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February Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:19:53 +0000

Hello, lovely readers! February was an erratic month—probably the new normal, both for my reading and life in America. For the reading, I’m still finding focus to be a problem, but when I have been able to home in on the page I’ve been rewarded by some lovely character study novels. The larger issue is, […]

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Wrapping Up 2023

Catherine — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:10:54 +0000

I couldn’t let 2023 go without wrapping up the year in post about 5 additional novels I loved each from a different, previously unmentioned category. And if I could get myself pulled together (wink) I’d also be able to post all kinds of specifics on how my reading actually went in 2023, but let’s […]

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One Woman Show

Catherine — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:26:57 +0000

Caroline Margaret Brooks Whitaker Wallingford de Braganza Deen (aka Kitty), the epitome of 20th century American wealth, is depicted through art in the novel, One Woman Show. How does one represent a woman as art in a written format? Author Christine Coulson, whose imagination is as expansive as the art at the Metropolitan Museum of […]

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July Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 04:01:53 +0000

July. What a month! On the bright side there was this: Me getting to see my mother after 18 months apart. She’s the person who encouraged my love of reading. And that’s about as much as I need to write about July because everything else was just life. My reading was odd, but I’m […]

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