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January Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:28:54 +0000

Wrap-up is the perfect word for this January. One, it is COLD here in Seattle. Flannel sheets cold which makes for cozy reading. Two, for the first time in a very long time a month has felt like it lasted a year. I went from my normal head shake over “where did this month go” […]

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September Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:04:26 +0000

Having binged the final two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this was the only possible graphic I could use for my September recap. Plus, it’s been quite chilly and grey here. So many big book releases this month and I didn’t read most of them. I’m embracing the new normal of my reading—whatever keeps me turning […]

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June Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:32:35 +0000

That’s it for June, another month in the books (sorry couldn’t resist). We’ve been fortunate here in Seattle with weather that’s been chillier than usual, but with plenty of sunshine. For someone who doesn’t like too much heat it’s been perfect. Apologies to all of you sweltering in various parts of the country. It’s also […]

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Summer Reading Mini-Review

Catherine — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:39:10 +0000

I’ve had such good reading recently that I feel bit a bit bad ending this week on a negative note. At the same time, I’m not one to mince my words so while I love light-hearted, fun reading, especially in the summer, these two books fell far short of success for me. Patrick, the […]

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Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

Catherine — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:26:19 +0000

I’m happy to start the week with a novel, Shrines of Gaiety, that left me thoroughly entertained. Nellie Coker is an iron-fisted matriarch running nightclubs in 1920s London and trying to groom at least some of her children to take over. After a short stint in prison, she returns home to find the vultures circling […]

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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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The English Experience

Catherine — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:31:21 +0000

I leaned into dark fiction last week so thought I’d give everyone a break and go light with the latest novel in a series I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. The English Experience is the third novel by Julie Schumacher chronicling the misadventures of hapless English professor, Jay Fitger. Fitger is the department head at the aptly named […]

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Kala: A Novel

Catherine — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 07:06:41 +0000

Even when it’s a tourist destination on the Irish coast a small town is still just a small town to the teens who live there—a boring place to escape as soon as possible. For the six disparate, but tightknit friends in Colin Walsh’s novel, Kala, teen boredom and energy lead to a prank that goes […]

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Chrysalis: A Novel

Catherine — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:47:16 +0000

Ready to switch reading gears? On Tuesday I reviewed Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, a novel that was all heart and humor. Today I’m back with Chrysalis which was neither, but is a unique little novel that held my interest. It’s split into three parts, despite there being four characters. Author Anna Metcalfe […]

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Fun Summer Reading

Catherine — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 04:25:02 +0000

Hello, lovely readers! Remember me? Remember fun? Let’s pretend I’m sitting on a chaise relaxing by the lake in this photo. Ha. I survived the 2,200 mile drive from Ann Arbor, but am now ensconced in a utilitarian, extended stay hotel that is to put it kindly, dreary. My poor husband tries to manage […]

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