July is in the books (pun intended) and I have yet to manifest the serene reading set-up in this graphic. Wouldn’t it be lovely? Thankfully, my July reading delivered more highs than lows. The Original is a take on Katherine Hepburn’s life, but Priya Parmar surrounds her with a cast who were all […]

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